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curative
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therapeutic
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commandeer
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requisition
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anomalous
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atypical/regular
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constrict
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restrain
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dire
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(s) sinister
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makeshift
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ad hoc
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tantamount
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ant. incomparable
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defunct
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syn: invalid
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bastion
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SYN: stronghold
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Voluble
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Ant: reticent
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subversive
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syn: dissident
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Ambivalent(A)
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clear-cut; definite
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consensus (a)
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discord
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Synonym(s) of opiate
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none
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purview
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s: jurisdiction, orbit
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Antonym(s) of obsequy
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none
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ally
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Synonyms: associate; colleague
Antonyms: enemy; opponent
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Petulant (s)
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irritable, testy, waspish
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malevolent
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antonyms: kind, benevolent, compassionable
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debase
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Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean
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innocuous
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synonyms: (adj.) harmless, inoffensive, insignificant, feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid
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Antonym(s) of fealty
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disloyalty; treachery
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arrogate
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expropriate, usurp, commandeer/ relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon
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confiscate
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syn: commandeer, expropriate
ant: return, restore
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apprehensive
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synonyms: (adj.) worried, nervous, fretful, jittery
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jaunty
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s.) unconcerned, lighthearted a.) downcast, dejected, glum
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parody
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s- spoof, takeoff, lampoon, caricature, burlesque , travesty, satire, spoof, lampoon , satirize, mock, ridicule
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induce
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(s) prevail upon, influence
(a) prevent, deter, hinder
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Debris
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Synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam, jetsam
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s-stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
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stringent
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salvo
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released a BARRAGE of rockets (syn)
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millennium
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SYN: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
ANT: doomsday, day of judgment
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heed
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must LISTEN TO the captain's command (syn)
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raze
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S: pull down, demolish, shave off A: build, construct, raise, erect
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stressed
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antonym-composure
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irregularity
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aberration
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Portend
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Foreshadow
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to complete
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complement
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negligible
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ant: significant
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synonym- tralblazers
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vanguard
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Droll
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Syn: zany
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gull
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syn: trick
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deluge
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syn: surge
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Chagrin
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Ant: triumph
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pamper
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synonym: indulge
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assurance
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SYNONYM: promise
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grueling
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Antonyms: easy, effortless
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Avowed
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Syn: admitted,sworn
Ant: unacknowledged, undisclosed
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longevity
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antonyms: brevity, transience
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defile
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syn: desecrate
ant: purify
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Redoubtable
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laughable, risible, contemptible
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bizarre
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Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
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unbridled
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unrestrained, unchecked; restrained, held in check, muted
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wrangle
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synonyms- squabble, bicker
antonyms- agree concur
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atone
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exipate, make amends for
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haggard
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a: hale and hearty
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cursory
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antonyms: thorough, painstaking, careful
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a-unadorned, simple, plain, austere
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bombastic
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converge
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synonyms: meet, unite, intersect, merge
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Piquant
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Ant: bland, insipid, tasteless, mild
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Memento (s)
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Remembrance, keepsake, souvenir, token
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obtrusive
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antonyms: meek, reserved, deferential, recessed
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ennui
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A: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
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synonym and antonym for inauspicious
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unfavorable, favorable
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Acquiesce
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S:comply, accede, consent, yield- A: resist, protest
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ad infinitum
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s- forever, unceasingly, incessantly, ceaselessly
a- succinctly, concisely, tersely,briefly
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upbraid
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SYN: bawl out, reprimand; ANT: praise, pat on the back
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perquisite
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a privilege that goes along with a job; a "perk"
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