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parlor, funeral home, funeral parlour; (adj) sepulchral, ghastly motionless: (adj) inactive, inert, immobile, stationary, fixed, unmoving, quiescent, dead, torpid; (adj, adv) calm, at rest. ANTONYMS: (adj) mobile, active, alive, flowing

motive: (n, v) cause; (n) account, incentive, impulse, inducement, motif, motivation, incitement, reason, subject; (v) aim. ANTONYM: (n) disincentive moue: (n) pout, eelpout, face, hornpout, Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, wry face

moulding: (n, v) molding; (n) mold, modeling, mould, cast, modelling, bandelette, clay sculpture, cheoplasty, beadwork, beading mounted: (adj) equestrian, mounting, mounts, set, firm, affixed, decorated. ANTONYM: (adj) unmounted mourn: (v) bewail, grieve, deplore, cry, bemoan, regret, distress, sad, wail, mourning, weep. ANTONYMS: (v) rejoice, celebrate, applaud

mourning: (n) lament, lamentation, bereavement, gloom, woe, memorial, sorrowfulness, sadness, sorrow; (adj) grieving; (v) lamenting mouse: (v) sneak, creep, steal, snoop, seek; (n) track, hunt, field mouse, fieldmouse, trace; (adj) small fry muffler: (n) kerchief, damper, neckerchief, shawl, comforter, scarf, acoustic device, cape, kirtle, tippet, plaid

mules: (n) mule, scuffs, carpet slipper, scuff

multiform: (adj) different, multifarious, polymorphous, multigenerous, manifold, miscellaneous, multiple, polymorphic, multiplex, polyschematist, multifold multiply: (v) expand, increase, propagate, breed, augment, duplicate, proliferate, procreate, reproduce, calculate, extend. ANTONYMS: (adv) singly; (v) divide, diminish, reduce, estimate, dwindle

munificent: (adj) liberal, bountiful, lavish, free, bounteous, prodigal, beneficent, magnanimous, unstinted, unsparing, princely. ANTONYMS: (adj) mean, tightfisted, malevolent murderous: (adj) cutthroat,

homicidal, gory, bloodthirsty, cruel,

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brutal, fierce, mortal, deadly, lethal, killing. ANTONYM: (adj) easy murky: (adj) dark, gloomy, cloudy, dusky, dingy, misty, dim, muddy, opaque, dirty, black. ANTONYMS: (adj) bright, light, obvious, sunny murmur: (n, v) grumble, mumble, hum, whisper, mutter, whine, babble, drone; (v) complain, bubble, breathe

murmuring: (n) murmuration, murmur, complaint, grumble, muttering, mutter, murmur vowel; (adj) whispering, humming, droning, murmurous

musical: (adj) harmonious, melodic, sweet, canorous, tuneful, dulcet, mellifluous, pleasing, lyrical; (n) musical comedy, music. ANTONYMS: (adj) unmusical, grating, harsh, inharmonious, unmelodious

musically: (adv) harmoniously, melodiously, sweetly, melodically, dulcetly, euphoniously, pleasingly, canorously, pleasantly, rhythmically, metrically. ANTONYMS: (adv) harshly, unmusically

musician: (n) singer, composer, instrumentalist, minstrel, clarinettist, lutenist, director, choirmaster, accompanist, harpsichordist, harpist musicians: (n) musical group musk: (n) scent, secretion, frankincense, odor mutilation: (n) damage, dismemberment, wound,

disfigurement, gash, blow, buffet, bruise, distortion, impairment, mayhem. ANTONYM: (n) enhancement

muttered: (adj) garbled, incoherent, broken, inarticulate

myriad: (adj) innumerable, countless, multitudinous, numerous, numberless, infinite, untold, many; (adj, n) legion, scads; (n) ten thousand

mysterious: (adj) inscrutable, incomprehensible, deep, eerie, inexplicable, obscure, abstruse, dark, cryptic, secret, arcane. ANTONYMS: (adj) known, apparent, normal, open, explicable, facile, obvious, simple, legible, familiar, transparent mystery: (n) arcanum, enigma, mysteriousness, secrecy, puzzle, craft, perplexity, poser, inscrutability, whodunit; (adj, n) secret. ANTONYMS: (n)

explanation, openness

mystic: (adj, v) secret, recondite; (adj) mysterious, occult, cryptical, cryptic, esoteric, inscrutable, weird, magical; (adj, n) psychic

mystical: (adj) mysterious, esoteric, hidden, occult, secret, cryptic, cryptical, unearthly, Orphic, metaphysical, arcane. ANTONYMS: (adj) physical, natural

mysticism: (n) enchantment, bewitchery, second sight, thinking, thought, optimism, theology, spirituality, religious studies, religious mysticism, animal magnetism

nacre: (n) mica, cheetah, ophite, opal, ocelot, shell, marble, zebra

naked: (adj, v) bare; (adj) nude, exposed, open, barren, raw, bleak, unclothed, defenseless, au naturel, defenceless. ANTONYMS: (adj) covered, concealed, hidden, dressed nameless: (adj) unknown, unnamed, unidentified, unsung, undistinguished, unspecified, inexpressible, strange, indescribable, obscure, unspeakable. ANTONYM: (adj) famous

napkin: (n) diaper, cloth, handkerchief, serviette, table napkin, nappy, dinner napkin, duster, malkin, maukin; (v) sudary narcissus: (n) jonquil, mythical being, bulbous plant; (adj) houri, Antionous, Adonis, Aphrodite, Apollo, Hyperion, Cupid, Hebe narrowed: (adj) narrow, narrower, pointed, lessened, contracted, constricted, conical, angustate, tapering

native: (adj, n) aboriginal, natural; (adj) inherent, inborn, innate, congenital, inbred, indigenous, domestic; (n) autochthon, aborigine. ANTONYMS: (n) stranger, migrant, foreigner; (adj) foreign, learned, acquired, nonnative, overseas, adopted; (adj, n) immigrant, imported

nearer: (adj) adjacent, narre, hither; (adv) more rapidly, sooner, quicker, nigher, NER, faster, earlier, Neer necessities: (n) supplies, necessity, essential, wants, support, subsistence, requirement, bread necessity: (n) demand, need, lack, exigency, essential, compulsion, emergency, distress, must, constraint, necessary. ANTONYMS:

(n) inessential, treat, unimportance, luxury

necktie: (n) cravat, bolo, neckwear, linkup, link, affiliation, crosstie, bow tie, bolo tie, bolas, bola tie

negro: (n) black, darky, blackamoor, nigger, Negroid, black person, darkie, coon, moke, lightlessness; (adj) dark

neighbour: (adj) neighboring, neighbouring, neighborly, adjacent, contiguous; (v) abut, populate, adjoin, butt on, butt against; (n) neighbourhood

neighbourhood: (n) neighborhood, adjacency, locality, near, nearness, proximity, place, community, street, vicinity, nearby

neighbours: (n) neighborhood nephew: (n) aunt, grandnephew, brother's son, niece, cousin, uncle, kinsman

nerve: (n) cheek, audacity, boldness, brass, impudence, heart, mettle, daring, courage, face, fortitude. ANTONYMS: (n) cowardice, timidity, reticence, respect

nerves: (n) nervousness, jitters, jumpiness, jitteriness, restlessness, tension, strain, screaming meemies, apprehension, edginess, extreme nervousness. ANTONYM: (n) calm nervous: (adj) anxious, excitable, afraid, uneasy, shy, fearful, apprehensive, firm; (adj, v) tense; (adj, adv) cowardly, excited. ANTONYMS: (adj) brave, relaxed, bold, composed, confident, fearless, untroubled, unflappable, still, unconcerned, carefree

nervously: (adv) edgily, anxiously, timidly, worriedly, uneasily, restlessly, timorously, skittishly, excitedly, neurotically, apprehensively. ANTONYMS: (adv) confidently, boldly, fearlessly, unconcernedly, nonchalantly, trustingly

nervousness: (n) nerves, trepidation, disquiet, tension, jumpiness, restlessness, jitters, agitation, worry, fearfulness, edginess. ANTONYMS:

(n) boldness, confidence, reassurance, calm, relief, peace, equanimity

newly: (adv) freshly, recently, lately, new, late, novelly, unusedly, anew, fresh; (adj, adv) afresh; (adj) recent newspapers: (n) press, papers, the media, journalists, reporters

nigh: (adj, adv, prep) near; (adj, adv) close, nearly, almost, nearby, most, all but, about, adjacent; (prep) by; (adj) approximate

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ninth: (adv) ninthly; (n) common fraction

nitric: (adj) nitrous, azotic acid noble: (adj, n) grand, glorious, patrician; (adj) imposing, impressive, elevated, majestic, generous, high; (adj, v) dignified, great. ANTONYMS: (adj) shameful, humble, dishonorable, lowly, lowborn, disgraceful, unimpressive, ignoble, modest, petty; (n) lady nocturne: (n) musical composition, composition

nodding: (adj) cernuous, drooping, dozy, dozing, somnolent, drugged, pendulous, drowsing, droopy, annuent, flagging. ANTONYM: (adj) awake

noiselessly: (adv) silently, soundlessly, stilly, softly, mutely, delicately, wordlessly, gently, speechlessly; (adj, adv) stealthily; (adj) noiseless. ANTONYMS: (adv) heavily, audibly

noisily: (adv) clamorously, boisterously, vociferously, riotously, raucously, uproariously, loudly, blatantly, rowdily, stridently, vocally. ANTONYMS: (adv) noiselessly, silently, calmly, peacefully, softly

nonsense: (n) bosh, absurdity, humbug, balderdash, foolishness, drivel, folderol, baloney, falderal, jargon, claptrap. ANTONYMS: (n) sense, wisdom, substance, fact noon: (n) high noon, noonday, noontide, afternoon, hour, dinnertime, crest, twelve noon; (adj) meridian, meridional; (adj, n) culmination

nostrils: (n) naris, nose notepaper: (n) writing paper,

notepad, scribbling pad, stationery, letterhead, block, notebook notorious: (adj, v) notable; (adj) known, infamous, illustrious, disreputable, flagrant, egregious, prominent, celebrated, noted; (adj, n) errant. ANTONYMS: (adj) anonymous, reputable, famous novel: (adj) fresh, curious, modern, unprecedented, different, original, newfangled, recent, strange; (n)

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fiction, romance. ANTONYMS: (adj) traditional, hackneyed, stale, unoriginal, familiar

novelty: (adj) news; (n) freshness, mutation, newness, trinket, curiosity, originality, oddity, bauble; (n, v) change, difference

nowadays: (adv) currently, presently, at present, at the moment, immediately; (adv, n) today; (adj, n) present; (n) moment, modern times, these days, nonce. ANTONYMS: (adv) formerly, then

nugget: (adj, n) mass; (adj) clod, block; (n) hunk, clump, ingot, chunk, bullion, copper, gold, dollop nuisance: (adj, n) annoyance; (n) harassment, irritation, pain, pest, hassle, inconvenience, mischief, irritant, plague, pain in the neck. ANTONYMS: (n) pleasure, help, delight, blessing, balm, advantage, satisfaction, ease

nuts: (adj) crazy, insane, balmy, nutty, crackers, loopy, batty, barmy, loony, dotty, daft. ANTONYM: (adj) sensible

oath: (n) expletive, malediction, imprecation, promise, affidavit, cuss, swearing, pledge, assurance, asseveration; (v) swear

obelisk: (n) dagger, monument, monolith, pinnacle, minaret, graphic symbol; (adj, n) column, pillar; (adj) spire, steeple, turret

obligation: (n) debt, bond, duty, liability, commitment, charge, burden, responsibility, onus, necessity, requirement. ANTONYMS: (n) option, persuasion oblige: (v) coerce, force, drive, constrain, make, bind, accommodate, obligate, necessitate, enforce, impel. ANTONYMS: (v) displease, request, hinder

obliged: (adj) grateful, thankful, appreciative, forced, accountable, compelled; (adj, v) bound, under obligation; (adj, prep) indebted; (v) oblige, binding. ANTONYM: (adj) ungrateful

oblivion: (n) limbo, Lethe, void, absolution, forgiveness, obliviousness, silence, remission, pardon; (n, v) amnesty; (adj) nonbeing. ANTONYMS: (n) consciousness, fame

obscure: (adj, n) cloudy, dark; (adj) gloomy, mysterious, incomprehensible, hidden, ambiguous, concealed; (adj, v) darken, muddy; (v) hide.

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ANTONYMS: (adj) clear, noticeable, simple, obvious, distinct, mainstream, famous, definite, overt, plain; (v) reveal

obsequious: (adj) servile, flattering, submissive, cringing, sycophantic, ingratiating, humble, toadying, supple, subservient; (adj, v) deferential. ANTONYMS: (adj) domineering, assertive, disrespectful observation: (adj, n) observance; (n) remark, comment, attention, contemplation, perception, conception; (n, v) inspection, notice, note, consideration. ANTONYMS:

(n) disregard, omission, neglect observe: (n, v) comment, notice, note;

(v) commemorate, mind, guard, mention, mark, see, discover; (int, v) look. ANTONYMS: (v) feel, disregard, break, overlook, disobey, disrespect, Miss, violate

occupied: (adj) busy, engaged, employed, diligent, active, absorbed, engrossed, working, industrious, affianced, betrothed. ANTONYMS: (adj) empty, vacant, uninhabited, available, free, idle, liberated, unoccupied

octagonal: (adj) octangular odorous: (adj) fragrant, odoriferous, aromatic, balmy, scented, sweet, redolent, perfumed, odorant,

malodorous, fragrance. ANTONYM: (adj) smelly

odour: (n) flavour, smell, odor, aroma, scent, bouquet, savour, nose, flavor, smack, redolence

offensive: (adj, v) foul, odious, nasty, aggressive, coarse, hateful; (adj) distasteful, disgusting, loathsome, abusive, nauseous. ANTONYMS: (adj) complimentary, pleasant, polite, defensive, tasteful, peaceful, pleasing, savory, euphemistic, decent; (n) defense

oils: (n) oil paint

oily: (adj, v) bland, soapy; (adj) fatty, fat, oleaginous, unctuous, slick, buttery; (adv) unctuously, smoothly, oleaginously. ANTONYM: (adj) lean oldest: (n) elder, doyen; (adj) older old-fashioned: (adj) obsolete, antiquated, archaic, outmoded, outdated, ancient, old, musty, corny, behind the times, superannuated olive: (n) Olea europaea, European olive tree, wood, olive tree, olive green, chromatic color, chromatic colour, drupe; (adj) green, glaucous, chromatic

omelette: (n) fluffy omelet, dish, firm

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omen: (n, v) harbinger, bode, herald, augury; (n) indication, portent, forerunner, foreboding, sign, mark, auspice

omnibus: (n, v) bus, autobus; (n) motorbus, coach, charabanc, collection, anthology, compilation, jitney, car, motorcoach

oneself: (n) herself, himself, themselves, personal, private, selfness, self, yourself, me, person, own

opal: (n) nacre, girasol, cheetah, garnet, lapis lazuli, leopard, peridot, black opal, mineral, menilite, harlequin opal

open-eyed: (adj) watchful opera: (n) opera house, bouffe, drama, or movie script, opera bouffe, operetta, theater, script, dramatic work, dramatic composition, theatre

opium: (v) poppy, balm, anodyne, milk, rose water; (adj) anaesthetic agent; (n) tobacco, hashish, ether, Opie, cocaine

oppressed: (adj) laden, persecuted, broken, burdened, drawn, gloomy, aggrieved, downcast, heavy, ladened, loaded

oppressive: (adj, v) onerous, close, burdensome; (adj) sultry, stuffy, tyrannical, muggy, despotic, dictatorial, gloomy, domineering. ANTONYMS: (adj) liberal, democratic, humane, free, tolerant, airy, freezing, libertarian optimism: (n) hope, cheer, cheerfulness, happiness, buoyancy,

expectation, brightness, anticipation, temperament; (v) pessimism, pessimist. ANTONYMS: (n) realism, cynicism, depression, despair, sadness, gloominess

orange: (n) orangeness, orange tree, Methyl orange, bergamot, red and yellow, lemon, marmalade orange, orange river; (adj, n) reddish yellow; (adj) amber, ocher

oratory: (n) elocution, rhetoric, declamation, speech, oration, church, chapel, tabernacle, valediction, cathedral, public speaking

orchard: (n) park, garden, plantation, arboretum, avenue, pinetum, shrubbery, woodlet, parterre, pinery, copse

orchestra: (n) symphony, minstrelsy, seats, seating, parquet, pop group, ensemble, rock band, chamber

orchestra, orchestre, orchester orchid: (n) calanthe, aerides, caladenia, brassavola, calypso, angrecum, disa, coelogyne, Liparis, cattleya, cypripedia

organ: (n) instrument, member, limb, apparatus, harmonium, agency, part, mechanism, medium, means, journal

organism: (n) being, living thing, constitution, creature, animal, life, person, hybrid, haploid, mascot, mutation

organized: (adj) organic, systematic, regular, shipshape, orderly, arranged, methodical, ready, efficient, neat, tidy. ANTONYMS: (adj) muddled, disorganized, haphazard, unorganized, unprepared, spontaneous, unprofessional, disorderly

orgies: (adj) drinking bout, carousal, jollification, debauch, Saturnalia, wassail

origin: (n, v) lineage; (n) birth, beginning, descent, base, source, well, commencement, extraction, derivation, foundation. ANTONYMS: (n) demise, conclusion, culmination, effect orleans: (n) siege of Orleans ormolu: (n) gilding, white metal, paint, paktong, garnish, albata, brass, Britannia metal, cosmetics, enamel, French polish

ornament: (n) decoration, adornment, embellishment, decor; (v) beautify, decorate, deck, embellish, adorn; (n, v) garnish, dress. ANTONYM: (v) strip

ornamented: (adj) embellished, beautified, fancy, flowery, ornate, adorned, bedecked, decked, festooned, feathered, florid osborne: (n) John James Osborne, John Osborne

outcast: (n) exile, castaway, leper, expatriate, outlaw, vagabond, lown, loon, refugee; (adj, n) derelict; (adj) homeless. ANTONYM: (n) native outfit: (n, v) dress, gear, garb, attire, apparel; (n) kit, costume, company, ensemble; (v) furnish, equip

outlet: (n) market, egress, store, exit, opening, drain, emporium, way out, hole, issue, outfall. ANTONYM: (n) entrance

outstretched: (adj) extended, lengthy, flat, open, unfolded, stretched, broad, wiredrawn, wide, long

oval: (adj) elliptical, elliptic, ovate, oviform, ovoid, oblong, egg-shaped,

rounded, prolate, round; (n) ovule overdraw: (v) magnify, overstate, amplify, hyperbolize, misrepresent, overcharge, overdo, dramatize, distort, aggrandize; (adj) dissipate. ANTONYM: (v) understate overdressed: (adj) clothed overhead: (adv) aloft, on high, over, up, high up; (n) expense, ceiling, budget items, command processing overhead, operating cost; (adj) upper. ANTONYM: (adj) surface overladen: (adj) fuller, overloaded, full

overtired: (adj) overstrung

pace: (n, v) walk, gait, rate, march, stride, footstep; (n) speed, tempo, rapidity, tread, celerity

pack: (n, v) crowd, bundle, bunch, load; (n) herd, company, bevy, batch; (v) heap, compress, jam. ANTONYMS: (v) unpack, unload, disperse, empty, loosen

packed: (adj) full, compact, filled, jammed, overcrowded, crammed, dense, thick, congested, teeming, cramped. ANTONYMS: (adj) deserted, loose, open

pagan: (adj, n) gentile, ethnic, agnostic; (n) idolater, infidel, paynim, heretic; (adj) heathenish, irreligious, ethnical, profane pageant: (n) spectacle, ostentation, ceremony, pomp, representation, exhibition, procession, pageantry, cavalcade, parade, scene

pained: (adj) offended, aggrieved, distressed, displeased, sore, grieved, miserable, injured, wounded, worried, upset. ANTONYM: (adj) unaffected

painful: (adj) hard, difficult, sharp, harrowing, grievous, afflictive, bad, irritating; (adj, v) distressing, harsh, bitter. ANTONYMS: (adj) content, heartwarming, soothing, comfortable, bearable, agreeable, effortless, dull, slight, wonderful, happy

pains: (n) nisus, labor, trouble, effort, exertion, labour, pain, care, struggle, attempt, strain

paint: (n, v) color, tint; (v) daub, coat, decorate, varnish, depict, enamel, lacquer, apply; (n) painting painted: (adj) colored, dyed, coloured, motley, stained, tinted, variegated, particoloured, delineated, graphic; (v) depaint. ANTONYM: (adj) unpainted painter: (n) artist, colorist, landscapist, impressionist,

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painting: (n) portrait, likeness, colouring, depiction, icon, illumination, image, design, coat, drawing, house painting

paints: (n) colors

palate: (n) gusto, savour, flavour, gustation, liking, tooth, taste, relish, roof of the mouth, smack, fancy pale: (adj) faint, wan, dull, weak, light, bloodless, pallid; (adj, v) dim;

(n) boundary, confine; (v) blanch. ANTONYMS: (adj) strong, rosy, brown, well, glowing, vivid, healthy, clear, colorful; (v) redden, darken

pall: (v) cloy, tire, jade, fatigue; (n) curtain, coffin, shroud, cloak, cerement, mantle; (adj, v) disgust pallid: (adj) ghastly, wan, bloodless, lurid, cadaverous, sickly, ashen, white, pasty, livid, watery. ANTONYMS: (adj) healthy, rosy, vivid

pallor: (n) pallidness, wanness, complexion, achromasia, lividity, lividness, luridness, pale, skin color, whiteness, sallowness. ANTONYMS: (n) rosiness, coloration, bloom

palm: (n) medal, decoration, prize, palm tree, victory, thenar, laurel wreath; (v) filch, cabbage, rob; (adj) totipalmate

palmy: (adj) booming, flourishing, prosperous, successful, thriving, halcyon, palmary, auspicious, lucky, favourable, bright

panegyric: (n, v) encomium, praise, commendation, applause; (adj, n) encomiastic; (v) laud, laudation; (adj) panegyrical; (n) kudos, paean, eloge

panes: (n) Fauni

pang: (n) pain, torture, ache, agony, twinge, affliction, sting, stab, distress, ailment, cramp

panthers: (n) order Carnivora, lions, dogs, Carnivora, bears, jackals panting: (adj) gasping, breathless, blown, winded, puffed; (v) palpitation; (n) heaving, gasp, asthma, heave, puff

paradise: (n) Elysium, bliss, Eden, Zion, promised land, Garden of Eden, Elysian Fields, ecstasy, nirvana, Valhalla, utopia. ANTONYM: (n) misery paradox: (n) incongruity, contradiction, ambiguity,

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inconsistency, puzzle, figure of speech, phenomenon, paradoxy, opposite, irony, equivocation paragraph: (n, v) clause, passage; (n) item, section, chapter, head, sentence, piece, part, division, count paralysed: (adj) palsied, paralyzed parched: (adj, n) thirsty; (adj) arid, adust, torrid, barren, desiccated, dehydrated, scorched, baked, withered, shriveled. ANTONYMS: (adj) quenched, humid

pardon: (v) excuse, condone, forgive, acquit, spare; (n) amnesty, forgiveness, grace; (adj, v) justify, exonerate, exculpate. ANTONYMS: (n, v) blame; (v) punish, castigate, condemn, convict; (n) intolerance parentage: (n) family, extraction, origin, descent, ancestry, lineage, stock, birth, pedigree, kinship, bloodline

parker: (n) yardbird Parker, bird Parker, Charles Christopher Parker, Charlie Parker, Dorothy Rothschild Parker, Dorothy Parker

parody: (n, v) caricature, lampoon, spoof; (v) mimic, mock; (n) imitation, mockery, charade, satire, travesty, farce

parrot: (n, v) mimic; (n) popinjay, poll, parakeet, macaw, copycat, cockateel, Amazon, cockatiel, cockatoo; (v) ape

parted: (adj) divided, separate, distributed, separated, divisible, disunited, compounder, compound, dividable

parthian: (n) laster

parting: (n) adieu, division, leave, departure, disunion, goodbye, leaving, segregation, dying, rupture; (adj) valedictory. ANTONYMS: (n) joining, meeting, connection, Reunion

passion: (n) affection, fire, fervor, love, feeling, anger, enthusiasm, heat, craving, desire; (n, v) ardor. ANTONYMS: (n) apathy, hate, serenity, meekness, hatred, doubt, dislike, calmness, moderation passionate: (adj, v) ardent, impetuous; (adj) hot, excited, burning, angry, fervent, fierce, animated, earnest; (adj, adv) fiery. ANTONYMS: (adj) indifferent, mild, passionless, unenthusiastic, cold, calm, halfhearted, cool, lukewarm, weak, uninterested

passionately: (adv) fervently, vehemently, violently, fiercely, eagerly, zealously, fervidly, fierily,

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enthusiastically, heatedly, stormily. ANTONYMS: (adv) mildly, apathetically, calmly, halfheartedly, impassively, jokingly, gently paste: (n, v) glue, gum, plaster; (n) dough, adhesive, cream, batter; (v) bond, affix, to stick, attach

patch: (v) piece; (n) plot, fleck, darn, blot, freckle, bed, maculation, field; (n, v) botch, repair

pathetic: (adj) deplorable, miserable, pitiful, wretched, forlorn, lamentable, tragic, distressing; (adj, v) touching, affecting, sad. ANTONYMS: (adj) strong, comical, effective, impressive, admirable, spirited, praiseworthy, generous, fine, brilliant, decisive

pathos: (v) emotion, inspiration, impression, affection; (n) poignancy, pity, ruth, commiseration, grief, poignance, sympathy

patience: (n) endurance, fortitude, longanimity, equanimity, tolerance, resignation, restraint, composure, sufferance; (n, v) moderation, calmness. ANTONYMS: (n) impatience, eagerness, intolerance, annoyance

patron: (n) backer, advocate, friend, defender, customer, client, helper, sponsor, benefactor, frequenter, supporter. ANTONYM: (n) detractor

patterned: (adj) steady, stippled, speckled, mottled, attractive, covered, dappled, decorative, dotted, showy, marked

pause: (n, v) halt, interruption, adjournment, delay, respite, stop; (adj, n, v) rest; (n) intermission, gap; (adj, v) discontinue; (v) hesitate. ANTONYMS: (n) decisiveness, continuation, start; (v) proceed pavement: (n) walk, paving, path, pathway, road surface, pave, sidewalk, floor, curbside, trottoir, earth

pavilion: (n) marquee, kiosk, tent, porch, pergola, gazebo, hall, canopy, booth, place, rus in urbe peacefully: (adv) tranquilly, placidly, stilly, serenely, Pacifically, quietly, meekly, restfully, undisturbedly, evenly, coolly. ANTONYMS: (adv) wildly, hysterically, agitatedly, restlessly, noisily, manically peacock: (v) strut, swagger, pose; (n) iris, tortoise shell, peafowl, bird of Juno, tulip, spectrum, peacock butterfly, chameleon

pearl: (adj, n) jewel; (n) gem, bead,

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dewdrop, ivory, bone; (adj) brilliant, flower, bijou, satin etched, ruby. ANTONYM: (n) dud

pearls: (n) beads, jewelry, jewellery pearly: (adj) fair, iridescent, leaden, livid, drab, milky, dingy, dun, creamy, roan; (n) chopper peasant: (n) farmer, churl, bucolic, countryman, clown, cottar, cotter, hind, provincial, rustic, muzjik pebbles: (n) shingle, grit, gravel, stones

peculiar: (adj) particular, odd, exceptional, different, extraordinary, curious, eccentric, characteristic, anomalous, abnormal, distinctive. ANTONYMS: (adj) normal, typical, common, universal, explicable, conventional

peculiarly: (adj, adv) particularly, curiously, unusually, uncommonly, singularly; (adv) especially, oddly, strangely, specifically, weirdly, specially. ANTONYMS: (adv) typically, ordinarily, slightly pedestal: (n) bottom, foot, groundwork, plinth, footstall, basis, bed, pillar, dais, stand, platform peer: (n, v) peep; (n) noble, mate, equal, equivalent, compeer, nobleman, fellow, associate; (v) peek, gaze. ANTONYMS: (v) glance, stare

peerage: (n) aristocracy, baronage, nobility, peerdom, gentry, noblesse peering: (adj) nosy, prying, snoopy penalty: (n) fine, forfeit, forfeiture, amercement, penalization, penance, handicap, sentence, castigation; (n, v) condemnation, judgment. ANTONYMS: (n) advantage, prize pencil: (n) beam, Pleiades, gleam, light, group, cluster; (v) brush, draw, design, paint, limn draw penitence: (n) penance, compunction, regret, contrition, remorse, rue, sorrow, atonement, grief, expiation, contriteness

penniless: (adj) indigent, needy, poor, destitute, moneyless, broke, miserable, impoverished, insolvent, penurious, hard up. ANTONYMS: (adj) solvent, wealthy, affluent penny: (n) change, coin, centime, copper, groat, subunit, money, mite, doit, small change, denomination pepper: (n) cayenne, capsicum, paprika, pimento, peppercorn, black pepper; (v) bombard, sprinkle; (adj) spice, season, salt

perch: (adj, n, v) roost; (v) light, settle, sit, alight, squat, land; (adj, v)

lodge, abide, dwell; (n) pole perfection: (n) maturity, ideal, consummation, paragon, completeness, finish, completion, crown, flawlessness, development, ne plus ultra. ANTONYMS: (n) imperfection, fault, abandonment, ugliness, deterioration

perforated: (adj) pierced, punctured, penetrated, porous, cut, entered perform: (v) execute, fulfill, accomplish, do, achieve, complete, carry out, behave, make, play, appear. ANTONYMS: (v) omit, rehearse, malfunction, stop performed: (adj, v) done, finished; (adj) fulfilled

performer: (n) musician, doer, artiste, comedian, player, conjurer, juggler, magician, executant, thespian, agent perfume: (n, v) scent, essence, odor, smell; (n) aroma, bouquet, cologne, incense, odour; (v) embalm, aromatize. ANTONYMS: (n) stink, stench

perfumed: (adj) fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, scented, sweet, honeyed, mellifluous, angelic, angelical, fresh, gratifying. ANTONYM: (adj) odorless

peridot: (n) opal, lapis lazuli, chrysolite

peril: (n, v) hazard, risk, endanger, menace, adventure; (n) danger, jeopardy, chance; (v) imperil, expose, compromise. ANTONYM:

(n) security

perplexed: (adj) confused, puzzled, baffled, confounded, doubtful, distracted, disconcerted; (adj, v) intricate, complicated, lost, involved. ANTONYMS: (adj) unperplexed, assured, clear, knowing

perplexity: (n) confusion, dilemma, bewilderment, maze, labyrinth, embarrassment, quandary, complication, enigma; (adj, n) difficulty, distress. ANTONYM: (n) understanding

persian: (n) Farsi, Irani, Iranian language

persistent: (adj) lasting, obstinate, constant, continual, insistent, permanent, continuous, incessant, unrelenting, stubborn, chronic. ANTONYMS: (adj) contained, irresolute, temporary, gentle, intermittent, compliant, caducous, fickle, fleeting, feeble, inconsistent personality: (n) person, nature, identity, celebrity, character,

temperament, disposition, characteristic, essence, individualism, public figure. ANTONYM: (n) nobody personally: (adv) privately, in person, intimately, directly, specially, confidentially, secretly, self, oneself, subjectively, particularly. ANTONYMS: (adv) impersonally, indirectly, objectively, collectively, distantly, generally, universally

perspiration: (n) diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudor, sweating, extravasation, secretion, exertion, exudation, effort, lather, water persuade: (v) convince, coax, assure, allure, entice, influence, induce, cajole, argue, exhort, lure. ANTONYMS: (v) discourage, dissuade, deter, restrain, force perturbed: (adj) disturbed, agitated, hot and bothered, confused, uneasy, concerned, worried, unsettled, troubled, upset, distraught. ANTONYMS: (adj) untroubled, relaxed

petal: (n) corolla, flower, valve, petal of marguerite, flower petal, floral leaf

petit: (adj) small, insignificant petticoat: (adj, n) female; (n) underskirt, skirt, she, woman, her, crinoline, wife, undergarment, apron; (adj) petty

petulant: (adj) irritable, peevish, cross, testy, irascible, cranky, fractious, fretful, pettish, touchy, choleric. ANTONYMS: (adj) easygoing, amiable, calm, affable, cheerful

petulantly: (adv) testily, impatiently, sulkily, querulously, pettishly, irritably, snappishly, morosely, tetchily, crossly, sullenly. ANTONYMS: (adv) calmly, lightly phantom: (n, v) apparition, phantasm, vision, phantasma; (n) spectre, specter, appearance, shade, shadow, wraith, spirit

pheasant: (n) monal, afropavo, peafowl, wildfowl, bird of Juno, golden pheasant, monaul, phasianid, Argus pheasant, Argus phenomenon: (n) appearance, marvel, miracle, incident, wonder, prodigy, phenomena, development, occurrence, happening, apparition philanthropic: (adj) benevolent, charitable, humanitarian, humane, kind, eleemosynary, generous, beneficent, kindly, munificent, good.

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ANTONYMS: (adj) selfish, miserly, nasty, mean

philanthropist: (n) humanitarian, donor, benefactor, philanthrope, altruist, patron, socialist, utilitarian, presenter, cosmopolite, amicus humani generis

philanthropy: (n) charity, generosity, humanity, kindness, philanthropic gift, beneficence, altruism, charitableness, humanitarianism, largesse, gift. ANTONYMS: (n) nastiness, selfishness

philistine: (n) lowbrow, bourgeois, cockney, pleb, boor, snooks; (adj, n) barbarian; (adj) die-hard, nonintellectual, pragmatic, reactionary

philosophic: (v) platonic, staid, stayed, stoical; (adj) thoughtful, rational, patient, learned, ideologic, ideological. ANTONYM: (adj) nonphilosophical

philosophy: (n) ethics, logic, theory, ideology, literalism, monism, metaphysics, etiology, esthetics, axiology; (adj, n) stoicism

phrase: (v) formulate, couch, put, articulate; (n) expression, idiom, diction, speech, passage, locution; (n, v) word

physiology: (n) organic chemistry, natural history, myology, bionomy, botany, bodily property, biological science, biology

piano: (adj) soft, gentle, indulgent, lax; (n) grand piano, pianissimo, softness, upright piano, mechanical piano; (adv) quietly, gently

piazza: (n) plaza, square, mall, circus, cloister, arcade, court, crescent, porch, space, veranda

picking: (n) option, selection, alternative, gathering, collection, choice, harvesting, leavings, collecting, indefinite quantity; (v) choose

pictured: (adj) envisioned, portrayed, graphic, delineate, delineated, impictured, unreal, visualised, visualized, impressed

picturesque: (adj, v) pictorial; (adj) beautiful, striking, colorful, idyllic, scenic, vivid, quaint, lovely, romantic, colourful. ANTONYMS: (adj) drab, dull, ugly, unattractive, modern

pierced: (adj) punctured, perforate, penetrated, cut, cleft

pierre: (n) capital of south Dakota piers: (n) jetties

pigeon: (n) dove, gull, gudgeon,

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pile: (n, v) heap, stack, mass, pack, jam; (n) congeries, mound, bunch, accumulation; (v) amass; (adj, n) nap. ANTONYM: (v) unload

piled: (adj) heaped, dense, aggregate, collective, concentrated, cumulous piles: (adj, n) hemorrhoids, heaps, lots, loads, plenty; (n) hemorrhoid, stacks, haemorrhoid, tons; (adj) heartburn, hernia

pilgrim: (n) hadji, passenger, journeyer, palmer, traveler, wanderer, conventual, monk, mendicant, lay brother, hajji pillow: (v) rest, breathe, lie, not move; (adj) wadding; (n) throw pillow, Wanger, bed pillow, feather bed, long pillow, padding

pink: (n) rose, crimson, gillyflower, paragon; (v) knock, gore, impale, stab, spike, spear; (adj) flower pins: (v) feet, legs, pegs, trotters pipe: (n) conduit, duct, flue, passage, pipage; (n, v) channel, cry; (v) squeak, sing, peep, screech

pipes: (n) musette, tubing, tubes, pipe, tube

pistol: (n) firearm, gun, gat, revolver, rod, Captain Bobadil, derringer, spray gun, shooter, drawcansir, Thraso

piteous: (adj) miserable, pitiful, pathetic, doleful, lamentable, abject, compassionate, unfortunate, poor, paltry, pitiable

pity: (n, v) compassion, ruth; (n) mercy, commiseration, condolence, sympathy, clemency, remorse; (v) sympathize, compassionate, feel sorry for. ANTONYMS: (n) blame, cruelty, indifference, harshness, joy placard: (n) sign, card, poster, advertisement, notice, handbill, posting, broadside, tablet; (v) advertise, post

placid: (adj) calm, composed, easygoing, equable, gentle, quiet, pacific, tranquil, cool, peaceable; (adj, v) peaceful. ANTONYMS: (adj) rough, energetic, stormy, frenetic, excitable, agitated, unstable, bothered, harsh, boisterous placing: (n) placement, arrangement, disposition, installation, allocation, ordering, disposal, borrowing, composition

plague: (v) molest, harass, afflict, hassle, annoy, badger, pester,

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disturb, beleaguer; (n, v) worry; (adj, n, v) bother. ANTONYM: (v) comfort

plain: (adj) ordinary, comprehensible, intelligible, apparent, manifest, obvious, clear, simple; (adj, n) flat, homely, humble. ANTONYMS: (adj) elaborate, unclear, multicolored, mottled, ornate, concealed, attractive, confused, fussy, obscure, patterned plaintively: (adv) piteously, sorrowfully, mournfully, pitifully, ruefully, grievously, lugubriously, pathetically, woefully, lamentingly, wistfully

plaited: (adj) woven, folded, plicated plasterwork: (n) pargeting, stuccowork, plaster of Paris, plaster, adhesive plaster, cataplasm

plates: (n) dishes, tableware, flake powder, dishware, dinner service platform: (n) dais, stand, stage, rostrum, quay, pulpit, plan, landing, ambo; (adj, n) floor; (n, v) program platinum: (n) platina, blonde, atomic number, noble metal

pleasant: (adj) jolly, amiable, agreeable, acceptable, nice, charming, kindly, facetious, joyful, pretty; (adj, v) pleasing. ANTONYMS: (adj) disgusting, horrible, repugnant, nasty, gruesome, unwelcome, harsh, shocking, disagreeable, foul, terrible pleasantly: (adv) pleasingly, nicely, cheerily, enjoyably, agreeably, delightfully, sunnily, genially, gratifyingly, kindly; (adv, v) happily. ANTONYMS: (adv) disagreeably, offensively, awfully, discordantly, dreadfully, shockingly, unkindly, irritably, harshly, curtly, nastily

pleased: (adj) contented, glad, delighted, content, joyful, thankful, gratified, appreciative, overjoyed, cheerful; (adj, v) elated. ANTONYMS: (adj) unhappy, annoyed, angry, worried, ashamed, disappointed, frustrated, sad, unsatisfied, ungrateful, uncomplimentary

pleasures: (n) pleasure plenitude: (n) plenty, fullness, plentitude, abundance, lot,

opulence, amplitude, exuberance, luxuriance, glut, luxury

plot: (n, v) plan, intrigue, cabal, plat, scheme, design, chart; (n) lot, patch, graph; (v) conspire

ploughman: (n) rustic, farm worker,

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farmhand, plower, fieldhand plucked: (v) ploughed; (adj) pulled, unfeathered, featherless, moulting, pilled

plucking: (n) harvesting, rip out poaching: (n) trespass, illicit fishing, cooking, cookery, contraband; (adj) raiding

pocket: (v) take, appropriate, steal, lift, catch; (n, v) sack, pouch; (n) cavity, hole, hollow; (adj) digest. ANTONYM: (v) return

poem: (n) lay, lyric, verse, rhyme, ballad, chant, epic, ode, ballade, elegy, epos

poet: (n) singer, songster, elegist, author, Gilbert, maker, lyricist, muse, versifier; (adj) poet laureate, Shakespearean

poetry: (n) verse, poesy, song, rhyme, style, poetics, epos, poems, stanza, doggerel, tuneful Nine

poignant: (adj, v) acrid, biting, harsh, painful, penetrating, brisk; (adj) acute, cutting, moving, affecting; (adj, n) piquant. ANTONYMS: (adj) unemotional, cheerful, emotionless pointing: (n) punctuation, indication, scoring

poison: (adj, v) contaminate, taint; (n, v) envenom, drug, empoison; (adj) toxic, poisonous; (v) defile, intoxicate; (n) bane, venom. ANTONYMS: (n) cure; (v) clean poisoned: (adj, v) tainted; (v) peccant, morbid, tabid; (adj) venenate, made virulent, rabid, resentful, sour, mangy, leprous

poisoning: (n) intoxication, gassing, corruption, carbon monoxide poisoning, defoedation, discoloration, ergotism, caffeinism, alkali poisoning, Malathion poisoning, cyanide poisoning poisonous: (adj) toxic, mortal, venomous, noxious, malicious, fatal, baneful, poison, lethal, viperous, mephitic. ANTONYMS: (adj) harmless, benevolent, edible, kindhearted

poland: (n) Polska

policeman: (adj) patrolman; (n) officer, police officer, cop, fuzz, constable, police constable, trooper, detective, inspector; (adj, n) watchman

polished: (adj) glossy, cultured, finished, refined, smooth, lustrous, genteel, courtly; (adj, v) courteous, civil, polite. ANTONYMS: (adj) rough, coarse, shoddy, unpolished, amateur, awkward, unsophisticated

polite: (adj) cultured, gentle, courtly, civil, refined, proper, genteel, kind, attentive, friendly, complaisant.

ANTONYMS: (adj) rude, discourteous, boorish, improper, abusive, common, authoritative, disobedient, uncivilized, uncivil, curt

politician: (n) legislator, politico, lawgiver, political leader, mayor, pol, nominee, campaigner, governor, statemonger, tactician polo: (n) curling, golf, croquet, water polo, tipcat, Marco Polo

pomp: (n) grandeur, parade, ostentation, show, ceremony, glory, luxury, pageantry, magnificence, state, splendor. ANTONYMS: (n) understatement, modesty pompous: (adj) grand, arrogant, ostentatious, affected, pretentious, overblown, showy, inflated, majestic, lordly; (adj, prep) bloated. ANTONYMS: (adj) modest, straightforward, unceremonious, quiet, unassuming, natural, deferential, relaxed, meek

pontus: (n) Pontos

popping: (n) pop, blowing, cratering, dad, Dada, flaring, pa, papa, pappa; (adj) joyful, busy

porcelain: (v) ceramics, crockery, pottery, ceramic ware; (n) earthenware, magnetism, figurines, purslane, collectibles, bone China portico: (n) portal, arcade, entrance, veranda, corridor, mouth, lips, inlet, chops, balcony, orifice

portrait: (n) effigy, image, likeness, icon, delineation, depiction, figure, portraiture, picture, photograph, painting

pose: (n, v) position, masquerade, posture; (v) attitudinize, place, perplex, impersonate, lay; (n) affectation, bearing, airs posing: (n) pretense, pose, movement, pretentiousness, pretension, posturing, move, motion, airs, acting, sitting. ANTONYM: (n) honesty

possess: (adj, v) own; (v) hold, wield, occupy, bear, keep, enjoy, contain, retain, to have, maintain. ANTONYMS: (v) lack, remove possessed: (adj) mad, obsessed, frantic, hysterical, furious, fanatical, infatuated, insane; (v) ought, owed, behoove. ANTONYM: (adj) uninterested

possession: (n) occupation, ownership, keeping, goods,

substance, tenure, property, grasp, estate, domain; (n, v) acquisition. ANTONYMS: (n) vacancy, sale poured: (adj) concrete

pouring: (adj) gushing, teeming, flowing profusely, burbling, burbly;

(n) casting, affusion, downpour, effusion, tapping, baptism. ANTONYM: (adj) light poverty: (n, v) lack, destitution,

penury, need, indigence, want; (adj, n) distress; (n) pauperism, impoverishment, squalor, deprivation. ANTONYMS: (n) wealth, riches, affluence, smartness, luxury, prosperity, fertility, surplus powder: (n, v) dust; (v) grind, crush, pound, comminute, pulverize, sprinkle, pulverise; (n) gunpowder, pollen, explosive

powdered: (adj) powdery, fine, crushed, milled, ground, broken up, finer, minced, pulverised; (n) punctated, milk

practise: (v) execute, practice, perform, exercise, drill, do, rehearse, learn, take, work out, read practising: (adj) practicing, churchgoing

praise: (v) approve, extol, flatter, celebrate, glorify; (n, v) commend, compliment, honor, glory, acclaim;

(n) applause. ANTONYMS: (n) criticism, disparagement; (v) reprimand, disparage, reproach, scold, belittle, rebuke, chastise, denigrate, sully

praised: (adj) bepuffed, popular, renowned

prate: (n, v) gossip, chatter, prattle, tattle; (v) jabber, gab, chat, natter, clack, palaver, gabble

pray: (v) beg, implore, entreat, crave, invite, plead, beseech, appeal, importune, adjure, invoke. ANTONYM: (v) reject

prayer: (n) invocation, plea, entreaty, appeal, orison, request, suit, litany, devotion, supplication, asking praying: (n) prayer

preach: (v) lecture, exhort, moralize, advocate, sermonize, urge, hold forth, admonish, evangelize, prophesy, moralise

preceding: (adj, adv) anterior, earlier; (adj) foregoing, former, previous, prior, past, precedent, prevenient; (adv) forward; (prep) before. ANTONYMS: (adj) following, succeeding, next, present

precious: (adj, n) beloved; (adj) valuable, costly, cherished,

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invaluable, expensive, golden, choice, inestimable, exquisite; (n) darling. ANTONYMS: (adj) cheap, hated, shabby

precipice: (n) abyss, chasm, escarpment, gulf, steep, crag, verge, brink, abysm, ravine, drop

precis: (n) outline, epitome, synopsis, abridgment, summarization, schema, rundown, apercu, lineation, foreshadowing; (v) summarize precise: (adj, v) accurate, careful, close; (adj) correct, definite, minute, particular, delicate, neat, certain, clear. ANTONYMS: (adj) imprecise, inaccurate, vague, rough, careless, rushed, approximate, clumsy, unscientific, wrong, slapdash precision: (n) accuracy, correctness, exactness, accurateness, preciseness, fidelity, nicety, delicacy, truth, exactitude; (adj) precise. ANTONYMS: (n) vagueness, inaccuracy, ambiguity, imprecision, clumsiness, impreciseness, neglect, messiness, incorrectness, faintness, carelessness

preferred: (adj) favorite, chosen, pet, select, favourite, selected, choice, preferable, singled out, favoured, golden

prefix: (n, v) preface; (n) preamble, foreword, introduction, area code, prelude, proem, proemium, prolepsis; (v) attach, prepose prejudiced: (adj) biased, partisan, bigoted, jaundiced, interested, opinionated, narrow, intolerant, colored, inequitable, subjective. ANTONYMS: (adj) unbiased, broadminded, balanced, impartial, unprejudiced, objective, just, tolerant

prelude: (n) preliminary, preface, introduction, beginning, overture, preamble, foreword, inception, opening, proem, prolusion. ANTONYMS: (n) postscript, conclusion, ending

premature: (adj) untimely, early, immature, inopportune, forward, previous, rash, unripe; (n) precocity, precociousness, prematurity. ANTONYMS: (adj) overdue, timely, late

preoccupied: (adj) absorbed, abstracted, thoughtful, lost, rapt, distracted, faraway, inattentive, deep in thought, engrossed, pensive. ANTONYMS: (adj) alert, carefree, uninterested

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provision, training, readiness, practice, homework, formulation, planning, prep, instruction, drill presentation: (n) exhibition, donation, performance, introduction, display, demonstration, offer, exposition, appearance, gift, exposure presentiment: (n) premonition, hunch, apprehension, feeling, foreboding, anticipation, intuition, boding, suspicion; (v) augury; (n, v) omen

preserved: (adj) kept, conserved, whole, pickled, condite, safe. ANTONYM: (adj) fresh preserves: (n) conserve, jam, chowchow, conserves, jelly,

marmalade, canned food, confiture, European federation of importers of dried fruit, preserved food, apple butter

presiding: (adj) president, dominant, administrative

pressed: (adj) compact, urgent, printed, pressing, press, stamped, pushed, impelled, incited, bound, driven

pressing: (adj, v) exigent, importunate, important; (adj) imperative, immediate, imperious, instant, critical, insistent; (n) dishing, press. ANTONYM: (adj) mild

pretend: (adv, v) assume; (adj, v) sham, counterfeit, fake, play; (v) dissimulate, dissemble, make believe, imagine, affect, act. ANTONYMS: (adj, v) real; (adj) genuine, natural, sincere pretending: (n, v) pretense; (n) affectation, appearance, acting, pretence, mannerism, dissembling, pretension, deception, deceit; (adv) pretendingly

prevented: (adj) disallowed, barred, banned. ANTONYM: (adj) legitimate

pride: (n) arrogance, conceit, egotism, vanity, lordliness, assumption, insolence, disdain, hauteur; (n, v) boast; (v) plume. ANTONYMS: (n) modesty, sorrow, dregs, disgrace, shame, baseness

priest: (adj, n) clergyman, divine; (n) minister, ecclesiastic, churchman, pastor, celebrant, parson, cleric, presbyter, chaplain

prig: (v) pilfer, filch, steal, rob, purloin, thieve; (n) nim, snob, old maid, pedant, filcher

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priggish, neat, ceremonious, mincing, squeamish, prissy, decorous, demure. ANTONYMS: (adj) relaxed, brash, uninhibited, informal, improper, lax primarily: (adv) chiefly, mainly, originally, essentially, basically,

firstly, above all, largely, especially, primitively, initially. ANTONYMS: (adv) superficially, finally, lastly, partially

primitive: (adj, v) primeval, primary; (adj) original, archaic, crude, first, early, antediluvian, aboriginal, primordial, primal. ANTONYMS: (adj) civilized, recent, complicated, factual, advanced

principal: (adj, n) chief, master, cardinal, primary, leading, capital, prime, main; (adj) grand; (n) manager, leader. ANTONYMS: (adj) secondary, subordinate, peripheral, trivial, marginal, side

privilege: (n) liberty, prerogative, immunity, freedom, grant, franchise, exemption, concession, claim; (n, v) license, permit. ANTONYM: (n) insult

probable: (adj) likely, plausible, possible, potential, presumable, feasible, hopeful, convincing, believable, to be expected, specious. ANTONYMS: (adj) improbable, implausible, unbelievable proceeded: (v) proceed, yode procession: (n) march, convoy, cortege, cavalcade, file, string, pageant, series, sequence, progress, column

procuring: (v) procure producing: (n) production, output, making, birth, childbirth; (adj) fertile, generating, procreant; (v) produced, to produce; (adv) yieldingly

profanation: (n) blasphemy, sacrilege, violation, outrage, abuse, prostitution, curse, pollution, violence, dissent; (adj) profanity profession: (n) employment, declaration, occupation, affirmation, calling, career, vocation, job, position, assertion, assurance. ANTONYM: (n) denial

profligacy: (n) debauchery, dissipation, licentiousness, prodigality, dissolution, depravity, debauch, corruption, improvidence, dissoluteness, vice. ANTONYMS:

(n) economy, decency, parsimony profusely: (adv) lavishly, copiously, extravagantly, bountifully,

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generously, plentifully, galore, prodigally, richly, excessively, amply. ANTONYMS: (adv) meagerly, stingily, thinly proletariat: (n) labor, working class, labour, mob, masses, labor force, proletarian, populace, trash, rabble, middle class

prolonged: (adj) lengthy, chronic, extended, elongated, lengthened, continuous, continued, expanded, sustained; (adj, v) protracted, lingering. ANTONYMS: (adj) quick, short, temporary

prolonging: (adj) delaying, continuing; (n) continuation, perseverance

prophet: (n) augur, oracle, vaticinator, seer, predictor, diviner, forecaster, visionary, foreteller, priest, clairvoyant

proportions: (n) size, magnitude, capacity, scope, figure, confines, acreage

propose: (v) bid, nominate, design, plan, proffer, move, intend, mean, aim, suggest; (n, v) advance.

ANTONYMS: (v) reject, improvise, oppose

proposing: (adj) prosy, proponent, making proposals

prose: (n) style, writing, euphuism, commonplace, prose writer, rap; (adj) prosaic, maunder, palaver, prate, prosy. ANTONYMS: (n) poetry, verse

prospects: (n) perspective, forecast, circumstances, odds, expectation, possibilities, prediction, projection, scenario, diagnosis

protege: (n) creature, protegee, puppet, ward, hireling, mercenary proud: (adj) lofty, disdainful, haughty, exalted, egotistical, gallant, pompous, lordly, majestic, overbearing; (adj, v) dignified. ANTONYMS: (adj) humble, modest, ashamed, embarrassed, sorrowful, disappointed, miserable

proverbs: (n) proverb

provoked: (adj, prep) exasperated, inflamed; (adj) irritated, aggravated, infuriated, indignant, irate, huffy, hot, excited; (adv) up in arms. ANTONYMS: (adj) calm, gratuitous, pleased

prow: (n) bow, stem, fore, beak, nose, obeisance, forepart, curtain call, bowknot, bowing, arc

prudence: (n) foresight, economy, frugality, caution, care, forethought, providence, circumspection,

judgment, deliberation; (adj, n) wisdom. ANTONYMS: (n) imprudence, profligacy, generosity, hindsight, recklessness, extravagance

prying: (adj) inquisitive, meddlesome, nosy, inquiring, nosey, intrusive, busy, snoopy; (n) nosiness, curiosity; (adj, n) meddling. ANTONYMS: (adj) apathetic; (n) apathy

psychical: (adj) mental, psychological, paranormal, psychal psychological: (adj) mental, psychic, psychical, cerebral, intellectual, inner, psychologic, subconscious, subjective, mind, emotional. ANTONYM: (adj) physical psychology: (n) psychics, neuropsychology, behaviourism, associationism, configurationism, behaviorism, functionalism, psychological science, mentality, physiological psychology, physchometrika

publicly: (adv) overtly, publically, in public, generally, communally, commonly, socially, stately, vulgarly, plainly, usually. ANTONYMS: (adv) privately, secretly, informally

pulling: (n) pull, drawing, traction, haulage, actuation, clout, deracination, draughts, extirpation; (adj) attracting, tractive

pulse: (n, v) throb; (n) pulsation, impulse, heartbeat, legume, rhythm, pounding, cadence; (v) pulsate, palpitate, pound

punctuality: (n) accuracy, precision, nicety, exactitude, truth, fidelity, exactness, promptitude, steadiness; (adj) rigor, mathematical precision. ANTONYM: (n) tardiness punishment: (n) correction, penance, chastisement, fine, judgement, rebuke, retribution, reward, castigation, execution; (adj, n) penalty. ANTONYMS: (n) persuasion, exoneration, reward puppet: (adj, n) doll; (n) pawn, instrument, tool, creature, marionette, dolly, fantoccini, hireling, protege, mammet

pure: (adj) absolute, natural, faultless, innocent, immaculate, perfect, good, clean; (adj, n) chaste, genuine; (adj, v) mere. ANTONYMS: (adj) contaminated, dishonored, diluted, tainted, wicked, practical, polluted, flawed, marred, unsaturated, unchaste

purely: (adv) utterly, merely, completely, perfectly, just, fairly, unmixedly, absolutely, virtuously, clearly; (adj, adv) simply. ANTONYMS: (adv) artificially, indecently, immorally, partly purification: (n) defecation, purge, refinement, catharsis, purgation, purging, refining, cleaning, cleansing, cleanup, rectification. ANTONYMS: (n) debasement, dirtying, contamination

purify: (adj, v) clear, cleanse; (v) purge, disinfect, refine, distill, sanctify, clarify, depurate, lustrate, chasten. ANTONYMS: (v) pollute, dilute, soil, cloud, desecrate puritan: (adj) blue, puritanic, puritanical, Methodist, formalist, religionist; (n) precisian, devotee, sanyasi, yogi; (v) coquette puritanism: (n) precisianism, bibliolatry, hyperorthodoxy, austerity, Sabbatarianism

purity: (n) holiness, cleanness, cleanliness, virtue, honor, perfection, pureness, sanctity, chastity, elegance; (adj, n) clearness. ANTONYMS: (n) coarseness, impurity, contamination, clutter, dirtiness, corruption, mustiness purple: (adj) violet, lilac, imperial, regal, royal; (adj, n) empurpled; (v) empurple; (n) magenta, purpleness, ermine, pall

pursuit: (n) quest, hunt, search, persecution, chase, career, interest, job, business, performance, employment

pushing: (adj) enterprising, pushy, pushful, ambitious, officious, adventurous; (n) push, propulsion, thrusting, actuation; (v) meddlesome

puts: (n) stocks, securities, preferred stock, common stock, bonds puzzled: (adj) bewildered, confused, baffled, nonplussed, doubtful, bemused, at a loss, curious, mystified, nonplused, dazed. ANTONYM: (adj) clear

pyramid: (n) pile, mass, heap, lump, prism, congeries, stack, pyramis; (adj) spire, steeple; (v) raise

quail: (v) cringe, cower, wince, funk, shrink, recoil, blench; (n, v) quake;

(n) bobwhite, partridge, quiver qualities: (n) character, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, quality, role, self, part, traits, individuality

quarrel: (adj, n, v) dispute; (n, v) fight, feud, brawl, row, altercation,

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argue, conflict, squabble; (n) dissension, difference. ANTONYMS: (n) agreement, reconciliation, acceptance, concord, consensus; (v) agree

quarrelling: (adj) at variance, in dispute, in disagreement, in conflict;

(n) dissension

quay: (n) dock, jetty, pier, embankment, platform, port, berth, harbour, harbor, basin, waterfront querulously: (adv) peevishly, fretfully, discontentedly, testily, whiningly, grumpily, dissatisfiedly, petulantly, quarrelsomely, cantankerously, crossly questioning: (adj) inquisitive, curious, suspicious, quizzical, doubting; (n) question, inquiry, query, examination, interrogation, enquiry. ANTONYMS: (adj) illogical, certain, credulous quicken: (v) accelerate, hasten, hurry, dispatch, animate, expedite, advance, enliven, precipitate; (n, v) forward, speed. ANTONYMS: (v) decelerate, delay

quickened: (adj) hasty, rapid, passionate, intoxicated quickening: (n) hurrying, hastening, speedup; (v) hasten, lively, flowing, having life, ignited, laving; (adj) bracing, moving

quit: (adj, n, v) leave; (v) go, drop, break, cease, give up, depart, end, discontinue; (adj, v) discharge; (n, v) part. ANTONYMS: (v) stay, occupy, enter, maintain, start, come, arrive quiver: (adj, n, v) shudder, shiver, tremble, shake; (v) flicker, flutter, vibrate; (n, v) palpitate, quaver; (n) vibration, tremor

quivering: (adj, n) trembling, tremor, quaking, trepidation; (n) palpitation, quiver, vibration; (adj) flutter, quavering, shivering, tremulous. ANTONYM: (adj) steady quotation: (n) extract, mention, reference, passage, excerpt, quote, value, example, price, worth, cost radiance: (n) gleam, glory, brilliance, luster, lustre, beam, brightness, effulgence, sparkle, light; (adj, n) brilliancy. ANTONYMS: (n) darkness, gloominess

radical: (adj) basic, exhaustive, extreme, primary, drastic, primordial; (adj, n) revolutionary, base, ultra; (n) basis, foundation. ANTONYMS: (adj) conventional, minor, cauline, modest, mainstream, reactionary; (n) traditionalist,

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conformist; (adj, n) conservative rage: (adj, n, v) fume, bluster; (adj, n) wrath, indignation, frenzy, mania;

(n) passion, anger, craze, exasperation; (n, v) storm. ANTONYMS: (n) gentleness, composure, calm, equanimity, pleasure, serenity

ragged: (adj, n) shabby; (adj) seedy, worn, hoarse, jagged, scruffy, torn, untidy, unkempt; (adj, v) threadbare; (n) harsh. ANTONYMS: (adj) smart, elegant, smooth, new, even

railings: (n) railing, fencing, paling, inclosure, lattice, enclosure raiment: (n, v) dress, garb, apparel, garment, clothes; (n) costume, attire, clothing, array, habit; (v) clothe rainbow: (n) tortoise shell, tulip, sunbow, spectrum, peacock, dream, chimera; (adj) multicolored, motley, kaleidoscopic, colorful

raising: (n) bringing up, nurture, elevation, lift, raise, culture, heave, ascent, ascension, upbringing, rearing

rang: (n) rung

rank: (n, v) range, order, place, position, grade, class, line, file; (v) arrange, classify; (n) gradation. ANTONYMS: (adj) sparse, pleasant, clean

rapid: (adj, v) fast, swift, prompt, fleet; (adj) speedy, agile, hasty, cursory, expeditious, sudden; (adv) quickly. ANTONYMS: (adj) slow, gradual, considered, leisurely, thorough, lengthy, protracted, sluggish

rapt: (adj) engrossed, intent, ecstatic, preoccupied, spellbound, captive, enthralled, attentive, fixed, enwrapped; (v) engrossed in. ANTONYMS: (adj) detached, inattentive, uninterested, bored rascally: (adj) dirty, contemptible, abject, mean, mischievous, scoundrelly, roguish, scabby, scurvy, shabby, paltry

rash: (adj, n) foolhardy, hasty, precipitate, eruption; (adj) imprudent, reckless, impetuous, heedless, audacious, sudden; (adj, adv) thoughtless. ANTONYMS: (adj) cautious, careful, sensible, wise, considered, deliberate, prudent, modest, slow, responsible, patient

rational: (adj, n) reasonable, just; (adj) intelligent, sane, judicious, logical, mental, sound, sober, wise,