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| alliance | n: joining together for some common purpose (ANT: rift, split) |
| bewilder | v: to puzzle completely, confuse (ANT: set straight, enlighten) |
| buffoon | n: a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| controversial | adj: arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| dishearten | v: to discourage (ANT: encourage, hearten) |
| fruitless | adj: not producing desired results, unsuccessful (ANT: productive, effective) |
| hostile | adj: unfriendly, unfavorable, warlike, aggressive (ANT: friendly, cordial) |
| inflammable | adj: easily set on fire, easily angered or aroused (ANT: fireproof, calm) |
| inflict | v: to give or cause something unpleasant, impose (ANT: suffer, undergo) |
| malignant | adj: deadly, harmlful, evil, spiteful, malicious (ANT: wholesome, beneficial, benign) |
| mortify | v: to hurt someone's feelings deeply, to cause embarassment or humiliation, to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering |
| orthodox | adj: in agreement with established beliefs or ways of doing things (ANT: unusual, unconventional) |
| procure | v: to obtain through special effort, to bring about |
| scurry | v: to run quickly, scamper, hurry (ANT: trudge, plod, creep) |
| sodden | adj: soaked with liquid; expressionless, dull, spiritless (ANT: parched, arid) |
| spirited | adj: full of life and vigor; courageous (ANT: lifeless, dull, lackluster) |
| virtual | adj: having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be the equivalent of the real thing |
| void | adj: completely empty, having no legal force or effect; n: empty or unfilled space; v: to cancel or nullify (ANT: in effect, teeming with; confirm) |
| wayward | adj: disobedient, willful, unpredictable, capricious (ANT: docile, well-behaved) |
| wince | v: to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; n: the act of drawing back in this way |
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