Ant. Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank.

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Arouse. Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm, whet, summon, awaken.

Ant. Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell.

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Arraign. Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.

Ant. Acquit, discharge, condone, release.

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Arrange. Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank, range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct, organize.

Ant. Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange.

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Array, n. Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement, line of battle, disposition.

Ant. Disorder, confusion, jumble.

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Arrest. Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.

Ant. Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite.

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Arrival. Advent, coming; comer, person or thing arrived.

Ant. Departure, going.

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Arrive. Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.

Ant. Depart, set out or forth, be gone.

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Arrogant. Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious, self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.

Ant. Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate.

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Art. Craft, business, calling, employment, trade; practical knowledge; creation of beauty; skill, dexterity, sagacity, aptitude, cleverness, ingenuity; cunning, artifice, deceit, guile.

Ant. Misrepresentation, caricature; candor, simplicity; incompetency, inability.

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Article. Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular, point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.

Ant. Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer.

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Articulate. Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter distinctly, pronounce.

Ant. Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper; render mute, silence, muzzle.

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Artifice. Cunning, craft, machination, stratagem, guile, device, contrivance, cheat, imposture, trick, ruse, maneuver, wile.

Ant. Fairness, frankness, candor, openness, sincerity, truth, honesty, artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity.

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Artificial. Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious, spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.

Ant. Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected.

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Artist. Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic, operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.

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Ascend. Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.

Ant. Descend, fall, sink.

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Ascendancy. Power, authority, sway, dominion, rule, mastery, control, government, influence.

Ant. Subordination, servility.

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Ascertain. Determine, establish, settle, fix, define, verify; discover, find out, get at.

Ant. Guess, surmise, suppose, presume, conjecture.

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Ascetic. Austere, rigid, severe, self-denying, abstinent, stern, puritanical.

Ant. Lenient, indulgent, epicurean, pampered, mild, tolerant.

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Ascribe. Impute, attribute, assign, refer, charge, set down.

Ant. Dissociate, exclude; deny, refuse; disconnect.

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Ask. Request, petition, solicit, entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, require of, crave, demand.

Ant. Refuse, reject, deny; command, claim, exact, extort, enforce, insist.

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Aspect. Air, mien, look, countenance, expression, feature, bearing; state, attitude, posture, condition, appearance; direction, outlook, prospect.

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Asperity. Acrimony, sourness, sharpness; sternness, severity, bitterness, sullenness, ill-temper; roughness, unevenness.

Ant. Sweetness, pleasantness; gentleness, mildness; smoothness.

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Asperse. Slander, calumniate, traduce, vilify, attack, abuse, blemish, besmirch, vituperate, disparage, censure, slur, malign.

Ant. Eulogize, vindicate, clear, defend, extol, praise, shield.

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Aspiration. Pronouncing with the rough breathing; yearning, longing, ardent desire, craving, spiritual ambition.