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ancillary
subordinate or supplementary
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syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory
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ant: central, key, primary, principal, main
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bowdlerize
to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, flim, etc.)
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syn: censor, purge, expurgate
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condescend
to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
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syn: degin
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cozen
to rick; to cheat or swindle
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syn: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle
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enclave
an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
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syn: island, subgroup
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forte
a person’s strong point; what a person does best
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syn: gift, aptitude, specialty
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ant: weakness, shortcoming, foible
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gratis
free; without charge
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syn: on the house; freely
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ant: for a price
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icon
a representation or image of a scred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
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syn: emblem, idol
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interstice
a small, narrow space between things or part of things
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syn: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
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macrocosm
the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something
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syn: cosmos, entirety
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ant: model, miniature, microcosm
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mountebank
a trickester or swindler; a charlatan
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syn: imposter, quack
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ant: sucker, dupe, “mark”, “pigeon”
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paean
a song of praise, joy, or triumph
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syn: hymn, ode, anthem
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ant: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody
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persiflage
lighthearted joking, talk, or writing
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syn: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
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plethora
overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
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syn: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
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ant: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity
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pragmatic
concerned with practical consideration or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory
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syn: down-to-earth, businesslike
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ant: idealistic, impractical, visionary
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quizzical
puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
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syn: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
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ant: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous
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rapacity
inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain ones’s desire by force, extortion, or plunder
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syn: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
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ant: liberality, generosity, altruism
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schism
a formal split within a relgious organization; any division or separation of agroup or organization into hostile faction
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syn: rift, breach
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ant: united front, reconciliation
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therapeutic
having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
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syn: curativ, salutary, salubrious
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ant: harmful, injurious, deleterious
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virtuoso
a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant
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syn: expert, master, prodigy, maestro
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ant: amateur, beginner, novice, mediocre
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