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26. a. enlighten Synonyms: acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, give faith, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, inspirit, instruct, open up, persuade, preach, put hip, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift c. demonstrate Definition: protest Synonyms: exhibit, fast, lie in, manifest, march, march on, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit in, stage walkout Definition: explain Synonyms: confirm‎, debunk, describe, express, illustrate, make clear, ostend, proclaim, set forth, show how, teach, testify to Definition: display Synonyms: authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make evident, make out, manifest, prove, roll out, test, testify to, trot out, try, validate d. interact Synonyms: collaborate, combine, connect, contact, cooperate, interface, interplay, interreact, join, merge, mesh, network, reach out, relate, touch, touch base, unite 27. b. enactment Definition: playacting Synonyms: achievement, acting, depiction, execution, impersonation, performance, personation, personification, playing, portrayal, representation Definition: authorization Synonyms: command, commandment, decree, dictate, edict, execution, legislation, order, ordinance, proclamation, ratification, regulation, statute c. misunderstanding Definition: argument Synonyms: bad vibes, beef, blowup, breach, break, clash, conflict, crossed wires, debate, difference, difficulty, disagreement, discord, dissension, falling-out, fight, fuss, quarrel, rift, run-in, rupture, set-to, sour note, spat, squabble, tiff, variance, words Definition: wrong idea Synonyms: confounding, confusion, delusion, error, false impression, misapprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreckoning, mistake, mix-up d. success Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, benefit, big hit, boom, clover, consummation, do, Easy Street, eminence, fame, flying colors, fortune, fruition, gain, go, good luck, good times, grand slam, gravy train, happiness, hit, killing, laugher, mastery, maturation, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, sensation, snap, strike, successfulness, triumph, velvet, victory, walkaway, walkover, win, ?lat 28. a. primary Synonyms: ABCs, basal, basic, beginning, bottom, central, elemental, elementary, essential, first, foundational, introductory, meat-and-potatoes, original, prime, primitive, principal, radical, rudimentary, simple, three R's, ultimate, underivative, underived, underlying Synonyms: aboriginal, beginning, direct, first, firsthand, immediate, initial, maiden, original, pioneer, primal, prime, primeval‎, primitive, primordial, pristine Synonyms: bad, capital, cardinal, chief, crackerjack, dominant, excellent, fab, first, first class, greatest, heavy, highest, hot, leading, main, number one, numero uno, paramount, prime, primo, principal, stellar, ten, top, tough, world class b. elementary Synonyms: ABC's, abecedarian, basal, basic, beginning, child's play, clear, duck soup, easy, elemental, essential, facile, foundational, fundamental, initial, introductory, original, plain, prefatory, preliminary, primary, primitive, primo, rudimentary, rudimentary, simple, simplest, simplex, simplified, straightforward, substratal, uncomplex, uncomplicated, underlying d. extra Definition: accessory Synonyms: addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, bonus, complement, extension, supernumerary, supplement Definition: particularly Synonyms: considerably, especially, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, markedly, noticeably, rarely, remarkably, uncommon, uncommonly, unusually Definition: accessory Synonyms: added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button, excess, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss, gingerbread, gravy, ice, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, option, other, perk, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused 29. a.square Definition: park Synonyms: area, center, circle, common, green, plaza, space, village green Definition: traditionalist Synonyms: antediluvian, back number, conservative, die-hard, fossil, fuddy-duddy, mossback, old fogy, stick-in-the-mud Definition: old-fashioned Synonyms: bourgeois, button-down, conservative, conventional, dated, orthodox, out-of-date, straight, strait-laced, stuffy Definition: four-sided Synonyms: boxlike, boxy, equal-sided, equilateral, foursquare, orthogonal, quadrate, quadratic, quadratical, rectangular, rectilinear, right-angled, squared, squarish Definition: honest Synonyms: aboveboard, decent, equal, equitable, ethical, even, fair, genuine, impartial, impersonal, just, nonpartisan, objective, sporting, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, straight, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright Definition: adapt Synonyms: accommodate, adjust, align, conform, even up, fit, level, quadrate, reconcile, regulate, suit, tailor, tailor-make, true, true up Definition: pay off Synonyms: balance, bribe, buy, buy off, clear, clear off, clear up, corrupt, discharge, fix, have, liquidate, make even, pay, pay up, quit, rig, satisfy, settle, tamper with Definition: correspond Synonyms: accord, agree, balance, check out, coincide, conform, dovetail, fit, fit in, gee, harmonize, jibe, match, reconcile, tally c. triangle Definition: three Synonyms: leash, ternion, threesome, trey, triad, triangle, trilogy, trine, trinity, triple, triplet, triplicate, triptych, triumvirate, triune, troika Definition: piece Synonyms: allotment, allowance, bite, chop, cut, helping, lot, part, portion, quota, segment, share, sliver, thin piece, triangle, wedge Definition: relationship Synonyms: affair, amour, devotion, enthusiasm, extracurricular activity, flirtation, hanky-panky, intrigue, liaison, love, matinee, nooner, passion, Roman spring, romance, thing, tip, triangle d. circle Definition: circumnavigate Synonyms: belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about Synonyms: assembly, associates, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, clan, class, clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies, crowd, crush, fellowship, fraternity, friends, gang, in-group, insiders, intimates, lot, mafia, mob, outfit, party, ring, school, set, society Definition: round figure Synonyms: amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo, hoop, horizon, lap, meridian, orbit, parallel, perimeter, periphery, record, revolution, ring, ringlet, round, sphere, stadium, tire, turn, vortex, wheel, wreath, zodiac 30. a. exception Definition: special case Synonyms: allowance, anomalism, anomaly, departure, deviation, difference, dispensation, eccentricity, exemption, freak, inconsistency, irregularity, nonconformity, oddity, peculiarity, perquisite, privilege, privileged person, quirk Synonyms: barring, debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, excusing, expulsion, noninclusion, omission, passing over, rejection, repudiation, reservation b. curiousity Definition: odd item Synonyms: anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet d'art, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, wonder Definition: interest Synonyms: concern, eagerness, inquiring mind, inquiringness, inquisitiveness, interest, interestingness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, mental acquisitiveness, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, regard, searching, snooping d. disturbance Synonyms: agitation, annoyance, big scene, bother, brawl, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, molestation, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink, stir, storm, to-do, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence 31. a. admit Definition: confess Synonyms: accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm‎, consent, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, make known, narrate, number, open up, own, own up, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill, spill guts, subscribe to, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield Definition: allow Synonyms: accept, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, give access, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, let in, lodge, permit, receive, sign, suffer, take, take in b. inundate Synonyms: deluge, dunk, engulf, flood, glut, immerse, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, snow, submerge, swamp, whelm c. fossilize harden, ossify, petrify, shrivel 32. a. advance Definition: pursuit Synonyms: approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion Definition: deposit Synonyms: accommodation, allowance, credit, deposit, down payment, floater, front money, grubstake, hike, increase, jawbone, loan, prepayment, retainer, rise, score, scratch, stake, take, touch Definition: improvement Synonyms: advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping Definition: progress Synonyms: advancement, headway, impetus, motion, progress, progression Definition: increase Synonyms: boost, develop, elevate, enlarge, get fat, get rich, grade, grow, improve, magnify, make out, multiply, pan out, prefer, prosper, raise, strike gold, thrive, up, upgrade, uplift Definition: loan Synonyms: furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide Definition: promote Synonyms: adduce, allege, ballyhoo, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype, introduce, lay forward, offer, plug, present, proffer, propose, puff, push, put forward, serve, set forth, splash, spot, submit, suggest, thump, urge Definition: forge Synonyms: accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, cream, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get there, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go places, hasten, launch, make headway, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm Definition: ahead Synonyms: beforehand, earlier, early, first, foremost, forward, in front, leading, previously, prior b. middle Definition: center Synonyms: core, deep, focus, halfway, halfway point, heart, inside, mean, media, midpoint, midriff, midsection, midst, thick, waist Definition: central Synonyms: average, between, center, centermost, equidistant, halfway, inner, inside, intermediate, intervening, mainstream, mean, medial, median, medium, mezzo, mid, middlemost, midmost, straddle fence d. limit Definition: restrict Synonyms: appoint, assign, bar, bottle up, bound, cap, check, circumscribe, confine, constrict, contract, cork, cramp, curb, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, fix, hem in, hinder, hog-tie, ice, inhibit, lessen, narrow, prescribe, ration, reduce, restrain, set, specify Definition: boundary Synonyms: border, borderland, compass, confines, edge, end, extent, extreme, extremity, frontier, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieu Synonyms: absolute, ape, bitter end, border, bottom line, bottom out, bound, bourne, breaking point, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, circumscription, conclusion, confinement, confines, curb, cut-off point, deadline, destination, edge, end, end point, extremity, far out, farthest point, farthest reach, fence, finality, goal, limitation, margin, nines, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, the max, ultimate, utmost, verge 33. a. ordinary Definition: average Synonyms: characterless, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden, garden variety, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill, second-rate, simple, so-so, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unpretentious, unremarkable, usual, vanilla, workaday Definition: common Synonyms: accustomed, customary, established, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, humdrum, natural, normal, popular, prevailing, public, quotidian, regular, routine, settled, standard, stock, traditional, typical, usual, wonted c. trivial Synonyms: atomic, commonplace, diminutive, evanescent, everyday, flimsy, frivolous, immaterial, inappreciable, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meager, mean, meaningless, microscopic, minor, minute, momentary, negligible, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, rinky-dink, scanty, skin-deep, slight, small, small-town, superficial, trifling, trite, two-bit, unimportant, valueless, vanishing, wee, worthless d. attractive Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, beaut, beautiful, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunk, interesting, inviting, looker, lovely, luring, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome 34. a. steer Definition: guide Synonyms: beacon, captain, conduct, control, direct, drive, escort, govern, head for, helm, herd, lead, pilot, point, route, run, run things, see, shepherd, show, skipper, take her, take over b. proceed Definition: flow from Synonyms: arise, come, derive, emanate, ensue, extend, follow, head, issue, originate, pass, result, rise, spring, stem Definition: carry out Synonyms: advance, continue, fare, get, get going, go ahead, go on, hie, journey, march, move on, move out, pass, press on, progress, push on, repair, travel, wend c. follow Definition: understand Synonyms: accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch, catch on, comprehend, dig, fathom, get, grasp, realize, see, take, take in Definition: abide by Synonyms: abide by, accord, adhere to, adopt, attend, comply, conform, copy, cultivate, do like, emulate, follow suit, harmonize, heed, hold fast, imitate, keep, match, mimic, mind, mirror, note, obey, observe, reflect, regard, serve, string along, support, take after, watch Definition: trail Synonyms: accompany, attend, catenate, chase, come with, concatenate, convoy, dog, draggle, escort, freeze, give chase, go after, go with, hound, hunt, onto, persecute, pursue, run after, run down, search, seek, shadow, shag, shlep along, spook, spoor, stalk, stick to, string along, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, tailgate, track Definition: come after Synonyms: chase, come from, come next, displace, ensue, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, pursue, replace, result, spring from, succeed, supersede, supervene, supplant 35. a. speech Definition: address Synonyms: allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk, pitch, prelection, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, skull session, soapbox oration, spiel, stump, tirade, valedictory Definition: talk Synonyms: accent, articulation, communication, conversation, dialect, dialogue, diction, discussion, doublespeak, doubletalk, enunciation, expressing, expression‎, gab, gas, idiom, intercourse, jargon, jive, language, lingo, locution, mother tongue, native tongue, oral communication, palaver, parlance, prattle, pronunciation, prose, speaking, spiel, tone, tongue, utterance, verbalization, vernacular, vocal expression‎, vocalization, vocalizing, voice, voicing c. emerge Synonyms: appear, arise, arrive, become apparent, become known, become visible, come forth, come up, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, egress, emanate, flow, gush, issue, loom, make appearance, materialize, originate, proceed, rise, show, spring, spring up, spurt, steam, stem, surface, transpire, turn up d. assassinate Synonyms: bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off, liquidate, slaughter, slay 36. a. reaction Definition: conservativism Synonyms: backlash, backsliding, counter-revolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, Toryism, withdrawal Definition: response Synonyms: acknowledgment, answer, attitude, back talk, backfire, backlash, boomerang, comeback, compensation, cooler, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, double-take, echo, feedback, feeling, hit, kick, kickback, knee-jerk, lip, opinion, reagency, rebound, reception, receptivity, reciprocation, recoil, reflection, reflex, rejoinder, repercussion, reply, retort, return, reverberation, revulsion, sass, snappy comeback, take, vibes, wisecrack c. revenge Definition: retaliate Synonyms: avenge, defend, fight back, fix, get, get even, give comeuppance, hit back, justify, kick back, make reprisal, match, pay back, pay off, punish, reciprocate, redress, repay, requite, retort, return, score, settle up, settle with, square, venge, vindicate Definition: retaliation Synonyms: animus, attack, avengement, avenging, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, fight, getting even, ill will, implacability, malevolence, rancor, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, vengeance, vengefulness, vindictiveness d. reformation alteration, amendment, conversation, correction, improvement, redress, refair, revolution 37. a. reform Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, clean up, convert, correct, cure, emend, go straight, improve, make amends, make over, mend, rearrange, rebuild, reclaim, reconstitute, reconstruct, rectify, redeem, refashion, regenerate, rehabilitate, remake, remedy, remodel, renew, renovate, reorganize, repair, resolve, restore, revise, revolutionize, rework, shape up, standardize, swear off, transform, uplift c, reflex automatic, effect, feeling, involuntary, reaction, unconscious d. reduce Definition: humble Synonyms: abase, break, bring low, bump, bust, declass, degrade, demerit, demote, disgrade, disrate, downgrade, humiliate, lower Definition: defeat Synonyms: bear down, beat down, break, bring, conquer, cripple, crush, disable, drive, enfeeble, force, master, overcome, overpower, ruin, subdue, subjugate, undermine, vanquish, weaken Definition: decrease Synonyms: abate, abridge, bankrupt, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, impair, impoverish, lessen, lose weight, lower, mark down, moderate, nutshell, pare, pauperize, rebate, recede, roll back, ruin, scale down, shave, shorten, slash, slim, slow down, step down, taper, taper off, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down 38. a. improve Synonyms: advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, come around, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, doctor up, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground, gain strength, grow better, help, increase, lift, look up, make strides, meliorate, mend, perk up, pick up, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, set right, shape up, sharpen, skyrocket, straighten out, take off, touch up, update, upgrade b. splinter Definition: break in pieces Synonyms: burst, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pash, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, split Definition: piece Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, fragment, needle, paring, shaving, sliver, wood c. establish Definition: authenticate Synonyms: ascertain, authorize, base, certify, circumstantiate, confirm‎, constitute, corroborate, decree, demonstrate, determine, discover, enact, find out, formulate, learn, legislate, make, make out, predicate, prescribe, prove, ratify, rest, show, stay, substantiate, validate, verify Definition: organize Synonyms: authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, father, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, set up, settle, stabilize, start, station, stick 39. b. unilateral c. multilateral d. one-sided Definition: distorted Synonyms: biased, false, falsified, jaundiced, misrepresented, one-sided, partial, partisan, perverted, prejudiced, prepossessed, tampered with, tendentious, warped Definition: opinionated Synonyms: authoritarian, authoritative, biased, bigoted, bullheaded, dictative, dictatorial, dogged, dogmatic, fanatical, impractical, inflexible, insistent, magisterial, mulish, obstinate, one-sided, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, speculative, stubborn, unrealistic Definition: believing Synonyms: adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bull-headed, cocksure, cocky, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard line, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pig-headed, positive, pragmatic, pragmatical, prejudiced, self-assertive, set on, single-minded, stubborn, tilted, uncompromising, unyielding, weighted 40. a. measure Definition: calculate Synonyms: adapt, adjust, align, appraise, assess, average, beat, blend, bound, calibrate, caliper, check, check out, choose, compute, delimit, demarcate, determine, dope out, estimate, eval‎uate, even, eye, figure, fit, gauge, gradate, grade, graduate, judge, level, limit, line, look over, mark, mark out, mete, pace off, peg, plumb, portion, quantify, rank, rate, read, reckon, regulate, rhyme, rule, scale, shade, size, size up, sound, square, stroke, survey, tailor, take account, time, value, weigh Definition: beat Synonyms: accent, cadence, cadency, division, foot, melody, meter, rhyme, rhythm, step, stress, stroke, swing, tempo, throb, time, tune, verse, vibration Definition: law Synonyms: act, bill, enactment, project, proposal, proposition, resolution, statute Definition: prevention Synonyms: act, action, agency, bounds, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap, stratagem, temperance Definition: standard Synonyms: benchmark, canon, criterion, example, gauge, meter, method, model, norm, pattern, quintal, rule, scale, system, test, touchstone, trial, type, yardstick Definition: portion Synonyms: admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, dram, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quintal, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, scope, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight b. sacrifice Synonyms: cede, drop, endure, eschew, forfeit, forgo, immolate, kiss goodbye, let go, lose, offer, offer up, part with, renounce, spare, suffer, surrender, waive, yield c. endure Definition: continue Synonyms: abide, be, be left, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well Definition: bear hardship Synonyms: abide, accustom, allow, bear, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, permit, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stomach, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand 41. a. resistance Synonyms: attrition, battle, blocking, check, combat, contention, copying, counteraction, cover, defiance, detention, fight, fighting, friction, halting, hindrance, holding, impedance, impediment, impeding, intransigence, obstruction, parrying, protecting, protection, rebuff, refusal, retardation, safeguard, screen, shield, stand, striking back, struggle, support, warding off, watch, withstanding b. fragility delicacy, weakness d. withdrawal Synonyms: abandonment, abdication, abjuration, alienation, departure, disavowal, disclaimer, disengagement, egress, egression, exit, exiting, exodus, extraction, recall, recantation, relinquishment, repudiation, rescission, resignation, retirement, retreat, revocation, revulsion, secession 42. a. ponder Synonyms: appraise, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, eval‎uate, examine, excogitate, figure, meditate, mind, moon, mull, mull over, muse, noodle around, perpend, pipe dream, puzzle over, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, think out, think over, turn over, weigh, wool gather b. ignore Synonyms: avoid, blink, brush off, cold-shoulder, cut, cut dead, dial out, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, high hat, ice, ig, live with, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, play past, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, slight, tune out, wink at c. estimate Definition: calculation Synonyms: appraisal, appraisement, assay, assessment, ballpark figure, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, eval‎uation, gauging, guess, guesstimate, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, projection, rating, reckoning, sizing up, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation Definition: guess Synonyms: account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, eval‎uate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, think through, value 43. b. attack Definition: work Synonyms: buckle down, deal with, dive into, plunge into, set to, tackle, take up, tear into Definition: assault verbally Synonyms: abuse, berate, blame, blitz, censure, criticize, impugn, lay into, malign, refute, reprove, revile, shoot down, stretch, vilify Definition: assault physically Synonyms: advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock cold, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, turn on, wallop, whop Definition: disorder Synonyms: access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, dysfunction, failure, fit, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe Definition: verbal assault Synonyms: abuse, aggression, belligerence, blame, calumny, censure, combativeness, criticism, denigration, denunciation, impugnment, libel, pugnacity, slander, vilification Definition: physical assault Synonyms: advance, aggression, assailing, assailment, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, charge, defilement, dirty deed, drive, encounter, encroachment, foray, incursion, initiative, inroad, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, mugging, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, outbreak, push, raid, rape, rush, skirmish, storming, strike, thrust, violation, volley c. conquest Definition: prize Synonyms: acquisition, adherent, admirer, captivation, catch, enticement, fan, follower, prize, seduction, supporter, worshipper Definition: victory Synonyms: acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win, clean sweep, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam, invasion, killing, mastery, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash, subdual, subjection, subjugation, success, takeover, triumph, vanquishment, win d. interpretation analysis, annotation, answer, clarification, arrangement, conception, construction, criticism, definition, diagnosis 44. a. deceit Definition: trick Synonyms: artifice, blind, cheat, chicanery, crocodile tears, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, duplicity, fake, feint, flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, gyp, hoax, humbug, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, ruse, sell, sellout, sham, shift, soft soap, spoof, stratagem, subterfuge, sweet talk, swindle, trick, two-timing, whitewash job, wile Definition: misleading Synonyms: ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, entrapping, fraud, fraudulence, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, overreaching, pretence, slyness, trapping, treachery, trickery, two-facedness, two-timing, underhandedness c. murder Definition: kill Synonyms: abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out, bump off, butcher, chill, cool, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, dust off, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, get fog, guillotine, hang, hit, ice, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, take out, thrash, waste Definition: killing Synonyms: annihilation, assassination, big chill, blood, bloodshed, bump-off, butchery, capital murder, carnage, crime, death, destruction, dispatching, dust-off, felony, foul play, hit, homicide, kiss-off, knifing, liquidation, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off, offing, one-way ticket, shooting, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works, wasting d. criminal Definition: lawless Synonyms: bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, felonious, heavy, hung up, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady, smoking gun, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrong Definition: lawbreaker Synonyms: blackmailer, blotto, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, ex-con, felon, finger, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, hatchet man, heavy, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hustler, inside man, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, moll, mug, muscle man, offender, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, shylock, sinner, slippery eel, thug, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yard bird 45. a. humble Definition: shame Synonyms: abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower, mortify, overcome, pull down, put away, put down, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down, upset Definition: poor Synonyms: base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inferior, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, low-born, low-ranking, lowly, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, rough, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unpretentious, unrefined, vulgar, wretched Definition: meek Synonyms: apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, reverential, sedate, self-conscious, self-effacing, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, withdrawn c. grand Definition: important Synonyms: chief, dignified, elevated, exalted, grave, head, highest, leading, lofty, main, majestic, mighty, noble, preeminent, principal, regal, supreme, transcendent Definition: impressive Synonyms: admirable, ambitious, august, dignified, dynamite, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, fab, fine, first-class, first-rate, glorious, grandiose, great, haughty, illustrious, imposing, large, lofty, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, monumental, nifty, noble, opulent, ostentatious, outstanding, palatial, pompous, pretentious, princely, regal, rich, smashing, something else, splendid, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, terrific, unreal, wonderful d. delicate Definition: careful Synonyms: accurate, adept, cautious, considerate, deft, detailed, diplomatic, discreet, expert, foresighted, heedful, masterly, minute, politic, precise, proficient, prudent, sensitive, skilled, tactful, tactical, wary Definition: difficult Synonyms: critical, hair-trigger, precarious, sensitive, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, volatile Definition: discriminating Synonyms: alert, careful, critical, dainty, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gentle, nice, particular, persnickety, prudish, pure, refined, scrupulous, sensitive, squeamish, thin-skinned Definition: sickly Synonyms: ailing, debilitated, decrepit, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, shatterable, shattery, sick, slender, slight, susceptible, tender, unhealthy, weak Definition: dainty Synonyms: aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, filmy, fine, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, gauzy, gentle, gossamery, graceful, hairline, mild, muted, nice, pale, pastel, rare, recherch? select, shattery, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender, weak 46. b. substantial Definition: rich Synonyms: affluent, comfortable, easy, opulent, prosperous, snug, solid, solvent, wealthy, well, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do Definition: real Synonyms: actual, card-carrying, concrete, corporeal, existent, for real, gross, legit, material, objective, phenomenal, physical, positive, righteous, sensible, solid, sure enough, tangible, true, twenty-four carat, valid, visible, weighty Definition: important Synonyms: abundant, ample, big, big deal, big league, bulky, consequential, considerable, durable, extraordinary, firm, generous, goodly, heavy, heavyweight, hefty, key, large, major league, massive, material, meaningful, momentous, plentiful, principal, serious, significant, sizable, solid, sound, stable, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, superabundant, tidy, valuable, vast, weighty, well-built, worthwhile c. precious Definition: sophisticated Synonyms: affected, alembicated, artful, artificial, chichi, choosy, dainty, delicate, fastidious, finicky, fragile, fussy, la-di-da, nice, ostentatious, overnice, overrefined, particular, persnickety, picky, pretentious, pr?ieux, refined, showy, sophisticated, stagy, studied Definition: expensive Synonyms: choice, costly, dear, exquisite, fine, high-priced, inestimable, invaluable, priceless, prizable, prized, rare, recherch? rich, treasurable, valuable, worth eyeteeth Definition: favorite Synonyms: adored, beloved, blue-eyed, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, fair-haired, idolized, inestimable, loved, pet, prized, treasured, valued d. jealous Definition: desirious Synonyms: anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envious, envying, grabby, grasping, green, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, jelly, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, protective, questioning, resentful, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, wary, watchful, yellow-eyed, zealous 47. a. lofty Definition: arrogant Synonyms: ambitious, cavalier, condescending, disdainful, grandiose, haughty, high-minded, immodest, insolent, lordly, overbearing, patronizing, pretentious, proud, snooty, supercilious, utopian, visionary Definition: grand Synonyms: arresting, benevolent, big, chivalrous, commanding, considerate, dignified, distinguished, elevated, exalted, generous, great, illustrious, imposing, magnanimous, majestic, noble, renowned, stately, striking, sublime, superb, superior Definition: high Synonyms: aerial, airy, elevated, high-rise, lifted, raised, sky-high, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, tall, towering c. educated Definition: learned Synonyms: accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, experienced, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed d. developed adult, appear. curvaceous. detail, educated, forward, mature, mellow, precocious, secondary 48. a. artificial Synonyms: bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, falsie, hyped up, man-made, manufactured, mock, phony, plastic, queer, sham, simulated, specious, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unnatural, unreal Definition: pretended Synonyms: affected, contrived, false, feigned, forced, hollow, insincere, labored, mannered, meretricious, phoney, put-on, spurious, theatrical, unnatural b. fictional fabled, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, illusory, imaginary, made-up, narrative d. instinctive Synonyms: accustomed, automatic, congenital, habitual, impulsive, inborn, ingrained, inherent, innate, instinctual, intrinsic, intuitional, intuitive, involuntary, knee-jerk, mechanical, native, natural, normal, regular, rooted, second-nature, spontaneous, typical, unlearned, unmeditated, unpremeditated, unprompted, unthinking, visceral 49. a. uneducated Synonyms: benighted, empty-headed, ignoramus, ignorant, illiterate, inerudite, know-nothing, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, unschooled, untaught, untutored b. primitive Definition: barbaric Synonyms: animal, atavistic, austere, barbarian, barbarous, brutish, childlike, crude, fierce, Gothic, green, ignorant, naive, natural, nonliterate, preliterate, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, Spartan, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, underdeveloped, undeveloped, undomesticated, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, untutored, vestigial, wild Definition: ancient Synonyms: archaic, basic, earliest, early, elementary, essential, first, fundamental, old, original, primal, primary, primeval‎, primordial, pristine, substratal, underivative, underived, underlying, undeveloped, unevolved c. sincere Synonyms: aboveboard, actual, artless, bona fide, candid, dead level, dear, devout, earnest, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, honest, meant, natural, no fooling, no-nonsense, open, outspoken, plain, pretensionless, real, regular, righteous, saint, serious, square, sure enough, true, true blue, trustworthy, twenty-four carat, unaffected, undesigning, undissembled, unfeigned, unpretentious, up front, wholehearted 50. b. set up Synonyms: arrange, assemble, back, begin, build, build up, compose, constitute, construct, create, elevate, erect, establish, excite, exhilarate, found, inaugurate, initiate, inspire, install, institute, introduce, launch, open, organize, originate, prearrange, prepare, put together, put up, raise, rear, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, usher in c. preserve Synonyms: bottle, can, care for, conserve, continue, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold d. deceive Synonyms: bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fluff, fool, gouge, gull, gyp, hoax, hoodwink, hook, humbug, impose upon, lead on, Murphy, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take for, take in, trick, two-time