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spurious
- adj - fake, counterfeit
- syn - fictitious, dubious, fabricated
- ant - authenticated, substantiated
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guile
- n - trickery; deceit
- syn - cleverness, cunning, duplicity
- ant - candor, straightforwarness
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beguile
- v - to deceive with charm
- syn - charm, entrance, captivate
- ant - disenchant
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strategm
- n - a deceitful scheme
- syn - ploy, gimmick, ruse, subterfuge
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surreptitious
- adj - deceptive; sneaky
- syn - covert, furtive, stealthy
- ant - honest, trustworthy, overt
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clandestine
- adj - secret; hidden
- syn- stealthy, surreptitious, covert
- ant - forthright, straightforward, candid
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stealth
- n - sneakiness; ability to avoid detection
- syn - furtiveness, covertness
- ant - perceptible, observable
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duplicity
- n - deceit; hypocritical deception
- syn - chicanery, improbity
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specious
- adj - false, but plausible
- syn - ostensible, sophistic
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furtive
- adj - secretive, sneaky
- syn - stealthy, cloaked, guileful
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pseudonym
- n - pen name
- syn - alias, anonym
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fallacious
- adj - deceptive; false
- syn - delusory, erroneous
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rapacious
- adj - greedy; ravenous
- syn - ravenous, covetous
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transient
- adj - fleeting; short-lived
- syn - ephemeral, evanescent, deciduous, transitory
- ant - permanent, interminable
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ephemeral
- adj - short-lived
- syn - transient, evanescent, fleeting
- ant - frequent, everlasting, interminable
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sporadic
- adj - irregular or unpredictable; infrequent
- syn - intermittent, episodic, mercurial
- ant - frequent, regular, permanent
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capricious
- adj - whimsical; impulsive
- syn - fickle, volatile, mercurial, erratic
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evanescent
- adj - likely to vanish
- syn - transient, ephemeral, transitory
- ant - perpetual, enduring
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extemporaneous
- adj - done with little or no practice
- syn - impromptu
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anachronism
- n - something out of place in time
- syn - archaism, incongruity, asynchronism
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expedite
- v - to speed up
- syn - hasten, quicken, facilitate
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transitory
- adj - lasting for a short time
- syn - transient, fleeting
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superfluous
adj - beyond what is necessary or sufficient
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contemporaneous
adj - existing or occurring at about the same time
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interminable
- adj - never ending
- syn - incessant, unremitting
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protracted
- adj - prolonged; extended in time
- syn - drawn out
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sanctimonious
- adj - falsely pious or self-righteous
- syn - holier-than-thou, self-righteous, unctuous
- ant- sincere, unaffected, guileless
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sacrosanct
- adj - profoundly sacred
- syn - inviolable, consecrated, divine, revered
- ant- unholy
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sanctuary
- n - a place of refuge; a sacred place
- syn - shrine, asylum
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sacrilegious
- adj - grossly irreverant; disrespectful of something sacred
- syn - blasphemous, desecrating, impious
- ant - reverent, pious
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revere
- v - to regard with honor and devotion
- syn - venerate, idiolize, esteem
- ant - condemn, laothe
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pious
- adj - showing religious reverance
- syn - devout, reverential
- ant - irreverent, blasphemous
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deference
- n - respect for the wishes of others
- syn - courtesy, reverence
- ant - irreverence, impertinence
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sacrament
- n -a formal religious act or oath
- syn - rite, liturgy
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venerable
- adj - worthy of respect
- syn - revered, honorable
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venerate
- v - to regard with reverence or respect
- syn - revere, extol
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consecrate
- v - to declare to be holy
- syn - venerate, bless
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talisman
- n - an object with magical powers
- syn - charm, amulet
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lionize
- v - to treat as a celebrity
- syn - glorify, exalt, panegyrize, apotheosize, deify
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coalesce
- v - to blend or fuse together
- syn - amalgamate, consolidate, fuse
- ant - disperse, diverge, dissipate
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anthology
- n - a collection of works
- syn - compilation, compendium, treasury
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convoke
- v - to call together
- syn - assemble, summon
- ant - dismiss, disperse
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synchronize
- v - to arrange events to occur simultaneously
- syn - coordinate
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synthesis
- n - a fusion; a bringing together
- syn - amalgam, composite, fusion
- ant- division, disjuncture
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eclectic
- adj - made up of parts from many different sources
- syn - multifaceted, multifarious, manifold, diverse, synthesized
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yoke
- v - to join different things
- syn - couple
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amalgam
- n - a combination of different substances into one mass
- syn - composite, hybrid
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amass
- v - to gather; to pile up
- syn - stockpile, accrue
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invoke
v - to call on for help or inspiration
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compatible
- adj - capable of lving together harmoniously
- syn - agreeable
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contemporary
adj - living or occurring during the same time
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predilection
- n - disposition in favor of something
- syn - inclination, bent, proclivity, propensity, penchant
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