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Adulterate
- to corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value
- SYN: contaminate, pollute, sully
- ANT: purify, purge, expurgate
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Ambidextrous
- able to use both hands equally well, very skillful, deceitful, hypocritical
- SYN: versatile, facile
- ANT: clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit
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Augment
- to make larger, increase
- SYN: enlarge, supplement, amplify
- ANT: decrease, diminish
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Bereft
- deprived of, made unhappy through a loss
- SYN: bereaved
- ANT: replete, well provided
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Deploy
- to position or arrange, to utilize, to form up
- SYN: station, organized
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Dour
- stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored
- SYN: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine
- ANT: cheery, inviting, genial
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Fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties
- SYN: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
- ANT: fearfulness, timidity, faintheartedness
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Gape
- to stare with open mouth, to open mouth wide, to open wide
- SYN: gawk, ogle
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Gibe
- (v.) to utter taunting words; (n.) an expression of scorn
- SYN: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
- ANT: compliment, praise
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Guise
- an external appearance, cover, mask
- SYN: costume, semblance, pretense
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Insidious
- intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous
- SYN: cunning, underhanded, perfidious
- ANT: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
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Intimation
- a hint, indirect suggestion
- SYN: clue, indication, inkling
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Opulent
- wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose
- SYN: rich, lavish, plentiful, abundant
- ANT: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
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Pliable
- easily bent, flexible, easily influenced
- SYN: supple, adaptable, resilient
- ANT: rigid, inflexible, recalcitrant
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Reiterate
- to say again, repeat
- SYN: restate, rehash, recapitulate
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Stolid
- not easily moved mentally or emotionally, dull, unresponsive
- SYN: impassive, phlegmatic
- ANT: emotional, oversensitive, high-strung
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Tentative
- experimental in nature, uncertain, hesitant
- SYN: provisional, inconclusive
- ANT: definite, conclusive, confirmed
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Unkempt
- not combed, untidy, not properly maintained, unpolished, rude
- SYN: sloppy, disheveled, disordered, rough
- ANT: well-groomed, tidy, neat, natty
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Verbatim
- word for word, exactly as written or spoken
- SYN: exact, precisely
- ANT: paraphrased
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Warily
- cautiously, with great care
- SYN: carefully, prudently, gingerly
- ANT: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously
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