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(adj.)Filled with amazement, digust, fear, or terror
Synonyms: Shocked, horrified, stupefied
Antonyms: Delighted, overjoyed, unmoved |
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(adj.)
More than enough, large, spacious
Synonyms: Sufficient, adequate, considerable
Antonyms: Insufficient, inadequate |
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(n.)
A ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual
Synonyms: Phantom, specter |
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(v.)
To declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put foward forcefully
Synonyms: Affirm, avow |
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To crouch or shrink away from in fear of shame
Synonyms: Cringe, flinch
Antonyms: Stand up to |
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(v.) To look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully
(n.) A feeling of contempt
Synonyms: (v.) Spurn, reject
Antonyms: (v.) Revere, venerate, esteem, respect |
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(n.)
A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone
Synonym: Tombstone inscription |
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(adj.)
Having to do woth morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
Synonyms; Upright, virtuous, honorable
Antonyms: Serious, humorless |
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(adj.)
Humerous, not meant seriously
Synonyms: Comical, witty, tongue-in-cheek
Antonyms: Immoral, unscrupulous, dishonest |
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(adj.)
Not able to be heard
Synonyms: Faint, indistinct
Antonyms: Audible, easily heard |
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(adj.)
Without restraint or control; unselective
Synonyms: Haphazard, random, uncritical
Antonyms: Selective, descriminating, judicious |
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(n.) Crafty dealings, underhanded plotting
(v.) To form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
Synonyms: (n.) Scheme, plot, conspiracy
Antonym: (n.) fair play |
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(n.)
An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
Synonym: Purview |
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(adj.)
Appearing true, reasonable, or fair
Synonyms: Believable, probable
Antonyms: Improbable, far-fetched |
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(adj.) Common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class
(n.) A common person, member of the lower class
Synonyms: (adj.) Lowborn, proletarian, coarse, unrefined
Antonyms: (adj.) Aristocratic, refined, cultivated |
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(adj.) Wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant
(n.) One who is wasteful and self-indulgent
Synonyms: (adj.) Improvident; (n.) Spendthrift, wastrel
Antonyms: (adj.) frugal, economical, stingy, miserly |
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(n.)
Nearness, closeness
Antonyms: Distance, remoteness |
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(v.)
To grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
Synonyms: Crush, demolish |
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(n.)
That of which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
Synonyms: Follow-up, continuation
Antonyms: Prelude, overture, curtain-raiser |
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(adj.)
Highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to gaseous state
Synonyms: Unstable, erratic
Antonyms: Stable, steady, static, inert, dormant |
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