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| (adj) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
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| (n) a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
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| syn: innuendo, calumny, denigration |
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| ant: endorsement, testimonial, praise |
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| (adj) extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
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| syn: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish |
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| (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
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| syn: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough |
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| ant: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic |
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| (v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
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| syn: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk |
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| ant: coerce, force, strong-arm |
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| (v) to punish severely; to criticize severely |
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| syn: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid |
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| ant: reward, honor, praise, laud |
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| (v) to plan with ingenuity; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
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| syn: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate |
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| (n) a leader who exploits popular prejudice and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
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| syn: rabble-rouser, firebrand |
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| (v) to free from deception or error, set right in idea or thinking |
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| syn: undeceive, enlighten, set straight |
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| ant: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes |
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| (n) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interests, boredom |
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| syn: languor, world-weariness, listlessness |
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| ant: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity |
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| (n) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains; (v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
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| syn: (n) bond, restraint; (v) bind, hamper |
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| ant: (v) free, liberate, emancipate |
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| (adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful |
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| syn: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous |
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| (adj) not subject to change, constant |
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| ant: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle |
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| (n) one who rebels or rises against authority; (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
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| syn: (adj) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous |
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| ant: (adj) loyalist, loyal, faithful |
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| (n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality |
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| syn: delusions of grandeur |
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| ant: humility, modesty, self-abasement |
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| (n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
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| syn: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum" |
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| (adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
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| syn: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed |
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| ant: open, frank, aboveboard, overt |
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| (v) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
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| (v) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
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| syn: transform, convert, translate, metamorphose |
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| ant: maintain unchanged, preserve |
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| (adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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| syn: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand |
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