ANT: Obscure, uncertain, ambiguous, dubious, contingent, hypothetical, hazy, oracular, enigmatical, mystical.
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KEY: Category.
SYN: State, kind, predicament, condition, nature, order, mode, sort, class.
ANT: Essence, truth, being.
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KEY: Causality.
SYN: Eventuality, operativeness, potentiality, effectuality, productiveness, conduciveness.
ANT: Preventiveness, retardativeness, obstructiveness, counteractivity, unproductiveness, ineffectiveness, inoperativeness, barrenness.
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KEY: Causation, [See CAUSALITY].
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KEY: Cause \v.\ [See PRODUCE].
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KEY: Cause \n.\
SYN: Source, origin, producer, agent, creator, purpose, inducement, reason, account, principle, motive, object, suit, action.
ANT: Effect, result, accomplishment, end, production, issue, preventive.
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KEY: Caustic.
SYN: Burning, mordant, pungent, irritating, biting, pointed, sarcastic, trenchant, severe.
ANT: Pointless, mild, soothing, conciliating, vapid, flat, tame.
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KEY: Caution.
SYN: [See CARE and CALCULATION].
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KEY: Cautious, [See CIRCUMSPECT].
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KEY: Cavalier \a.\ [See ARROGANT].
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KEY: Cavil, [See CARP].
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KEY: Cavity, [See OPENING].
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KEY: Caviller, [See CAVIL].
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KEY: Cease.
SYN: Intermit, stop, desist, abstain, discontinue, quit, refrain, end, pause, leave off.
ANT: Ceaseless, never-ending, everlasting, constant, incessant, [See ETERNAL].
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KEY: Ceaseless, [See CEASE].
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KEY: Cede, [See RELINQUISH].
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KEY: Celebrate, [See HONOR].
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KEY: Celebrated.
SYN: Famed, renowned, illustrious, eminent, glorious, famous, noted, distinguished, notable, exalted.
ANT: Unrenowned, obscure, undistinguished, unknown, disgraced, mean.
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KEY: Celebration.
SYN: Commemoration, solemnization, observance.
ANT: Oblivion, inobservance, obsolescence, desuetude.
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KEY: Celebrity.
SYN: Fame, honor, glory, star, reputation, distinction, renown, notability, eminence, notoriety.
ANT: Obscurity, meanness, ingloriousness, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, cipher, nobody.
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KEY: Celerity.
SYN: Rapidity, speed, haste, velocity, swiftness, quickness, fleetness, despatch.
ANT: Slowness, inertness, slaggishness, tardiness, cumbrousness.
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KEY: Celestial.
SYN: Heavenly, ethereal, atmospheric, supernal, angelic, radiant, eternal, immortal, seraphic, divine, godlike, elysian.
ANT: Earthly, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, mortal, hellish, infernal.
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KEY: Cement.
SYN: Bind, bond, unite, perpetuate, consolidate.
ANT: Detach, dissolve, dissociate, disintegrate, divorce.
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KEY: Censorious, [See CAPTIOUS].
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KEY: Censure \v.\ [See BLAME].
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KEY: Censure.
SYN: Blame, stricture, reproach, reprobate, inculpate, reprove, condemn, reprehend, chide, berate, scold, upbraid, disapproval, remonstrance, rebuke, reprimand, dispiaise.
ANT: Praise, eulogy, approbation, encouragement, commendation.
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KEY: Central.
SYN: Mediate, accessible, convenient,.
ANT: Remote, inaccessible, inconvenient.
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KEY: Centralize.
SYN: Concentrate, fix, localize, collect.
ANT: Disperse, disseminate, distribute, apportion, divide, delocalize.
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KEY: Ceremonial.
SYN: Official, ministerial, functional, pompous, imposing, sumptuous, scenic.
ANT: Ordinary, private, unimposing, unostentatious, undramatic.
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KEY: Ceremonious.
SYN: Punctilious, formal, prim, precise.
ANT: Brusque, blunt, supercilious, bluff, unceremonious.
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KEY: Ceremony.
SYN: Display, pageant, solemnity, rite, formality.
ANT: [See FASHION].
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KEY: Certain.
SYN: true, fixed, regular, established, incontrovertible, undoubtful, indubitable, infallible, unmistakable, sure, unfailing, real, actual, undeniable, positive, convinced, assured.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, exceptional, irregular, casual, occasional, questionable, doubtful, vacillating, undecided, uncertain.
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KEY: Certainly.
SYN: Surely, positively, unquestionably.
ANT: Possibly, probably, perhaps, contingently, doubtfully, occasionally.
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KEY: Certainty.
SYN: Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, conviction.
ANT: Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity, hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision.
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KEY: Certify.
SYN: Acknowledge, aver, attest, vouch, avow, avouch, testify, protest, declare, demonstrate, prove, evidence, inform, assure.
ANT: Disprove, disavow, misinform, misadvise.
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KEY: Cessation.
SYN: Stopping, halt, discontinuance, quiescence, suspension, intermission, lull, respite, stop, rest, abeyance, pause.
ANT: Continuance, uninterruptedness, unintermission, incessancy.
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KEY: Cession.
SYN: Concession, yielding, surrender, abandonment, relinquishment, grant.
ANT: Retention, claimance, maintenance, appropriation, usurpation, vindication, assumption.
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KEY: Chafe.
SYN: Gall, rub, vex, irritate, chagrin, tease, harass, disappoint, grieve, annoy, worry, calcitrate, re sent, resist, fret, fidget, writhe.
ANT: Soothe, smooth, coax, calm, humor, console, submit, endure, succumb, crouch, truckle.
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KEY: Chaff.
SYN: Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity, trash, chaffer.
ANT: Emphasis, seriousness, sense, substance, reason, argument, marrow, pith, gist.
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KEY: Chaffer.
SYN: Haggle, bargain, higgle, stickle, boggle.
ANT: Close, conclude, agree, negotiate.
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KEY: Chagrin \v.\ [See CHAFE].
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KEY: Challenge \v.\
SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
ANT: Pass, allow, grant, concede.
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KEY: Champion \n.\
SYN: Hero, warrior, combatant, vindicator, challenger, defender, protector.
ANT: Renegade, deserter, poltroon, miscreant, traitor, coward, adversary, opponent.
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KEY: Chance \v.\ [See HAZARD].
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KEY: Chance \n.\
SYN: Accident, fortuity, hazard, haphazard, fortune, random, casualty, befoulment, luck.
ANT: Law, rule, sequence, consequence, causation, effectuation, intention, purpose, design, certainty.
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KEY: Change \v.\
SYN: Vary, alter, modify, diversify, qualify, transmute, substitute, fluctuate, shift, veer, exchange.
ANT: Conserve, retain, stabilitate, fix, clinch, stand, endure, last, hold.
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KEY: Change \n.\ [See VARIATION].
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KEY: Changeable.
SYN: [See CAPRICIOUS].
ANT: [See CHANGELESS].
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KEY: Changeful, [See CHANGEABLE].
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KEY: Changeless.
SYN: Regular, settled, steady, firm, stationary, consistent, resolute, reliable, undeviating, uniform, immutable, immovable.
ANT: Irregular, unsettled, unsteady, wavering, fluctuating, capricious, irresolute, vacillating, variable, mutable, plastic.
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KEY: Chaplet.
SYN: Garland, wreath, coronal.
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KEY: Character.
SYN: Symbol, letter, nature, type, disposition, genius, temperament, cast, estimation, repute, office, reputation, part, capacity, class, order, sort, stamp, kind, quality, species, sign, tone, mark, figure, record.
ANT: Vagueness, anonymousness, nondescription, disrepute.
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KEY: Characteristic.
SYN: Distinction, peculiarity, diagnosis, idiosyncrasy, speciality, individuality, personality, singularity.
ANT: Nondescription, abstractedness, generality, miscellany.
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KEY: Characterize.
SYN: Mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify.
