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abdicate
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(v)
to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard syn: step down, relinquish, renounce ant: retain |
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bestow
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(v) to give as a git; to provide with lidgings
syn: grant, confer, lodge, put up ant: receive, take take back, take away |
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capacious
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(adj)
able to hold much, roomy syn: spacious, commodious ant: cramped, confined, restricted, narrow |
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caustic
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(adj)
able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic syn: burning, corrosive, sharp ant: bland, mild, sugary, saccharine |
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crusade
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(n)
a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; (v) to campaign, work vigorously syn: (n) campaign, organized movement |
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deface
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(v) to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the alue, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine
syn: mar, disfigure ant; repair, restore, renovate, recondition |
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embargo
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(n)
an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; (v) to forbid to leave port; to forbid trade with syn: (n) stoppage, ban boycott |
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fallacy
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(N)
a false notion or belief; an error in thinking syn: misconception ant: sound reasoning, logic |
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levity
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(n)
a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight syn: giddiness, flippancy, frivolity, fickleness ant: seriousness, humorlessness, solemnity |
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mendicant
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(n) beggar;
(adj) depending on begging for a living syn: (n) panhandler ant: (n) millionaire, philanthropist |
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nauseate
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(v)
to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust syn: sicken, disgust ant: delight, tickle pink |
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negate
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(v)
to nullify, deny, bring to nothing syn: cancel, invalidate, annul ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, buttress |
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pivotal
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(adj)
vitally important, essential syn: crucial, critical, decisive, seminal ant: unimportant, insignificant |
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recipient
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(n)
one who receives; (adj) reeiving; able or willing to recieve syn: (n) receiver, beneficiary ant: (n) donor, benefactor, contributor |
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ruse
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(n)
an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick syn: stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
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teem
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(v)
to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities syn: abound, swarm, overflow ant: lack, be wanting |
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tenet
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(n)
an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true syn: doctrine, precept |
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tractable
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(adj)
easily managed, easy to deal with easily wrought, malleable syn: submissive, docile, yielding, amenable ant: unruly, obstreperous, refractory |
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ungainly
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(adj)
clumsy, awkward; unwieldy ayn: graceless ant: nimble, agile, supply, graceful |
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voracious
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(adj)
having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager syn: gluttonous, insatiable, avid ant: indifferent, apathetic |