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aloof

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ADJECTIVE
definition: apart, indifferent
Syn: detached, incurious, unconcerned
Ant: integrated: friendly

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appreciate

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VERB

definition: to increase in value
ant: to decrease in value

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apprehend

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VERB
definition: to seize, arrest, take into custody; or understand, become aware of
Ant: turn loose

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Belligerent

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ADJECTIVE
definition: waging war; inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness
Syn: bellicose, pugnacious, combative, contentious, quarrelsome
Ant: peaceful

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Bemuse

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VERB
definition: to confuse or bewilder
Ant: enlighten

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Brittle

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ADJECTIVE
definition: fragile, frail, easily damaged
Syn: fragile, frangible, friable
Ant: flexible

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Complacency

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NOUN
definition: state of being self-satisfied
Ant: dissatisfaction

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Derision

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NOUN
definition: scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
Ant: applause

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Imperious

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ADJECTIVE
definition: extremely overbearing
Syn: domineering, imperative, masterful, preemptory
Ant: meek

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Indignation

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NOUN
definition: anger as a result of something unjust
Syn: fury, ire, rage, wrath
Ant: serenity

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Juncture

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NOUN
definition: a point of joining
Ant: separation

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mollify

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VERB
definition: to soothe or appease, assuage
Syn: appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate
Ant: aggravate

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monotony

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NOUN
definition: sameness
Ant: diversity

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Morose

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ADJECTIVE
definition: being sullen or gloomy
Syn: crabbed, glum, saturnine, sulky, surly
Ant: cheerful

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Mottled

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ADJECTIVE
definition: marked with spots of different color
Syn: spotted, blotched
Ant: evenly colored

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plaintive

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ADJECTIVE
definition: mournful and expressing sorrow
Ant: joyful

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ominous

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ADJECTIVE
definition: threatening
Syn: fateful, portentous

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pugnacious

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ADJECTIVE
definition: looking for a fight, combative, belligerent
Syn: bellicose, belligerent, contentious, quarrelsome
Ant: peaceful

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relish

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VERB
definition: to take great pleasure or delight I
Ant: detest

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reprehensible

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ADJECTIVE
definition: deserving blame or reprimand
Syn: blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, reprobatory
Ant: praiseworthy

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revere

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VERB
definition: to honor, to regard with respect
Syn: adore, venerate, worship
Ant: despise

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Scuttle

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VERB
definition: to sink–usually a ship
Syn: preserve

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Slough

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VERB
definition: to cast off
Ant: grasp; hold tenaciously

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stilted

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ADJECTIVE
definition: artificially formal, stiff, pompous
Ant: genuine

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Wispy

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ADJECTIVE
definition: small in amount, fragile, or slight
Ant: substantial

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