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- antidote
- remedy for a poison or evil
- astringent
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1. substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
2. severe; stern
3. causing contraction - benign
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1. not dangerous
2. gentle; kindly - convalesce
- recover health after illness; recuperate
- fester
- form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
- hypochondriac
- one who is morbidly anxious about personal health or suffering from imaginary illness
- immunity
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1. resistance (to a disease)
2. freedom (from an obligation) - lesion
- injury; hurt
- malignant
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1. threatening to cause death
2. very evil - morbid
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1. gruesome
2. having to do with disease - pestilential
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1. morally harmful
2. pertaining to a plague - regimen
- set of rules, esp. to improve health
- salubrious
- healthful
- sebaceous
- greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin)
- therapeutic
- curative
- toxic
- poisonous
- unguent
- salve; ointment
- virulent
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1. extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
2. very bitter - virus
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1. disease-causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope
2. corruptive force - acclaim
- welcome with approval; applaud loudly
- encomium
- speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy
- eulogize
- praise; extol; laud; glorify (ant. vilify)
- laudable
- praiseworthy; commendable
- plaudit
- applause; enthusiastic praise (used mainly in the plural)
- calumnious
- falsely and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous
- derogatory
- expressing low esteem; belittling; disparaging
- imputation
- charge, esp. an unjust or false charge; insinuation; accusation
- libel
- false and defamatory printed (or written) statement
- malign
- speak evil of; vilify; traduce
- slander
- false and defamatory spoken statement; calumny
- stigma
- mark of disgrace
- banter
- playful teasing; joking; raillery
- caricature
- drawing, imitation, or description that ridiculously exaggerates peculiarities or defects
- droll
- odd and laughter-provoking
- facetious
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1. in the habit of joking
2. said in jest without serious intent - flippant
- treating serious matters lightly
- harlequin
- buffoon; clown
- hilarious
- boisterously merry; very funny
- irony
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1. species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the word used
2. state of affairs contrary to what would normally be expected - jocose
- given to jesting; playfully humorous
- levity
- lack of proper seriousness; trifling gaiety; frivolity
- ludicrous
- exciting laughter; ridiculous; farcical; absurd
- parody
- humorous imitation
- sarcasm (sardonic)
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sneering language intended to hurt a person's feelings
(bitterly sarcastic; mocking) - satire
- language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
- travesty
- imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery
- alacrity
- cheerful willingness; readiness; liveliness
- aversion
- strong dislike; repugnance; antipathy
- involuntary
- not done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional; spontaneous
- loath
- unwilling; disinclined; reluctant
- loathe
- have an intense aversion to; detest
- volition
- will
- acclivity
- upward slope
- acme
- highest point; pinnacle; summit
- apogee
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1. farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body
2. highest point; culmination - climactic
- arranged in order of increasing force and interest
- consummate
- perfect, superb; carried to the highest degree
- eminence (eminent)
- high rank (standing out; notable; famous)
- ethereal
- of the heavens; celestial; airy; delicate; intangible
- exalt
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1. lift up with joy, etc.; elate
2. raise in rank, dignity, etc.; extol; glorify - precipice (precipitous)
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1. very steep, overhanging place; cliff
(hasty; rash) - preeminent
- standing out above others; superior
- sublimate
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1. redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels
2. purify; refine - sublime
- elevated; noble; exalted; uplifting
- vertex
- farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle or pyramid; apex
- zenith
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1. highest point; culmination
2. point in the heavens directly overhead - abject
- deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched
- abysmal
- deep; profound; immeasurably great
- abyss
- bottomless; immeasurably deep space
- anticlimax
- abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown; bathos
- chasm
- deep breach; wide gap or rift
- declivity
- downward slope
- dregs
- most worthless part; sediment at the bottom of a liquid
- earthy
- coarse; low
- humble
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1. of low position or condition
2. not proud; unpretentious; modest; courteously respectful - humiliate
- lower the pride, position, or dignity of; abase; degrade; mortify
- menial
- low; mean; subservient; servile
- nadir
- lowest point
- plumb
- get to the bottom of; ascertain the depth of; fathom
- profound
- very deep; deeply felt; intellectually deep
- ravine
- deep, narrow gorge worn by running water