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Terms
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- acquiesce
- v. ant. comply with, accede, consent, yield ant. resist, protest
- allure
- v. beguile, tantalize, temptation, enticement ant. repel, turn off, repellent
- askew
- adj. awry, lopsided, cockeyed ant. straight, symmetrical
- blithe
- adj. carefree, nonchalant, indifferent ant. glum, morose, despondent, depressed
- contentious
- syn. argumentative, disputations, combative ant. agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
- covet
- syn. crave, yearn for, hunger for ant. disdain, scorn, despise
- crestfallen
- syn. despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, dejected, downcast ant. discouraged, dejected, downcast
- disheveled
- syn. rumpled, mussed, untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt ant. tify, neat, orderly, well-groomed
- exponent
- syn. defender, champion, interpreter ant. critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
- garrulous
- syn. talkative, loquacious, long-winded ant. reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic, reserved
- insuperable
- syn. invincible, insurmountable ant. surmountable, conquerable
- lamentable
- syn. deplorable, regrettable, distressing ant. praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
- misnomer
- syn. misnaming, malapropism
- profess
- syn. claim, pretend, assert, declare, proclaim, purport ant. disclaim, disavow, repudiate
- respite
- syn. interval, intermission, lull, breather
- retribution
- syn. recompense, requital, just deserts, repayment
- sinuous
- syn. twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple ant. direct, straight, unbending, stiff, rigid
- sonorous
- syn. resonant, resounding, grandiloquent ant. tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
- vanguard
- syn. forefront, cutting egde, trailblazers ant. rear guard, stragglers, laggards
- wastrel
- syn. oafer, idler, squanderer, profligate, spendthrift ant. skinflint, tightwad, miser