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ANTIPATHY
- (n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling Syn: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood Ant: attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy
APPLICABLE
- (adj.) capable of being applied; relevant, suitable Syn: appropriate, fit, apt, apposite Ant: inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant
ASSET
- (n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage Syn: property, possession, holding, endowment Ant: drawback, handicap, liability
BESET
- (v.) to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in; (adj., part.) harassed, troubled; studded (as with jewels) Syn: (v.) assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
COMPASSION
- (n.) sympathy for another's suffering; pity Syn: concern, commiseration, empathy Ant: indifference, callousness, heartlessness
DECORUM
- (n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness Syn: seemliness, good form, propriety Ant: impropriety, bad form, bad taste
DURESS
- (n.) compulsion by threat; forcible confinement Syn: intimidation, coercion Ant: persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery
EXUBERANT
- (adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant Syn: lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish Ant: depressed, despondent, sulky, restrained
FACSIMILE
- (n.) an exact copy Syn: replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone Ant: variation, modification, permutation
IMBIBE
- (v.) to drink; to take in, absorb Syn: swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest Ant: eject, emit, expel, discharge
IMPLACABLE
- (adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding Syn: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable Ant: lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible
INFINITESIMAL
- (adj.) so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute Syn: tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable Ant: vast, immense, huge, infinite
INNOCUOUS
- (adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant Syn: feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid Ant: harmful, dangerous, pernicious, toxic, virulent
MILITATE
- (v.) to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against Syn: counter, oppose, work against
PATENT
- (n.) exclusive rights over an invention; copyright; (v.) to arrange or obtain such rights; (adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted Syn: (n.) exclusive, license; (adj.) evident Ant: (adj.) concealed, hidden, secret, clandestine
PROWESS
- (n.) distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability Syn: valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency Ant: cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude
SEDATE
- (adj.) quiet, settled, sober; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer Syn: (adj.) unruffled, composed, cool and collected Ant: (adj.) loud, brash, flashy, flamboyant, garish, flighty
STENTORIAN
- (adj.) extremely loud Syn: thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting Ant: hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute
STIPULATE
- (v.) to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement Syn:specify, contract, provide for
ULTIMATUM
- (n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions Syn: final terms
