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Beneficent adj

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Performing acts of kindness or charity; doing good
+ humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
- selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

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Cadaverous adj

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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
+ corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
- robust, portly, rosy

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Concoct v

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To prepare by combing ingredients, make up as a dish
To devise, invent, fabricate
+ create, fashion, rustle up

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Crass adj

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Coarse, unfeeling, stupid
+ crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
- refiend, elegant, tasetful, brilliant, polished

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Debase v

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To lower in character, quality, value
To degrade, adulterate, deteriorate
+ cheapen, copprt, demean, depreciate
- elevate, uplift, enhance, improve

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Desecrate v

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Treat irreverently, to contaminate, pollute
+ profane, defile, violate
- revere, honor. Venerate, consecrate

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Disconcert v

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To confuse, to disturb the composure of
+ unset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
- relax, calm, put at ease

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Grandiose adj

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Grand in an impressive or stately way 
Pompous affectation or grandeur
Absurdly exaggerated 
\+ majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
- simple, modest, unaffected, humble
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Inconsequential adj

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Trifling. Unimportant
+ trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
- important, essential, crucial , vital

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Infraction n

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A breaking of a law or obligation

+ violation, transgression, breach, offense

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Mitigate adj

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To make milder or softer, to moderate in intensity
+ lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
- aggravate, intensify, exacerbate

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Pillage v n

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To rob goods by open force (in war) , plunder

+ ravage, sack, loot, (n) booty

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Prate v

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To talk a great deal in a aimless/foolish fahsion
+ prattle, blab, palaver
- come to the points

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Punctilious adj

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Very careful and extact, attentive to fine points of etiquette and propriety
+ precise, sceupulous, exacting, finicky
- careless, negligent, perfunctory

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Redoubtable adj

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Inspring fear or awe, illustrous, eminent
+ formiddable, fearsome, awesome, august
- comtemptible, risible, laughable

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Reprove v

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To find fault, scold, rebuke
+ chode, chastise, upbraid, reproach
- praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

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Restitution n

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The act of restoring or someone or sth to the rightful owner
Making good on a loss/damage
+ compensation, reimbursement, redress, Restoration

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Stalwart adj n

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Strong sturdy, brave. Resolute
- strong supporter
+ sturdy, stout. Intrepid, vallant
- weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

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Vulnerable adj

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Open to attck, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected
+unguarde, defenseless, exposed
- invincible, secured

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Acrimonious adj

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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone
+ bitting, caustic. Rancorous, hostile, peevish
- gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

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Bovine adj

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Resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive
+ stolid, dull, slow, stupid
- alert, sharp, brit, keen , quick

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Consternation n

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Dismay, confusion
+ shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay
- calm, composure, aplomb

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Corpulent adj

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Fat, having a large, bulky body
+ overweighted, heavy, obese, stout, portly
- slenderlean, lean, emaciated

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Disavow v

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To deny responsibility, connection with
+ disown, abjure, retract
- acknowledge, admit, certify, grant

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Disspassionate adj

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Impartial, calm, free from emtions
+ unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached
- engaed,biased

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Dissention n

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Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
+ strife, discord, contention
- agreement, accord, harmony

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Dissipate v

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To cause to disappear, to scatter, to spend foolishly, extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
+ disperse, strew, diffuse, waste
- converse, husband, gather ,..

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Expurgate v

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To remove passges or words from a written text
To cleanse, purify
+ purge, censor, bowdleriZe

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Gauntlet n

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An armored or protected glove
A challenge
Ordeal
+ dare, provocation, trial, punishment

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Hypothetical adj

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+ assumed, conjectural

- real, tested, substantiated

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Ignoble adj

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Mean, low, base
+ inferior, unworthy, sordid
- admirable, praiseworthy, noble

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Impugn v

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To call into question
To attack as false
+ challenge, dispute, question
- confirm, prove, validate, verify

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Intemperate adj

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Immoderate, lacking self control, inclement
+ excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate
- moderate, restrained, cool and collected

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Odium n

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Lhatred, contempt
Disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
+ abhorrence. Opprobrium. Shame, ignominy
- esteem, admiration, approbation

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Perfidy n

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Faithlessness, treachery
+ betrayal, treason, duplicity
- loyalty, steadfastness

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Relegate v

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To place in a. Lower postion 
To assign, refer 
To banish
\+ transfer, consign, demore, exile 
- promote, elecate, advance, recall
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Squeamish adj

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Inclined in nausea
Easily shocked or upset
Excessively fastidious or refined
+ naeseated, quesy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish

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Subservient adj

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Subordinate in capacity or role
Submissively obedient 
Serving to promote some end 
\+ servile, obsequious, secondary 
- primary, principal, domineering
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Susceptible adj

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+ vulnerable, receptive, impressionable

- resistant, immune

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Abate v

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To make less in amount, degree 
To subside, become less
To nullify, deduct 
\+ diminish, subside
- intensify, magnify, wax
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Adulation n

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Praise or excessive flattery
+ adoration. Idolization
- ridicule, derision, scorn, odium

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Anathema n

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Object of intense dislike
A curse or strong denunciation
+ malediction, abomination, imprecation
- benediction, blessing

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Astute adj

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Shrewd, crafty. Showing practical wisdom
+ shrewd, acute, sagacious.
- obtuse, dumb

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Avarice n

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Greedy desire for wealth

+ cupidity , rapacity, acquisitiveness

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Culpable adj

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Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation
+ guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy
- blameless. Innocent, laudable, meritorious

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Dilatory adj

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Tednding to delay or procrastinate, not prompt
+ postpone, slow, laggard, tardy
- prompt, punctual, expeditious

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Egregious adj

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Conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used in unfavorable tense)
+ glaring, flagrant, blatant
- unnoticeable, paltry, piddling

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Equivocate v

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To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation
Deliberately vague or ambiguous
+ palter, hedge
- to speak one’s mind plainly

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Evanescent adj

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Vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy
+ epemeral, trasient, transitory
- everlasting, imperishable

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Irresolute adj

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Unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating
+ indecisive, vacillating, wavering
- dtermined

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Nebulous adj

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Cloudlike, not transparent
Vague, confused
+ hazy, murkly, vague, opague, indeterminate
- definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused

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Novice v

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Beginner
+ neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice
- veteran, past master, expert

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Penury n

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Extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency

+ destitution, indigence
- affluence, adudance, opulence

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Pretentious adj

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+ inflated, ostentatious

- modest, unassuming

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Recapitulate v

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To review a series of fact
To sum up
+ review, summarize, go over

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Resuscitate v

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To revive. Bring back to consciousness or existence

+ revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate

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Slovenly adj

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Untidy, dirty, careless
+ unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax
- neat, tidy, meticulous

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Supposition n

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Sth is asummed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
+ assumption, presumption

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Torpid adj

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Inactive, sluggish, dull
+ lethargic, otiose, Languid
- energetic. Dynamic, vigorous

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Austere (adj)

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  • severe, stern in manner
  • wwithout adornment
  • simple, plain
    + rigorous, ascetic, unadorned, subdued…
  • Mils, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

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