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ANTIPATHY

  • A strong dislike, hostile feeling
  • Synonyms: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
  • Antonyms: attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy
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APPLICABLE

  • Capable of being applied, relevant, suitable
  • Synonyms: appropriate, fit, apt, apposite
  • Antonyms: inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant
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ASSET

  • Something of value; a resource; an advantage
  • Synonyms: property, possession, holding, endowment
  • Antonyms: drawback, handicap, liability
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BESET

  • To attack from all sides, to surround, hem in, troubled, harassed
  • Synonyms: assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
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COMPASSION

  • Sympathy for another's suffering; pity
  • Synonyms: concern, commiseration, empathy
  • Antonyms: indifference, callousness, heartlessness
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DECORUM

  • Proper behavior, good taste, orderliness
  • Synonyms: seemliness, good form, propriety
  • Antonyms: impropriety, bad form, bad taste

DURESS

  • Complusion by ; forcible confinement
  • Synonyms: intimidation, coercion
  • Antonyms: persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery

EXUBERANT

  • High-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained, excessive,abundant
  • Synonyms: lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
  • Antonyms: depressed, despondent, sulky, restrained

FACSIMILE

  • An exact copy
  • Synonyms: replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone
  • Antonyms: variation, modification, permutation

IMBIBE

  • To drink; to take in, absorb
  • Synonyms: swallow, gulp, quaff, digest
  • Antonyms: eject, emit, expel, discharge

IMPLACABLE

  • Not to be satisfied or pacified, unyielding
  • Synonyms: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable
  • Antonyms: lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible

INFINITESIMAL

  • So small as to be almost immeasurable
  • Synonyms: tiny, minuscule, microscopic
  • Antonyms: vast, immense, huge, infinite
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INNOCUOUS

  • Harmless, inoffensive, insignificant
  • Synonyms: feeble, impotent, microscopic, unnoticeable
  • Antonyms: harmful, dangerous, toxic, virulent

MILITATE

  • To have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
  • Synonyms: counter, oppose, work against
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PATENT

  • Exclusive rights over an invention; copyright
  • Synonyms: exclusive, license
  • Antonyms: concealed, hidden, secret

PROWESS

  • Distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
  • Synonyms: valor, courage, heroism, mastery
  • Antonyms: cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude
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SEDATE

  • Quiet, settled, sober
  • Synonyms: unruffled, composed, cool and collected
  • Antonyms: loud, brash, flashy, garish

STENTORIAN

  • Extremely loud
  • Synonyms: thundering, booming, deafening, ear splitting
  • Antonyms: hushed, inaudible, mute
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STIPULATE

  • To arrange specifically; to require a condition as an agreement
  • Synonyms: specify, contract, provide for
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ULTIMATUM

  • A final proposal or statement of conditions
  • Synonyms: final terms
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