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Abridge
- (v) to make shorter
- Synonyms: shorten, condense, abbreviate
- Antonyms: expand, enlarge, augment
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Adherent
- (n) a follower, supporter
- (adj) attached, sticking to
- Synonyms: (n) disciple
- Antonyms: (n) opponent, adversary, critic, detrator
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Altercation
- (n) an angry argument
- Synonyms: quarrel, dispute, squabble
- Antonyms: 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
- Synonyms: angelic, seraphic, beatific
- Antonyms: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
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Condone
- (v) to pardon or overlook
- Synonyms: ignore
- Antonyms: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
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Dissent
- (v) to disagree
- (n) disagreement
- Synonyms: (v) differ, dispute
- Antonyms: (v) agree, concur; (n) unanimity, harmony
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Eminent
- (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
- Synonyms: illustrious, renowned
- Antonyms: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble
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Exorcise
- (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
- Synonyms: expel, dispel
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Fabricate
- (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
- Synonyms: devise, contrive, concoct
- Antonyms: undo, destroy, demolish
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Irate
- (adj) angry
- Synonyms: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid
- Antonyms: calm, composed, cool, unruffled
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Marauder
- (n) a raider, plunderer
- Synonyms: looter, pirate, freebooter
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Obesity
- (n) excessive fatness
- Synonyms: serious overweight, extreme corpulence
- Antonyms: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness
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Pauper
- (n) an extremely poor person
- Synonyms: destitute person
- Antonyms: millionaire, tycoon
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Pilfer
- (v) to steal in small quantities
- Synonyms: flinch, rob, swipe, purloin
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Rift
- (n) a split, break, breach
- Synonyms: crack, fissure, gap, cleft
- Antonyms: reconciliation
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Semblance
- (n) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
- Synonyms: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade
- Antonyms: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack
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Surmount
- (v) to overcome, rise above
- Synonyms: conquer, triumph over
- Antonyms: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to
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Terminate
- (v) to bring to an end
- Synonyms: conclude, finish, discontinue
- Antonyms: begin, commence, initiate
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Trite
- (adj) commonplace; overused, stale
- Synonyms: banal, hackneyed, corny
- Antonyms: original, novel, fresh, innovative
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Usurp
- (v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
- Synonyms: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant
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