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KEY: Apprehension, [See APPREHEND].

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KEY: Apprise.

SYN: Tell, inform, disclose, publish, advise, advertise, communicate, enlighten, acquaint.

ANT: Hoodwink, mystify, deceive, mislead.

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KEY: Apprize, [See APPRISE].

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KEY: Approach.

SYN: Access, avenue, entrance, adit, vestibule, arrival, approximation, advent, Bearing, admission, appropinquation, admittance, mode, path, way, advance, similarity.

ANT: Exit, egress, debouchure, outlet, departure, recession, distance, diversity, disparity.

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KEY: Approbation.

SYN: Approval, satisfaction, praise, encouragement, confirmation, assent, consent, permission, commendation, concurrence, acceptance.

ANT: Disapproval, censure, blame, dissatisfaction, discouragement, repudiation, protest, denial, refusal, disclaimer, disavowal, disparity, dissimilarity.

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KEY: Approval, [See APPROBATION].

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KEY: Approve.

SYN: Like, comment, sanction, praise, support, second, promote, encourage, authorize.

ANT: Disapprove, dislike, censure, blame, disown, disavow.

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KEY: Appropriate, [See FIT].

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KEY: Approximate.

SYN: Approach, resemble, border, abut, near, trench.

ANT: Separate, differ, vary, recede, diverge, deviate.

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KEY: Appurtenant.

SYN: Belonging, connected, appropriate, appended, homogeneous, attached, co-ordinate, concomitant.

ANT: Unconnected, disconnected, Inappropriate, detached, isolated, incongruous, unallied, unrelated, independent, heterogeneous.

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KEY: Apt.

SYN: Fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting, suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely.

ANT: Unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt.

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KEY: Aptitude.

SYN: Fitness, liability, susceptibility, suitableness, readiness, quickness, cleverness, proneness, tendency.

ANT: Unfitness, unsuitableness, insusceptibility, slowness, stupidity, unreadiness, awkwardness.

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KEY: Arbiter.

SYN: Arbitrator, judge, umpire, moderator, director, referee, adjudicator.

ANT: Appellant, claimant, disputant, litigant.

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KEY: Arbitrary.

SYN: Tyrannical, harsh, dictatorial, imperious, bearing, overbearing, selfish, absolute, irresponsible, tyrannous, domineering, peremptory.

ANT: Mild, modest, lenient, considerate, obliging, limited, equitable, constitutional.

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KEY: Arbitrate.

SYN: Settle, adjust, compose, decide, determine, accommodate, adjudicate.

ANT: Dispute, claim, appeal, misdetermine, litigate, contend, misjudge.

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KEY: Archaic, [See ANCIENT].

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KEY: Architect.

SYN: Constructor, contriver, designer, builder, surveyor, agent.

ANT: Workman carrying out plans, destroyer, extinguisher.

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KEY: Ardent.

SYN: Longing, passionate, aspiring, warm, eager, fervent, excited, fiery, glowing, zealous, fervid, fierce, keen, vehement, hot, affectionate, impassioned, burning, heated.

ANT: Cool, cold, indifferent, dispassioned, apathetic, passionless, unimpassioned, phlegmatic, platonic.

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KEY: Ardor, [See ARDENT].

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KEY: Arduous.

SYN: Difficult, hard, lofty, onerous, laborious, steep, precipitous.

ANT: Easy, practicable, unlaborious, light, trivial.

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KEY: Argue.

SYN: Discuss, debate, prove, question, evidence, establish, imply, sift, dispute, persuade, controvert, contend, demonstrate, reason.

ANT: Dictate, assert, propound, command.

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KEY: Argument.

SYN: Reasoning, controversy, evidence, discussion, topic, dispute.

ANT: Assertion, assumption, without proof or evidence.

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KEY: Arid.

SYN: Dry, parched, sterile, unproductive.

ANT: Moist, dewy, watered, fertile, luxuriant, exuberant, verdant, blooming, productive.

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KEY: Aright.

SYN: Right, well, rightly, correctly, truly, properly, uprightly, unexceptionably, justly, suitably, appropriately.

ANT: Wrongly, awry, incorrectly, improperly, defectively, erroneously.