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**all**ocate
**(v)** to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
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**synonyms:** assign, allot, apportion
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**ar**dent
**(adj)** very enthusiastic, impassioned
**synonyms:** intense, zealous, fervent, avid
**antonyms:** indifferent, stolid, phlegmatic, apathetic
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as**sid**uous
**(adj)** persistent, attentive, diligent
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**synonyms:** industrious, unremitting, sedulous
**antonyms:** lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
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brash
**(adj)** prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
**synonyms:** rash, impetuous, brazen, impertinent
**antonyms:** prudent, wary, cautious, circumspect
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ca**pric**ious
**(adj)** subject to whims or passing fancies
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**synonyms:** impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
**antonyms:** constant, steady, steadfast, unwavering
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chas**tise**
**(v)** to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely
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**synonyms:** discipline, censure antonyms: commend reward
**antonyms:** commend reward
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**co**pious
**(adj)** abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
**synonyms:** ample, profuse, bountiful
**antonyms:** inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
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**de**viate
**(v)** to turn aside; to stray from a norm; (n) one who departs from a norm; (adj) differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
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**synonyms:** (v) diverge, veer, swerve
**antonyms:** (v) conform to, abide by; (adj) orthodox
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e**a**ciated
**(adj)** unnaturally thin
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**synonyms:** gaunt, withered, shriveled
**antonyms:** plump, fat, obese, corpulent
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e**xult**
**(v)** to rejoice greatly
**synonyms:** revel, glory
**antonyms:** mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament
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gnarled
**(adj)** knotted, twisted, lumpy
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**synonyms:** knotty, misshapen, contorted
a**ntonyms:** smooth, unblemished, straight
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in**dem**nity
**(n)** a payment for damage or loss
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**synonyms:** compensation, restitution, reparation
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**ink**ling
**(n)** a hint; a vague notion
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**synonyms:** clue, intimation, suggestion
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**lim**pid
**(adj)** clear, transparent; readily understood
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**synonyms:** lucid, intelligible
**antonyms:** clouded, murky, opaque
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om**nip**otent
**(adj)** almighty; having unlimited power or authority
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**synonyms:** all-powerful
**antonyms:** powerless, important, feeble, weak
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**pal**atable
**(adj)** agreeable to the taste or one’s sensibilities;
Suitable for consumption
**synonyms:** edible, appetizing, attractive
**antonyms:** inedible, distasteful, disagreeable
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**poign**ant
**(adj)** deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste
or smell
**synonyms:** heartrending, bittersweet, melancholy
**antonyms:** unaffecting, bland, vapid, insipid, funny
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**ran**cor
**(n)** bitter resentment or ill-will
**synonyms:** animosity, enmity, bitterness
**antonyms:** goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
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sopho**mor**ic
**(adj)** immature and overconfident; conceited
**synonyms:** pretentious, superficial, fatuous
**antonyms:** mature, judicious, sage, knowledgeable
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spon**ta**neous
**(adj)** arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance
**synonyms:** unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu
**antonyms:** premeditated, planned, contrived, rehearsed