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tangible; (adj, prep) separate; (adj, v) marked. ANTONYMS: (adj) indistinct, similar, unclear, vague, shapeless, inaudible, connected, general, resembling, associated, amorphous

distinctness: (n) clearness, sharpness, definition, otherness, perspicuity, discreteness, articulate sound, separation, uncloudedness, dissimilarity; (adj) conspicuousness. ANTONYM: (n) indistinctness distinguishing: (adj) distinctive, identifying, typical, discriminating, specific, distinct, peculiar; (adv) distinguishingly; (adj, v) discriminative; (v) distinguish; (n) hearing. ANTONYMS: (adj) common, typical

distorted: (adj) deformed, contorted, twisted, misshapen, perverted, wry, bent, misrepresented, malformed, distort; (adj, adv) awry. ANTONYMS: (adj) unchanged, distinct, balanced, perfect

distress: (n, v) pain, torment, trouble, concern, torture, upset, worry; (n) anguish, agony; (adj, n) difficulty, grief. ANTONYMS: (n, v) comfort;

(v) please, soothe, relieve; (n) peace, encouragement, straightforwardness, solace, relieving, relief, prosperity distressing: (adj) sorrowful, deplorable, pitiful, painful, bad, depressing, disturbing, sore, lamentable, hurtful, worrying. ANTONYMS: (adj) reassuring, heartwarming, pleasing, unemotional, soothing, comforting, comfortable, cheerful, appealing, happy

distrusted: (adj) suspect disused: (adj) antiquated, old, outmoded, deserted, ancient, antique, neglected, derelict, unoccupied, old-fashioned, abandoned

divan: (n) anthology, settee, sofa, diwan, directory, Chamber of Deputies, chair, Cortes, sanhedrim, woolsack, chesterfield

diver: (n) frogman, divers, swimmer, explorer, scuba diver, urinator, underwater diver, loon, ducker, birdbrain, adventurer

divided: (adj) cleft, detached, distributed, forked, shared, separated, separate, disjointed, branched, pronged, disunited dividing: (n) division, partitioning, calculation; (v) parting, departing;

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(adv) dividingly; (adj) disjunctive, divisional

divine: (adj) sacred, wonderful, blessed, holy, exquisite; (n) clergyman; (v) guess, conjecture, augur, anticipate; (adj, n) almighty. ANTONYMS: (adj) imperfect, profane, earthly, dreadful, physical, ugly, secular

divinely: (adv) holy, wonderfully, exquisitely, priestly, beautifully, religiously, spiritually, almightily, magnificently, sacredly, godly divinity: (n) God, theology, divineness, immortal, godship, godhead, spirit, demiurge, apologetics, demigod; (adj, n) the Deity. ANTONYM: (n) devil divorce: (v) detach, disunite, separate, break up, divide, isolate, disjoin, disjoint; (n) separation, divorcement; (n, v) rupture. ANTONYMS: (n) wedding, union;

(v) unite, associate, espouse, join, marry

dog-eared: (adj) seedy, threadbare doggedly: (adv) stubbornly, firmly, tenaciously, persistently, resolutely, pertinaciously, perseveringly, obdurately, steadfastly, untiringly, steadily. ANTONYM: (adv) hesitantly

dogma: (n) tenet, creed, belief, doctrine, principle, faith, gospel, theory, canon, way of thinking, opinion

doleful: (adj) mournful, sorrowful, sad, disconsolate, melancholy, miserable, piteous, dolorous, somber, woeful; (adj, v) dolesome. ANTONYMS: (adj) gleeful, happy, glad, cheery, elated, euphoric doll: (n) baby, chick, figurine, girl, dolly, dummy, marionette, toy, blockhead-board, bird, dame dolphins: (n) cetacean, Delphinidae,

family Delphinidae, bellows, blower dominant: (adj) overriding, leading, influential, powerful, principal, paramount, primary, major, main; (adj, v) rampant, prevalent. ANTONYMS: (adj) submissive, subordinate, secondary, recessive, unassuming, lower, sorrowful, inferior, meek, weak, unimportant dominate: (v) control, command, reign, rule, manage, overlook, direct, predominate, possess, wield; (adj) preponderate. ANTONYMS:

(v) surrender, follow, share, yield, liberate, remove

dominated: (adj) under enemy

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control, conquered, dominated by, henpecked, obsessed, occupied, subject, subjugated, submissive don't: (adv) not; (n) taboo, prohibition

doorstep: (n) threshold, sill, brink, door, curbside

doorway: (n) door, entrance, entry, passage, entryway, way in, access, driveway, gate, gateway, lobby dotted: (adj) speckled, dappled, specked, spotted, dashed, stippled, scattered, spotty, dot, mottled, broken

doublet: (n) pair, couple, waistcoat, CHUDDER, barbe, gabardine, double, jacket, jubbah, oilskins, camisole

dowdy: (adj) untidy, tacky, frump, slovenly, fusty, dated, frowsy, outdated, slummock, slammock; (v) sluttish. ANTONYMS: (adj) stylish, classy, fashionable, sharp, smart, interesting

downright: (adj, n) absolute; (adj, v) sheer, clear; (adj) dead, blunt, candid, plain; (adv) absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, decidedly. ANTONYMS: (adj) semi, limited, incomplete, questionable, slight; (adv) hardly

downstairs: (adv) beneath, below, underneath, down the stairs, downward, infra, at a lower place, downhill, on a lower floor; (adj) downstair; (n) floor. ANTONYMS: (adj, adv) upstairs

downwards: (adv) down, downhill, downwardly. ANTONYM: (adv) up downy: (adj) flossy, fuzzy, soft, hairy, fleecy, silken, nappy, furry, downlike; (v) flocculent, flaccid. ANTONYMS: (adj) coarse, hard dragged: (adj) depressed, dejected, upset, unhappy, spent, dispirited, somber, melancholy, gloomy, joyless, low

dragging: (n) pulled wire, stemming, haulage; (adj) slow, sickly, slack, unfit, sluggish, tardy, tedious; (v) involve. ANTONYMS: (adj) energetic, energizing, exciting, prompt, short

draggled: (adj) unclean, dirty, dilapidated

dragon: (adj) wyvern, cockatrice, tiger, wild beast, sea serpent, scold, madcap; (adj, n) shrew; (n) demon, beldame, Megaera

drama: (n) show, tragedy, performance, dramatic event, theater, acting, spectacle, comedy,

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emotionalism, emotionality, episode dramatically: (adv) spectacularly, theatrically, strikingly, vividly, emotionally, suddenly, fabulously, outstandingly, stunningly, amazingly, meaningfully. ANTONYMS: (adv) modestly, blandly, mildly

drank: (v) absorb

draped: (adj) mantled, covered, cloaked, clothed, curtained, disguised, absorbed, clad drawback: (n) catch, hitch, snag, shortcoming, defect, detriment, failing, inconvenience, disability, hurdle, encumbrance. ANTONYMS:

(n) benefit, bonus, edge, strength drawer: (n) draftsman, drawers, till, designer, box car, cartoonist, commode, engraver, chest, case, locker

dread: (n, v) apprehension, fear, panic; (n) anxiety, awe, consternation, alarm, trepidation, dismay, foreboding, terror. ANTONYMS: (adj) pleasing, welcomed, pleasant; (v) welcome, want; (n) reassurance, fearlessness, confidence, security, ease, calm dreaded: (adj) awful, terrible, cowardly, causing horror, dire, direful, desperate, dreadful, fearful, fearsome; (v) drad

dreadful: (adj) bad, awful, alarming, atrocious, fearful, terrible, abominable, appalling, direful, grisly; (adj, v) dread. ANTONYMS: (adj) wonderful, great, lovely, fantastic, marvelous, admirable, successful, nice, joyous, honorable, fair

dreadfully: (adj, adv) frightfully, shockingly; (adv) fearfully, appallingly, hideously, horrendously, horribly, atrociously, ghastly, tremendously, horridly. ANTONYMS: (adv) pleasantly, wonderfully, happily, hardly, superbly, well

dreamily: (adv) languorously, moonily, pensively, sleepily, dreamfully, vaguely, visionarily, slowly, shadowily, idealistically, lethargically. ANTONYMS: (adv) vigorously, alertly, calmly, carefully dreaming: (n) reverie, ambition, nightmare, conception, castle in the air; (adj) absent-minded, asleep, visionary, vacant, wistful, rapt dreamy: (adj) faraway, romantic, impractical, somnolent, visionary, sleepy, pensive, moony, idealistic,

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drowsy; (v) balmy. ANTONYMS: (adj) cynical, vigorous, pragmatic, practical, awake, alert, ordinary, prosaic

dreary: (adj) depressing, drab, dull, cheerless, drear, miserable, gloomy, dark, dismal, stuffy, disconsolate. ANTONYMS: (adj) interesting, cheerful, sunny, brilliant, lively, light, exciting, clear, cheery, pleasant, exotic

dressed: (adj) attired, clad, garbed, appareled, spruced up, spiffed up, covered, polished, garmented; (v) clothed, habited

dressing: (n) bandage, stuffing, fertilization, binding, bandaging, scolding, fertilizer, manure, compress, preparation, farce dressmaker: (n) needlewoman, sempstress, seamstress, garmentworker, shoemaker, garmentmaker, couturier, tailor, Ross, mantuamaker, designer drifting: (adj, adv) aimless, wandering; (adv) adrift; (adj) floating, nomadic, vagabond, rootless, roaming, wayfaring, migratory; (n) running with the regulator closed. ANTONYM: (adj) resident

drinking: (n) consumption, ingestion, intake, potation, drunkenness, crapulence, boozing, drinkable, uptake, intemperateness, booze drinks: (n) refreshments, food and drink

drip: (n, v) drop, trickle, leak, escape;

(n) leakage; (v) distill, weep, seep, trill, fall, percolate. ANTONYMS: (v) flow, pour, surge, flood

dripping: (adj) wet, damp, drenched, sodden, soaked, soggy; (adj, adv) sopping, soaking; (adj, v) reeking;

(n) dribble, a drop. ANTONYM: (adj) lacking

driven: (v) drive, impel, operate, propel; (adj) impelled, compulsive, motivated, involuntary, dynamic, successful; (n) drove

drizzling: (adj) drizzle, sprinkle, pouring, disgusting, drizzly, nasty, disagreeable, rainy, showery, raining, descending

droning: (adj) buzzing, humming, abuzz, booming, monotonous, noisy; (n) bourdon, dawdler, drone pipe, idleness, monotone. ANTONYM: (adj) varied

droop: (adj, v) decline; (v) dangle, wilt, hang, flag, sink, slump, loll, collapse; (n, v) sag, pine.

ANTONYMS: (v) rise, bloom drown: (v) drench, submerge, overwhelm, choke, engulf, flood, swamp, inundate, suffocate, asphyxiate; (adj, n, v) sink. ANTONYMS: (v) float, swim, amplify, dry

drowsily: (adv) sleepily, lethargically, somnolently, lazily, dozily, indolently, sluggishly, soporifically, slowly, dreamily, languorously. ANTONYM: (adv) vigorously

drowsy: (adj, n) sleepy; (adj) lazy, comatose, somnolent, slow, lethargic, sluggish, dull, indolent, soporific, listless. ANTONYMS: (adj) energetic, awake, lively, vigorous, vivacious, refreshed drudge: (n, v) slave, work; (v) toil, fag, moil, dig, grub, sweat, plod, grind; (n) hack. ANTONYMS: (v) dawdle, putter, loaf, idle, lounge drugged: (adj) stoned, drowsy, narcotised, comatose, drunk, high, chloroformed, narcotized, stupefied. ANTONYMS: (adj) clean, straight drum: (adj, n) barrel; (n) cask, tympan, cylinder, timbrel, tambour, tambourine; (v) beat, roll, bone up, ram

drums: (n) drumming

drunk: (adj) tipsy, wet, tight, blotto, drunken, inebriated; (adj, n) inebriate; (n) boozer, dipsomaniac, drunkard, drinker. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, clearheaded; (n) teetotaler

drunkenness: (n) alcoholism, inebriety, ebriety, drinking, drink, intoxication, crapulence, grogginess, insobriety, tipsiness, alcohol addiction

duchess: (n) princess, queen, lady, czarina, begum, margravine, noblewoman, peeress, marchioness, sultana, infanta

duel: (v) combat, duello, contest, buck, repel, resist; (n, v) fight, tilt;

(n) affaire d'honneur, monomachy, prize fight

duet: (n) twosome, deuce, brace, pair, duo, duetto, dyad, two, Twain, Gemini, twins

duke: (n) lord, prince, hand, nobleman, fist, chief; (v) pass, box, deliver

dull: (adj) dreary, dense, sluggish, dismal, slack, torpid; (adj, v) blunt, stupid; (v) deaden, dampen; (adj, n) cold. ANTONYMS: (adj) lively, sharp, stimulating, exciting,

lustrous, interesting, exhilarating, varied, glossy, glittery, luminous dulled: (adj) dull, blunted, benumbed, duller, blunt, uninterested, rounded, jaded, grayed, colorless, deadened dumb: (adj) mute, speechless, dense, dim, silent, dull, slow, stupid, inarticulate, foolish, obtuse. ANTONYMS: (adj) bright, communicative, intelligent, loquacious, sharp, smart, speaking, brilliant, talkative

dusky: (adj) dark, cloudy, gloomy, black, swarthy, dull, murky, obscure, dingy, sooty, somber. ANTONYMS: (adj) light, bright, sunny, radiant, clear

dust: (v) sprinkle, clean, spray, wipe, spread; (n) dirt, earth, relics, grit, remains, soil. ANTONYMS: (n) newness; (v) dirty

dusty: (adj) dirty, sandy, mealy, dry, unclean, pulverulent, branny, uninteresting, vague, psammous; (adj, v) sooty. ANTONYMS: (adj) dusted, clean

dutch: (n) Hollander, Dutchman, the Netherlands, Dutchmen; (adj) Hollandish

dwelt: (v) dwell, inhabit

dyed: (adj) colored, tinted, coloured, bleached, stained, painted, artificially coloured, biased, artificial, unreal, colorful

dying: (n) death, demise, decease, mortality; (adj) vanishing, moribund, last, final, ultimate, failing, ebbing. ANTONYMS: (adj) thriving, well, opening, aborning, developing, flourishing, growing, reviving, rejuvenating; (n) birth eagerly: (adv) zealously, readily, keenly, fervently, avidly, greedily, enthusiastically, intently, earnestly, impatiently, actively. ANTONYMS: (adv) apathetically, nonchalantly, grudgingly, patiently, halfheartedly, reluctantly, unenthusiastically earnest: (adj, v) devout; (adj) eager, solemn, heartfelt, diligent, studious, sincere, intense, ardent, staid; (n) guarantee. ANTONYMS: (adj) flippant, halfhearted, uncertain, insincere, unimportant, nonchalant, lethargic, apathetic, unenthusiastic, indifferent, frivolous

ears: (n) antenna

earthen: (adj) clay, ceramic, earthenware

ease: (v) alleviate, assuage, relieve, allay; (n) convenience, rest, leisure,

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relief, satisfaction; (adj, v) facilitate; (n, v) relax. ANTONYMS: (n) discomfort, formality, awkwardness, worry, toil, problem, pain, maladroitness; (v) aggravate, worsen, impede

easel: (n) bench, workbench, trestle, tripod, studio easel, desk eastward: (adj) eastbound, eastern; (adv) eastwards

eating: (n) ingestion, intake, feeding, browsing, banqueting, food, lunching, supping, pica, repletion;

(v) eat

ebony: (adj, n) sable; (adj) black, dark, jet, soot, raven, smut, sloe; (n) jet black, coal black, wood ecclesiastical: (adj) spiritual, ecclesiological, churchly, clerical, ministerial, divine, priestly, mental, sacerdotal, civilized, Christian echo: (n, v) answer, repeat, resound, rebound, reply; (v) reproduce, reverberate, imitate; (n) repercussion, reaction, replication ecstasy: (n) delight, rapture, joy, bliss, delirium, happiness, trance, enthusiasm, exaltation, elation; (n, v) transport. ANTONYMS: (n) desolation, gloom, downheartedness, melancholy, depression, dejection, anguish, sadness, despair, agony, bore edges: (n) boundaries

edited: (adj) shortened, abridged, emended, formatted

edition: (n) release, print, circulation, copy, quantity of Stamps issued, number, issue, adaptation, book, issuance, variation

educated: (adj, v) erudite, lettered; (adj) learned, enlightened, trained, refined, informed, taught, cultivated, intellectual; (v) instructed. ANTONYMS: (adj) uneducated, ignorant, naive, illiterate, uncouth, uninformed, unlearned, wild

efficacy: (n) effect, potency, effectiveness, capability, force, efficiency, efficaciousness, utility, vigor, strength, usefulness. ANTONYMS: (n) inefficiency, ineffectiveness, uselessness

effigy: (n) likeness, figure, copy, idol, simulacrum, picture, effigies, dummy, appearance, semblance, graven image

egos: (n) exhaust gas oxygen sensor egotism: (n) vanity, ego, pride, conceit, narcissism, egocentricity, selfishness, arrogance, pridefulness,

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self-esteem, solipsism. ANTONYMS: (n) humility, selflessness

egyptian: (adj) Memphian; (n) Cleopatra, Copts

elaborate: (v) develop, specify, amplify, work out, expand, expound, detail; (adj) careful, complicated, complex, involved. ANTONYMS: (adj) plain, simple, modest, common, stark, straightforward, uncomplicated, uninvolved; (v) simplify, condense, contract

elaborately: (adv) detailedly, fancily, laboredly, complicatedly, minutely, extensively, flamboyantly, knottily, ornamentally, involvedly, ornately. ANTONYM: (adv) simply

elapse: (v) go by, lapse, proceed, flow, roll, expire, pass by, slip by, fly, die, depart

elastic: (adj) flexible, springy, soft, pliable, resilient, limber, pliant, yielding, ductile, buoyant; (n) rubber band. ANTONYMS: (adj) rigid, stiff, inflexible, inelastic, unadaptable, intolerant, firm, hard, unyielding

elbow: (n, v) poke, nudge, jolt; (n) cubitus, elbow joint, angle, articulation; (v) jostle, push, shove, crowd

elder: (adj) older, big, adult; (n) dean, doyen, patriarch, ancient, boss, elderberry, superior, presbyter. ANTONYMS: (n) youngster, minor, child, inferior; (adj) youngest, younger, little

eldest: (adj) elder, older, oldest, eigne; (n) offspring, progeny, doyen elect: (n, v) pick; (adj, v) select, designate; (v) appoint, resolve, determine, take, prefer, nominate; (adj, n) chosen; (adj) choice. ANTONYMS: (v) abjure, appoint, oust, waver

elevated: (adj) exalted, towering, noble, lofty, grand, great, majestic, tall, elated, magnanimous; (adj, v) steep. ANTONYMS: (adj) base, lowly, decreased, humble, inferior, lessened, low, sunken, undignified, lowered

elevating: (adj) inspiring, exhilarating

eligible: (adj) acceptable, advisable, fit, due, adequate, desirable, becoming, proper, able, capable, admissible. ANTONYMS: (adj) ineligible, unqualified, disqualified, unsuitable, unfit, unworthy

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elocution: (n) delivery, pronunciation, rhetoric, enunciation, declamation, speech, oratory, eloquence, way with words, accent, public speaking

eloquent: (adj) glib, fluent, persuasive, expressive, meaningful, significant, graphic, vivid, speaking, forcible, moving. ANTONYMS: (adj) incoherent, innocent, straightforward, weak emancipated: (adj) free, freed, uncontrolled, released, unbound, open, uninhibited, freer, disentangled, disengaged, boundless

embalmed: (adj) inebriated embassy: (n) legation, delegation, mission, commission, errand, ambassage, corps diplomatique, communication, cable, diplomat, diplomatist

emblem: (n) flag, type, device, allegory, character, crest, sign, badge, figure, ensign, symbol embroidered: (adj) ornate, inflated, exaggerated, bewrought, decorated emerald: (adj) green, verdigris, verd antique, malachite, verdant, brilliant; (n) beryl, gem, viridity, greenness, chalcedony

emotion: (n) love, feeling, passion, heart, commotion, mood, pathos, excitement, sensibility; (n, v) sensation; (v) impression. ANTONYMS: (n) detachment, coldness, unfeelingness, calmness emotions: (n) reputation, emotion, feeling, temperament, personality, character, disposition, breast, bosom emperor: (n) sovereign, ruler, monarch, imperator, mikado, king, Saturnia pavonia, crowned head, emperors, protector, saturniid enamoured: (adj) enamored, smitten, infatuated, mad, captivated, bewitched, charmed

encore: (adv) again, ditto, afresh, once more, de Novo; (v) cheer, applaud, call for; (n) performance, repetition, Godspeed

ended: (adj) concluded, finished, over, done, completed, closed, through, terminated, consummate, all over; (adj, v) past

ending: (n) conclusion, end, closure, close, completion, finish, termination, dissolution, death; (adj, n) closing, last. ANTONYMS: (n) beginning, middle, commencement, inauguration, kickoff, prelude, establishment; (adj) first

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endless: (adj) constant, perpetual, interminable, continuous, ceaseless, eternal, uninterrupted, everlasting, incessant, vast, unrelenting. ANTONYMS: (adj) temporary, restricted, limited, intermittent, ending, finishing, sporadic, mortal, inconstant, few, slight

ends: (n) tops, crook, band, bend, bind, limits, clippings, curve, trimmings, boundaries

endure: (adj, n, v) continue, support; (n, v) bear, suffer, stand, be; (v) accept, undergo, allow, stay, tolerate. ANTONYMS: (v) perish, die, break, fall, discontinue, crumble, end, enjoy, resign, quit, collapse

enduring: (adj) durable, abiding, lasting, permanent, continuing, constant, hardy, immortal, eternal, stable; (adv) enduringly. ANTONYMS: (adj) impatient, transient, fleeting, mortal, modern, insubstantial, inconstant, fickle, erratic, unstable

enemy: (n) antagonist, opponent, foe, opposition, competitor, enmity, assailant, foeman, hostile, besieger; (adj, n) rival. ANTONYMS: (n) ally, friend, supporter, benefactor, defender, fan

engaged: (adj) occupied, betrothed, employed, affianced, engrossed, reserved, absorbed, working, pledged, involved, committed. ANTONYMS: (adj) free, unengaged, unemployed, uncommitted, unattached, single, detached, idle engagement: (n, v) combat, battle, action, fight, contest; (n) conflict, commitment, appointment, contract, duty, date. ANTONYM: (n) disengagement

enmity: (n, v) animosity; (n) antagonism, animus, hostility, aggression, rancor, ill will, antipathy, hatred, war, dislike. ANTONYMS: (n) friendship, friendliness, affinity, love, kindness, affection, adoration, amity, cooperation, goodwill

ennui: (n) fatigue, tedium, weariness, melancholy, monotony, tediousness, dissatisfaction, listlessness, apathy;

(v) bore, pall. ANTONYMS: (n) variation, liveliness, enthusiasm, energy, interest

enrage: (v) incense, inflame, aggravate, infuriate, irritate, madden, provoke, exasperate, enchafe, chafe, tease. ANTONYMS:

(v) pacify, placate, calm, compose, please, soothe

enraged: (adj) angered, furious, infuriated, irate, mad, livid, incensed, exasperated, raging, irritated, boiling

ensconced: (v) imbedded, situate, posited

enslave: (v) enthrall, captivate, subjugate, slave, tame, chain, confine, thrall, inthrall, restrain; (adj, v) lead captive. ANTONYMS: (v) free, release, emancipate

entertain: (v) amuse, delight, bear, cherish, beguile, admit, accommodate, harbor, hold, distract; (n, v) interest. ANTONYMS: (v) disregard, ignore, banish, forget, tire, displease

entertaining: (adj) enjoyable, fun, funny, diverting, witty, merry, comical, laughable, convivial, humorous, droll. ANTONYMS: (adj) dull, boring, heavy, slow, tiresome, tiring, unentertaining

enthrall: (v) enchant, attract, captivate, engross, enrapture, charm, ravish, mesmerize, fascinate, beguile, delight. ANTONYMS: (v) dull, weary, disenchant, disillusion, repel

enthralled: (adj) charmed, spellbound, fascinated, absorbed, rapt, enslaved, engrossed, delighted, beguiled, bond, enchanted enthralling: (adj) captivating, attractive, engrossing, bewitching, fascinating, absorbing, charming, enchant, gripping, riveting, entrancing. ANTONYMS: (adj) dull, boring, tedious, unappealing, repellent

enthusiastic: (adj, n) hearty, cordial, passionate, buoyant; (adj) eager, active, anxious, excited, avid, fiery, devoted. ANTONYMS: (adj) apathetic, indifferent, lukewarm, lethargic, halfhearted, disinterested, unexcited, passive, disheartened, reluctant, weak

entitled: (adj) authorized, qualified, authorised, eligible, competent, accredited, titled, privileged, certified. ANTONYM: (adj) constrained

entrance: (v) enchant, charm, captivate, bewitch, enrapture; (n) access, entry, admittance, threshold, arrival, door. ANTONYMS: (n) departure, exit, egress, egression, exiting, exclusion, retirement; (v) bore, repel, repulse

entreat: (v) beg, beseech, ask, implore, pray, adjure, appeal, request, conjure, crave, bid. ANTONYMS: (v) demand, reject envelope: (n, v) covering, cloak, blanket; (n) casing, container, pack, case, coating, jacket, integument, vesicle

enviously: (adv) jealously, invidiously, grudgingly, resentfully, greedily, jaundicedly, maliciously, greenly, avariciously, bitterly, sourly envy: (v) begrudge, want; (n) enviousness, desire, heartburning, resentment, envies, heartburn, jealousy, hatred; (adj) jealous. ANTONYM: (n) generosity epigram: (n) aphorism, joke, witticism, expression, locution, saying, crack, wisecrack, moral, jeu d'esprit, smart saying

erect: (adj) upright, vertical, straightforward; (v) build, raise, rear, construct, assemble, lift, put up, put together. ANTONYMS: (v) dismantle, wreck, topple, level, demolish, destroy; (adj) prostrate, drooping, prone, flaccid, flat errand: (n) chore, mission, job, task, assignment, embassy, duty, charge, messenger, communication, work escaped: (adj) at large, at liberty, loose, on the loose, runaway, easy, wild; (n) freer; (v) escaping especial: (adj) extraordinary, special, specific, chief, individual, distinct, distinctive, characteristic, appropriate, peculiar, express. ANTONYMS: (adj) general, normal, common, unexceptional, usual espial: (n) detection, discovery, catching, find, ken, glance, uncovering, spy, look, spotting, becoming infected

esprit: (n) wit, animation, life, salt, sagacity, d'Esprit, vivacity, sprightliness, point, whim, quick parts

essence: (n) core, perfume, being, gist, aroma, crux, hypostasis, extract, spirit, substance; (v) stuff. ANTONYMS: (n) body, surface estimate: (v) compute, consider, weigh, assess; (n, v) guess, esteem, calculation, gauge, forecast; (n) appraisal, assessment. ANTONYMS:

(v) measure, compute etching: (n) print, corrosion,

impression, printmaking, etching process, copper etching, aquatinta, drawing; (v) etch, engrave, water color drawing

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eternal: (adj) constant, perpetual, ceaseless, everlasting, lasting, continual, aeonian, immortal, boundless, deathless, enduring. ANTONYMS: (adj) mortal, finite, brief, ephemeral, fleeting, terminable, ending, fragile, inconstant

eternity: (n) aeon, afterlife, forever, perpetuity, timelessness, endlessness, everlasting, endless time, everlastingness, everness, existence. ANTONYMS: (n) finiteness, impermanence ethical: (adj) right, decent, just, upright, conscientious, virtuous, good, honest, righteous; (adj, v)

moral; (n) ethics. ANTONYMS: (adj) immoral, dishonest, dishonorable, corrupt, unrighteous, unprincipled ethics: (n) morality, ethic, morals, moral philosophy, conscience, behavior, ethical, philosophy, casuistry, ethical motive, character evident: (adj) obvious, distinct, discernible, clear, manifest, conspicuous, patent, plain, noticeable, open, certain. ANTONYMS: (adj) unnoticed, obscure, concealed, hidden, inconspicuous, uncertain, unknown, imperceptible, disputable, ambiguous, undetectable

evil: (adj) bad, criminal, corrupt, wicked, destructive, depraved; (adj, n) ill, detriment; (n) adversity, disaster, depravity. ANTONYMS:

(n) goodness, righteousness, morality; (adj) kindhearted, righteous, benign, moral, pure, upright, virtuous, sinless

exact: (adj, n) correct; (v) demand, claim, command, ask; (n, v) require; (adj, v) close, direct; (adj) precise, detailed, faithful. ANTONYMS: (adj) wrong, vague, imprecise, approximate, inexact, rough, careless, thoughtless, indeterminate;

(v) tender, give

exaggerated: (adj) extravagant, theatrical, immoderate, inflated, overdone, hyperbolic, magnified, pretentious, overstated, excessive; (adj, v) hypertrophied. ANTONYMS: (adj) restrained, unembellished, minimized exaggeration: (n) distortion, magnification, enlargement, overstatement, hyperbole, misrepresentation, caricatura, embellishment, elaboration, trope, romance. ANTONYMS: (n) irony,

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minimizing, reduction

examine: (v) assay, audit, overhaul, try, consider, control, check, search, survey, ask, ascertain. ANTONYMS:

(v) reply, skim, glance examined: (adj) qualified, studied, considered

examining: (v) examine, investigate; (adj) investigative, curious, disquisitive, exploratory, inquiring exceed: (v) beat, pass, surpass, transcend, outdo, surmount, cap, outshine, overrun, top, outweigh. ANTONYMS: (v) follow, fail, trail, make

excellently: (adv) splendidly, beautifully, exquisitely, magnificently, finely, marvelously, goodly, worthily, grandly, primely, superbly. ANTONYMS: (adv) poorly, badly, terribly

exception: (n) objection, exemption, anomaly, immunity, privilege, repudiation, release, condition, salvo, animadversion; (adj, n) peculiarity. ANTONYM: (n) liability excess: (n) extravagance, dissipation, plethora, abundance, exaggeration, overindulgence, surfeit, overabundance, overplus; (adj) extra, unnecessary. ANTONYMS:

(n) lack, restraint, moderation, shortfall, dearth, temperance, deficit, insufficiency, justice, scarcity, abstinence

excessively: (adj, adv) immoderately, exorbitantly, inordinately; (adv) extremely, enormously, exceedingly, very, profusely, overly, exaggeratedly, intemperately. ANTONYMS: (adv) justifiably, moderately, insufficiently

excited: (adj, v) animated, ardent; (adj) ablaze, enthusiastic, emotional, frantic, warm, heated, delirious, fervent, passionate. ANTONYMS: (adj) cool, unexcited, bored, tranquil, easygoing, disappointed, despairing, comatose, apathetic, sedate, composed

excitement: (n) commotion, emotion, animation, agitation, disturbance, elation, enthusiasm, eagerness, taking, excitation, tumult. ANTONYMS: (n) dullness, boredom, tediousness, desolation, apathy, bore, dormancy, indifference, somnolence, despondency, lifelessness exclamation: (n) clamor, ejaculation, exclaiming, utterance, whoop, interjection, shout, expletive, deuce,