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| abet | (v.) to encourage, assist, aid,support (especially in something wrong or unworthy). ANT: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate |
| aver | (v.) to affirm, declare confidently. SYN: assert, asseverate, avouch. ANT: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim |
| blatant | (adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense. SYN: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud. ANT: inconsequential. trifling, pidding, petty |
| broach | (v.) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announnce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks. |
| buttress | (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure. SYN: (v.) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up. ANT: (v.) undermine, weaken, impair |
| carousal | (n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking (ofter with a suggestion of heavy drinking). SYN: drinking bout, drunken revel, binge |
| collate | (v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc,; to arrange in order for some specific purpose. SYN: sort out, cross-check, rearrange |
| connoisseur | (n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts. SYN: authority, savant, pundit. ANT: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo |
| disconsolate | (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation. SYN: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless. ANT: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty |
| encumber | (v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up block up, hinder. SYN: overload, saddle, hamper, clog. ANT: unburden, unload, relieve |
| foment | (v.) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to. warm. SYN: instigate, incite, stir up. ANT: quell, quash, squelch, suppress |
| grisly | (adj.) frightful, horrible, ghastly. SYN: gruesome, gory, hideous. ANT: pleasant, delightful, attractive |
| herculean | (adj.) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength. SYN: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal. ANT: puny, Lilliputian, bantam |
| impassive | ( adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless. SYN: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible. ANT: emotional, passionate, excitable |
| inauspicious | (adj.) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future. SYN: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely. ANT: propitious, favorable |
| incontrovertible | (adj.) unquestionable, beyond dispute. SYN: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable. ANT: debatable, dubious, open to question |
| nonplussed | (adj., part) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss. SYN: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted. ANT: poised, confident, assured |
| opportune | (adj.) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time. SYN: timely, appropriate, felicitous. ANT: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate |
| prolific | (adj.) abundantly productibe; abundant proliferous. ANT: barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse |
| rejoinder | (n.) a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit. SYN: answer, reply, response, riposte, retort |
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