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| 9526891940 | abet | (v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) *ANTONYMS:* hamper, hinder, impede he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others |  | 0 |
| 9526891941 | aver | (v.) to affirm, declare confidently *SYNONYMS:* assert, asseverate, avouch *ANTONYMS:* deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim During the interrogation, the suspect did nothing but aver his innocence. |  | 1 |
| 9526891942 | blatant | (adj.) noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense *SYNONYMS:* flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud *ANTONYMS:* inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty She saw straight through her unfaithful husband's blatant lies |  | 2 |
| 9526891943 | broach | (v.) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to pierce (a keg, cask) to draw off liquid (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks Candace was afraid to broach the subject of divorce to her abusive husband. |  | 3 |
| 9526891944 | buttress | (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen (n.) a supporting structure *SYNONYMS:* (v.) bolster, reinforce, shore-up *ANTONYMS:* (v.) undermine, weaken, impair Because someone had designed the walls without a proper buttress, the whole building collapsed within a year after it was built. |  | 4 |
| 9526891945 | carousal | (n.) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking) *SYNONYMS:* drinking bout, drunken revel, binge Let's head over to Jim's for carousal and camaraderie. |  | 5 |
| 9526891946 | collate | (v.) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some scientific purpose *SYNONYMS:* sort out, cross-check, rearrange Does our boss want us to collate these documents by company name or by order number? |  | 6 |
| 9526891947 | connoisseur | (n.) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts *SYNONYMS:* authority, savant, pundit *ANTONYMS:* ignoramus, philistine, yahoo The wine connoisseur swirled the chardonnay in her glass and made note of the crisp taste. |  | 7 |
| 9526891948 | disconsolate | (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation *SYNONYMS:* grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless *ANTONYMS:* cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty Nicole was disconsolate after the breakup and refused to allow her friends to comfort her. |  | 8 |
| 9526891949 | encumber | (v.) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder *SYNONYMS:* overload, saddle, hamper, clog *ANTONYMS:* unburden, unload, relieve The tax new plan will encumber many average Americans to the point where they cannot take yearly vacations. |  | 9 |
| 9526891950 | foment | (v.) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm *SYNONYMS:* instigate, incite, stir up *ANTONYMS:* quell, quash, squelch, suppress If the dictator thinks you're trying to foment turmoil in order to start a rebellion, he'll have you executed on national television. |  | 10 |
| 9526891951 | grisly | (adj.) frightful, horrible, ghastly *SYNONYMS:* gruesome, gory, hideous *ANTONYMS:* pleasant, delightful, attractive It takes the makeup artist several hours to apply the cosmetics that turn the actor into a grisly monster. |  | 11 |
| 9526891952 | herculean | (adj.) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength *SYNONYMS:* mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous *ANTONYMS:* puny, Lilliputian, bantam It took herculean effort for the men to dig themselves out of the collapsed mine. |  | 12 |
| 9526891953 | impassive | (adj.) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless *SYNONYMS:* emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible *ANTONYMS:* emotional, passionate, excitable He kept his own features impassive but truthfully, her words pierced him to the core |  | 13 |
| 9526891954 | inauspicious | (adj.) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future *SYNONYMS:* unpropitious, unpromising, untimely *ANTONYMS:* propitious, favorable it was an inauspicious beginning to the surgeon's career when he killed someone by making a very avoidable mistake |  | 14 |
| 9526891955 | incontrovertible | (adj.) unquestionable, beyond dispute *SYNONYMS:* incontestable, indisputable, indubitable *ANTONYMS:* debatable, dubious, open to question Inconvertible evidence was used to finally put away the ruthless serial killer. |  | 15 |
| 9526891956 | nonplussed | (adj.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss *SYNONYMS:* perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted *ANTONYMS:* poised, confident, assured The embarrassed foster child was nonplussed when his classmates asked about his parents. |  | 16 |
| 9526891957 | opportune | (adj.) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time *SYNONYMS:* timely, appropriate, felicitous *ANTONYMS:* untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate With all of the mobile applications being sold for millions of dollars, now is an opportune time to become a mobile developer. |  | 17 |
| 9526891960 | predilection | (n) a liking, preference *SYNONYMS:* fondness *ANTONYMS:* dislike He has a predilection for shellfish, so it was no surprise when he ordered the shrimp Alfredo instead of the chicken Alfredo. | 18 | |
| 9526891958 | prolific | (adj.) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse *SYNONYMS:* fruitful, fecund, proliferous *ANTONYMS:* barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse before furniture making, mahogany was once prolific in the tropical forests |  | 19 |
| 9526891959 | rejoinder | (n.) a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit *SYNONYMS:* answer, reply, response, riposte, retort After the he called her out, she tried to make some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind |  | 20 |
| 9526891961 | magniloquent | (adj) expressed in lofty or high -flown language( often in the sense of being pompous or over-elaborate) *SYNONYMS:* boastful, bombastic *ANTONYMS:* terse The actor delivered a magniloquent monologue, peppered with metaphors and obscure words | 21 |
