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Syns: amend, better, amend, improve
Ants: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
Ameliorate
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Syns: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
Ants: confusion, embarrassment, abashment
Aplomb
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Syns: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious, flowery
Ants: unadorned, simple, plain, austere, humble, quiet
bombastic
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Syns: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
Ants: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticate
Callow
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Syns: (n.) balderwash, hogwash, tommyrot, nonsense; (v.) slaver
Ants: sense
Drivel
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Syns: abstract, digest, model, archetype, embodiment
Ants: addition, extension
Epitome
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Syns: entreat, implore, adjure, encourage, advise
Ants: discourage, advise against, deprecate
Exhort
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Syns: approved, by virtue of position, sanctioned
Ants: democratic
Ex officio
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Syns: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach,invade
Ants: stay in bounds, comply, obey
Infringe
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Syns: cozy up to, curry favor with
Ants: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
Ingratiate
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Syns: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky, outsider
Ants: insider
Interloper
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Syns: immanent, organic, internal, inherent, fundamental
Ants: extrinsic, external, outward
Intrinsic
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Syns: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate, castigate, condemn
Ants: acclaim, glorify, extol, flatter, praise
Inveigh
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Syns: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
Ants: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
Lassitude
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Syns: chilliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
Ants: doomsday, day of judgement
Millennium
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Syns: (adj.) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
Ants: (adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric
Occult
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Syns: diffuse, penetrate, seep, soak
Ants: empty, drain
Permeate
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Syns: (v.) provoke, produce; (adj.) reckless, impetuous, careless
Ants: (adj.) wary, cautious, circumspect
Precipitate
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Syns: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
Ants: lenient, mild, lax, permissive
Stringent
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Syns: (v.) infer, gather; (n.) inference, presumption
Ants: (v.) question, wonder (n.) calculation, measurement
Surmise
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