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suppress
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Sym)subdue,crush,stifle,squelch,quash,silence
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debris
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S: rubble
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preposterous antonym
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realistic
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s:histrionic
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affected, stagy
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reticent, buttoned-up
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voluble (a)
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hostility, enmity
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antipathy (s)
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hazard
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(syn) danger, venture
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vaunted
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syn: hearalded; ant: soft-pedaled
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ant: unembarrassed, unashamed
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abashed ant:
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nonchalant
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composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase / perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed
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rancor
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syn.- aniomosity, enmity, bitterness
ant.- goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
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commodious
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syn- comfortable, ample, capacious
ant- cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient
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irrevocable
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Syns: irreversable, unrecallable, unalterable
Ants: reversable, changeable
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banal
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synonyms: stale insipid
antonyms: fresh, novel, original, new
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repugnant
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a: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome
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surly
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SYNONYMS: gruff, sullen, cranky, grouchy, hostile
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attainment
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achievement, fulfillment / failure, defeat, frustration
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myriad
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S: innumerable, countless
A: few, scant, sparse
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nullify
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S: invalidate, annul
A: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction
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callow
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Syns: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Ants: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticate
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abet
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(ant) hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate
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cabal
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Sym)clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy
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acme
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Synonyms: summit, top, peak, pinnacle /Antonyms:low point, bottom, nadir
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paragon
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s: exemplar, ideal, paradigm, model, good example
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules Syn:taskmaster, slave driver
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instigate
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S: urge on, stir up, provoke, start, incite
A: stop, quell, squelch, quash
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