=

KEY: Disorder, [See ORDER].

=

KEY: Disorderly, [See ORDERLY].

=

KEY: Disorganize, [See ORGANIZE], Disown, [See OWN].

=

KEY: Disparage.

SYN: Depreciate, decry, undervalue, derogate, lower, detract,

underestimate.

ANT: Extol, laud, panegyrize, overestimate, exaggerate.

=

KEY: Disparate.

SYN: Unequal, different, ill-assorted, ill-matched.

ANT: Equal, co-ordinate, {[well-ai]?}, sorted, well-matched.

=

KEY: dispassion, [See PASSION].

=

KEY: Dispatch.

SYN: Expedite, send, accelerate, hasten, execute, conclude,

Used also in the sense of kill.

ANT: Retard, detain, obstruct, impede.

=

KEY: Dispel.

SYN: Disperse, scatter, dissipate, drive away, dismiss.

ANT: Collect, recall, summon, convene, congregate, conglomerate,

mass, accumulate.

=

KEY: Dispensation.

SYN: Economy, dealing, revelation, distribution, arrangement,

visitation, exemption, immunity, privilege, abandonment, dismissal,

disuse, indulgence.

ANT: Reservation, injunction, prohibition, enforcement, retention,

restriction.

=

KEY: Dispeople, [See PEOPLE].

=

KEY: Disperse.

SYN: Dispel, scatter, disseminate, separate, break up, spread abroad,

deal out, distribute, dissipate.

ANT: Collect, summon, recall, gather, concentrate, meet.

=

KEY: Dispirit, [See ENCOURAGE].

=

KEY: Displace, [See PLACE].

=

KEY: Displant, [See PLANT].

=

KEY: Display.

SYN: Show, exhibit, unfold, evidence, evince, flaunt, vault, expose,

ostentation, spread out, parade.

ANT: Hide, conceal, dissemble, simulate, suppress, wrap, cloke.

=

KEY: Displease, [See PLEASE].

=

KEY: Displeasure, [See INTERPRETATION].

=

KEY: Disport, [See SPORT].

=

KEY: Dispose, [See ABRIDGMENT], [See INCLINE].

=

KEY: Disposition, [See DISPOSE, ARRANGE, and CHARACTER].

=

KEY: Dispossess, [See POSSESS].

=

KEY: Dispraise, [See PRAISE].

=

KEY: Dispread, [See SPREAD].

=

KEY: Disprize, [See PRIZE].

=

KEY: Disproof, [See PROOF].

=

KEY: Disprove, [See PROVE].

=

KEY: Disproportion, [See PROPORTION].

=

KEY: Disputant.

SYN: Litigant, competitor, claimant.

ANT: Partner, auxiliary, advocate.

=

KEY: Disputatious.

SYN: Litigious, argumentative, cantankerous, quarrelsome,

querulous.

ANT: Conciliatory, unquarrelsome, inquerulous.

=

KEY: Dispute.

SYN: Argue, question, canvass, contest, contend, challenge, debate,

controvert, controversy, difference, gainsay, impugn, quarrel,

altercation.

ANT: Waive, concede, allow, forego.

=

KEY: Disqualify, [See QUALIFY].

=

KEY: Disquiet, [See QUIET].

=

KEY: Disquietude.

SYN: Anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness, embarrassment, apprehension,

agitation, disturbance, commotion, dissatisfaction.

ANT: Peace, pacification, assurance, calmness, confidence,

contentment, acquiescence.

=

KEY: Disquisition.

SYN: Essay, treatise, discussion, dissertation.

ANT: Effusion, tirade, diatribe, rhodomontade, blarney.

=

KEY: Disregard, [See REGARD].

=

KEY: Disrelish, [See RELISH].

=

KEY: Disreputable, [See REPUTABLE].

=

KEY: Disrespect, [See RESPECT].

=

KEY: Disrobe, [See DISMANTLE].

=

KEY: Disruption.

SYN: Disintegration, discord, dissension, a breaking up, separation,

alienation, hostility.

ANT: Union, amalgamation, reconciliation.

=

KEY: Dissatisfaction, [See SATISFACTION].

=

KEY: Dissect.

SYN: Take to pieces, anatomize, scrutinize, investigate.

ANT: Grasp, comprehend, slur, skim, unite, integrate, organize,

compound, collocate, conjoin, confound.

=

KEY: Dissemble.

SYN: Disguise, conceal, repress, smother, restrain, cloke.

ANT: Exhibit, manifest, protrude, vaunt, pretend, simulate, feign,

assume, expose, profess, proclaim.

=

KEY: Dissembler.

SYN: Feigner, hypocrite, disguiser, suppressor, concealer.

ANT: Exhibitor, vaunter, pretender, simulator.

=

KEY: Disseminate.

SYN: Spread, propagate, preach, proclaim, publish, promulgate,

scatter, circulate.

ANT: Repress, suppress, stifle, discountenance, extirpate,

eradicate.

=

KEY: Dissent, [See ASSENT and CONSENT].

=

KEY: Dissertation, [See DEPREDATION].

=

KEY: Disservice, [See SERVICE].

=

KEY: Dissever, [See SEVER].

=

KEY: Dissidence, [See AGREE]

=

KEY: Dissilience.

SYN: Avoidance, repulsion, aversion, dislike, interrepugnance,

antipathy.

ANT: Approach, attraction, appetency, desire, affection, sympathy,

interest.

=

KEY: Dissimilar, [See SIMILAR].

=

KEY: Dissimilitude, [See SIMILITUDE].

=

KEY: Dissipate, [See SQUANDER].

=

KEY: Dissociate, [See ASSOCIATION and SEVER].

=

KEY: Dissolute.

SYN: Abandoned, profligate, loose, licentious, wanton, vicious.

ANT: Upright, conscientious, strict, self-controlled, correct.

=

KEY: Dissoluteness, [See DISSOLUTE].

=

KEY: Dissolution, [See DECOMPOSITION].

=

KEY: Dissolve, [See MELT and CONSOLIDATE].

=

KEY: Dissonance, [See CONSONANCE].

=

KEY: Dissuade, [See PERSUADE].

=

KEY: Distance.

SYN: Interval, removal, separation, interspace, remoteness, absence,

space, length.

ANT: Proximity, nearness, adjacency, contiguity, neighborhood,

propinquity, contact, presence.

=

KEY: Distant.

SYN: Far, remote, aloof, apart, asunder, separate, indistinct,

obscure.

ANT: Close, near, adjacent, contiguous.

=

KEY: Distaste, [See TASTE].

=

KEY: Distasteful, [See TASTE].

=

KEY: Distemper.

SYN: Disorder, disease, ailment.

ANT: Health, sanity, vigor, convalescence.

=

KEY: Distend, [See DILATE].

=

KEY: Distil.

SYN: Drop, emanate, drip, percolate.

ANT: Absorb, condense, retain, suck, hold.

=

KEY: Distinct.

SYN: Separate, independent, unconnected, detached, disjoined, unlike,

definite, obvious, different, dissimilar, clear, conspicuous, plain,

perspicuous.

ANT: United, consolidated, conjoined, one, obscure, dim, confused,

indistinct.

=

KEY: Distinction.

SYN: Difference, separation, dignity, eminence.

ANT: Unity, identity, debasement, insignificance, degradation.

=

KEY: Distinctness.

SYN: Clearness, plainness, conspicuousness, perspicuity.

ANT: Confusion, indistinctness, laziness.

=

KEY: Distinguish.

SYN: Discern, descry, perceive, characterize, make famous, know,

discriminate, see, discover, separate, divide, dissimilate,

differentiate.

ANT: Miss, overlook, confound, confuse.

=

KEY: Distinguished.

SYN: Illustrious, noted, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, marked,

famous.

ANT: Obscure, inconspicuous, hidden, not famous.

=

KEY: Distinguishable, [See DISTINGUISH].

=

KEY: Distortion, [See DETORTION and PERVERSION].

=

KEY: Distract.

SYN: Divide, dissipate, dissever, disconcert, discompose, perplex,

bewilder, convulse, madden, disturb.

ANT: Unite, fix, concentrate, collect, compose.

=

KEY: Distraction.

SYN: Inattention, madness, absence.

ANT: Attention, composure.

=

KEY: Distress \v.\

SYN: Harass, embarrass, trouble, grieve, annoy, vex, mortify, pain,

disturb, afflict, worry.

ANT: Soothe, compose, please, gratify, gladden, console, elate,

comfort.

=

KEY: Distress \n.\ [See AFFLICTION and TROUBLE].

=

KEY: Distribute, [See DISPENSE].

=

KEY: District, [See CIRCUIT and REGION].

=

KEY: Distrust, [See ENCIRCLE].

=

KEY: Disturb.

SYN: Derange, discompose, disorder, discommode, plague, confuse,

rouse, agitate, annoy, trouble, interrupt, incommode, worry, vex,

molest, disquiet.

ANT: Order, collocate, arrange, pacify, soothe, quiet, compose,

leave.

=

KEY: Disunion, [See UNION].

=

KEY: Disuse, [See USE and DESUETUDE].

=

KEY: Divarication.

SYN: Deviation, divergence, digression, diversion.

ANT: Continuity, rectilinearity, directness, prolongation.

=

KEY: Diversion.

SYN: Detour, divergence, deviation, recreation, amusement, pastime,

sport, enjoyment.

ANT: Continuity, directness, procedure, business, task, work, study,

labor, avocation.

=

KEY: Diversify.

SYN: Vary, alter, change modify, variegate.

ANT: Conserve, prosecute, stabilitate, settle, fix, stereotype,

crystallize, arrest.

=

KEY: Diversity.

SYN: Difference, dissimilarity, variation, multiformity,

heterogeneousness, dissonance.

ANT: Similarity, identity, unifomity, homogeneousness,

co-ordination, coincidence, consonance.

=

KEY: Divert.

SYN: Alter, change, deflect, alienate, delight, please, gratify,

entertain, amuse.

ANT: Continue, prosecute, prolong, produce, restrict, confine, pain,

annoy.

=

KEY: Divest.

SYN: Disruanate, denude, strip, disrobe, unclothe, disencumber,

deprive.

ANT: Clothe, robe, invest, shroud, envelop, encumber, indue.

=

KEY: Divide.

SYN: Separate, dissect, bisect, portio, part, divorce, segregate,

sever, sunder, deal out, disunite, keep apart, part among, allot,

distribute, multiply.

ANT: Unite, collocate, classify, convene, congregate, conglomerate,

conglutinate, commingle, join, consociate, co-ordinate.

=

KEY: Divination.

SYN: Prediction, sorcery, magic, witchcraft, augury, omens.

ANT: Instruction, information, investigation, study, learning.

=

KEY: Division, [See DIVIDE], [See SEPARATE].

=

KEY: Divorce \v.\

SYN: Separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate.

ANT: Conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite.

=

KEY: Divorce \n.\ Verb.

=

KEY: Divulge, [See CONCEAL].

=

KEY: Do.

SYN: Work, act, accomplish, execute, achieve, transact, finish, enact,

perform, produce, complete.

ANT: Undo, mar, neglect, omit.

=

KEY: Docile.

SYN: Compliant, amenable, easily managed, yielding, gentle, quiet,

pliant, tractable, teachable, tame.

ANT: Intractable, stubborn, obstinate, self-willed, dogged.

=

KEY: Dock.

SYN: Curtail, lop, abbreviate, prune.

ANT: Grow, elongate, nourish, [See {p*Ot long}?], train, coax.

=

KEY: Docked, [See DOCK].

=

KEY: Doctrinal.

SYN: Didactic, catechetical, theological.

ANT: Practical, operative.

=

KEY: Doctrine.

SYN: Tenet, article, belief, creed, dogma, teaching, precept,

principle.

ANT: Practice, operation, duty, conduct, action.

=

KEY: Dodge \v.\ [See BAFFLE].

=

KEY: Dodge \n.\ [See ARTIFICE].

=

KEY: Doer.

SYN: Agent, actor, performer, originator, perpetrator, maker.

ANT: Undoer, preventer, hinderer, baffler, neutralizes marrer.

=

KEY: Dogged.

SYN: Obstinate, morose, sullen, impracticable, prejudiced.

ANT: Docile, genial, agreeable, conciliatory, easy, indulgent,

liberal, complaisant.

=

KEY: Dogma, [See DOCTRINE].

=

KEY: Dogmatic.

SYN: Doctrinal, theological, imperious, dictatorial, authoritative,

arrogant, magisterial, self-opinionated, positive.

ANT: Practical, active, moderate, mode, diffident, vacillating.

=

KEY: Doleful.

SYN: Dolorous, rueful, melancholy, piteous, somber, sorrowful,

woebegone, dismal.

ANT: Merry, joyful, gay, blithe, beaming.

=

KEY: Dolt.

SYN: Numskull, ignoramus, dullard, ass.

ANT: Savant, genius, philosopher, scholar, luminary.

=

KEY: Dollish.

SYN: Stolid, jolterheaded, thick-skulled.

ANT: Quick, sharp, acute, longheaded.

=

KEY: Domain.

SYN: Estate, lordship, territory, inclosure.

ANT: Waste, wilderness, wild.

=

KEY: Domestic.

SYN: Domiciliary, private.

ANT: Foreign, public.

=

KEY: Domestication.

SYN: Settlement, colonization, localization, taming.

ANT: Dissettlement, displacement, dislodgment, ejection,

deportation, exile, dispeoplement.

=

KEY: Domicile.

SYN: Residence, abode, settlement, home.

ANT: Estrangement, migration, homelessness, houselessness,

wilderness, wild, world.

=

KEY: Domiciliary, [See DOMICILE].

=

KEY: Dominance.

SYN: Lordship, mastery, superiority, preponderance, prevalence.

ANT: Inferiority, subjection, serve, tude, weakness, inprevalence,

minority.

=

KEY: Dominant, [See DOMINANCE].

=

KEY: Domination, [See DOMINANCE].

=

KEY: Domineer.

SYN: Lord, tyrannize, assume, usurp.

ANT: Submit, succumb, defer, yield, bow, patronize.

=

KEY: Domineering, [See ARROGANT].

=

KEY: Dominion.

SYN: Power, authority, rule, tyranny, despotism, government, control,

empire, sway, realm, territory, jurisdiction.

ANT: Weakness, submission, subjugation, Inferiority, servitude.

=

KEY: Doll.

SYN: Assume, wear.

ANT: Doff, cast.

=

KEY: Donation, [See PRESENTATION and GIFT].

=

KEY: Doom.

SYN: Judgment, fate, sentence, verdict, condemnation, lot, destiny.

ANT: Liberation, respite, escape, pardon, acquittal, approval.

=

KEY: Dormant.

SYN: Sleeping, slumbering, latent, undeveloped, quiescent, inert.

ANT: Vigilant, wakeful, active, operative, developed, energetic.

=

KEY: Dotage.

SYN: Imbecility, senility, fatuity, dementedness.

ANT: Intelligence, acuteness, judgment, penetration, vigor.

=

KEY: Doubt \n.\

SYN: Dubiousness, dubitation, scruple, hesitation, suspense,

distrust, suspicion, perplexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, difficulty,

indecision.

ANT: Certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision,

conviction, satisfaction.

=

KEY: Doubt \v.\

SYN: Dubitate, hesitate, vacillate, waver, demur.

ANT: Decide, determine, resolve, assent.

=

KEY: Doubtful, [See DOUBT and EQUIVOCAL].

=

KEY: Doubtless.

SYN: Certainly, clearly, precisely, indisputably.

ANT: Perhaps, probably, possibly.

=

KEY: Doughty.

SYN: Redoubted, redoubtable.

ANT: Craven, puny.

=

KEY: Dowdy.

SYN: Dull, shabby, common, plain, homely, dingy, scrubby.

ANT: Stylish, dressy, gay, modish, gorgeous, dandified, tawdry.

=

KEY: Downfall, [See FALL].

=

KEY: Downright, [See ABSOLUTE].

=

KEY: Downwards.

SYN: Below, beneath, adown.

ANT: Upwards, aloft.

=

KEY: trail \n.\

SYN: Copy, transfer, transcript, sketch, abstract, order, check.

ANT: Original, deed, cash.

=

KEY: Draft \v.\

SYN: Draw, drain, exhaust.

ANT: Supply, replenish, import.

=

KEY: Drag.

SYN: Draw, pull, haul, bring.

ANT: Carry, convey, push, propel, raise, heave.

=

KEY: Drain \v.\

SYN: Draw, strain, drip, percolate, drop, exhaust, empty, dry.

ANT: Replenish, fill, supply, pour, moisten, drown, inundate, drench,

swill.

=

KEY: Draught.

SYN: Drink, traction, breeze, check.

ANT: Drought, burden, non-ventilation, deposit.

=

KEY: Draw.

SYN: Drag, pull, attract, induce, haul, entice, inhale, sketch,

delineate, describe.

ANT: Push, carry, propel, throw, repel, drive, compel, impel, thrust.

=

KEY: Drawback, [See DETRIMENT].

=

KEY: Drawl \v.\

SYN: Drag, lag, drone.

ANT: Gabble, rattle, prattle.

=

KEY: Dread \n.\

SYN: Fear, shuddering, terror, horror, alarm, intimidation,

apprehension.

ANT: Courage, confidence, welcome, assurance.

=

KEY: Dreadful.

SYN: Fearful, shocking, monstrous, dire, terrible, frightful,

terrific, horrible, alarming, awful.

ANT: Encouraging, inspiriting, assuring, promising, hopeful.

=

KEY: Dream \n.\

SYN: Trance, vision, fancy, reverie, hallucination, romance.

ANT: Fact, reality, substance, verify, realization.

=

KEY: Dreamy.

SYN: Fanciful, visionary, speculative, abstracted, absent, foggy.

ANT: Collected, earnest, attentive, awake, active, energetic,

practical.

=

KEY: Dreary, [See DISMAL].

=

KEY: Dregs.

SYN: Refuse, sediment, offal, lees, offscouring, dross, trash.

ANT: Cream, flower, pink, pickings, sample.

=

KEY: Drench.

SYN: Wash, inundate, soak, saturate, steep, shower, drown.

ANT: Drain, strain, sponge, mop, dry, exsiccate.

=

KEY: Drenched, [See DRENCH].

=

KEY: Dress.

SYN: Garniture, preparation, arrangement, clothing, habiliments,

accoutrements, vestments, uniform, raiment, apparel, attire, clothes,

array, garments, livery, costume, garb, investiture.

ANT: Nudity, disorder, disarrangement, undress, deshabille.

=

KEY: Driblet.

SYN: Drop, dole, instalment, scrap, morsel, bit, particle.

ANT: Total, whole, aggregate, mass.

=

KEY: Drift.

SYN: Tendency, direction, motion, tenor, meaning, purport, object,

intention, purpose, scope, aim, result, issue, {[inierence]?},

conclusion, end, course.

ANT: Aimlessness, pointlessness, vagueness, unmeaningness,

indefiniteness, confusedness, aberrancy.

=

KEY: Drill.

SYN: Teach, exercise, instruct, train, ordinate, discipline.

ANT: Confuse, disarrange, disorder, misinstruct, miseducate,

dishabituate.

=

KEY: Drink.

SYN: Imbibe, swallow, quaff, absorb, drain, draught.

ANT: Disgorge, replenish, pour, exude, water, moisten.

=

KEY: Drip.

SYN: Drop, ooze, percolate.

ANT: Imbibe, swallow, absorb, suck, dry, retain, hold.

=

KEY: Drive, [See DRAW].

=

KEY: Drivel.

SYN: Fatuity, nonsense, trifling, snivel, babble.

ANT: Soundness, coherence, substance, solidity.

=

KEY: Driveller.

SYN: Idiot, babbler, dotard.

ANT: Speaker, debater, logician, orator.

=

KEY: Droll.

SYN: Whimsical, comical, odd, queer, amusing, laughable, funny, comic,

fantastic, farcical.

ANT: Sad, lamentable, tragic, lugubrious, funereal.

=

KEY: Drollery.

SYN: Fun, whimsicality, comicality, trickery, buffoonery,

facetiousness, pleasantry.

ANT: Gravity, dismally, ruefulness, priggishness, starch,

lugubriousness.

=

KEY: Drone, [See BRAWL].

=

KEY: Droop.

SYN: Sink, flag, decline, pine, languish, drop, bend, incurve, fade.

ANT: Revive, flourish, luxuriate, prosper, rally, raise.

=

KEY: Drop.

SYN: Ooze, emanate, distil, percolate, fall, decline, descend, faint,

droop.

ANT: Evaporate, rally, rise, soar, ascend, recover.

=

KEY: Dross, [See CREAM].

=

KEY: Drought.

SYN: Dryness, aridity, parching, thirst.

ANT: Moisture, refreshment, dew, deluge, slaking, quenching,

watering, irrigation, Drown.

SYN: Sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate,

submerge.

ANT: Dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate.

=

KEY: Drowsy.

SYN: Heavy, drooping, sleepy, dozy, comatose, torpid, stupid,

somnolent.

ANT: Light, vigilant, alert, awake.

=

KEY: Drudge \v.\

SYN: Slave, labor, plod.

ANT: Bask, luxuriate, hit off, play, dally.

=

KEY: Drug, [See CIPHER].

=

KEY: Dry \v.\

SYN: Drain, parch.

ANT: Drench, moisten, wet.

=

KEY: Dry.

SYN: Arid, parched, moistureless, juiceless, barren, tame, sarcastic,

vapid, lifeless, dull, tedious, uninteresting, monotonous.

ANT: Moist, fresh, juicy, lively, entertaining.

=

KEY: Dubious, [See EQUIVOCAL].

=

KEY: Ductile.

SYN: Malleable, extensible, tractile, extensile, tractable, docile,

irresolute.

ANT: Inelastic, inflexible, tough, obdurate, resolute, firm,

obstinate.

=

KEY: Dudgeon.

SYN: Indignation, spleen, resentment, umbrage.

ANT: Complacency, contentment, serenity, satisfaction.

=

KEY: Dr.

SYN: Owing, attributable, just, fair, proper, suitable, becoming, tit,

owed, appropriate, obligatory.

ANT: Irrelative, unattributable, independent, undue, unfair,

improper, extravagant, deficient.

=

KEY: Dulcet.

SYN: Sweet, soothing, melodious, soft, warbling, euphonious.

ANT: Harsh, grating, discordant, noisy, clamorous, dissonant,

rancorous, cacophonous.

=

KEY: Dulcify, [See SWEETEN].

=

KEY: Dulcorate, [See DULCIFY].

=

KEY: Dull.

SYN: Stupid, stolid, doltish, insensible, callous, heavy, gloomy,

dismal, cloudy, turbid, opaque, dowdy, sluggish, sad, tiresome,

commonplace, dead.

ANT: Sharp, clever, lively, animated, sensible, cheerful,

exhilarating, brightness, transparent, brilliant, burnished.

=

KEY: dullard, [See BLOCKHEAD].

=

KEY: Dumb.

SYN: Inarticulate, mute, silent, still.

ANT: Clatter, tumult, uproar.

=

KEY: Dumbfounded, [See ASTONISH].

=

KEY: Dunce \n.\ [See BLOCKHEAD].

=

KEY: Dupe, [See CHEAT].

=

KEY: Duplicity, [See ARTFUL].

=

KEY: Durable.

SYN: Lasting, permanent, stable, persistent, abiding, constant,

continuing.

ANT: Evanescent, transient, impermanent, unstable.

=

KEY: Durance.

SYN: Confinement, incarceration, imprisonment.

ANT: Liberty, largeness.

=

KEY: Duration.

SYN: Period, continuance, term, space, protraction, prolongation.

ANT: Momentariness, instantaneousness, infinity, eternity.

=

KEY: Dutiful.

SYN: Obedient, submissive, respectful, docile, deferential, duteous.

ANT: Disobedient, intractable, rebellious, undutiful.

=

KEY: Duty.

SYN: Obligation, part, business, responsibility, allegiance,

function, once, province, calling, trust, commission, service.

ANT: Freedom, exemption, immunity, license, dispensation, desertion,

dereliction.

=

KEY: Dwarf.

SYN: Lower, stunt, depress.

ANT: Heighten, elevate, raise.

=

KEY: Dwarf \n.\

SYN: Pigmy, {[imp]?}, abortion, puck.

ANT: Giant, monster, Hercules.

=

KEY: Dwell.

SYN: Stop, stay, rest, inhabit, sojourn, lodge, linger, tarry, live,

reside, abide.

ANT: Move, travel, hasten, speed, migrate, wander, depart, flit,

roam.

=

KEY: Dweller, [See DWELL and DENIZEN].

=

KEY: Dwelling, [See ABODE].

=

KEY: Dwindle.

SYN: Pine, waste, diminish, decrease, fall off, decline, melt.

ANT: Expand, enlarge, increase, grow, flourish, augment, develop.

=

KEY: Early.

SYN: Soon, betimes, forward, shortly, quickly, ere long, anon,

matutinal, beforehand.

ANT: Late, tardily, backward, vespertinal, belated.

=

KEY: Earn.

SYN: Merit, acquire, achieve, obtain, win, gain, deserve, realize.

ANT: Forfeit, forego, waste, lose, spend, squander.

=

KEY: Earnest.

SYN: Eager, serious, intent, determined, strenuous, solemn, grave,

warm, fervent, intense, ardent.

ANT: Indifferent, idle, playful, desultory, irresolute, unearnest,

sportive, jesting, flippant.

=

KEY: Ease.

SYN: Enjoyment, comfort, rest, repose, tranquility, refreshment,

relief, quiet, contentment, satisfaction, {[favx'lity]?},

readiness.

ANT: Trouble, annoyance, vexation, disquiet, difficulty,

awkwardness.

=

KEY: Easy.

SYN: Quiet, comfortable, manageable, indulgent, facile, lenient,

unconstrained, gentle, not difficult, unconcerned, self-possessed.

ANT: Uneasy, disturbed, uncomfortable, difficult, unmanageable, hard,

exacting, anxious, awkward, embarrassed.

=

KEY: Ebb.

SYN: Retire, recede, decrease, sick, decline, decay, wane.

ANT: Flow, increase, abound, swell.

=

KEY: Ebriety.

SYN: Soberness, freshness, temperance.

ANT: Inebriety, intoxication, crapulence.

=

KEY: Ebullition.

SYN: Boiling, effervescence, outburst, paroxysm, eruption.

ANT: Refrigeration, cooling, subsidence, composure.

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KEY: Eccentric.

SYN: Peculiar, singular, idiosyncratic, flighty, aberrant, anomalous,

wayward, strange, irregular, abnormal, odd, whimsical, erratic.

ANT: Regular, ordinary, customary, normal, common, usual,

unnoticeable, unremarkable.

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KEY: Echo.

SYN: Reverberation, resonance, repetition, imitation, answer.

ANT: Sound, voice, original, question, proposition, statement,

opinion.

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KEY: Eclectic.

SYN: Exceptive, selective, broad.

ANT: Narrow, prejudiced, petty, partial, intolerant, biased, warped,

dogmatic.

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KEY: Eclipse \n.\

SYN: Failure, obscuration, overshadowing, shading, diminution,

outshining, outdoing, outrivalling.

ANT: Illumination, effulgence, reappearance, brightness, lustre,

renown, re-illumination, re-effulgence, foil.

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KEY: Eclipse \v.\

SYN: Obscure, outdo, outshine, overshadow, outvie, outrival, darken,

shade, overcast, dim, cloud.

ANT: Recommend, brighten, illustrate, enhance, heighten.

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KEY: Economy.

SYN: Administration, dispensation, management, rule, arrangement,

distribution, husbanding.

ANT: Maladministration, waste, misrule, mismanagement, disorder,

prodigality.

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KEY: Economize.

SYN: Husband, develop, utilize.

ANT: Waste, misuse, sacrifice.

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KEY: Ecstasy.

SYN: Rapture, inspiration, fervor, frenzy, transport, emotion, joy,

delight, enthusiasm, happiness.

ANT: Indifference, coolness, dulness, weariness, tedium, bore,

fidget, misery.

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KEY: Ecumenical.

SYN: Universal, catholic.

ANT: Partial, national, private, local, domestic.

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KEY: Edible.

SYN: Esculent, wholesome, culinary, eatable.

ANT: Noxious, poisonous, uneatable, deleterious.

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KEY: Edifice.

SYN: Structure, building, tenement, fabric.

ANT: Ruin, heap, demolition, dismantlement.

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KEY: Edify.

SYN: Enlighten, instruct, improve.

ANT: Misguide, mislead, misinform.

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KEY: Educate.

SYN: Instruct, nurture, discipline, train, teach, develop, ground,

school, initiate.

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