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Abet

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To assist in or encourage, especially in wrongdoing

Syn: promote
Ant: dissuade

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating

Syn: flat; lifeless
Ant: challenging

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Extraneous

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Inessential; not constituting a vital part

Syn: irrelevant
Ant: essential

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Coerce

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To force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats

Syn: compel

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Jaundiced

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Prejudiced; hostile

Syn: skeptical; cynical
Ant: believing, trusting

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Meticulous

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Extremely, sometimes excessively, careful about small details; precise

Syn: fastidious
Ant: sloppy

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Temerity

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Recklessness; foolish disregard of danger

Syn: audacity
Ant: prudence

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Gregarious

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Sociable; fond of the company of others

Syn: friendly
Ant: reclusive

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Dogmatic

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Arrogant and stubborn about one’s beliefs

Syn: dictatorial
Ant: open-minded

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Heresy

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Crime of holding belief that goes against established doctrine

Ant: orthodoxy

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Docile

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Easy to teach or manage

Syn: submissive
Ant: unmanageable

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Libation

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A drink, especially alcoholic

Syn: intoxicant

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Anathema

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Hated, repellant person or thing

Syn: detestation

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Banter

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Teasing; playing conversation

Syn: joshing

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Castigate

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To criticize or punish for the purpose of correction

Syn: reprimand
Ant: praise

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Gauche

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Lacking social graces; tactless

Syn: awkward
Ant: graceful

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Ignominy

A

Public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

Syn: disgrace
Ant: renown

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Motley

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Made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors

Syn: varied
Ant: uniform

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Emaciated

A

Extremely thin; wasted away

Syn: withered
Ant: plump

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Avarice

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Greed; desire for wealth

Syn: acquisitiveness
Ant: largesse

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Furtive

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Stealthy; secretive

Syn: surreptitious
Ant: overt

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Bacchanalian

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Wild and drunken

Ant: restrained

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Extradite

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To turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority

Syn: deport

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Copious

A

Numerous; large in quantity

Syn; profuse
Ant: sparse

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Irascible

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Easily angered

Syn: irritable
Ant: easygoing

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Mercenary

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A professional soldier hired by foreign army

Ant: volunteer

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Bastion

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A strong defense or fort

Syn: stronghold

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Jettison

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To cast overboard; to discard

Syn: deploy
Ant: retain

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Ostracize

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To banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consent

Syn: exile
Ant: accept

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Divulge

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To tell; to reveal as a secret

Syn: unveil
Ant: conceal

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Bigot

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One who is intolerant of differences in people

Syn: racist, extremist

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Expunge

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To erase or eliminate

Syn: obliterate
Ant: add

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Candid

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Outspoken; blunt

Syn: frank; direct
Ant: evasive

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Argot

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Special words or phrases used by a specific group of people

Syn: jargon

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Negligence

A

Careless neglect; often resulting in injury

Syn: carelessness
Ant: care, attention

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Appease

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To calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)

Syn: mollify
Ant: aggravate

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Strident

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Harsh sounding; grating

Syn: shrill
Ant: soothing

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Chaos

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Complete disorder

Syn: confusion; jumble
Ant: order; harmony

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Augment

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To enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity

Syn: expand; supplement
Ant: narrow; reduce

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Jingoism

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Extreme, chauvinistic patriotism, often favoring an aggressive, warlike foreign policy

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