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| to make less in amount, degree, etc. ; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
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| diminish, decrease, subside, let up |
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| intensify, increase, magnify, wax |
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| praise or flattery that is excessive |
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| adoration, idolization, hero-worship |
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| ridicule, derision, scorn, odium |
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| an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used adjectivally without the article) |
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| malediction, imprecation, abomination |
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| shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdome |
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| shrewd, acute, sagacious, judicious, wily |
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| abtuse, doltish, empty-headed, dumb |
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| a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
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| cupidity, rapacity, acquisitiveness |
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| deserving clame, worthy of condemnation |
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| guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy |
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| blameless, innocent, laudable, meritorious |
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| tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone |
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| stalling, slow, tardy, laggard |
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| prompt, punctual, speedy, sxpeditious |
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| conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) |
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| glaring, flagrant, blatant |
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| unnotiveable, paltry, piddling |
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| to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| to talk out of both dies of one's mouth, palter, hedge |
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| to speak one's mind plainly |
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| vanidhing, soon passing away; light and airy |
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| ephemeral, transient, transitory |
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| everlasting, immortal, imperishable |
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| unable to make up ones mind, hesitating |
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| indecisive, vacillating, wavering |
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| cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct |
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| hazy, fuzzy, cloudy, vague, murky, opaque, indeterminate |
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| definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused |
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| one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
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| neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice |
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| veteran, past master, pro, expert |
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| extreme poverty; barrenness, insuffciency |
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| destitution, wnat, indigence |
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| affluence, abundance, luxury, opulence |
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| done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one;s skill or abilities, ambitious |
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| inflated, ostentatious, affected |
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| unassuming, unaffected, modest |
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| to review a series of facts; to sum up |
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| to revive, bring back to consciousness or existance |
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| unkept, slatternly, slipshod, lax |
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| neat, tidy, careful, meticulous |
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| something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
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| assumpton, presumption, hypothesis |
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| sluggish, lethargic, otiose, languid |
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