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(v.) to join at one or be next to; to support, prop up
Syn: border on, bolster
attire
(n.) clothes, apparel, garb; (v.) to dress, adorn, or bedeck
syn: (n.) clothes
avail
(v.) to be of use or benefit; to make use of; to take advantage of; to profit or benefit; (n.) use, benefit, or value
crony
(n.) a very close friend, chum, buddy
ant: adversary, rival
cryptic
(adj.) puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
Ant: crystal clear, unambiguous
divergent
(adj.) going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
syn: not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
Ant: merging, interesting, converging, orthodox, conventional
enmity
(n.) hatred, ill-will
Syn: hostility, animosity
Ant: friendship, amity
fervent
(adj.) very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot
syn: enthusiastic, burning, blazing, scorching
ant: blase, apathetic, restrained, emotionless
gaunt
(adj.) thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
syn: lean, lanky, all skin and bones
ant: plump, stout, corpulent
infiltrate
(v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
syn: slip into, creep into, penetrate
nullify
(v.) to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
Syn: invalidate, annul
Ant: confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction
perceptible
(adj.) capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
Syn: noticeable, discernible, observable
Ant: invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible
plummet
(v.) to plunge straight down; (n.) a weight fastened to a line
Syn: (v.) to take a nosedive
Ant: (v.) soar, skyrocket
proclaim
(v.) to declare publicly or officially
Syn: announce, promulgate
Ant: conceal, cover up
proxy
(n.) an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place
Syn: deputy
rankle
(v.) to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness(with the suggestion that the pain grows with time)
Syn: irritate, vex, nettle, irk
Ant: please, gratify
scavenger
(n.) a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
Syn: rummanger
stint
(v.) to limit, be sparing or frugal; (n.) a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity
Syn: (v.) restrict, scrimp, economize
Ant: (v.) splurge, squander, lavish
stoical
(adj.) self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain.
Syn: unresponsive, impassive
Ant: excitable, emotional, hotheaded
unflagging
(adj.) tireless, continuing with vigor
Syn: steady, undiminished, unremitting
Ant: diminishing, drooping, sagging
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