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Abrogate
- V. To repeal, cancel, declare null and void
- Synonyms: annul, revoke
- Antonyms: reaffirm, renew, ratify
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ambient
Adj. completely surrounding, encompassing
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asperity
- N. roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
- synonyms: rigor, harshness
- Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience
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burnish
- V. To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish
- N. gloss, brightness, luster
- Synonyms: shine, buff
- Antonyms: tarnish, dull, abrade
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cabal
- N. a small group working in secret
- Synonyms: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy
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delectable
- Adj. delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory
- N. an appealing or appetizing food or dish
- Synonyms: delicious, scrumptious
- Antonyms: repugnant, repulsive, distasteful
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deprecate
- V. to express mild disapproval; to belittle
- Synonyms: deplore, frown upon
- Antonyms: smile on, countenance, approve
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detritus
- N. loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction
- Synonyms: debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble
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ebullient
- Adj. overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
- Synonyms: exhilarated, elated, exuberant
- Antonyms: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blase
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eclectic
- Adj. drawn from different sources
- N. one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
- Synonyms: selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
- Antonyms: uniform, monolithic
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flaccid
- Adj. limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
- Synonyms: soft, flabby
- Antonyms: hard, firm, solid
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impecunious
- Adj. having little or no money
- Synonyms: penniless, impoverished, indigent
- Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich
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inexorable
- Adj. inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
- Synonyms: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate
- Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant
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Moribund
- Adj. Dying, on the way out
- Synonyms: obsolescent
- Antonyms: flourishing, thriving
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Necromancer
- N. one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
- Synonyms: sorcerer, conjurer
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onerous
- Adj. burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
- Synonyms: oppressive, weighty
- Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing
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rife
- Adj. Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete
- Antonyms: devoid of, lacking
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rudiments
- N. the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
- Synonyms: fundamentals, basics
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sequester
- V. to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
- Synonyms: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet
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winnow
- V. to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
- Synonyms: sift, strain, filter, sort
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