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KEY: Articular.
SYN: Spinous, sagittate, prickly, thorny, sharp-pointed, hastate, bristly.
ANT: Obtuse, blunt, abrupt.
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KEY: Acid.
SYN: Sharp, acidulous, acetous, vinegarish.
ANT: Mellow, luscious, mealy, rich.
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KEY: Acknowledge.
SYN: Avow, admit, recognize, own, accept, profess, endorse, grant, concede, concern.
ANT: Disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate, ignore, deny.
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KEY: Acknowledged.
SYN: Agreed, settled, understood, decided, customary.
ANT: Not agreed, undecided, unsettled, not customary.
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KEY: Acme.
SYN: Summit, zenith, climax, apex, pitch, culmination, meridian.
ANT: Base, floor, ground, foundation, nadir, depth, depression, foot, root.
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KEY: Acquaint.
SYN: Advertise, inform, impart, make known, divulge, teach, notify, apprise, advise, tell.
ANT: Misinform, deceive, delude, mislead, misguide, hoodwink.
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KEY: Acquaintance.
SYN: Knowledge, intimacy, familiarity, experience, companionship.
ANT: Ignorance, unfamiliarity, inexperience. It has also the colloquial meaning of a person with whom one is acquainted.
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KEY: Acquiesce.
SYN: Assent, concur, repose, agree, yield, be resigned, comply.
ANT: Dissent, demur, object.
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KEY: Acquire.
SYN: Gain, earn, procure, obtain, get, realize, win, reap.
ANT: Lose, forfeit, surrender, miss, forego.
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KEY: Acquirement.
SYN: Knowledge, at, entertainment, accomplishment, learning, erudition, acquisition.
ANT: Intuition, inspiration, genius.
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KEY: Acquit.
SYN: Discharge, exonerate, absolve, exculpate, release, dismiss, liberate, pardon,.
ANT: Charge, accuse, impeach, constrain, implicate, bind, compel, condemn, oblige, sentence.
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KEY: Acquittance.
SYN: Release, receipt, discharge.
ANT: Bond, claim, charge, obligation.
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KEY: Acrid.
SYN: Harsh, sour.
ANT: Mellow, sweet, luscious.
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KEY: Acrimonious.
SYN: Sharp, biting, stinging, pungent, acrid, ill-natured, sarcastic.
ANT: Smooth, sweet, pleasant, goodnatured, bland.
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KEY: Acrimony.
SYN: Sharpness, bitterness, sourness, causticity, acerbity, asperity, tartness, ill-feeling, hostility, animosity.
ANT: Smoothness, courtesy, mildness, blandness, pleasantness, friendship, amiability.
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KEY: Across.
SYN: Athwart, against, transversely. Transverseness to a line of movement becomes opposition.
ANT: Lengthwise, along, concurrently, parallel.
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KEY: Act. \v.\ [See DO].
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KEY: Act \n.\
SYN: Deed, performance, action, movement, proceeding, exercise, operation, play.
ANT: Inaction, rest, repose, cessation, suspension, quiet, immobility, inertia, quiescence.
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KEY: Action. [See ACT].
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KEY: Active.
SYN: Nimble, agile, lively, sprightly, brisk, quick, expert, dexterous, supple, wide-awake, prompt, busy, industrial, diligent.
ANT: Slow, inactive, Indolent, sluggish, heavy.
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KEY: Activity.
SYN: Agility, quickness, energy, briskness, vivacity, promptness, alertness, celerity, rapidity.
ANT: Inactivity, awkwardness, Indolence, slowness, sloth, clumsiness, heaviness, sluggishness, lassitude.
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KEY: Actor.
SYN: Doer, worker, agent, performer, principal, player, tragedian, comedian.
ANT: [See AGENT].
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KEY: Actual.
SYN: Developed, positive, unquestionable, demonstrable, certain, real, authentic.
ANT: Potential, undeveloped, hypothetical, supposition, possible, virtual, theoretical, fabulous, fictitious, unreal.
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KEY: Actually.
SYN: Verity, truly, decidedly, assuredly, positively.
ANT: Potentially, hypothetically, theoretically.
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KEY: Actuate.
SYN: Urge, instigate, stir, induce, influence, incline, dispose, incite, impel, prompt, drive.
ANT: Deter, discourage, retard, inhibit, hinder, prevent, impede, dissuade.
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KEY: Acuity.
SYN: Pointedness, acylation, acumination.
ANT: Bluntness, hebetude, obtuseness.
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KEY: Aculeated.
SYN: Armed, spinous, acuminated, punctuous.
ANT: Unarmed, blunt, obtuse, stingless, pointless.
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KEY: acumen.
SYN: Point, penetrativeness, sharpness, discernment, talent, sagacity.
ANT: Bluntness, obtuseness, stupidity, dulness, indiscernment, hebetude.
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KEY: Acute.
SYN: Pointed, penetrating, sagacious, perspicacious, keen, astute, piercing, sharp, shrewd, keen-sighted, severe, distressing.
ANT: Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, undiscerning, heavy, chronic, stolid.
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KEY: Acutely.
SYN: Sharply, deeply, painfully, poignantly, intensely.
ANT: Bluntly, obtusely, stupidly, stolidly, pleasantly.
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KEY: Adage.
SYN: Maxim, saying, motto, saw, apothegm, aphorism, byword, proverb, dictum.
ANT: Discourse, disquisition, yarn, harangue.
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KEY: Adapt.
SYN: Fit, accommodate, suit, adjust, conform, admeasure, harmonize, attune.
ANT: Misfit, misconform, misapply.
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KEY: Adaptation.
SYN: Accommodation, adjustment, admeasurement, conformity, coincidence.
ANT: Inconformity, incongruity, incompatibility, disharmony, misfit, malformation, mismeasurement.
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KEY: Add.
SYN: Adduce, adjoin, increase, extend, enlarge, sum up, cast up, subjoin, amplify, annex.
ANT: Deduct, subtract, dissever, abstract.
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KEY: Addendum.
SYN: Acquisition, improvement, supplement, complement, desideratum, concomitant, annexation, appendage.
ANT: Surplusage, detriment, deterioration, detraction, drawback.
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KEY: Addicted.
SYN: Given, accustomed, prone, inclined, disposed, habituated.
ANT: Unaddicted, disinclined, unaccustomed, indisposed, averse, free.
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KEY: additament.
SYN: Adjunct, annexation, supplement, addition, acquisition, increase, augmentation, accession.
ANT: Deduction, detraction, drawback, decrement, deterioration.
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KEY: Addition.
SYN: Accession, enlargement, increase, extension, accretion, appendage.
ANT: [See ADDITAMENT].
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KEY: Address \n.\
SYN: Tact, manners.
ANT: Awkwardness, unmannerliness.
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KEY: Address \v.\
SYN: Accost, greet, salute, approach, apostrophize, appeal, hail, woo, court.
ANT: Elude, avoid, shun, ignore, pass.
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KEY: Adduce.
SYN: Allege, apply, cite, advance, offer, introduce, produce, add, import, name, mention, quote.
ANT: Retract, except, withdraw, deduct, deduce, suppress.
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KEY: Adept.
SYN: Expert, adroit, handy, master, performer, professor, artist.
ANT: Awkward, clumsy, inexpert, tyro, novice, lubber, blunderer.
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KEY: Adequate.
SYN: Equal, sufficient, fit, satisfactory, full, competent, capable, able.
ANT: Unequal, insufficient, incompetent, inadequate.
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KEY: Adhere.
SYN: Stick, cohere, cleave, hold, attach, unite, fix, join, cling.
ANT: Disunite, part, separate, divide, secede, sunder, sever.
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KEY: Adherence.
SYN: Adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, cleaving to, constancy, endearment.
ANT: Separation, disunion, unfaithfulness, desertion, treachery.
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KEY: Adherent.
SYN: Follower, supporter.
ANT: Denial, protestation, negation, contradiction, rejection.
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KEY: Admit.
SYN: Receive, pase, permit, accept, grant, concede, allow, acknowledge, confess, own, avow, suffer.
ANT: Exclude, debar, disallow, reject, deny, discharge, dismiss, eject, extrude, repudiate, disavow, disown.
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KEY: Admittance.
SYN: Introduction, entrance, pass, permit, passport, privilege, acceptance, welcome, reception.
