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Rasper,Raspingly,Raspish
1. To scrape something roughly
2. To utter with a granting sound
3. A file used to cut wood
Synonym: File
Antonym: Soothe
"Let go of my Arm" She rasped.
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Sundered, Sundering, Sunderable, Sunderer, Sunderance
1. To be broken apart; seperated
Synonym: Split
Antonym: Unite
A family was sundered by the scandle.
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Listlessly, Listlessness
1. Having or showing no or little spirit or energy
Synonym: Bored
Antonym: Alive/Active
The cold made everyone listless. |
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Charlatanic, Clarlatanish, Clarlatanistic, Clarlatanically
1. Pretending to be something you aren't or pretend to know some skill you don't
Synonym: Con Artist
Antonym: Honesty
It turns out the famous healer was a Charlatan. |
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1. A mob
2. An defeat
3. A large party or gathering
4. To defeat decisivly
Synonym: Disaster
Antonym: Triumph
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Toothsomely, Toothsomeness
1. Pleasing to taste
2. Desirable, for fame or power
Synonym:
Antynom:
Toothsome and satisfying, brown rice is rice that hasn't been messed with. |
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Smidgen(Noun/Verb phrase) |
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1. A very small amount
Synonym: Particle
Antonym: Bunch
Yes, they have lost a smidgen of their physical genius. |
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Depletable, Depletive, Dipletory, Nondepletable, Nondepletion
1. Exhaut the supply of
Synonym: Drain
Antonym: Raise
The plants and algae deplete the amount of oxygen supply. |
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Morosely
1. Gloomy and ill humored
2. Characterized by expressing gloom
Synonym: Cranky
Antonym: Bright
He was unusally morose, even for a man who is usually morose. |
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1. Meaningless mixture of sounds
2. Harsh sound
Synonym: Noise
Antonym: Quiet
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1. To join or unite
2. Joining of two ropes
Synonym: Braid
Antonym: Disconnect |
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Makeshift(Noun/Adjective) |
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1. A temporary subsitute
Synonym: Make-do
Antonym: Permanent
Hunderds of thousand are living in a makeshfit camps. |
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Smattering(Noun/Adjective) |
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1. New knowledge
2. Slight or superficial
Synonym: Basics
Antonym:
- It's amazing how a smattering of solar homes can prevent enormous blackouts.
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1. To linger aimlessly
2. To pass time in a aimless manner
Synonym: Daydreaming
Antonym: Continue
- Some people can loiter in the air for long periods.
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1. Impudent, Insolent
Synonym: Nervy
Antonym: Fearful
- It was incredibly cheeky for the government to then insist that universitiesboth provide and pay for this work.
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1. Failure
2. A trap using weight to trap prey
Synonym: Breakdown
Antonym: Success
- Librarians planted the seeds of their own destruction and are responsible fortheir own downfall.
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Splay(Verb/Noun/Adjective) |
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Unsplayed
1. To spread out or expand
2. A surface that makes an oblique angle with another
3. Clumsy and awkward
Synonym: Expansive
Antonym: Limited
The police splayed out to find the criminal. |
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Acridity, Subacrid, Subacridly, Subacridness
1. Bitter smell or taste
Synonym: Stinging
Antonym: Sweet
The acrid smoke from the buring rubber smells teribble. |
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Frayed
1. A fight or a contest
2. To frighten
Synonym: Melee
Antonym: Truce
He jumped out and frayed me |
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Marred, Marring
1. To damage and becomes less perfect and attractive
2. To disfigure or deface
Synonym: Deface
Antonym: Fix
Factual errors may mar the essay. |
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Unriven
1. Past particle of rive
2. Split apart
Synonym: Divide
Antonym: Join
- Lame duck president, deeply riven board, ridiculous faculty senate.
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Nonharmony, Preharmony, Nonharmonies
1. Agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
2.A consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity3. Any simultaneous combination of tones.
Synonym: Unity
Antonym: Disagreement
- But far from promoting social harmony, the preoccupation with talent hadproduced social breakdown.
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1. A steel tool that is used to cut or shape wood, metal, etc.
2. To cut or shape something
3. To cheat or swinddle someone
Synonym: Knife
Antonym: Flat edged
He used the chisel to make a cat out of wood. |
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Dulcently, Dulcentness
1. Pleasant to the ear; soothing
2. An organ stop representing dulciana, but an octave higher
Synonym: Pleasureable
Antonym: Ugly
Together with the dulcet tones of Jacqui, they made a really sweet noise. |
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1. Being in a rough, unsmooth, unfinished state
2. Lacking refinement
Synonym: Unpolished
Antonym: Complete
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