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Word Synonyms Antonyms

elevate dignify, heighten demote, depress

eternal endless, perpetual temporary, momentary
evade avoid, elude acknowledge, confront

feeble weak, frail strong, robust

ferocious cruel, fierce gentle, sympathetic

fragile weak, infirm enduring, tough

gloom obscurity, darkness brightness, cheerfulness
grudge hatred, enmity affection, friendliness

haphazard random, unsorted arranged, considered

hapless unfortunate, ill-fated fortunate, lucky

hypocrisy deception, affection sincerity, honesty

impious unholy, irreligious holy, religious
inevitable unavoidable, ascertained unlikely, doubtful

intricate tangled, complicated regulated, orderly

jovial cheerful, light-hearted unfriendly, hateful

jubilant rejoicing, overjoyed melancholy, depressing

knack flair inability
keen eager, anxious unconcerned, ignorant

legal authorised, lawful unlawful, invalid

leisurely relaxed, comfortable hectic, hurried

melancholy unhappy, depressed happy, joyful

misfortune bad luck, hardship fortune, blessing
null worthless, useless worthy, valuable

nutshell short, condense expansion
Glossary potential likely, promising unlikely, unpromising
benefit, advantage
trouble, difficulty
plight

consent, approve
ratify
deny, dissent
repulsive
steady offensive, unpleasant friendly, pleasant
different, flexible
stable, constant
stunning impressive, gorgeous unimpressive, ordinary

tedious annoying, uninteresting entertaining, interesting
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