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affable
- S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial;
- A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable
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aggrandize
- S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt;
- A: reduce, decrease, diminish
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amorphous
- S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate;
- A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut
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aura
S: ambience, atmosphere
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contraband
- S: illicit, bootleg, unlawful;
- A: legal, lawful, licit
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erudite
- S: profoundly educated, well-read;
- A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate
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gossamer
- S: filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy;
- A: thick, dense, solid, massive
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infer
S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate
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inscrutable
- S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic;
- A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable
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insular
- S: narrow-minded, parochical, provincial;
- A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal
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irrevocable
- S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable,
- A: reversible, changeable
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propensity
- S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant;
- A: natural incapacity or inability
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querulous
- S:petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable;
- A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid
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remonstrate
S: reason against, expostulate
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repudiate
- S: disavow, abjure, renounce;
- A: avow, affirm, aver, avouch
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resilient
- S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy;
- A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding
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reverberate
S: rumble, thunder, boom, echo
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scurrilous
- S: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative;
- A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified
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sedulous
- S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable;
- A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose
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sleazy
- S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty;
- A: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy
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anomalous
- S: exceptional, atypical, unusual
- A: normal, regular, typical, ordinary, customary
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aspersion
- S: innuendo
- A: endorsement, testimonial, praise
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bizarre
- S: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
- A: normal, typical, ordinary, expected
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brusque
- S: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
- A: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic
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cajole
- S: wheedle, sweet-talk
- A: coerce, force, strong-arm
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castigate
- S: chastise, rebuke, censure
- A: reward, honor, praise, laud
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contrive
S: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate
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demagogue
S: rabble-rouser, firebrand
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disabuse
- S: undeceive, enlighten, set straight
- A: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eyes
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ennui
- S: listlessness, languor, world-weariness
- A: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity
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fetter
- S: bond, restraint; bind, hamper
- A: free, liberate, emancipate
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heinous
- S: evil, abominable, outrageous, odious
- A: excellent, wonderful, splendid
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immutable
- S: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable
- A: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
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insurgent
- S: revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
- A: loyalist, loyal, faithful
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megalomania
- S: delusions of grandeur
- A: humility, modesty, self-abasement
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sinecure
S: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum"
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surreptitious
- S: covert, clandestine, concealed, furtive
- A: open, frank, overt, aboveboard
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transgress
- S: overstep, exceed, trespass, err
- A: obey, toe the line
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transmute
- S: transform, translate, convert
- A: maintain unchanged, preserve
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vicarious
- S: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
- A: real, actual, firsthand
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Scourge
- S: to whip, flog, a plague, pestilence
- A: a godsend, boon, blessing
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Vapid
- S: insipid, colorless, lifeless, dull
- A: zesty, spicy, savory colorful, lively
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Straitlaced
- S: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
- A: lax, loose; indulgent, permissive; dissolute
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Sepulchral
- S: doleful, lugubrious; funeral, mortuary
- A: ---
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Equitable
- S: fair, just, right, reasonable
- A: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate
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Soporific
- S: sleep-inducing; a narcotic, anesthetic
- A: a stimulant, stimulus; stimulating
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Transient
- S: impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
- A: permanent, imperishable, immortal
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Salutary
- S: salubrious, wholesome, beneficial
- A: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious
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Filch
- S: to pilfer, purloin, swipe
- A: ---
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Scathing
- S: searing, harsh, severe, ferocious, savage
- A: bland, mild
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Unwieldy
- S: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy; impractical
- A: manageable, easy to handle
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Axiomatic
- S: self-evident, taken for granted
- A: questionable, dubious; controversial
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Blazon
- S: to broadcast, trumpet; to embellish
- A: to hide, conceal, cover up, bury
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Fractious
- S: unruly, refractory, recalcitrant; peevish
- A: docile, tractable, cooperative
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Autonomy
- S: self-government, home rule
- A: dependence, subjection, colonial status
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Caveat
- S: a warning, caution
- A: ---
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Extricate
- S: to disentangle, extract, disengage
- A: to enmesh, entangle, involve
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Amnesty
- S: a general pardon or absolution
- A: ---
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Flout
- S: to scoff at, sneer at, snicker at
- A: to obey, honor, revere, uphold
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Precept
- S: a rule of conduct, principle, or maxim
- A: ---
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