| Term | Definition |
|---|
| appreciable | preceptible, detectable, considerable |
| autocratic | domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical |
| blanch | bleach, drain, wash out, go white |
| blasphemy | curse, profanity, sacrilege, imprecation |
| brawny | broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly |
| concerted | joint, cooperative, combined, consolidated |
| contend | battle, dispute, vie, maintain, assert |
| humane | sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted |
| illustrious | eminent, reowned, prominent, celebrated |
| intolerable | insufferable, unendurable, outrageous |
| inrreverent | profane, impious, sacrilegious, flippant |
| laborious | arduous, difficult, strenuous, wearisome |
| lithe | supple, flexible, pliant, lissome |
| maltreat | misuse, mistreat, harm, aggrieve |
| ponder | think over, ruminate, contemplate |
| subversive | treaonous, traitorous, a revolutionary |
| synthetic | artificial, ersatz |
| temperate | composed, balanced, mellow, fair |
| venomous | nasty, malicious, virulent, malevolent |
| wily | clever, tricky, artful, foxy, cagey |
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