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Adieu
- Int: "Farewell!"
- Noun: a farrwell
- Syn: "so long"; good-bye
- Ant: "hello"; greeting
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Advent
- Noun: an arrival; coming into place or view
- Syn: approach
- Ant: departure, going away, exodus
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Apex
- Noun: the highest point, tip
- Syn: peak, summit, acme, crowning point
- Ant: bottom, nadir
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Assimilate
- Verb: absorb fully or make one's own; adoot as one's own; adapt fully
- Syn: digest, incorporate, blend in
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Bogus
- Adj: false, counterfeit
- Syn: phony, fake, spurious
- Ant: genuine, authentic
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Exorbitant
- Adj: unreasonably high; excessive
- Syn: extreme, inordinate, overpriced
- Ant: inexpensive, affordable, reasonable
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Interim
- Noun: the time between
- Adj: temporary, coming between two points in time
- Syn: interval, interlude; provisional, stopgap
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Inundate
- Verb: to flood, overflow; overwhelm by numbers or size
- Syn: submerge, deluge, swamp
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Malign
- Verb: speak evil of, slander
- Adj: evil
- Syn: defame, vilify, badmouth; wicked
- Ant: praise, commend; kind, benevolent
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Meander
- Verb: wander about, wind about
- Noun: sharp turn or twist
- Syn: ramble, roam, zigzag, twist
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Metropolis
- Noun: a large city; chief city of an area
- Syn: large urban center
- Ant: hamlet, village
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Momentous
- Adj: very important
- Syn: consequential, weighty, portentous
- Ant: inconsequential, trivial, slight, unimportant
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Obstreperous
- Adj: noisy; unruly, disorderly
- Syn: wild, rowdy, uncontrolled, riotous
- Ant: quiet, well-behaved, docile
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Pensive
- Adj: thoughtful; melancholy
- Syn: dreamy, reflective, contemplative, wistful
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Perilous
- Adj: dangerous
- Syn: risky, chancy, hazardous, unsafe
- Ant: safe, secure, harmless
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Shoddy
- Adj: of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
- Syn: flimsy, cheap, tacky, imitative
- Ant: well-made, solid, durable, superior
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Sprightly
- Adj: lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful
- Syn: frisky, peppy, spirited, animated, bouyant
- Ant: sullen, spiritless, dull, morose, sluggish
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Surly
- Adj: angry and bad-tempered; rude
- Syn: gruff, sullen, cranky, grouchy, hostile
- Ant: polite, gracious, civil, friendly, genial
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Tirade
- Noun: a long, angry speech, usually very critical
- Syn: harangue, diatribe, tongue-lashing
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Vagrant
- Noun: an idle wanderer, tramp
- Adj: wandering, aimlessly
- Syn: drifter, vagabond, hobo, nomad
- Ant: stay-at-home, homebody, resident
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