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Abridge
(V.) to make shorter
- SYN: shorten condense, abbreviate
- ANT: expand, enlarge, augment
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Adherent
(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to
- SYM: (n.) disciple
- ANT: (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
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Altercation
(n.) an angry argument
- SYN: quarrel, dispute, squabble
- ANT: agreement, accord
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Cherubic
(adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
- SYN: beatific
- ANT: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
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Condone
(v.) to pardon or overlook
- SYN: ignore, wink at, look the other way
- ANT: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
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Dissent
(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement
- SYN: (v.) differ, dispute
- ANT: (v.) agree, concur; (n.) unanimity
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Eminent
(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
- SYN: illustrious, renowned
- ANT: nameless, unsung, lowly, humble
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Exorcise
(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
SYN: expel
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Fabricate
(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
SYN: put together, devise, contrive, concoct ANT: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish
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Gluttony
(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence
- SYN: overeating, ravenousness, rapaciousness
- ANT: abstemiousness
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Irate
(adj.) angry
- SYN: incensed, infuriated, livid
- ANT: calm, composed, cool, unruffled
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Marauder
(n.) a raider, plunderer
SYN: looter, pirate
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Pauper
(n.) an extremely poor person
- SYN: destitue person
- ANT: millionaire, billionaire
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Pilfer
(v.) to steal in small quantities
SYN: rob, swipe, purloin.
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Rift
(n.) a split, break, breach
- SYN: crack, fissure, gap, cleft
- ANT: reconciliation
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Semblance
(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
- SYN: air, aura, facade
- ANT: dissimilarity, contract, total lack
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Surmount
(v.) to overcome, rise above
- SYN: conquer, triumph over
- ANT: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to
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Terminate
(v.) to bring to an end
- SYN: conclude, finish, discontinue
- ANT: begin, commence
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Trite
(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
- SYN: banal, hackneyed, corny
- ANT: original, fresh, innovative
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Usurp
(v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
SYN: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant
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