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caustic
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Classification
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Nomenclature
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Hasten (ant)
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Procrastinate
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Compassion
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Syn: commiseration
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irony
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synonyms- contradiction, paradox
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denounce
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synonym: blame, criticize
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restive
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Atm)serene, unruffled, docile
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irrevocable
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Antonyms: reversible, changeable
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evaporate / dissolve
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Antonym for carnal
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chaste
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forte
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gift, aptitude, specialty; shortcoming, weakness, foible
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bequeath
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transmit, bestow, hand down
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accord
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syn: mutual understanding
ant: disagreement, conflict, friction
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Antonym(s) of fallow
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fertile; productive
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erudite
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Synonyms: profoundly educated, well-read
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elicit
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Antonyms: repress, squelch, stifle
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vicarious
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Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand
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fluster
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synonyms: agitate, rattle, disconcert antonyms: reassure, soothe, quiet
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militate
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S: counter, oppose, work against
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Opulent
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Synonyms: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
Antonyms: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
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adherent
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S: disciple
A: opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
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Reverberate
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syn: rumble, thunder, boom, echo
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brash
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(syn) rash, impetuous, brazen, impertinent
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omnipotent
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(adj.) almighty, having unlimited power or authority.
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far-fetched
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syn: unlikely, hard to swallow
ant: likely, probable, plausible, credible
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downtrodden
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read about the LIBERATED masses (ant)
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commemorate
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to preserve, honor, or celebrate the memory of
SYNONYMS:memorialize
ANTONYMS:dishonor, forget, overlook
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deplore
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(v.) to feel or express regret or disapproval
synonyms: lament, bemoan, bewail
antonyms: approve, commend, extol
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impudent
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contumacious
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flicker
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bicker
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piracy
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plagiarism
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converge
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diverge-a
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inopportune
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felicitous (ant)
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immorality (a)
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probity
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relegate
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Synonyms: consign
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Rescind
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Syn: annul
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rubble
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wreckage debris
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psuedonym
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real name
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turncoat
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s: deserter
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bankrupt (s)
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deplete
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immunity
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SYNONYM: exemption
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Hiatus (a)
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continuity, continuation
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mar syn.
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ruin, impair
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ineffable
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s: inexpressible, indescribable
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Visionary
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Utopian, Idealistic, Impractical
Realistic, Practical
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itinerary
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Synonyms: schedule program
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Antonym(s) of egress
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ingress; entrance
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platitude
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s: cliche, truism, bromide
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litany
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syn: rigmarole, catalog, megillah
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Capable
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ANT: unqualified, incapable, unfit
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Nascent
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Budding, Incipient, Embryonic
Dying, Moribund, Senescent
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specious
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(s): deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic (a): valid, sound, solid, genuine
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Infringe (s)
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encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
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portend
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Syn: bode, fortell, foreshadow, suggest
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hew
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chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform
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imminent
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(sym) impending, looming, threatening. (ant) distant, remote, faraway.
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scurrilous
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(ant) decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified
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precedent
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becam a (model) for future generations
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carte blanche
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s: blank check, free rein
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virulent
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S: venomous, noxious, baneful, hateful A: innocuous, harmless, benign
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mercenary
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(s) hired hand, freelancer, solider of future, greedy , avaricious, acquisitive, grasping, rapacious
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Ant: liberate, set loose, provoke, excite
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Syn: taciturn, closemouthed, tight-lipped
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