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ABHOR
- v. to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
- syn: detest
- ant: admire
- An atheist is someone who abhors God, or hates him deeply.
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amend
- v. to change in a formal way; to change for the better
- syn: modify
- When I wasn't hitting the ball well, my coach told me to amend or change my stance at the plate.
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buffet
- v. to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; n. a slap, blow
- syn: v. sock
- The boxer buffets or strikes repeatedly against the other boxer until he knocks him out.
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chaos
- n. great confusion, disorder
- syn: anarchy
- ant: order
- At the peace seminar, an antagonist yelled racist things and it turned into chaos or disorder.
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commodious
- adj. roomy, spacious
- syn: comfortable
- ant: cramped
- My dad's office is very commodious and spacious for one person.
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CORROSIVE
- adj. eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
- syn: caustic
- ant: bland
- In Breaking Bad, Jesse burns a body with a very corrosive or acidlike substance.
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Discern
- v. to see clearly, recognize
- syn: perceive
- ant: overlook
- Detectives have to discern or recognize the truth when they are interrogating a suspect.
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extant
- adj. still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
- syn: surviving
- ant: extinct
- Racism in America is extant or still existing in today's society.
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implicate
- v. to involve in; to connect with or be related to
- syn: incriminate
- ant: absolve
- The kids who smashed the window were implicated or involved in the break ins the week before.
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inter
- v. to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
- ant: unearth
- When people die, their families usually pay for them to be interred or buried in a grave.
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martinet
- n. a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
- syn: taskmaster
- Drill sergeants have to be martinets, or a strict disciplinarian in order to train the recruits.
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OBVIATE
- v. to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
- Syn: preclude
- I wanted to obviate or prevent my friend from getting in his car drunk.
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Renegade
- n. one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; adj. traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
- syn: n. turncoat
- ant: n. loyalist
- The renegades or people who leave a group made their own group called the schemers.
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reprehensible
- adj. deserving blame or punishment
- syn: objectionable
- ant: commendable
- The man who killed the dog was a reprehensible suspect who deserved blame.
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somber
- adj. dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
- syn: mournful
- ant: bright
- Goth people wear very somber or dark clothes because that's what they believe in.
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squalid
- adj. filthy, wretched, debased
- syn: dingy, foul
- ant: neat
- The pile of garbage looked insanely squalid or filthy and made me sick.
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turbulent
- adj. disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
- syn: tumultuous
- ant: calm
- When you're flying, the pilot turns on the fasten seatbelt sign when you go through stormy, or turbulent weather.
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vociferous
- adj. loud and noisy; compelling attention
- syn: clamorous
- ant: quiet
- People who speak at large events are usually vociferous or loud and noisy so people hear their message.
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voluminous
- adj. of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
- syn: bulky
- ant: scant
- Books that have over 1000 pages I consider to be voluminous or numerous.
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