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abate |
allay, cool, decline, decrease, die away, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, lay back*, lessen, let up, mellow out*, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slack off, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, taper, taper off, unlax*, wane, weaken |
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abscond |
blow, break, breeze, cut out, decamp, disappear, duck out, escape, fade away, flee, get, lam, leave, make off, powder, pull out, quit, run away, run off, scram, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip away, sneak away, split, steal away, take off, vamoose |
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abstain |
abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, forbear, forgo, give up, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, withhold |
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abyss |
abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
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adulterate |
alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, doctor up*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, lace*, make impure, minge, mix, needle, phony up*, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water, water down*, weaken |
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advocate |
advance, advise, argue for, back, bless, bolster, boost*, brace up*, build up, campaign for, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, favor, further, go for, go with, hold with, justify, plead for, plug*, plump for*, press for, promote, propose, push, recommend, root for*, say so*, side, speak for, spread around*, stump for*, support, thump for, tout, uphold, urge, vindicate |
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aesthetic |
artful, artistic, creative, esthetic, gorgeous, inventive |
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aggrandize |
acclaim, applaud, augment, ballyhoo, beef up*, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up*, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jack up*, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise |
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alleviate |
allay, assuage, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, soft-pedal* |
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amalgamate |
admix, alloy, ally, coalesce, combine, come together, compound, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, interface, intermix, join together, meld, merge, mingle, network, pool, team up*, tie in, tie up*, unite |
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ambiguous |
cryptic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, obscure, opaque, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, vague |
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ameliorate |
alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade |
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anachronism |
antedate, metachronism, misdate, misplacement, postdate, prolepsis, solecism |
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analogous |
akin, alike, comparable, consonant, convertible, correspondent, corresponding, equivalent, homologous, interchangeable, kindred, like, parallel, related, resembling, undifferentiated, uniform |
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anomaly |
aberration, abnormality, departure, deviation, eccentricity, exception, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, unconformity |
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antagonize |
alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against |
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antipathy |
abhorrence, allergy, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, avoidance, bad blood*, contrariety, dislike, dispathy, distaste, enmity, escape, eschewal, evasion, hate, hatred, hostility, ill will, incompatibility, loathing, no use, opposition, rancor, repellency, repugnance, repulsion |
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apathy |
aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, indifference, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, stoicism, unconcern, unresponsiveness |
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arbitrate |
adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, conciliate, decide, determine, interpose, intervene, judge, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, pass judgment, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, straighten out, trade off, umpire |
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archaic |
ancient, antiquated, antique, bygone, obsolete, old-fashioned, olden, outmoded, passé, primitive, superannuated |
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ardor |
avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, hot pants, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing |
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articulate |
clear, coherent, comprehensible, definite, distinct, eloquent, expressive, fluent, intelligible, lucid, meaningful, understandable, well-spoken |
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assuage |
allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, relieve, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, temper, tranquilize |
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attenuate |
abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deflate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine |
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audacious |
adventurous, aweless, ballsy, bold, brassy, brave, cheeky*, courageous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutty*, intrepid, nervy, rash, resolute, risky, unafraid, uncurbed, undaunted, ungoverned, valiant, venturesome |
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austere |
ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting |
