ANT: Mingled, mixed, confused, unclassified, jumbled, heaped up.

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KEY: Assortment.

SYN: Collection, disposition, distribution, class, quantity, selection, stock, miscellany, lot, variety.

ANT: Misarrangement, disarrangement, displacement, misplacement.

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KEY: Assuage.

SYN: Mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize.

ANT: Exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate.

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KEY: Assuagement, [See ASSUAGE].

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KEY: Assume.

SYN: Take, appropriate, arrogate, wear, exhibit, postulate, suppose, presume, usurp, claim, pretend, feign, affect.

ANT: Waive, allow, doff, render, surrender, concede, grant, demonstrate, abandon, argue, prove.

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KEY: Assumption.

SYN: Arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery, presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion.

ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation, dismay, alarm.

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KEY: Assure.

SYN: Advise, advertise, promise, inform, rally, console, encourage, countenance, aid, support, convince, uphold, certify.

ANT: Misinform, misadvise, mislead, deceive, discomfit, disconceit, deter, discourage, warn, dissuade, unsettle, intimidate.

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KEY: Assurance.

SYN: Arrogance, impudence, boldness, self-confidence, selfreliance, promise, assertion, presumption, effrontery, self-assertion.

ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, self-distrust, consternation.

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KEY: Astonish.

SYN: Startle, surprise, confound, amaze, astound, fill with wonder, stupefy, alarm, terrify, electrify, scare, dumbfounder.

ANT: Rally, encourage, assure, embolden.

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KEY: Astonished.

SYN: Amazed, astounded, overwhelmed, dumbfounded, thunderstruck.

ANT: Calm, tranquil, assured, bold, undisturbed.

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KEY: Astonishing.

SYN: Amazing, wondrous, surprising, wonderful, striking, marvelous.

ANT: Foreseen, unamazed, common, astonished at nothing, ordinary, natural, usual, everyday, trite.

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KEY: Astonishment.

SYN: Wonder, surprise, marvel, amazement, admiration, awe, bewilderment, stupefaction, fascination.

ANT: Expectance, expectation, anticipation, foreseeing, absence of wonder, awe, etc.

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KEY: Astray.

SYN: Loose, abroad, missing, about, at large, wrong, erring, wandering.

ANT: Right, close, at home, safe.

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KEY: Astute.

SYN: Crafty, shrewd, knowing, sharp, discriminating, sagacious, penetrating, acute, discerning, keen.

ANT: Dull, unobserving, undiscriminating, stolid, asinine, anserine, blind.

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KEY: Asunder.

SYN: Separate, apart, disunited, divided, in twain.

ANT: In one, close, united, together.

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KEY: Athletic.

SYN: Strong, vigorous, powerful, stalwart, brawny, muscular, ablebodied, lusty, sinewy, robust.

ANT: Weak, puny, effeminate, nerveless, strengthless, unbraced.

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KEY: Atom.

SYN: Molecule, particle, mote, speck, scrap, bit.

ANT: Mass, whole, aggregate, lump.

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KEY: Atonement.

SYN: Reconciliation, expiation, compensation, preparation, satisfaction, recompense.

ANT: Alienation, separation, enmity, estrangement, division, offense, transgression.

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KEY: Atrocious.

SYN: Monstrous, nefarious, wicked, outrageous, villainous, enormous, shameful, heinous, cruel, flagrant, facinorous, flagitious.

ANT: Laudable, noble, honorable, generous, humane, admirable, chivalrous.

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KEY: Attach.

SYN: Fasten, apply, append, add, fix, subjoin, annex, unite, conciliate, tie, connect, conjoin, attract, win, bind.

ANT: Unfasten, Ioose, disunite, untie, disconnect, detach, alienate, estrange, repel.

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KEY: Attachment, [See ATTACH].

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KEY: Attack. \v.\

SYN: Assail, assault, invade, encounter, charge, besiege, impugn, contravene.

ANT: Defend, resist, repel, protest, withstand on one's own part, or for another, support, aid, shield, uphold, vindicate, shelter.