205725628 | ancillary | (adj.) subordinate or supplementary SYN: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory ANT: central, key, primary, principal, main | |
205725629 | bowdlerize | (v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) SYN: censor, purge, expurgate | |
205725630 | condescend | (v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner SYN: diegn | |
205725631 | cozen | (v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle SYN: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle | |
205725632 | enclave | (n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character SYN: island, subgroup | |
205725633 | forte | (n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best SYN: gift, aptitude, specialty ANT: weakness, shortcoming, foible | |
205725634 | gratis | (adj.) free; (adv.) without charge SYN: (adj.) on the house; (adv.) freely ANT: (adv.) for a price | |
205725635 | icon | (n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion SYN: emblem, idol | |
205725636 | interstice | (n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things SYN: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna | |
205725637 | macrocosm | (n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something SYN: cosmos, entirety ANT: model, miniature, microcosm | |
205725638 | mountebank | (n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan SYN: imposter, quack ANT: sucker, dupe, "mark," "pigeon" | |
205725639 | paean | (n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph SYN: hymn, ode, anthem ANT: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody | |
205725640 | persiflage | (n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing SYN: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage | |
205725641 | plethora | (n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity SYN: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess ANT: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity | |
205725642 | pragmatic | (adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions SYN: down-to-earth, businesslike ANT: idealistic, impractical, visionary | |
205725643 | quizzical | (adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal SYN: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive ANT: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous | |
205725644 | rapacity | (n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder SYN: avarice,cupidity, voraciousness ANT: liberality, generosity, altruism | |
205725645 | schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions SYN: rift, breach ANT: united front, reconciliation | |
205725646 | therapeutic | (adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial SYN: curative, salutary, salubrious ANT: harmful, injurious, deleterious | |
205725647 | virtuoso | (n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brilliant SYN: (n.) expert, master, prodigy, maestro ANT: (n.) amateur, beginner, novice; (adj.) mediocre |
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