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amenity |
that which is pleasant or agreeable, attractive features, customs Antonyms, unpleasantness, disagreeableness |
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aperture |
the opening, gap, hol, orifice Antonyms, closure blockage, occlusion |
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dissidence |
a difference of opinion, discontent Synonyms: disagreement, dissent, disaffection Antonyms: agreement, harmony, concord |
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epicurean |
devoted to the pursuit of pleasure: fond of good food, comfort, and ease, with discriminating tastes, a person with discriminating tastes Synonyms: hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating Antonyms: ascetic, self-denying, abstemious |
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improvident |
not thrifty, failing to plan ahead Synonyms: prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant Antonyms: thrifty, frugal, economical, cautious |
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iniquity |
wickedness, sin, a grossly immoral act Synonyms: evil, crime Antonyms probity, rectitude, uprightness |
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inviolable |
sacred, of such a character that it must not be broken, injured, or profaned Synonyms: sacrosanct, unassailable Antonyms: vulnerbale, assailable |
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mutable |
open to or capable of change, fickle Synonyms: changeable, variable Antonyms: changeless, steadfast, constant |
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nascent |
just beginning to exist or develop, having just come into existence Synonyms: budding, incipient, embryonic Antonyms: dying moribund, senescent |
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obeisance |
a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission, deference, homage Synonyms: respect, honor Antonyms: disrespect, irreverence, disregard |
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panegyric |
formal or elaborate praise, a tribute Synonyms: encomium, testimonial Antonyms: diatribe, tirade, philippic |
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pillory |
a device for publicly punishing offenders, a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule, Antonyms: praise, extol, laud, acclaim |
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pittance |
a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion Synonyms: modicum, trifle Antonyms: fortune |
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presage |
to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict, a warning or indication of the future Synonyms: augur, portend, foretell |
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progeny |
descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples Synonyms: issue, posterity Antonyms: ancestors, forebears, antecedents |
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promulgate |
to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide Synonyms: announce Antonyms: withdraw, retract, abrogate, nullify |
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rectitude |
uprightness, righteousness, correctness Synonyms: probity, integrity Antonyms iniquity, heinousness |
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restive |
restless, hard to manage, balky Synonyms: uneasy, figety, recalcitrant Antonyms: serene, unruffled, docile |
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seraphic |
angelic, heavenly, celestial Synonyms: cherubic Antonyms: devilish, impish |
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subsist |
to have existence, to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life: to persist or continue Synonyms: last, survive, sustain |
