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- animosity
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Bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred.
A hostile feeling or act. See Synonyms at enmity - apathy
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Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness. - apprehensive
- Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
- commend
- To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend.
- compatible
- Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination with another or others: compatible family relationships.
- condolence
- Sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief, or misfortune: paid a visit of condolence to the grieving family.
- consecrate
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To declare or set apart as sacred: consecrate a church.
Christianity.
To produce the ritual transformation of (the elements of the Eucharist) into the body and blood of Jesus.
To sanctify (bread and wine) for use in Communion.
To initiate (a priest) into the order of bishops. - decrepit
- Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak.
- deride
- To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. See Synonyms at ridicule
- ingenuous
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Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive.
Obsolete. Ingenious. - obsolete
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No longer in use: an obsolete word.
Outmoded in design, style, or construction: an obsolete locomotive.
Biology. Vestigial or imperfectly developed, especially in comparison with other individuals or related species; not clearly marked or seen; indistinct. Used of an organ or other part of an animal or plant. - omnivorous
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Eating both animal and vegetable foods.
Taking in everything available, as with the mind: an omnivorous reader - parsimonious
- stingy, miserly
- quandary
- A state of uncertainty or perplexity .. puzzled
- quip
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A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion.
A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke.
A petty distinction or objection; a quibble.
Something curious or odd. - recalcitrant
- Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at unruly
- reprisal
- avengement, avenging, counterblow, counterstroke, paying back, requital, retaliation, retribution, vengeance
- revel
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To take great pleasure or delight: She reveled in her unaccustomed leisure.
To engage in uproarious festivities; make merry. - suave
- Smoothly agreeable and courteous.
- trek
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To make a slow or arduous journey.
To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
South African. To travel by ox wagon. - ardent
- enthusiastic
- assiduous
- hard-working
- brash
- Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
- capricious
- (adj)subject to whims or passing fancies; not moving along a steady line
- copious
- Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply: a copious harvest. See Synonyms at plentiful.
- deviate
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To turn aside from a course or way.
To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; stray. See Synonyms at swerve.
reject - emaciated
- To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
- exult
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To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant.
Obsolete. To leap upward, especially for joy. - gnarled
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Having gnarls; knotty or misshapen: gnarled branches.
Morose or peevish; crabbed.
Rugged and roughened, as from old age or work: the gnarled hands of a carpenter - indemnity
- Security against damage, loss, or injury.
- inkling
- A slight hint or indication.
- limpid
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Definition: clear
Synonyms: bright, comprehensible, crystal-clear - listless
- Lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort; lethargic:
- omnipotent
- One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents.
- palatable
- Acceptable to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
- poignant
- deeply affecting, touching, emotionally painful; keen or sharp in taste or smell
- rancor
- bitterness and sarcasm
- robot
- automatically
- spontaneous
- Happening or arising without apparent external cause; self-generated