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(n.) The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) To waste away. (SYN: degeneration, deterioration, wither) (ANT: growth, mature)
(n.) A fortified place, stronghold. (SYN: citadel, rampart, parapet)
(n.) A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant. (ANT: disagreement, strife, discord)
(adj.) Complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) To bring to a state of completion or perfection. (SYN: masterful, clinch, conclude) (ANT: launch, initiate, begin, kick-off)
(n.) Disorder, confusion. (v.) To throw into disorder. (SYN: disorganization, dishevel, mess up) (ANT: organization, order, tidiness)
(n.) Urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency. (SYN: requirement, crisis)
(n.) Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people. (SYN: floating wreckage)
(adj.) Frenzied, highly agitated. (SYN: frantic, overwrought) (ANT: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely)
(v.) To gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers. (SYN: cull, pick up)
(n.) A type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble. (SYN: kvetch, bellyache)
(v.) To imprison, confine, jail. (SYN: intern) (ANT: liberate, free)
(adj.) Obligatory, required. (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of. (SYN: mandatory, necessary) (ANT: optional, unnecessary)
(adj.) Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking. (SYN: waggish, facetious, droll) (ANT: solemn, grave, earnest, grim)
(adj.) Ridiculous, laughable, absurd. (SYN: risible, preposterous) (ANT: heartrending, poignant, pathetic)
(adj.) Biting or caustic in through, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh. (SYN: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing) (ANT: bland, mild, gentle, soothing)
(n.) A prickly or stinging plant; (v.) To arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely. (SYN: peeve, annoy, incense, gall) (ANT: please, delight, soothe, pacify)
(adj.) Consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money. (SYN: monetary)
(adj.) Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited. (SYN: lily-livered) (ANT: stouthearted, courageous)
(adj.) In a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting. (SYN: prone, supine, inactive) (ANT: erect, energetic, dynamic)
(n.) A scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end. (SYN: trick, ploy, subterfuge)
(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) (syn.) keenness, acuteness (ant.) dullness, obtuseness
(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially (syn.) depict, picture, render
(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles (syn.) perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt (ant.) moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted
(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring (syn.) impair, cripple, paralyze (ant.) invigorate, strengthen, buttress
(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret (syn.) occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite (ant.) accessible, comprehensible, intelligible
(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive (syn.) fertile, teeming, prolific (ant.) infertile, barren, unproductive
(n.) arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness (syn.) edict, dictum, ukase
(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion (syn.) creation, invention, fancy
(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use (syn.) collect, accumulate, accrue (ant.) scatter, squander, waste, dissipate
(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere (syn.) venerate, bless (ant.) desecrate, defile, profane
(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify (syn.) eccentricity, quirk, mannerism
(n.) shame and disgrace (syn.) dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium (ant.) honor, glory, acclaim
(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary (syn.) prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary (ant.) heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental
(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference (syn.) shade, nicety, refinement
(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate (syn.) arrogant, unbridled, inflated (ant.) restrained, understated, modest, meek
(n.) a strong attraction or inclination (syn.) proclivity, propensity, predilection (ant.) disinclination, aversion
(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged (syn.) putative, reputable, supposed (ant.) proven, corroborated, authenticated
(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy (syn.) specious reasoning
(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent (syn.) lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid (ant.) skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan
(adj.) present or existing everywhere (syn.) omnipresent, pervasive, universal (ant.) restricted, limited, rare, scarce
(adj) Degraded; wretched ;base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
(n) One who believes that nothing can be known about God; A skeptic; (adj) Without faith, skeptical
(n) Involvement in wrongdoing; The state of being an accomplice
(n) Someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj) Left abandoned; neglectful of duty
(n) A bitter and prolonged verbal attack
(n) A crude image of a despised person
(n) The state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; Fair and equal treatment; Something that is fair; The money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
(adj) Silly, empty of meaning or value
(n) The act of accusing; a formal accusation
(adj) Certain, not to be doubted or denied
(adj) Stopping and beginning again, sporadic
(n) A principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
(n) A new convert, beginner, novice
(n) Keenness in observing and understanding
(adj) Complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
(n) A watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation
(adj) Pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
(adj) Easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
(n) A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; A disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v) To ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
(adj.) open to discussion and debate; unresolved (v) to bring up in a discussion;
(v.) to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve Synonyms: reduce, alleviate, moderate think: alLay - lay down
(adj.) beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility Synonyms: animalistic, loathsome think: BESTial - beast
(adj.) festive, sociable, having fun together, genial Synonyms: fun-loving, jovial, merry think: convivial - carnival
(n.) a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest Synonyms: clique, set
(n.) a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement Synonym: match
(v.) to object or take exception to; (n.) an objection Synonyms: protest, object to
(n.) shameless boldness, impudence Synonyms: chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek think: EFFrontery - Effie Trinket
(v.) to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details Synonym: garnish
(adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived Synonyms: transient, evanescent, transitory
(adj.) appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy Synonyms: fortunate, well-put
(adj.) done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen Synonyms: covert, surreptitious think: furtive - fugative
(adj.) glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way Synonyms: gaudy, flashy, tawdry think: garish - a garnish can be tacky
(adj.) misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality Synonyms: specious, spurious, imaginary think: illusion
(adj.) needy, impoverished Synonyms: penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute
(adj.) far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive Synonyms: exorbitant, extravagant
(v.) to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome Synonyms: cast off, discard, dump, junk think: people jump off the jettis at the beach
(n.) a person who hates or despises people Synonym: people-hater
(adj.) very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied Synonyms: stubborn, determined think: PERtinacious - PERsistent
(adj.) of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded Synonyms: piddling, trifling
(n.) clothing, garments Synonyms: apparel, attire think: RAIMent - RAINcoat