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Glossar
Glossaryy
Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms are words that have the same or almost the same meaning.
Antonyms are the words that have the opposite meaning.
Word Synonyms Antonyms
abandon leave, quit keep, pursue
accumulate gather, pile up disperse, scatter
abound flourish want
accuracy exactness, correctness inaccuracy, error
adamant stubborn, rigid flexible, soft
adequate enough, sufficient deficient, insufficient
baffle frustrate, perplex compose, facilitate
brittle delicate, fragile tough, enduring
bleak dismal, gloomy bright, pleasant
bustle haste, flurry slowness, quiet
calamity adversity, misfortune happiness, fortune
captivate charm, fascinate offend
cavity depth, depression elevation, projection
cease terminate, discontinue begin, originate
contempt disregard, insult regard, praise
contradict deny, oppose approve, confirm
dainty elegant, delicate clumsy, coarse
decay collapse, decompose flourish, progress Glossary
deprive despoil, divest repair, construct
despicable worthless, shameless worthy, decent
deceit fraud, cheating honest, sincerity
eccentric strange, abnormal natural, conventional
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