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adulterate
V: To corrupt, make worse through addition
Contaminate - purify
augment
V: to make larger
enlarge - decrease
deploy
V: to position or arrange
Station
opulent
Adj: wealthy, luxurious
Rich - lavish
verbatim
Adj: word for word, exactly as written or spoken
exact - paraphrased
warily
adv: cautiously or with great care
carefully - recklessly
adroit
Adj: skillful, expert in hands or mind
Clever - clumsy
extol
V: to praise extravagantly
glorify - criticize
feasible
adj: Able to be done
viable - impractical
jeopardy
n: danger
risk - safety
meticulous
adj: extremely careful
fussy - careless
quintessence
n: the purest form of something, most topical example
exemplar
alienate
V: to run away, to make indifferent
separate - befriend
culinary
adj: of or related or cooking
delete
V: erase
remove - insert
demise
N: a death (person in lofty position)
decrease - birth
negligible
adj: so unimportant that it can be discarded
trivial - crucial
perpetuate
V: to make permanent or long lasting
Continue - abandon
ascertain
V: to find out
Discover
expunge
V: to erase, destroy
delete - insert
malevolent
Adj: spiteful, showing ill will
wicked - kind
nonchalant
Adj: cool and confident, unconcerned
Composed - agitated
omniscient
Adj: knowing everything, having unlimited awareness
wise - ignorant
scrupulous
Adj: exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details.
Painstaking - remiss
benefactor
(n.) one who does good to others
Synonyms: patron, humanitarian
Antonyms: misanthrope, malefactor
dearth
n: a lack/want
insufficiency - surplus
embark
v: to go aboard
commence
infallible
adj: free from error
perfect - imperfect
repose
v: to rest n: to relaxation
n: respite - exertion
unfeigned
adj: sincere
genuine - phony
