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petty, worthless

• LIGHT, GRACEFUL; LIVELY
• 1 a ponderous dance: clumsy,cumbersome, ungainly,
• 2.labored, laborious, awkward, clumsy,pedestrian,boring, convoluted, windy

• verb
• the hostages were pinioned to each other:
• hold down, pin down, restrain,hold fast, immobilize; tie, bind, truss (up), shackle, fetter, hobble,manacle, handcuff; informal cuff.

Medicineconsisting of, containing, or discharging pus.

continuous and is therefore not constant.

resistant or stubborn, and is therefore not yielding.

is to do it speedily, and is therefore the opposite of sluggishness.

a complete and certain success, and would not bedubious or doubtful.

unambiguous, unmistakable,indisputable, incontrovertible, indubitable, undeniable; clear, clear-cut, plain, plain-spoken, explicit, specific, categorical,straightforward, blunt, candid, emphatic, manifest. ANTONYMSambiguous.

supposed, assumed,presumed; accepted, recognized; commonly regarded, presumptive,alleged, reputed, reported, rumored.

link (things) together in a chain or series

a person's ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demandingsituation in a spirited and resilient way : the team showed their true mettlein the second half.

moralistic, moralizing,sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistic, pious, priggish, judgmental;pompous, pontifical, self-important; informal preachy.

clumsy, heavy, awkward, lumbering, slow,cumbersome, ungainly, graceless, uncoordinated, blundering; informalclodhopping, clunky. ANTONYMS light, grace

labored, laborious, awkward, clumsy, forced,stilted, unnatural, artificial; stodgy, lifeless, plodding, pedestrian,boring, dull, tedious, monotonous; overelaborate, convoluted, windy.ANTONYMS lively.

hold down, pin down, restrain,hold fast, immobilize; tie, bind, truss (up), shackle, fetter, hobble,manacle, handcuff; informal cuff.

consisting of, containing, or discharging pus.

universal, diverse, diversified, wide,broad, broad-based, eclectic, liberal, latitudinarian; comprehensive,all-encompassing, all-embracing, all-inclusive. ANTONYMS narrow.

ruling or dominant in a political or social context

to vilify, whereas to salute is to praise.

the 'valley' or lower part, whereas the crest of the wave is the 'mountain' or upper part.

to supply or to equip (especially with weapons or uniform); to divest is to remove.

disgusting, whereas something innocuous is harmless and inoffensive.

entertain (as in, "He diverted us with stories from his childhood.") Hence, to bore is the opposite.

the old library will be razed on Saturday: destroy, demolish, raze to the ground, tear down, pull down, knock down, level, flatten, bulldoze,wipe out, lay waste.

• 1 they were lavishly regaled: entertain, wine and dine, fête, feast, serve,feed.
• 2 he regaled her with colorful stories: entertain, amuse, divert, delight,fascinate, captivate.

wealth, whereas indigence is poverty.

loud and harsh; grating : his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident.

.• presenting a point of view, esp. a controversial one, in anexcessively and unpleasantly forceful way

payment,pay, salary, wages; earnings, fee(s), reward, compensation,recompense, reimbursement; formal emolument(s).

loyal;whereas someone perfidious is a traitor.

to take for one's own use; to furnish is to supply

incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate

rapid, lightning, swift, fast, quick, speedy,accelerated, instant, sudden, spectacular, dazzling, brilliant.

ANTONYMS gradual.

the district attorney is requesting that the body be exhumed: disinter, dig up,unearth. ANTONYMS bury.

• each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.•
• Anthropology each of two social or ritual groups into which a people is divided, esp. among Australian Aboriginals and some American Indians.•
• a part or portion, esp. a lesser share.•
• Chemistry a distinct part of a large molecule

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity :

make known, make public, publicize,spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, broadcast, promote,preach; literary bruit abroad.2 the law was promulgated in 1942: put into effect, enact, implement,enforce.

well-fed, sated, satiated, full, full up; glutted,gorged; informal stuffed.2 a sumptuous environment replete with antiques: filled, full, well-stocked,well-supplied, crammed, packed, jammed, teeming, overflowing,bursting; informal jam-packed, chockablock, chock-full.

cowardly. ANTONYMS brave.

demote, degrade.ANTONYMS upgrade.

fitness, condition, form, state of repair, order,working order.

1. pallid, awaxen, peaked,, drawn, ghostly. ANTONYMS flushed.

• 2 the wan light of the moon: dim,
• .ANTONYMS bright.

song of praise; plaudit,, eulogy,, panegyric,; formal encomium.

plight

• debilitation,enfeebling, sapping, attenuation; gradual loss.
• 2 abrasion, friction, erosion, corrosion,corroding, deterioration; rare detrition.

spurious, casuistic, sophistic.

asunder, sunder; rare dissever.

a transgression, esp. the wrongful exercise of lawful authority.

measuring

(of liquids) forming a homogeneous mixture when added together :

causing vertigo, steep or high

outmoded, frowzy.ANTONYMS fashionable.

forcefully reproachful protest

• (esp. in the Roman Catholic Church) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead.•
• a musical composition setting parts of such a Mass, or of a similarcharacter.•
• an act or token of remembrance : he designed the epic as a requiem forhis wife.

• terse, pithy.ANTONYMS verbose.
• taciturn ANTONYMS loquacious.

• 1.fortitude, balls.
• 2. caliber, character

adjectivethere was one moment of nudity in the movie, and it was ridiculously gratuitous:unjustified, uncalled for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue;indefensible, unjustifiable; needless, unnecessary, inessential,unmerited, groundless, senseless, wanton, indiscriminate; excessive,immoderate, inordinate, inappropriate. ANTONYMS necessary.

• 1 an inveterate gambler: confirmed, hardened, incorrigible, addicted,habitual, compulsive, obsessive; informal pathological, chronic. 2 an inveterate liberal: staunch, steadfast, committed, devoted,dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool, out-and-out, diehard, hard-core.
• 3 inveterate corruption: ingrained, deep-seated, deep-rooted, entrenched,congenital, ineradicable, incurable.

secure or fasten from the inside (esp by a rope or chain)