(adj) arousing hatred; disgusting, detestable Syn: hateful, despicable, loathsome Ant: praisewothy, delightful, charming abominable (adj) blundering and awkward; (n) clumsiness Syn: clumsy. stumbling Ant: forceful, effective, skillful, adroit bumbling (n) a result, effect; importance Syn: outcome, significance Ant: cause, source consequence (v) to fool, decieve, to mislead utterly Syn: trick, hoodwink delude (v) to give out in small amounts; (n) money, food, or other necessities given as charity; a small portion Syn: ration, allot, distribute; handout dole (v) to swallow up, overwhelm, consume Syn: envelope, encompass, immerse engulf (v) to defeat; to keep from gaining some end; (n) a thin sheet of metal; a light fencing sword; a person or thing serving as a contrast to another Syn: frustrate, thwart, couonter, rapier Ant: aid, abet, assist, advance, promote formulate (n) the taking of the first step or move; the ability to act without being acted or urged from the outside Syn: leadership, enterprise Ant: laziness, sloth, shiftlessness initiative (n) something that serves as a reminder Syn: rememberance, keepsake, souvenir, token momento (n) a person who refuses to follow established ideas or ways of doing things: (adj) of or relating to the uncoventional Syn: maverick, individuals, bohemian Ant: trsditionalist, conventionalist, traditional, conventional, conservative nonconformist (adj) without legal force or effect; no longer binding Syn: cancelled, invalid, repealed, abolished Ant: in effect, binding, valid null and void (n) a wide, unobstructeed view of an area; a complete survey of a subject; a continuously passing or changing scene; a range or spectrum Syn: vista, overview panorama (n) all of a person's offspring, descendants; all futuregenerations Ant: ancestry, ancestors, forebears, the past posterity (v) to pull loose by force; to look at closely or inquisitively; to be nosy about something Syn: snoop, meddle pry (v) to brighten, freshen, or polish; to restore or improve Syn: remodel, renew, spruce up Ant: delapitate, run down refurbish (adj) able to deal promptly and effectively with all sorts of problems; clever in finding ways and means of getting along Syn: inventive, ingenious, skillful Ant: uninventive, incompetent, dull-witted resourceful (sdj) severe, harsh, strict; thoroughly logical Syn: tough, trying, challenging, stringen Ant: easy, lax, indulgent, undemanding rigorous (adj) coming after; following in time, place, or order Syn: following, later, next, succeeding, ensuring Ant: previous, prior, preceding subsequent (adj) making no mistakes, faultless, completely accurate Syn: sure, certain, unfailing Ant: faulty, faullible, unerliable unerring
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