ANT: Back, obverse, rear.

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KEY: Asperity.

SYN: Acerbity, harshness, acrimony, bitterness, sharpness, tartness, sourness, roughness, moroseness, severity, crabbedness.

ANT: Mildness, softness, sweetness, gentleness, pleasantness, smoothness.

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KEY: Asperse.

SYN: Slander, calumniate, bespatter, befoul, defy, attack, defame, vilify, traduce, scandalize, malign, detract from, blacken, tarnish, befoul, backbite.

ANT: Clear, defend, eulogize, vindicate, shelter, shield, praise, laud, extol, uphold.

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KEY: Aspiration.

SYN: Longing, desire, aim, wish, craving, ambition, endeavor, hope, appetition, effort, eagerness.

ANT: Apathy, indifference, aimlessness, lulness, inertia, callousness, carelessness, aversion, avoidance, rejection, repudiation.

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KEY: Assail, [See ASSAULT].

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KEY: Assault.

SYN: Onset, attack, aggression, onslaught.

ANT: Defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem.

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KEY: Assay.

SYN: Test, endeavor, prove, try.

ANT: Survey, conjecture, guess, scan.

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KEY: Assemble.

SYN: Gather, collect, congregate, amass, muster, call together, convoke, convene.

ANT: Scatter, disperse, go away, dismiss.

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KEY: Assembly.

SYN: Meeting, concourse, assemblage, multitude, group, synod, conclave, conference, convocation, unison, company, congregation, collection, crowd, gathering, convention, aggregate.

ANT: Dispersion, dissipation, disunion, disruption.

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KEY: Assent \n.\

SYN: Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence, approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance.

ANT: Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension, disclaimer, protest.

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KEY: Assent \v.\ [See CONCEDE].

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KEY: Assert.

SYN: Asseverate, declare, pronounce, depose, maintain, statement, avow, avouch, affirm, allege, protest, claim.

ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, waive, abandon.

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KEY: Assets.

SYN: goods, proceeds, possessions, effects, property.

ANT: Debts, liabilities.

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KEY: Asseverate, [See ASSERT].

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KEY: Assiduity.

SYN: Attention, perseverance, pains, patience, exertion, labor, application, effort, politeness, constancy, sedulousness, diligence.

ANT: Indolence, remissness, inattention, desultoriness, inconstancy.

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KEY: Assiduous, [See ASSIDUITY].

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KEY: Assign.

SYN: Attribute, apportion, allege, refer, specify, consign, intrust, commit, point out, allot to, adduce, advance, appoint, convey.

ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, retain, refuse, disconnect, dissociate.

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KEY: Assimilate.

SYN: Compare, liken, match, engross, identify, incorporate, absorb, appropriate.

ANT: Separate, segregate, part, contrast, reject.

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KEY: Assist.

SYN: Help, succor, aid, support, relieve, befriend, second, co-operate with, back, benefit, further.

ANT: Hinder, resist, oppose, antagonize, counteract, clog, prevent.

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KEY: Assistance.

SYN: Help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship.

ANT: Resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive.

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KEY: Assistant.

SYN: Helper, aider, attendant, coadjutor, auxiliary, ally, associate, contributor, partner, confederate.

ANT: Hinderer, opposer, rival, foe, antagonist.

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KEY: Associate.

SYN: Companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner.

ANT: Rival, alien, foe, antagonist.

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KEY: Association.

SYN: Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance, familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination, partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship.

ANT: Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence, avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality.

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KEY: Assorted.

SYN: Separated, chosen, selected, clarified.