Chapter XIV: Conclusion: result, finding. (Undetermined.)
CONDEMN—convict, find guilty, sentence, doom. (Acquit.)
CONDUCT, _v._—direct, manage, govern. (Follow, obey, submit.)
CONFIRM—corroborate, ratify, endorse, support, uphold. (Weaken,
enfeeble, reduce.)
CONFLICT—contend, contest, wrestle, tussle, clash, wrangle.
(Harmonize, agree, fraternize, concur.)
CONFUTE—refute, disprove. (Demonstrate.)
CONQUER—defeat, vanquish, overcome. (Fail, be beaten, lose.)
CONSEQUENCE—effect, derivation, result, event, issue. (Cause,
origin, source, antecedent.)
CONSIDER—reflect, deliberate. (Forget, ignore.)
CONSISTENT—accordant, concordant, compatible, consonant,
congruous, reconcilable, harmonious. (Discordant, discrepant.)
CONSOLE—relieve, soothe, comfort. (Embitter.)
CONSTANCY—continuance, tenacity, stability. (Irresolution,
fickleness.)
CONTAMINATE—Pollute, stain, taint, tarnish, blur, smudge, defile.
(Cleanse, purify, purge.)
CONTEMN—despise, disdain, scorn. (Esteem, appreciate, admire.)
CONTEMPLATE—survey, scan, observe, intend. (Disregard.)
CONTEMPTIBLE—despicable, paltry, shabby, beggarly, worthless,
vile, cheap, trashy. (Estimable.)
CONTEND—fight, wrangle, vie. (Be at peace.)
CONTINUAL—perpetual, endless, ceaseless. (Momentary, transient.)
CONTINUE—remain, persist, endure. (Desist, stay.)
CONTRADICT—deny, gainsay, oppose. (Affirm, assert, declare.)
CORRECT—mend, rectify. (Impair, muddle.)
COST—expense, charge, price, value.
COVETOUSNESS—avarice, cupidity, extortion. (Generosity,
liberality.)
COWARDICE—poltroonery, faint-heartedness. (Courage, boldness,
intrepidity.)
CRIME—offence, trespass, misdemeanor, felony, transgression.
(Innocence, guiltlessness.)
CRIMINAL—culprit, felon, convict. (Paragon.)
CROOKED—twisted, distorted, bent, awry, wry, askew, deformed.
(Straight, upright.)
CRUEL—brutal, ferocious, barbarous, blood-thirsty, fiendish.
(Kind, benignant, benevolent.)
CULTIVATION—tillage, culture. (Waste.)
CURSORY—fugitive, hurried, perfunctory. (Permanent, thorough.)
CUSTOM—habit, wont, usage, fashion, practice.
DANGER—peril, hazard, jeopardy. (Safety.)
DARK—obscure, sombrous, opaque, unintelligible. (Light, luminous,
shining, clear, lucid.)
DEADLY—mortal, fatal, destructive, lethal.
DEAR—costly, precious, high-priced, beloved, darling, pet,
favorite. (Cheap, disliked, despised.)
DEATH—decease, demise, dissolution. (Birth, life.)
DECAY, _n._—decline, consumption, atrophy. (Development, growth.)
DECEIVE—cheat, defraud, cozen, overreach, gull, dupe, swindle,
victimize. (Truthfulness.)
DECEIT, _n._—imposition, fraud, deception. (Veracity, honesty.)
DECIDE—determine, resolve, conclude, settle, adjudicate,
arbitrate, terminate. (Hesitate, dilly-dally, shuffle.)
DECIPHER—interpret, explain, construe, unravel. (Mistake,
confound.)
DECISION—determination, conclusion, firmness. (Wavering,
hesitancy.)
DECLAMATION—harangue, oration, recitation, tirade, speech.
DECLARATION—affirmation, assertion. (Denial.)
DECREASE—diminish, lessen, reduce, wane, decline. (Increase,
grow, enlarge.)
DEDICATE—consecrate, devote, offer, apportion.
DEED—act, transaction, exploit, document.
DEEM—judge, estimate, consider, esteem, suppose.
DEEP—profound, abtruse, hidden, extraordinarily wise. (Shallow,
superficial.)
DEFACE—mar, spoil, injure, disfigure. (Beautify.)
DEFAULT—shortcoming, deficiency, defect, imperfection.
(Sufficiency, satisfaction.)
DEFENCE—fortification, bulwark, vindication, justification,
apology.
DEFEND—shield, vindicate. (Assault, accuse.)
DEFICIENT—incomplete, lacking. (Entire, perfect, whole.)
DEFILE—soil, smutch, besmear, begrime.
DEFINE—limit, bound. (Enlarge, expand.)
DEFRAY—pay, settle, liquidate, satisfy, clear.
DEGREE—grade, extent, measure, ratio, standard.
DELIBERATE, _a._—circumspect, wary, cautious. (Heedless,
thoughtless.)
DELICACY—nicety, dainty, tit-bit, taste, refinement, modesty.
(Grossness, coarseness, vulgarity, indecorum.)
DELICATE—dainty, refined. (Coarse, beastly.)
DELICIOUS—savory, palatable, luscious, charming, delightful.
(Offensive, nasty, odious, shocking, nauseous.)
DELIGHT—gratification, felicity. (Mortification, vexation.)
DELIVER—transfer, consign, utter, liberate, declare. (Keep,
retain, restrain, check, bridle.)
DEMONSTRATE—prove, show, manifest. (Mystify, obscure.)
DEPART—quit, vacate, retire, withdraw, remove.
DEPRIVE—strip, bereave, despoil. (Invest, equip.)
DEPUTE—commission, delegate, accredit, entrust.
DERISION—ridicule, scoffing, mockery, raillery, chaff,
_badinage_. (Awe, dread, reverence.)
DERIVATION—origin, source, spring, emanation, etymology.
DESCRIBE—delineate, portray, style, specify, characterize.
DESECRATE—profane, blaspheme, revile. (Consecrate, sanctify.)
DESERVE—merit, be entitled to, earn, justify.
DESIGN, _n._—delineation, illustration, sketch, plan, drawing,
portraiture, draught, projection, scheme, proposal, outline.
DESIRABLE—eligible, suitable, acceptable. (Unfit, objectionable.)
DESIRE, _n._—wish, longing, hankering, appetite.
DESOLATE, _a._—lonely, solitary, bereaved, forlorn, forsaken,
deserted, bleak, dreary. (Befriended, social, festive.)
DESPERATE—frenzied, frantic, furious. (Calm, composed, moderate.)
DESTINY—fatality, doom, predestination, decree, fate. (Casualty,
accident, contingency, chance.)
DESTRUCTIVE—mischievous, disastrous, deleterious. (Creative,
beneficial.)
DESUETUDE—disuse, discontinuance. (Use, habit, practice.)
DESULTORY—immethodical, disconnected, rambling, discontinuous,
interrupted, fitful, intermittent. (Continuous, consecutive,
constant.)
DETAIL, _n._—particular, item, count, specialty, individuality.
DETAIL, _v._—particularize, enumerate, specify. (Generalize.)
DETER—discourage, dissuade. (Encourage, incite.)
DETRIMENT—damage, loss. (Benefit, improvement, betterment.)
DEVELOP—unfold, expand, increase. (Extirpate.)
DEVOID—wanting, destitute, bereft, denuded, bare, emptied, void.
(Provided, supplied, furnished.)
DEVOTED—destined, consecrated, sworn to.
DICTATE—enjoin, order, prescribe, mark out.
DICTATORIAL—authoritative, imperative, overbearing, imperious,
arbitrary, domineering.
DIE—expire, perish, depart this life, cease.
DIET—food, victuals, nourishment, aliment, board, sustenance,
fare, viands, meal, repast, _menu_.
DIFFER—vary, diverge, disagree, bicker, nag, split. (Accord,
harmonize.)
DIFFERENT—various, diverse, unlike. (Identical.)
DIFFICULT—hard, tough, laborious, arduous, formidable. (Easy,
facile, manageable, pliant.)
DIFFUSE—discursive, digressive, diluted. (Condensed, concise,
terse.)
DIGNIFY—elevate, exalt, ennoble, honor, advance, promote.
(Degrade, disgrace, demean, vulgarize.)
DILATE—widen, extend, enlarge, expand, descant, expatiate.
(Contract, narrow, compress, reduce.)
DILATORY—slow, tardy, slow-paced, procrastinating, lagging,
dawdling. (Prompt, peremptory, quick, instant.)
DILIGENCE—zeal, ardor, assiduity. (Indolence.)
DIMINISH—lessen, reduce, curtail, retrench, bate, abate, shorten,
contract. (Increase, augment, aggrandize, enlarge.)
DISABILITY—incapacity, unfitness. (Power.)
DISCERN—descry, perceive, distinguish, espy, scan, recognize,
understand, discriminate. (Ignore.)
DISCIPLINE—order, training, drill, schooling. (Laxity, disorder,
confusion, anarchy.)
DISCOVER—detect, find, unveil, reveal, open, expose, publish,
disclose. (Cover, conceal, hide.)
DISCREDITABLE—disreputable, reprehensible, blameworthy, shameful,
scandalous, flagrant. (Exemplary, laudable, commendable.)
DISCREET—prudent, politic, cautious, wary, guarded, judicious.
(Reckless, heedless, rash, unadvised, foolhardy, precipitate.)
DISCREPANCY—disagreement, discordance, incongruity, disparity,
unfitness, clash, jar. (Concord, unison, harmony, congruity.)
DISCRIMINATION—distinction, differentiation, discernment,
appreciation, acuteness, judgment, tact, nicety. (Confusion.)
DISEASE—illness, sickness, ailment, indisposition, complaint,
malady, disorder. (Health, sanity, soundness, robustness.)
DISGRACE, _n._—stigma, reproach, brand, dishonor, shame, scandal,
odium, infamy. (Honor.)
DISGUST—distaste, loathing, nausea, aversion, revulsion,
abhorrence. (Predilection, partiality, inclination, bias.)
DISHONEST—fraudulent, unfair, tricky, unjust. (Straightforward,
open, sincere, honest, fair, right, just, impartial.)
DISMAY, _v._—alarm, startle, scare, frighten, affright, terrify,
astound, appal, daunt. (Assure, cheer.)
DISMAY, _n._—terror, dread, fear, fright. (Courage.)
DISMISS—send off, discharge, disband. (Instal, retain, keep.)
DISPEL—scatter, disperse, dissipate, drive off, chase. (Collect,
rally, summon, gather.)
DISPLAY, _v._—exhibit, show, parade. (Conceal.)
DISPOSE—arrange, place, order, marshal, rank, group, assort,
distribute, co-ordinate, collocate. (Derange, embroil, jumble,
muddle, huddle.)
DISPUTE, _v._—discuss, debate, wrangle, controvert, contend.
(Homologate, acquiesce in, assent to.)
DISPUTE, _n._—argument, controversy, contention, polemic.
(Homologation, acquiescence.)
DISTINCT—separate, detached. (Joined, involved.)
DISTINGUISH—perceive, separate. (Confound.)
DISTINGUISHED—famous, noted, marked, eminent, celebrated,
illustrious. (Obscure, mean.)
DISTRACT—divert, disconcert, perplex, bewilder, fluster, dazzle.
(Observe, study, note, mark.)
DISTRIBUTE—disperse, disseminate, dispense, retail, apportion,
consign, dole out. (Accumulate.)
DISTURB—derange, displace, unsettle, trouble, vex, worry, annoy.
(Compose, pacify, quiet, soothe.)
DIVIDE—disjoin, part, separate, sunder, sever, cleave, split,
rend, partition, distribute. (Constitute, unite.)
DIVINE, _a._—God-like, holy, heavenly. (Devilish.)
DIVINE, _n._—clergyman, churchman, priest, pastor, shepherd,
parson, minister. (Layman.)
DO—effect, make, accomplish, transact, act.
DOCILE—teachable, willing. (Refractory, stubborn, obstinate.)
DOCTRINE—teaching, lore, tenet, dogma, articles of faith, creed.
(Ignorance, superstition.)
DOLEFUL—woeful, dismal. (Joyous, merry.)
DOOM, _n._—sentence, fate, lot, destiny, decree.
DOUBT—uncertainty, skepticism, hesitation. (Certainty, faith.)
DRAW—pull, attract, inhale, sketch, delineate.
DREAD, _n._—fear, horror, alarm, terror, dismay, apprehension.
(Confidence, fearlessness.)
DREADFUL—fearful, alarming, formidable, portentous, direful,
terrible, horrid, awful. (Mild, winsome, gentle.)
DRESS, _n._—clothing, raiment, attire, apparel, clothes,
_trousseau_. (Nudity, nakedness.)
DRIFT—tendency, direction, course, bearing, tenor.
DROLL—funny, laughable, grotesque, farcical, odd. (Dull, serious,
solemn, grave.)
DRY, _a._—arid, parched, bald, flat, dull. (Aqueous, green,
fresh, juicy, interesting.)
DUE—owing, indebted, just, fair, proper.
DULL—heavy, sad, commonplace, gloomy, stupid. (Bright, gay,
brilliant.)
DUNCE—blockhead, ignoramus, simpleton, donkey, ninny, dolt,
booby, goose, dullard, numskull, dunderpate, clodhopper. (Sage,
genius, man of talent, wit.)
DURABLE—abiding, lasting. (Evanescent.)
DWELL—stay, abide, sojourn, remain, tarry, stop. (Shift, wander,
remove, tramp.)
DWINDLE—pine, waste, shrink, shrivel, diminish.
EAGER—keen, desirous, craving, ardent, impatient, intent,
impetuous. (Loth, reluctant.)
EARN—gain, win, acquire. (Lose, miss, forfeit.)
EARNEST, _a._—serious, resolved. (Trifling, giddy, irresolute,
fickle.)
EARNEST, _n._—pledge, gage, deposit, caution.
EASE, _n._—content, rest, satisfaction, comfort, repose. (Worry,
bother, friction, agitation, turmoil.)
EASE, _v._—calm, console, appease, assuage, allay, mitigate.
(Worry, fret, alarm, gall, harass.)
EASY—light, comfortable, unconstrained. (Hard, difficult,
embarrassed, constrained.)
ECCENTRIC—wandering, irregular, peculiar, odd, unwonted,
extraordinary, queer, nondescript. (Orderly, customary.)
ECONOMICAL—frugal, thrifty, provident. (Squandering, wasteful.)
EDGE—verge, brink, brim, rim, skirt, hem.
EFFECT, _v._—produce, bring about, execute.
EFFECTIVE—efficient, operative, powerful, efficacious, competent.
(Impotent, incapable, incompetent, inefficient.)
EFFICACY—efficiency, virtue, competence, agency, instrumentality.
ELIMINATE—expel, weed, thin, decimate, exclude, bar, reject,
repudiate, winnow, eject, cast out. (Include, comprehend,
incorporate, embrace.)
ELOQUENCE—oratory, rhetoric, declamation, facundity,
grandiloquence, fluency. (Mumbling, stammering.)
ELUCIDATE—clear up, unfold, simplify, explain, decipher, unravel,
disentangle. (Darken, obscure.)
ELUDE—escape, avoid, shun, slip, disappear, shirk.
EMBARRASS—perplex, entangle, involve, impede. (Relieve, unravel.)
EMBELLISH—adorn, decorate, beautify. (Tarnish, disfigure.)
EMBOLDEN—animate, encourage, cheer, instigate, impel, urge,
stimulate. (Discourage, dispirit, dampen, depress.)
EMINENT—exalted, lofty, prominent, renowned, distinguished,
famous, glorious, illustrious. (Base, obscure, low, unknown.)
EMIT—send out, despatch, spirt, publish, promulgate, edit.
(Reserve, conceal, hide.)
EMOTION—feeling, sensation, pathos, nerve, ardor, agitation,
excitement. (Apathy, frigidity, phlegm, _nonchalance_.)
EMPLOY—occupy, engage, utilize, exercise, turn to account,
exploit, make use of.
ENCOMPASS—encircle, surround, gird, beset.
ENCOUNTER, _v._—meet, run against, clash.
ENCOUNTER, _n._—attack, conflict, assault, onset, engagement.
END, _n._—object, aim, result, purpose, conclusion, upshot,
termination. (Beginning, motive.)
ENDEAVOR, _v._—attempt, try, essay, strive.
ENDURANCE—stay, stability, stamina, fortitude.
ENDURE—sustain, bear, brook, undergo.
ENEMY—foe, antagonist, adversary, opponent. (Friend, ally.)
ENERGETIC—active, vigorous, sinewy, nervous, forcible. (Lazy,
languid, inert, flabby, flaccid, slack, effete.)
ENGAGE—occupy, busy, entice, captivate.
ENGROSS—monopolize, absorb, take up.
ENGULF—swallow up, drown, submerge, bury.
ENJOIN—order, command, decree, ordain, direct, appoint,
prescribe, bind, impose, stipulate.
ENJOYMENT—pleasure, relish, zest. (Privation, grief, misery.)
ENLARGE—expand, widen, augment, broaden, increase, extend.
(Diminish, narrow, straighten.)
ENLIGHTEN—illumine, instruct. (Darken, befog, mystify.)
ENLIVEN—cheer, animate, exhilarate, brighten, incite, inspire.
(Sadden, deaden, mortify.)
ENMITY—hostility, hatred, antipathy, aversion, detestation.
(Love, fondness, predilection.)
ENORMOUS—huge, immense, vast, stupendous, monstrous, gigantic,
colossal, elephantine. (Tiny, little, minute, puny, petty,
diminutive, infinitesimal, dwarfish.)
ENOUGH—sufficient, adequate. (Short, scrimp, insufficient.)
ENRAGED—infuriated, wrathful, wroth, rabid, mad, raging.
(Pacified, calmed, lulled, assuaged.)
ENRAPTURE—captivate, fascinate, enchant, bewitch, ravish,
transport, entrance. (Irritate, gall, shock, repel.)
ENROLL—enlist, register, enter, record.
ENTERPRISE—undertaking, endeavor, adventure, pursuit.
ENTHUSIASM—ardor, zeal, glow, unction, fervor. (Coolness,
indifference, apathy, _nonchalance_.)
ENTHUSIAST—visionary, fanatic, devotee, zealot.
EQUAL—even, level, co-ordinate, balanced, alike, equable,
equitable. (Unequal, disproportionate.)
ERADICATE—root out, extirpate. (Cherish.)
ERRONEOUS—fallacious, inaccurate, incorrect, untrue, false,
inexact. (Accurate, just, right.)
ERROR—mistake, blunder, slip, delusion, fallacy, deception.
(Truth, fact, verity, gospel, veracity.)
ESPECIALLY—chiefly, particularly, peculiarly.
ESSAY—endeavor, experiment, trial, attempt, venture,
dissertation, treatise, disquisition, tract.
ESTABLISH—settle, fix, set, plant, pitch, lay down, confirm,
authenticate, substantiate, verify.
ESTEEM, _n._—value, appreciation, honor, regard. (Contempt,
depreciation, disparagement.)
ESTIMATE, _v._—value, assess, rate, appraise, gauge.
ETERNAL—everlasting, perpetual, endless, immortal, infinite.
(Finite, transitory, temporary.)
EVADE—avoid, shun, elude, dodge, parry.
EVEN—plain, flat, level, smooth. (Uneven, rough, indented,
protuberant.)
EVENT—occurrence, incident, affair, transaction, contingency.
EVIL—ill, harm, mischief, disaster, bane, calamity, catastrophe.
(Good, benefit, advantage, boon.)
EXACT, _a._—precise, literal, particular, correct.
EXAMINATION—investigation, inquiry, search, research, scrutiny,
exploration, test, sitting, trial.
EXCEED—excel, outdo, transcend, surpass.
EXCEPTIONAL—uncommon, unusual, rare, extraordinary. (General,
ordinary, regular, normal.)
EXCITE—urge, rouse, stir, awaken. (Assuage, calm, still,
tranquilize.)
EXCURSION—tour, trip, expedition, ramble.
EXEMPT—free, absolved, cleared, discharged. (Implicated,
included, bound, obliged.)
EXERCISE, _n._—operation, practice, office, action, performance.
(Stagnation, rest, stoppage.)
EXHAUSTIVE—complete, thorough, out-and-out.
EXIGENCY—predicament, emergency, crisis, push, pass, turning
point, conjecture.
EXPRESS, _v._—utter, tell, declare, signify.
EXTRAVAGANT—excessive, prodigal, profuse, wasteful, lavish,
thriftless. (Penurious, stingy.)
FABLE—parable, tale, myth, romance. (Truth, fact, history, event,
deed.)
FACE—aspect, visage, countenance.
FACETIOUS—pleasant, jocular. (Serious.)
FACTOR—manager, agent, officer.
FAIL—fall short, be deficient. (Accomplish.)
FAINT—feeble, languid. (Forcible.)
FAIR—clear. (Stormy.)
FAIR—equitable, honest, reasonable. (Unfair.)
FAITH—creed. (Unbelief, infidelity.)
FAITHFUL—true, loyal, constant. (Faithless.)
FAITHLESS—perfidious, treacherous. (Faithful.)
FALL—drop, droop, sink, tumble. (Rise.)
FAME—renown, reputation.
FAMOUS—celebrated, renowned. (Obscure.)
FANCIFUL—capricious, fantastical, whimsical.
FANCY—imagination.
FAST—rapid, quick, fleet, expeditious. (Slow.)
FATIGUE—weariness, lassitude. (Vigor.)
FEAR—timidity, timorousness. (Bravery.)
FEELING—sensation, sense.
FEELING—sensibility. (Insensibility.)
FEROCIOUS—fierce, savage, wild. (Mild.)
FERTILE—fruitful, prolific, plenteous. (Sterile.)
FICTION—falsehood, fabrication. (Fact.)
FIGURE—allegory, emblem, metaphor, symbol, picture, type.
FIND—descry, discover, espy. (Lose, overlook.)
FINE, _a._—delicate, nice. (Coarse.)
FINE, _n._—forfeit, forfeiture, mulct, penalty.
FIRE—glow, heat, warmth.
FIRM—constant, solid, steadfast, fixed. (Weak.)
FIRST—foremost, chief, earliest. (Last.)
FIT—accommodate, adapt, adjust, suit.
FIX—determine, establish, settle, limit.
FLAME—blaze, flare, flash, glare.
FLAT—level, even.
FLEXIBLE—pliant, pliable, ductile. (Inflexible.)
FLOURISH—prosper, thrive. (Decay.)
FLUCTUATING—wavering, hesitating, oscillating, vacillating,
change. (Firm, steadfast, decided.)
FLUENT—flowing, glib, voluble, unembarrassed, ready. (Hesitating.)
FOLKS—persons, people, individuals.
FOLLOW—succeed, ensue, imitate, copy, pursue.
FOLLOWER—partisan, disciple, adherent, retainer, pursuer,
successor.
FOLLY—silliness, foolishness, imbecility, weakness. (Wisdom.)
FOND—enamored, attached, affectionate. (Distant.)
FONDNESS—affection, attachment, kindness, love. (Aversion.)
FOOLHARDY—venturesome, incautious, hasty, adventurous, rash.
(Cautious.)
FOOLISH—simple, silly, irrational, brainless, imbecile, crazy,
absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, nonsensical. (Wise, discreet.)
FOP—dandy, dude, beau, coxcomb, puppy, jackanapes. (Gentleman.)
FORBEAR—abstain, refrain, withhold.
FORCE, _n._—strength, vigor, dint, might, energy, power,
violence, army, host.
FORCE, _v._—compel. (Persuade.)
FORECAST—forethought, foresight, premeditation, prognostication.
FOREGO—quit, relinquish, let go, waive.
FOREGOING—antecedent, anterior, preceding, previous, prior,
former.
FORERUNNER—herald, harbinger, precursor.
FORESIGHT—forethought, forecast, premeditation.
FORGE—coin, invent, frame, feign, fabricate.
FORGIVE—pardon, remit, absolve, acquit, excuse.
FORLORN—forsaken, abandoned, deserted, desolate, lone, lonesome.
FORM, _n._—ceremony, solemnity, observance, rite, figure, shape,
conformation, fashion, appearance, representation, semblance.
FORM, _v._—make, create, produce, constitute, arrange, fashion,
mould, shape.
FORMAL—ceremonious, precise, exact, stiff, methodical, affected.
(Informal, natural.)
FORMER—antecedent, anterior, previous, prior, preceding,
foregoing.
FORSAKEN—abandoned, forlorn, deserted, desolate, lone, lonesome.
FORTHWITH—immediately, directly, instantly, instantaneously.
(Anon.)
FORTITUDE—endurance, resolution, fearlessness, dauntlessness.
(Weakness.)
FORTUNATE—lucky, happy, auspicious, successful, prosperous.
(Unfortunate.)
FORTUNE—chance, fate, luck, doom, possession, destiny, property,
riches.
FOSTER—cherish, nurse, tend, harbor. (Neglect.)
FOUL—impure, nasty, filthy, dirty, unclean, defiled. (Pure,
clean.)
FRACTIOUS—cross, captious, petulant, splenetic, touchy, testy,
peevish, fretful. (Tractable.)
FRAGILE—brittle, frail, delicate, feeble. (Strong.)
FRAGMENTS—pieces, scraps, leavings, remnants, chips, remains.
FRAILTY—weakness, failing, foible, imperfection, fault, blemish.
(Strength.)
FRAME, _v._—construct, invent, coin, fabricate, feign, forge,
mold, make, compose.
FRANCHISE—right, exemption, immunity, privilege, freedom,
suffrage.
FRANK—artless, candid, sincere, free, easy, open, familiar,
ingenious, plain. (Tricky, insincere.)
FRANTIC—distracted, furious, raving, frenzied, mad. (Quiet,
subdued.)
FRAUD—deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, cheat, imposition.
(Honesty.)
FREAK—fancy, humor, vagary, whim, caprice, crochet. (Purpose,
resolution.)
FREE, _a._—liberal, generous, bountiful, bounteous, munificent,
frank, artless, candid, familiar, open, independent, unconfined,
unreserved, unrestricted, exempt, clear, loose, easy, careless.
(Slavish, stingy, artful, costly.)
FREE, _v._—release, set free, deliver, rescue, liberate,
enfranchise, affranchise, emancipate, exempt. (Enslave, bind.)
FREEDOM—liberty, independence, unrestraint, familiarity,
franchise, exemption. (Slavery.)
FREQUENT—often, common, general. (Rare.)
FRET—gall, chafe, agitate, irritate, vex.
FRIENDLY—amicable, social, sociable. (Distant, reserved, cool.)
FRIGHTFUL—fearful, dreadful, dire, direful, awful, terrific,
horrible, horrid.
FRIVOLOUS—trifling, trivial, petty. (Serious.)
FRUGAL—provident, economical, saving. (Wasteful, extravagant.)
FRUITFUL—fertile, prolific, productive, abundant, plentiful,
plenteous. (Barren, sterile.)
FRUITLESS—vain, useless, idle, bootless, unavailing, without
avail.
FRUSTRATE—defeat, foil, balk, disappoint.
FULFILL—accomplish, effect, complete.
FULLY—completely, abundantly, perfectly.
FULSOME—coarse, gross, sickening, offensive, rank. (Moderate.)
FURIOUS—violent, boisterous, vehement, dashing, sweeping,
rolling, impetuous, frantic, distracted, stormy, angry, raging,
fierce. (Calm.)
FUTILE—trifling, trivial, frivolous. (Effective.)
GAIN, _n._—profit, emolument, advantage, benefit, winnings,
earnings. (Loss.)
GAIN, _v._—get, acquire, obtain, attain, procure, earn, win,
achieve, reap, realize, reach. (Lose.)
GALLANT—brave, bold, courageous, gay, showy, fine, intrepid,
fearless, heroic.
GALLING—chafing, irritating. (Soothing.)
GAME—play, pastime, diversion, amusement.
GANG—band, horde, company, troop, crew.
GAP—breach, chasm, hollow, cavity, cleft, crevice, rift, chink.
GARNISH—embellish, adorn, beautify, decorate.
GATHER—pick, cull, assemble, muster, infer, collect. (Scatter.)
GAUDY—showy, flashy, tawdry, gay, glittering, bespangled.
(Sombre.)
GAUNT—emaciated, scraggy, skinny, meagre, lank, attenuated,
spare, lean, thin. (Well-fed.)
GAY—cheerful, merry, lively, jolly, sprightly, blithe. (Solemn.)
GENERATE—form, make, beget, produce.
GENERATION—formation, race, breed, stock, kind, age, era.
GENEROUS—beneficent, noble, honorable, bountiful, liberal, free.
(Niggardly.)
GENIAL—cordial, hearty, festive. (Distant, cold.)
GENIUS—intellect, invention, talent, taste, nature, character,
adept.
GENTEEL—refined, polished, fashionable, polite, well-bred.
(Boorish.)
GENTLE—placid, mild, bland, meek, tame, docile. (Rough, uncouth.)
GENUINE—real, true, unaffected. (False.)
GESTURE—attitude, action, posture.
GET—obtain, earn, gain, attain, procure, achieve.
GHASTLY—pallid, wan, hideous, grim, shocking.
GHOST—spectre, sprite, apparition, phantom.
GIBE—scoff, sneer, flout, jeer, mock, taunt, deride.
GIDDY—unsteady, thoughtless. (Steady.)
GIFT—donation, benefaction, grant, alms, gratuity, boon, present,
faculty, talent. (Purchase.)
GIGANTIC—colossal, huge, enormous, prodigious, vast, immense.
(Diminutive.)
GIVE—grant, bestow, confer, yield, impart.
GLAD—pleased, cheerful, joyful, gladsome, cheering, gratified.
(Sad.)
GLEAM—glimmer, glance, glitter, shine, flash.
GLEE—gayety, merriment, mirth, joviality, joy, hilarity. (Sorrow.)
GLIDE—slip, slide, run, roll on.
GLIMMER, _v._—gleam, flicker, glitter.
GLIMPSE—glance, look, glint.
GLITTER—gleam, shine, glisten, glister, radiate.
GLOOM—cloud, darkness, dimness, blackness, dullness, sadness.
(Light, brightness, joy.)
GLOOMY—lowering, lurid, dim, dusky, sad, glum. (Bright, clear.)
GLORIFY—magnify, celebrate, adore, exalt.
GLORIOUS—famous, renowned, distinguished, exalted, noble.
(Infamous.)
GLORY—honor, fame, renown, splendor, grandeur. (Infamy.)
GLUT—gorge, stuff, cram, cloy, satiate, block up.
GO—depart, proceed, move, budge, stir.
GOD—Creator, Lord, Almighty, Jehovah, Omnipotence, Providence.
GODLY—righteous, devout, holy, pious, religious.
GOOD—benefit, weal, advantage, profit. (Evil.)
GOOD, _a._—virtuous, righteous, upright, just, true. (Wicked,
bad.)
GORGE—glut, fill, cram, stuff, satiate.
GORGEOUS—superb, grand, magnificent, splendid. (Plain, simple.)
GOVERN—rule, direct, manage, command.
GOVERNMENT—rule, state, control, sway.
GRACEFUL—becoming, comely, elegant, beautiful. (Awkward.)
GRACIOUS—merciful, kindly, beneficent.
GRADUAL—slow, progressive. (Sudden.)
GRAND—majestic, stately, dignified, lofty, elevated, exalted,
splendid, gorgeous, superb, magnificent, sublime, pompous.
(Shabby.)
GRANT—bestow, impart, give, yield, cede, allow, confer, invest.
GRANT—gift, boon, donation.
GRAPHIC—forcible, telling, picturesque, pictorial.
GRASP—catch, seize, gripe, clasp, grapple.
GRATEFUL—agreeable, pleasing, welcome, thankful. (Harsh.)
GRATIFICATION—enjoyment, pleasure, delight, reward.
(Disappointment.)
GRAVE, _a._—serious, sedate, solemn, sober, pressing, heavy.
(Giddy.)
GRAVE, _n._—tomb, sepulchre, vault.
GREAT—big, huge, large, majestic, vast, grand, noble, august.
(Small.)
GREEDINESS—avidity, eagerness. (Generosity.)
GRIEF—affliction, sorrow, trial, tribulation. (Joy.)
GRIEVE—mourn, lament, sorrow, pain, wound, hurt, bewail.
(Rejoice.)
GRIEVOUS—painful, afflicting, heavy, unhappy.
GRIND—crush, oppress, grate, harass, afflict.
GRISLY—terrible, hideous, grim, ghastly, dreadful. (Pleasing.)
GROSS—coarse, outrageous, unseemly, shameful, indelicate.
(Delicate.)
GROUP—assembly, cluster, collection, clump, order.
GROVEL—crawl, cringe, fawn, sneak.
GROW—increase, vegetate, expand, advance. (Decay, diminution.)
GROWL—grumble, snarl, murmur, complain.
GRUDGE—malice, rancor, spite, pique, hatred.
GRUFF—rough, rugged, blunt, rude, harsh, surly, bearish.
(Pleasant.)
GUILE—deceit, fraud. (Candor.)
GUILTLESS—harmless, innocent.
GUILTY—culpable, sinful, criminal.
HABIT—custom, practice.
HAIL—accost, address, greet, salute, welcome.
HAPPINESS—beatitude, blessedness, bliss, felicity. (Unhappiness.)
HARBOR—haven, port.
HARD—firm, solid. (Soft.)
HARD—arduous, difficult. (Easy.)
HARM—injury, hurt, wrong, infliction. (Benefit.)
HARMLESS—safe, innocuous, innocent. (Hurtful.)
HARSH—rough, rigorous, severe, gruff. (Gentle.)
HASTEN—accelerate, dispatch, expedite. (Delay.)
HASTY—hurried, ill-advised. (Deliberate.)
HATEFUL—odious, detestable. (Lovable.)
HATRED—enmity, ill-will, rancor. (Friendship.)
HAUGHTINESS—arrogance, pride. (Modesty.)
HAUGHTY—arrogant, disdainful, supercilious.
HAZARD—risk, venture.
HEALTHY—salubrious, salutary. (Unhealthy.)
HEAP—accumulate, amass, pile.
HEARTY—cordial, sincere, warm. (Insincere.)
HEAVY—burdensome, ponderous. (Light.)
HEED—care, attention.
HEIGHTEN—enhance, exalt, elevate, raise.
HEINOUS—atrocious, flagrant. (Venial.)
HELP—aid, assist, relieve, succor. (Hinder.)
HERETIC—sectary, sectarian, schismatic, dissenter, non-conformist.
HESITATE—falter, stammer, stutter.
HIDEOUS—grim, ghastly, grisly. (Beautiful.)
HIGH—lofty, tall, elevated. (Deep.)
HINDER—impede, obstruct, prevent. (Help.)
HINT—allude, refer, suggest, intimate, insinuate.
HOLD—detain, keep, retain.
HOLINESS—sanctity, piety, sacredness.
HOLY—devout, pious, religious.
HOMELY—plain, ugly, coarse. (Beautiful.)
HONESTY—integrity, probity, uprightness. (Dishonesty.)
HONOR, _v._—respect, reverence. (Dishonor.)
HOPE—confidence, expectation, trust.
HOPELESS—desperate.
HOT—ardent, burning, fiery. (Cold.)
HOWEVER—nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet.
HUMBLE—modest, submissive, plain, unostentatious, simple.
(Haughty.)
HUMBLE—degrade, humiliate, mortify. (Exalt.)
HUMOR—mood, temper.
HUNT—seek, chase.
HURTFUL—noxious, pernicious. (Beneficial.)
HUSBANDRY—cultivation, tillage.
HYPOCRITE—dissembler, imposter, canter.
HYPOTHESIS—theory, supposition.
IDEA—thought, imagination.
IDEAL—imaginary, fancied. (Actual.)
IDLE—indolent, lazy. (Industrious.)
IGNOMINIOUS—shameful, scandalous, infamous. (Honorable.)
IGNOMINY—shame, disgrace, obloquy, reproach.
IGNORANT—unlearned, illiterate, uninformed, uneducated.
(Knowing.)
ILL, _n._—evil, wickedness, misfortune, mischief, harm. (Good.)
ILL, _a._—sick, indisposed, diseased. (Well.)
ILL-TEMPERED—crabbed, sour, acrimonious, surly. (Good-natured.)
ILL-WILL—enmity, antipathy. (Good-will.)
ILLEGAL—unlawful, illicit, contraband, illegitimate. (Legal.)
ILLIMITABLE—boundless, immeasurable, infinite.
ILLITERATE—unlettered, unlearned, untaught, uninstructed.
(Learned, educated.)
ILLUSION—fallacy, deception, phantasm.
ILLUSORY—imaginary, chimerical. (Real.)
ILLUSTRATE—explain, elucidate, clear.
ILLUSTRIOUS—celebrated, noble, eminent, famous, renowned.
(Obscure.)
IMAGE—likeness, picture, representation, effigy.
IMAGINARY—ideal, fanciful, illusory. (Real.)
IMAGINE—conceive, fancy, apprehend, think.
IMBECILITY—silliness, senility, dotage.
IMITATE—copy, ape, mimic, mock, counterfeit.
IMMACULATE—unspotted, spotless, unsullied, stainless. (Soiled.)
IMMEDIATE—pressing, instant, next, proximate.
IMMEDIATELY—instantly, forthwith, directly.
IMMENSE—vast, enormous, huge, prodigious.
IMMUNITY—privilege, prerogative, exemption.
IMPAIR—injure, diminish, decrease.
IMPART—reveal, divulge, disclose, discover, afford.
IMPARTIAL—just, equitable, unbiased. (Partial.)
IMPASSIONED—glowing, burning, fiery, intense.
IMPEACH—accuse, charge, arraign, censure.
IMPEDE—hinder, retard, obstruct. (Help.)
IMPEDIMENT—obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, barrier. (Aid.)
IMPEL—animate, induce, incite, instigate, embolden. (Retard.)
IMPENDING—imminent, threatening.
IMPERATIVE—commanding, authoritative.
IMPERFECTION—fault, blemish, defect, vice.
IMPERIL—endanger, hazard, jeopardize.
IMPERIOUS—commanding, dictatorial, imperative, authoritative,
lordly, overbearing, domineering.
IMPERTINENT—intrusive, meddling, officious, rude, saucy,
impudent, insolent.
IMPETUOUS—violent, boisterous, furious, vehement. (Calm.)
IMPIOUS—profane, irreligious. (Reverent.)
IMPLICATE—involve, entangle, embarrass.
IMPLY—involve, comprise, infold, import, denote.
IMPORTANCE—signification, significance, avail, consequence,
weight, gravity, moment.
IMPOSING—impressive, striking, majestic, august, noble, grand.
(Insignificant.)
IMPOTENCE—weakness, incapacity, infirmity, frailty, feebleness.
(Power.)
IMPOTENT—weak, feeble, helpless, enfeebled, nerveless, infirm.
(Strong.)
IMPRESSIVE—stirring, forcible, exciting, moving.
IMPRISON—incarcerated, shut up, immure, confine. (Liberate.)
IMPRISONMENT—captivity, durance.
IMPROVE—amend, better, mend, reform, rectify, ameliorate, apply,
use, employ. (Deteriorate.)
IMPROVIDENT—careless, incautious, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful,
reckless, rash. (Thrifty.)
IMPUDENCE—assurance, impertinence, confidence, insolence,
rudeness.
IMPUDENT—saucy, brazen, bold, impertinent, forward, rude,
insolent, immodest, shameless.
IMPULSE—incentive, incitement, instigation.
IMPULSIVE—rash, hasty, forcible. (Deliberate.)
IMPUTATION—blame, censure, reproach, charge.
INADVERTENCY—error, oversight, blunder, inattention,
carelessness, negligence.
INCENTIVE—motive, inducement, impulse.
INCITE—instigate, excite, provoke, stimulate, urge, encourage,
impel.
INCLINATION—leaning, slope, disposition, bent, tendency, bias,
affection, attachment, wish, liking, desire. (Aversion.)
INCLINE, _v._—slope, lean, slant, tend, bend, turn, bias, dispose.
INCLOSE—surround, shut in, fence in, cover, wrap.
INCLUDE—comprehend, comprise, contain, take in, embrace.
INCOMMODE—annoy, plague, molest, disturb, inconvenience, trouble.
(Accommodate.)
INCOMPETENT—incapable, unable, inadequate.
INCREASE, _v._—extend, enlarge, augment, dilate, expand, amplify,
raise, enhance, aggravate, magnify, grow. (Diminish.)
INCREASE, _n._—augmentation, accession, addition, enlargement,
extension. (Decrease.)
INCUMBENT—obligatory.
INDEFINITE—vague, uncertain, unsettled, loose, lax. (Definite.)
INDICATE—point out, show, mark.
INDIFFERENCE—apathy, carelessness, listlessness, insensibility.
(Application, assiduity.)
INDIGENCE—want, neediness, penury, poverty, destitution,
privation. (Affluence.)
INDIGNATION—anger, wrath, ire, resentment.
INDIGNITY—insult, affront, outrage, opprobrium, obloquy,
reproach, ignominy. (Honor.)
INDISCRIMINATE—promiscuous, chance, indistinct, confused.
(Select, chosen.)
INDISPENSABLE—essential, necessary, requisite, expedient.
(Unnecessary, supernumerary.)
INDISPUTABLE—undeniable, undoubted, incontestable, indubitable,
unquestionable, infallible.
INDORSE—ratify, confirm, superscribe.
INDULGE—foster, cherish, fondle. (Deny.)
INEFFECTUAL—vain, useless, unavailing, fruitless, abortive,
inoperative. (Effective.)
INEQUALITY—disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, unevenness.
(Equality.)
INEVITABLE—unavoidable, not to be avoided.
INFAMOUS—scandalous, shameful, ignominious, opprobrious,
disgraceful. (Honorable.)
INFERENCE—deduction, corollary, conclusion.
INFERNAL—diabolical, fiendish, devilish, hellish.
INFEST—annoy, plague, harass, disturb.
INFIRM—weak, feeble, enfeebled. (Robust.)
INFLAME—anger, irritate, enrage, chafe, incense, nettle,
aggravate, embitter, exasperate. (Allay.)
INFLUENCE, _v._—bias, sway, prejudice, preposess.
INFLUENCE, _n._—credit, favor, reputation, weight, character,
authority, sway, ascendancy.
INFRINGE—invade, intrude, contravene, break, transgress, violate.
INGENUOUS—artless, candid, generous, sincere, open, frank, plain.
(Crafty.)
INHUMAN—cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous, ruthless, merciless,
ferocious. (Humane.)
INIQUITY—injustice, wrong, grievance.
INJURE—damage, hurt, deteriorate, wrong, spoil, aggrieve, harm,
mar, sully. (Benefit.)
INJURIOUS—hurtful, baneful, pernicious, deleterious, noxious,
prejudicial, wrongful. (Beneficial.)
INJUSTICE—wrong, iniquity, grievance. (Right.)
INNOCENT—guiltless, sinless, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious.
(Guilty.)
INNOCUOUS—harmless, safe, innocent. (Hurtful.)
INORDINATE—intemperate, irregular, disorderly, excessive,
immoderate. (Moderate.)
INQUIRY—investigation, examination, research, scrutiny,
disquisition, question, interrogation.
INQUISITIVE—prying, peeping, curious, peering.
INSANE—deranged, delirious, demented. (Sane.)
INSANITY—madness, mental aberration, lunacy, delirium. (Sanity.)
INSINUATE—hint, intimate, suggest, infuse, introduce, ingratiate.
INSIPID—dull, flat, mawkish, tasteless, inanimate, vapid,
lifeless. (Bright, sparkling.)
INSOLENT—rude, saucy, impertinent, abusive, pert, scurrilous,
opprobrious, insulting, offensive.
INSPIRE—animate, exhilarate, enliven, breathe, cheer, inhale.
INSTABILITY—mutability, fickleness, mutableness, wavering.
(Stability, firmness.)
INSTIGATE—stir up, persuade, animate, stimulate, incite, urge,
encourage.
INSTIL—implant, inculcate, infuse, insinuate.
INSTRUCT—inform, teach, educate, enlighten.
INSTRUMENTAL—conducive, assistant, helping.
INSUFFICIENCY—incompetency, incapability, inadequacy, deficiency,
lack.
INSULT—affront, outrage, indignity. (Honor.)
INSULTING—insolent, impertinent, abusive, rude.
INTEGRITY—uprightness, honesty, completeness, probity, entirety,
entireness, purity. (Dishonesty.)
INTELLECT—understanding, sense, brains, mind, intelligence,
ability, talent, genius. (Body.)
INTELLECTUAL—mental, metaphysical. (Brutal.)
INTELLIGIBLE—clear, obvious, plain. (Abstruse.)
INTEMPERATE—immoderate, excessive, drunken, nimious, inordinate.
(Temperate.)
INTENSE—ardent, earnest, glowing, fervid, burning, vehement.
INTENT—design, purpose, intention, drift, view, aim, purport,
meaning.
INTERCOURSE—commerce, connection, intimacy.
INTERDICT—forbid, prohibit, inhibit, proscribe, debar, restrain
from. (Allow.)
INTERFERE—meddle, intermeddle, interpose.
INTERMINABLE—endless, interminate, infinite, unlimited,
illimitable, boundless. (Brief.)
INTERPOSE—intercede, arbitrate, mediate, interfere, meddle.
INTERPRET—explain, expound, elucidate, unfold.
INTIMATE—hint, suggest, insinuate, express, tell, signify, impart.
INTIMIDATE—dishearten, alarm, frighten, scare, appal, daunt, cow,
browbeat. (Encourage.)
INTOLERABLE—insufferable, unbearable, insupportable, unendurable.
INTREPID—bold, brave, daring, fearless, dauntless, undaunted,
courageous, valorous, valiant, heroic, gallant, chivalrous,
doughty. (Cowardly, faint-hearted.)
INTRIGUE—plot, cabal, conspiracy, combination, artifice, ruse,
_amour_.
INTRINSIC—real, true, genuine, sterling, native, natural.
(Extrinsic.)
INVALIDATE—quash, cancel, overthrow, vacate, nullify, annul.
INVASION—incursion, irruption, inroad, aggression, raid, fray.
INVECTIVE—abuse, reproach, railing, censure, sarcasm, satire.
INVENT—devise, contrive, frame, find out, discover.
INVESTIGATION—examination, search, inquiry, research, scrutiny.
INVETERATE—confirmed, chronic, malignant. (Inchoate.)
INVIDIOUS—envious, hateful, odious, malignant.
INVIGORATE—brace, harden, nerve, strengthen, fortify. (Enervate.)
INVINCIBLE—unconquerable, impregnable, insurmountable.
INVISIBLE—unseen, imperceptible, impalpable.
INVITE—ask, call, bid, request, allure, attract.
INVOKE—invocate, call upon, appeal, refer, implore, beseech.
INVOLVE—implicate, entangle, compromise.
IRKSOME—wearisome, tiresome, tedious, annoying. (Pleasant.)
IRONY—sarcasm, satire, ridicule, raillery.
IRRATIONAL—foolish, silly, imbecile, brutish, absurd, ridiculous.
(Rational.)
IRREGULAR—eccentric, anomalous, inordinate, intemperate.
(Regular.)
IRRELIGIOUS—profane, godless, impious, sacrilegious, desecrating.
IRREPROACHABLE—blameless, spotless.
IRRESISTIBLE—resistless, irrepressible.
IRRESOLUTE—wavering, undetermined, undecided, vacillating.
(Determined.)
IRRITABLE—excitable, irascible, susceptible, sensitive. (Calm.)
IRRITATE—aggravate, worry, embitter, madden.
ISSUE, _v._—emerge, rise, proceed, flow, spring.
ISSUE, _n._—end, upshot, effect, result, offspring.
JADE—harass, weary, tire, worry.
JANGLE—wrangle, conflict, disagree.
JARRING—conflicting, discordant, inconsonant.
JAUNT—ramble, excursion, trip.
JEALOUSY—suspicion, envy.
JEOPARD—hazard, peril, endanger.
JEST—joke, sport, divert, make game of.
JOURNEY—travel, tour, passage.
JOY—gladness, mirth, delight. (Grief.)
JUDGE—justice, referee, arbitrator.
JOYFUL—glad, rejoicing, exultant. (Mournful.)
JUDGMENT—discernment, discrimination.
JUSTICE—equity, right. Justice is right as established by law;
equity according to the circumstances of each particular case.
(Injustice.)
JUSTNESS—accuracy, correctness, precision.
KEEP—preserve, save. (Abandon.)
KILL—assassinate, murder, slay.
KINDRED—affinity, consanguinity, relationship.
KNOWLEDGE—erudition, learning. (Ignorance.)
LABOR—toil, work, effort, drudgery. (Idleness.)
LACK—need, deficiency, scarcity, insufficiency. (Plenty.)
LAMENT—mourn, grieve, weep. (Rejoice.)
LANGUAGE—dialect, idiom, speech, tongue.
LASCIVIOUS—loose, unchaste, lustful, lewd, lecherous. (Chaste.)
LAST—final, latest, ultimate. (First.)
LAUDABLE—commendable. (Blamable.)
LAUGHABLE—comical, droll, ludicrous. (Serious.)
LAWFUL—legal, legitimate, licit. (Illegal.)
LEAD—conduct, guide. (Follow.)
LEAN—meager. (Fat.)
LEARNED—erudite, scholarly. (Ignorant.)
LEAVE, _v._—quit, relinquish.
LEAVE, _n._—liberty, permission. (Prohibition.)
LIFE—existence, animation, spirit. (Death.)
LIFELESS—dead, inanimate.
LIFT—erect, elevate, exalt, raise. (Lower.)
LIGHT—clear, bright. (Dark.)
LIGHTNESS—flightiness, giddiness, levity, volatility.
(Seriousness.)
LIKENESS—resemblance, similarity. (Unlikeness.)
LINGER—lag, loiter, tarry, saunter. (Hasten.)
LITTLE—diminutive, small. (Great.)
LIVELIHOOD—living, maintenance, subsistence.
LIVELY—jocund, merry, sportive, sprightly, vivacious. (Slow,
languid, sluggish.)
LONG—extended, extensive. (Short.)
LOOK—appear, seem, aspect, glance, peep.
LOSE—miss, forfeit. (Gain.)
LOSS—detriment, damage, deprivation. (Gain.)
LOUD—clamorous, high-sounding, noisy. (Low, quiet.)
LOVE—affection. (Hatred.)
LOW—abject, mean. (Noble.)
LUNACY—derangement, insanity, mania, madness. (Sanity.)
LUSTER—brightness, brilliancy, splendor.
LUXURIANT—exuberant. (Sparse.)
MACHINATION—plot, intrigue, cabal, conspiracy. (Artlessness.)
MAD—crazy, delirious, insane, rabid, violent, frantic. (Sane,
rational, quiet.)
MADNESS—insanity, fury, rage, frenzy.
MAGISTERIAL—august, dignified, majestic, pompous, stately.
MAKE—form, create, produce. (Destroy.)
MALEDICTION—anathema, curse, imprecation.
MALEVOLENT—malicious, virulent, malignant. (Benevolent.)
MALICE—spite, rancor, ill-feeling, grudge, animosity, ill-will.
(Benignity.)
MALICIOUS—see malevolent.
MANACLE, _v._—shackle, fetter, chain. (Free.)
MANAGE—contrive, concert, direct.
MANAGEMENT—direction, superintendence, care.
MANGLE—tear, lacerate, mutilate, cripple, maim.
MANIA—madness, insanity, lunacy.
MANIFEST, _v._—reveal, prove, evince, exhibit, display, show.
MANIFEST, _a._—clear, plain, evident, open, apparent, visible.
(Hidden, occult.)
MANIFOLD—several, sundry, various, divers.
MANLY—masculine, vigorous, courageous, brave, heroic.
(Effeminate.)
MANNER—habit, custom, way, air, look.
MANNERS—morals, habits, behavior, carriage.
MAR—spoil, ruin, disfigure. (Improve.)
MARCH—tramp, tread, walk, step, space.
MARGIN—edge, rim, border, brink, verge.
MARK, _n._—sign, note, symptom, token, indication, trace,
vestige, track, badge, brand.
MARK, _v._—impress, print, stamp, engrave, note.
MARRIAGE—wedding, nuptials, matrimony.
MARTIAL—military, warlike, soldierlike.
MARVEL—wonderful, miracle, prodigy.
MARVELOUS—wondrous, wonderful, miraculous.
MASSIVE—bulky, heavy, weighty, ponderous, solid, substantial.
(Flimsy.)
MASTERY—dominion, rule, sway, ascendancy.
MATCHLESS—unrivaled, unequaled, unparalleled, peerless,
incomparable, inimitable, surpassing. (Common, ordinary.)
MATERIAL, _a._—corporeal, bodily, physical, temporal, momentous.
(Spiritual, immaterial.)
MAXIM—adage, apothegm, proverb, saying, byword, saw.
MEAGER—poor, lank, emaciated, barren, dry, uninteresting. (Rich.)
MEAN, _a._—stingy, niggardly, low, abject, vile, ignoble,
degraded, contemptible, vulgar, despicable. (Generous.)
MEAN, _v._—design, purpose, intend, contemplate, signify, denote,
indicate.
MEANING—signification, import, acceptation, sense, purport.
MEDIUM—organ, channel, instrument, means.
MEDLEY—mixture, variety, diversity, miscellany.
MEEK—unassuming, mild, gentle. (Proud.)
MELANCHOLY—low-spirited, dispirited, dreamy, sad. (Jolly,
buoyant.)
MELLOW—ripe, mature, soft. (Immature.)
MELODIOUS—tuneful, musical, silver, dulcet, sweet. (Discordant.)
MEMORABLE—signal, distinguished, marked.
MEMORIAL—monument, memento.
MEMORY—remembrance, recollection.
MENACE, _n._—threat.
MEND—repair, amend, correct, better, ameliorate, improve, rectify.
MENTION—tell, name, communicate, impart, divulge, reveal,
disclose, inform, acquaint.
MERCIFUL—compassionate, lenient, clement, tender, gracious, kind.
(Cruel.)
MERCILESS—hard-hearted, cruel, unmerciful, pitiless, remorseless,
unrelenting. (Kind.)
MERRIMENT—mirth, joviality, jollity. (Sorrow.)
MERRY—cheerful, mirthful, joyous, gay, lively, sprightly,
hilarious, blithe, blithesome, jovial, sportive, jolly. (Sad.)
METAPHORICAL—figurative, allegorical.
METHOD—way, manner, mode, process, order, rule, regularity,
system.
MIEN—air, look, manner, aspect, appearance.
MIGRATORY—roving, strolling, wandering, vagrant. (Settled,
sedate, permanent.)
MIMIC—imitate, ape, mock.
MINDFUL—observant, attentive. (Heedless.)
MISCELLANEOUS—promiscuous, indiscriminate.
MISCHIEF—injury, harm, damage, hurt. (Benefit.)
MISCREANT—caitiff, villain, ruffian.
MISERABLE—unhappy, wretched, distressed, afflicted. (Happy.)
MISERLY—stingy, niggardly, avaricious, griping.
MISERY—wretchedness, woe, destitution, penury, privation,
beggary. (Happiness.)
MISFORTUNE—calamity, disaster, mishap, catastrophe. (Good luck.)
MISS—omit, lose, fall, miscarry.
MITIGATE—alleviate, relieve, abate. (Aggravate.)
MODERATE—temperate, abstemious, sober, abstinent. (Immoderate.)
MODEST—chaste, virtuous, bashful. (Immodest.)
MOIST—wet, damp, dank, humid. (Dry.)
MONOTONOUS—unvaried, tiresome. (Varied.)
MONSTROUS—shocking, dreadful, horrible, huge.
MONUMENT—memorial, record, remembrancer.
MOOD—humor, disposition, vein, temper.
MORBID—sick, ailing, sickly, diseased, corrupted. (Normal, sound.)
MOROSE—gloomy, sullen, surly, fretful, crabbed, crusty. (Joyous.)
MORTAL—deadly, fatal, human.
MOTION—proposition, proposal, movement.
MOTIONLESS—still, stationary, torpid, stagnant. (Active, moving.)
MOUNT—arise, rise, ascend, soar, tower, climb.
MOURNFUL—sad, sorrowful, lugubrious, grievous, doleful, heavy.
(Happy.)
MOVE—actuate, impel, induce, prompt, instigate, persuade, stir,
agitate, propel, push.
MULTITUDE—crowd, throng, host, mob, swarm.
MURDER, _v._—kill, assassinate, slay, massacre.
MUSE, _v._—meditate, contemplate, think, reflect, cogitate,
ponder.
MUSIC—harmony, melody, symphony.
MUSICAL—tuneful, melodious, harmonious, sweet.
MUSTY—stale, sour, fetid. (Fresh, sweet.)
MUTE—dumb, silent, speechless.
MUTILATE—maim, cripple, disable, disfigure.
MUTINOUS—insurgent, seditious, tumultuous, turbulent, riotous.
(Obedient, orderly.)
MUTUAL—reciprocal, interchanged, correlative. (Sole, solitary.)
MYSTERIOUS—dark, obscure, hidden, secret, dim, mystic,
enigmatical, unaccountable. (Open, clear.)
MYSTIFY—confuse, perplex. (Clear, explain.)
NAKED—nude, bare, uncovered, unclothed, rough, rude, simple.
(Covered, clad.)
NAME, _v._—denominate, entitle, style, designate, term, call,
christen.
NAME, _n._—appellation, designation, denomination, title,
cognomen, reputation, character, fame, credit, repute.
NARRATE—tell, relate, detail, recount, describe, enumerate,
rehearse, recite.
NASTY—filthy, foul, dirty, unclean, impure, gross, indecent, vile.
NATION—people, community, realm, state.
NATIVE—indigenous, inborn, vernacular.
NATURAL—original, regular, normal, bastard. (Unnatural, forced.)
NEAR—nigh, neighboring, close, adjacent, contiguous, intimate.
(Distant.)
NECESSARY—needful, expedient, essential, indispensable,
requisite. (Useless.)
NECESSITATE—compel, force, oblige.
NECESSITY—need, occasion, exigency, emergency, urgency, requisite.
NEED, _n._—necessity, distress, poverty, indigence, want, penury.
NEED, _v._—require, want, lack.
NEGLECT, _v._—disregard, slight, omit, overlook.
NEGLECT, _n._—omission, failure, default, slight, negligence,
remissness, carelessness.
NEIGHBORHOOD—environs, vicinity, nearness, adjacency, proximity.
NERVOUS—timid, timorous, shaky.
NEW—fresh, recent, novel. (Old.)
NEWS—tidings, intelligence, information.
NICE—exact, accurate, good, particular, precise, fine, delicate.
(Careless, coarse, unpleasant.)
NIMBLE—active, brisk, lively, alert, quick, agile, prompt.
(Awkward.)
NOBILITY—aristocracy, greatness, grandeur.
NOBLE—exalted, elevated, illustrious, great, grand, lofty. (Low.)
NOISE—cry, outcry, clamor, row, din, uproar, tumult. (Silence.)
NONSENSICAL—irrational, absurd, silly, foolish. (Sensible.)
NOTABLE—plain, evident, remarkable, striking, signal, rare.
(Obscure.)
NOTE, _n._—token, symbol, mark, sign, indication, remark, comment.
NOTED—distinguished, remarkable, eminent, renowned. (Obscure.)
NOTICE, _n._—advice, notification, intelligence.
NOTICE, _v._—mark, note, observe, attend to, heed.
NOTIFY, _v._—publish, acquaint, apprise, inform.
NOTION—conception, idea, belief, opinion.
NOTORIOUS—conspicuous, open, obvious, ill-famed. (Unknown.)
NOURISH—nurture, cherish, foster, supply. (Starve, famish.)
NOURISHMENT—food, diet, sustenance, nutrition.
NOVEL—modern, new, fresh, recent, unused, rare, strange. (Old.)
NOXIOUS—hurtful, deadly poisonous, deleterious, baneful.
(Beneficial.)
NULLIFY—annul, vacate, invalidate, quash, cancel, repeal.
(Affirm.)
NUTRITION—food, diet, nutriment, nourishment.
OBDURATE—hard, callous, hardened, unfeeling, insensible.
(Yielding, tractable.)
OBEDIENT—compliant, submissive, dutiful, respectful. (Obstinate.)
OBESE—corpulent, fat, adipose. (Attenuated.)
OBEY, _v._—conform, comply, submit. (Rebel.)
OBJECT, _n._—aim, end, purpose, design, mark.
OBJECT, _v._—oppose, except to, contravene, impeach, deprecate.
(Assent.)
OBNOXIOUS—offensive. (Agreeable.)
OBSCURE—undistinguished, unknown. (Distinguished.)
OBSTINATE—contumacious, headstrong, stubborn, obdurate.
(Yielding.)
OCCASION—opportunity.
OFFENCE—affront, misdeed, misdemeanor, transgression, trespass.
OFFENSIVE—insolent, abusive. (Inoffensive.)
OFFICE—charge, function, place.
OFFSPRING—issue, progeny, children, posterity.
OLD—aged, superannuated, ancient, antique, antiquated, obsolete,
old-fashioned. (Young, new.)
OMEN—presage, prognostic.
OPAQUE—dark. (Bright, transparent.)
OPEN—candid, unreserved, clear, fair. (Hidden.)
OPINION—notion, view, judgment, sentiment.
OPINIONATED—conceited, egotistical. (Modest.)
OPPOSE—resist, withstand, thwart. (Give way.)
OPTION—choice.
ORDER—method, system, regularity. (Disorder.)
ORIGIN—cause, occasion, beginning. (End.)
OUTLIVE—survive.
OUTWARD—external, outside, exterior. (Inner.)
OVER—above. (Under.)
OVERBALANCE—outweigh, preponderate.
OVERBEAR—bear down, overwhelm, overpower.
OVERBEARING—haughty, arrogant. (Gentle.)
OVERFLOW—inundation, deluge.
OVERRULE—supersede, suppress.
OVERSPREAD—overrun, ravage.
OVERTURN—invert, overthrow, reverse, subvert. (Establish,
fortify.)
OVERWHELM—crush, defeat, vanquish.
PAIN—suffering, qualm, pang, agony, anguish. (Pleasure.)
PALLID—pale, wan. (Florid.)
PART—division, portion, share, fraction. (Whole.)
PARTICULAR—exact, distinct, singular, strange, odd. (General.)
PATIENT—passive, submissive. (Obdurate.)
PEACE—calm, quiet, tranquility. (War, trouble, riot, turbulence.)
PEACEABLE—pacific, peaceful, quiet. (Troublesome, riotous.)
PENETRATE—bore, pierce, perforate.
PENETRATION—acuteness, sagacity. (Dullness.)
PEOPLE—nation, persons, folks.
PERCEIVE—note, observe, discern, distinguish.
PERCEPTION—conception, notion, idea.
PERIL—danger, pitfall, snare. (Safety.)
PERMIT—allow, tolerate. (Forbid.)
PERSUADE—allure, entice, prevail upon.
PHYSICAL—corporeal, bodily, material. (Mental.)
PICTURE—engraving, print, representation, illustration, image.
PITEOUS—doleful, woeful, rueful. (Joyful.)
PITILESS—see merciless.
PITY—compassion, sympathy. (Cruelty.)
PLACE, _n._—spot, site, position, post, situation.
PLACE, _v._—order, dispose.
PLAIN—open, manifest, evident. (Secret.)
PLAY—game, sport, amusement. (Work.)
PLEASE—gratify, pacify. (Displease.)
PLEASURE—charm, delight, joy. (Pain.)
PLENTIFUL—abundant, ample, copious, plenteous. (Scarce.)
POISE—balance, equilibrium, evenness.
POSITIVE—absolute, peremptory, decided, certain. (Negative,
undecided.)
POSSESSOR—owner, proprietor.
POSSIBLE—practical, practicable. (Impossible.)
POVERTY—penury, indigence, need. (Wealth.)
POWER—authority, force, strength, dominion.
POWERFUL—mighty, potent. (Weak.)
PRAISE—commend, extol, laud. (Blame.)
PRAYER—entreaty, petition, request, suit.
PRETENCE, _n._—pretext, subterfuge.
PREVAILING—predominant, prevalent, general. (Isolated, sporadic.)
PREVENT—obviate, preclude.
PREVIOUS—antecedent, introductory, preparatory, preliminary.
(Subsequent.)
PRIDE—vanity, conceit. (Humility.)
PRINCIPALLY—chiefly, essentially, mainly.
PRINCIPLE—ground, reason, motive, impulse, maxim, rule,
rectitude, integrity.
PRIVILEGE—immunity, advantage, favor, claim, prerogative,
exemption, right.
PROBITY—rectitude, uprightness, honesty, integrity, sincerity,
soundness. (Dishonesty.)
PROBLEMATICAL—uncertain, doubtful, dubious, questionable,
disputable, suspicious. (Certain.)
PRODIGIOUS—huge, enormous, vast, amazing, astonishing,
astounding, surprising, remarkable, wonderful. (Insignificant.)
PROFESSION—business, trade, occupation, office, vocation,
employment, engagement, avowal.
PROFFER—volunteer, offer, propose, tender.
PROFLIGATE—abandoned, dissolute, depraved, vicious, degenerate,
corrupt. (Virtuous.)
PROFOUND—deep, fathomless, penetrating, recondite, solemn,
abstruse. (Shallow.)
PROFUSE—extravagant, prodigal, lavish, copious, improvident,
excessive, plentiful. (Succinct.)
PROLIFIC—productive, generative, fertile, fruitful, teeming.
(Barren.)
PROLIX—diffuse, long, prolonged, tedious, wordy, tiresome,
verbose, prosaic. (Concise, brief.)
PROMINENT—eminent, conspicuous, marked, important, leading.
(Obscure.)
PROMISCUOUS—mixed, unarranged, mingled, indiscriminate. (Select.)
PROMPT—See punctual.
PROP, _v._—maintain, sustain, support, stay.
PROPAGATE—spread, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, extend, breed,
increase. (Suppress.)
PROPER—legitimate, right, just, fair, equitable, honest,
suitable, fit, adapted, meet, becoming, befitting, decent,
pertinent. (Wrong.)
PROSPER—flourish, succeed, grow rich, thrive, advance. (Fail.)
PROSPERITY—well-being, weal, welfare, happiness, good luck.
(Poverty.)
PROXY—agent, representative, substitute, deputy.
PRUDENCE—carefulness, judgment, discretion, wisdom.
(Indiscretion.)
PRURIENT—itching, craving, hankering, longing.
PUERILE—youthful, juvenile, boyish, childish, infantile,
trifling, weak, silly. (Mature.)
PUNCTILIOUS—nice, particular, formal, precise. (Negligent.)
PUNCTUAL—exact, precise, nice, particular prompt, timely.
(Dilatory.)
PUTREFY—rot, decompose, corrupt, decay.
PUZZLE, _v._—perplex, confound, embarrass, pose, bewilder,
confuse, mystify. (Enlighten.)
QUACK—imposter, pretender, charlatan, empiric, mountebank.
(Savant.)
QUAINT—artful, curious, far-fetched, fanciful, odd.
QUALIFIED—competent, fitted. (Incompetent.)
QUALITY—attribute, rank, distinction.
QUERULOUS—doubting, complaining, fretting, repining. (Patient.)
QUESTION—query, inquiry, interrogatory.
QUIBBLE—cavil, evade, equivocate, shuffle.
QUICK—lively, ready, prompt, alert, nimble, agile, active, brisk,
expeditious, adroit, fleet, rapid, impetuous, swift, sweeping,
dashing, clever. (Slow.)
QUOTE—note, repeat, cite, adduce.
RABID—mad, furious, raging, frantic. (Rational.)
RACE—course, match, pursuit, career, family, clan, house,
ancestry, lineage, pedigree.
RACK—agonize, wring, torture, excruciate, harass, distress.
(Soothe.)
RACY—spicy, pungent, smart, spirited, vivacious, lively. (Dull,
insipid.)
RADIANCE—splendor, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, lustre,
glare. (Dullness.)
RADICAL—organic, innate, fundamental, original, constitutional,
inherent, complete, entire. (Superficial. In a political sense,
uncompromising; antonym, moderate.)
RANCID—fetid, rank, stinking, sour, tainted, foul. (Fresh, sweet.)
RANCOR—malignity, hatred, hostility, antipathy, animosity,
enmity, ill-will, spite. (Forgiveness.)
RANK—order, degree, dignity, consideration.
RANSACK—rummage, pillage, overhaul, explore.
RANSOM—emancipate, free, unfetter.
RANT—bombast, fustian, cant.
RAPACIOUS—ravenous, voracious, greedy, grasping. (Generous.)
RAPT—ecstatic, transported, ravished, entranced, charmed.
(Distracted.)
RAPTURE—ecstacy, transport, bliss. (Dejection.)
RARE—scarce, singular, uncommon, unique.
RASCAL—scoundrel, rogue, knave, vagabond.
RASH—hasty, precipitate, foolhardy, adventurous, heedless,
reckless, careless. (Deliberate.)
RATE—value, compute, appraise, estimate, abuse.
RATIFY—confirm, establish, substantiate, sanction (Protest,
oppose.)
RATIONAL—reasonable, sagacious, judicious, wise, sensible, sound.
(Unreasonable.)
RAVAGE—overrun, overspread, desolate, despoil.
RAVISH—enrapture, enchant, charm, delight.
RAZE—demolish, destroy, overthrow, dismantle, ruin. (Build up.)
REACH—touch, stretch, attain, gain, arrive at.
READY—prepared, ripe, apt, prompt, adroit, handy. (Slow,
dilatory.)
REAL—actual, literal, practical, positive, certain, genuine,
true. (Unreal.)
REALIZE—accomplish, achieve, effect, gain, get, acquire,
comprehend.
REAP—gain, get, acquire, obtain.
REASON, _n._—motive, design, end, proof, cause, ground, purpose.
REASON, _v._—deduce, draw from, trace, conclude.
REASONABLE—rational, wise, honest, fair, right, just.
(Unreasonable.)
REBELLION—insurrection, revolt.
RECANT—recall, abjure, retract, revoke.
RECEDE—retire, retreat, withdraw, ebb.
RECEIVE—accept, take, admit, entertain.
RECEPTION—receiving, levee, receipt, admission.
RECESS—retreat, depth, niche, vacation.
RECREATION—sport, pastime, play, amusement, game, fun.
REDEEM—ransom, recover, rescue, deliver, save.
REDRESS—remedy, repair, remission, abatement.
REDUCE—abate, lessen, decrease, lower, shorten.
REFINED—polite, courtly, polished, cultured, purified, genteel.
(Boorish.)
REFLECT—consider, cogitate, think, muse, censure.
REFORM—amend, correct, better, restore, improve. (Corrupt.)
REFORMATION—improvement, reform, amendment. (Corruption.)
REFUGE—asylum, protection, harbor, shelter.
REFUSE, _v._—deny, reject, repudiate, decline, withhold. (Accept.)
REFUSE, _n._—dregs, dross, scum, rubbish, leavings.
REFUTE—disprove, falsify, negative. (Affirm.)
REGARD, _v._—mind, heed, notice, behold, respect, view, consider.
REGRET, _n._—grief, sorrow, lamentation, remorse.
REGULAR—orderly, uniform, customary, ordinary, stated.
(Irregular.)
REGULATE—methodize, arrange, adjust, organize, govern, rule.
(Disorder.)
REIMBURSE—refund, repay, satisfy, indemnify.
RELEVANT—fit, proper, suitable, appropriate, apt, pertinent.
(Irrelevant.)
RELIANCE—trust, hope, dependence, confidence. (Suspicion.)
RELIEF—succor, aid, help, redress, alleviation.
RELINQUISH—give up, forsake, resign, surrender, quit, leave,
forego. (Retain.)
REMEDY—help, relief, redress, cure, specific.
REMORSELESS—pitiless, relentless, cruel, ruthless, merciless,
barbarous. (Merciful, humane.)
REMOTE—distant, far, secluded, indirect. (Near.)
REPRODUCE—propagate, imitate, represent, copy.
REPUDIATE—disown, discard, disavow, renounce, disclaim.
(Acknowledge.)
REPUGNANT—antagonistic, distasteful. (Agreeable.)
REPULSIVE—forbidding, odious, ugly, disagreeable, revolting.
(Attractive.)
RESPITE—reprieve, interval, stop, pause.
REVENGE—vengeance, retaliation, requital, retribution.
(Forgiveness.)
REVENUE—produce, income, fruits, proceeds.
REVERENCE, _n._—honor, respect, awe, veneration, deference,
worship, homage. (Execration.)
REVISE—review, reconsider.
REVIVE—refresh, renew, renovate, animate, resuscitate, vivify,
cheer, comfort.
RICH—wealthy, affluent, opulent, copious, ample, abundant,
exuberant, plentiful, fertile, gorgeous, superb, fruitful. (Poor.)
RIVAL, _n._—antagonist, opponent, competitor.
ROAD—way, highway, route, course, path, pathway, anchorage.
ROAM—ramble, rove, wander, stray, stroll.
ROBUST—strong, lusty, vigorous, sinewy, stalwart, stout, sturdy,
able-bodied. (Puny.)
ROUT, _v._—discomfit, beat, defeat, overthrow.
ROUTE—road, course, march, way, journey, path.
RUDE—rugged, rough, uncouth, unpolished, harsh, gruff,
impertinent, saucy, flippant, impudent, insolent, saucy,
churlish. (Polite, polished.)
RULE—sway, method, system, law, maxim, guide, precept, formula,
regulation, government, test, standard.
RUMOR—hearsay, talk, fame, report, bruit.
RUTHLESS—cruel, savage, barbarous, inhuman, merciless,
remorseless, relentless. (Considerate.)
SACRED—holy, hallowed, divine, consecrated, dedicated, devoted.
(Profane.)
SAFE—secure, harmless, trustworthy. (Perilous.)
SANCTION—confirm, countenance, encourage, support, ratify,
authorize. (Disapprove.)
SANE—sober, lucid, sound, rational. (Crazy.)
SAUCY—impertinent, rude, impudent, insolent, flippant, forward.
(Modest.)
SCANDALIZE—shock, disgust, offend, calumniate, vilify, revile,
malign, traduce, defame, slander.
SCANTY—bare, pinched, insufficient, slender, meager. (Ample.)
SCATTER—strew, spread, disseminate, disperse, dissipate, dispel.
(Collect.)
SECRET—clandestine, concealed, hidden, sly, underhand, latent,
private. (Open.)
SEDUCE—allure, attract, decoy, entice, abduct, inveigle, deprave.
SENSE—discernment, appreciation, view, opinion, feeling,
perception, sensibility, susceptibility, significance, thought,
judgment, signification, meaning, import, purport, wisdom.
SENSIBLE—wise, intelligent, reasonable, sober, sound, conscious,
aware. (Foolish.)
SETTLE—arrange, adjust, regulate, conclude.
SEVERAL—sundry, divers, various, many.
SEVERE—harsh, stern, stringent, unmitigated, unyielding, rough.
(Lenient.)
SHAKE—tremble, shudder, shiver, quake, quiver.
SHALLOW—superficial, flimsy, slight. (Deep, thorough.)
SHAME—disgrace, dishonor. (Honor.)
SHAMEFUL—degrading, scandalous, disgraceful, outrageous.
(Honorable.)
SHAMELESS—immodest, impudent, indecent, indelicate, brazen.
SHAPE—form, fashion, mold, model.
SHARE—portion, lot, division, quantity, quota.
SHARP—acute, keen. (Dull.)
SHINE—glare, glitter, radiate, sparkle.
SHORT—brief, concise, succinct, summary. (Long.)
SHOW, _n._—exhibition, sight, spectacle.
SICK—diseased, sickly, unhealthy. (Healthy.)
SICKNESS—illness, indisposition, disease, disorder. (Health.)
SIGNIFICANT, _a._—expressive, material, important.
(Insignificant.)
SIGNIFICATION—import, meaning, sense.
SILENCE—speechlessness, dumbness. (Noise.)
SILENT—dumb, mute, speechless. (Talkative.)
SIMILE—comparison, similitude.
SIMPLE—single, uncompounded, artless, plain. (Complex, compound.)
SIMULATE—dissimulate, dissemble, pretend.
SINCERE—candid, hearty, honest, pure, genuine, real. (Insincere.)
SITUATION—condition, plight, predicament, state.
SIZE—bulk, greatness, magnitude, dimension.
SLAVERY—servitude, enthrallment, thralldom. (Freedom.)
SLEEP—doze, drowse, nap, slumber.
SLEEPY—somnolent. (Wakeful.)
SLOW—dilatory, tardy. (Fast.)
SMELL—fragrance, odor, perfume, scent.
SMOOTH—even, level, mild. (Rough.)
SOAK—drench, imbrue, steep.
SOCIAL—sociable, friendly, communicative. (Unsocial.)
SOFT—gentle, meek, mild. (Hard.)
SOLICIT—importune, urge.
SOLITARY—sole, only, single.
SORRY—grieved, poor, paltry, insignificant. (Glad, respectable.)
SOUL—mind, spirit. (Soul is opposed to body, mind to matter.)
SOUND, _a._—healthy, sane. (Unsound.)
SOUND, _n._—tone, noise, silence.
SPACE—room.
SPARSE—scanty, thin. (Luxuriant.)
SPEAK—converse, talk, confer, say, tell.
SPECIAL—particular, specific. (General.)
SPEND—expend, exhaust, consume, waste, dissipate. (Save.)
SPORADIC—isolated, rare. (General, prevalent.)
SPREAD—disperse, diffuse, expand, disseminate.
SPRING—fountain, source.
STAFF—prop, support, stay.
STAGGER—reel, totter.
STAIN—soil, discolor, spot, sully, tarnish.
STATE—commonwealth, realm.
STERILE—barren, unfruitful. (Fertile.)
STIFLE—choke, suffocate, smother.
STORMY—rough, boisterous, tempestuous. (Calm.)
STRAIGHT—direct, right. (Crooked.)
STRAIT, _a._—narrow, confined.
STRANGER—alien, foreigner. (Friend.)
STRENGTHEN—fortify, invigorate. (Weaken.)
STRONG—robust, sturdy, powerful. (Weak.)
STUPID—dull, foolish, obtuse, witless. (Clever.)
SUBJECT—exposed to, liable, obnoxious. (Exempt.)
SUBJECT—inferior, subordinate. (Superior to, above.)
SUBSEQUENT—succeeding, following. (Previous.)
SUBSTANTIAL—solid, durable. (Unsubstantial.)
SUIT—accord, agree. (Disagree.)
SUPERFICIAL—flimsy, shallow, untrustworthy. (Thorough.)
SUPERFLUOUS—unnecessary. (Necessary.)
SURROUND—encircle, encompass, environ.
SUSTAIN—maintain, support.
SYMMETRY—proportion.
SYMPATHY—commiseration, compassion.
SYSTEM—method, plan, order.
SYSTEMATIC—orderly, regular, methodical. (Chaotic.)
TAKE—accept, receive. (Give.)
TALKATIVE—garrulous, loquacious, communicative. (Silent.)
TASTE—flavor, relish, savor. (Tastelessness.)
TAX—custom, duty, impost, excise, toll.
TAX—assessment, rate.
TEASE—taunt, tantalize, torment, vex.
TEMPORARY, _a._—fleeting, transient, transitory. (Permanent.)
TENACIOUS—pertinacious, retentive.
TENDENCY—aim, drift, scope.
TENET—position, view, conviction, belief.
TERM—boundary, limit, period, time.
TERRITORY—dominion.
THANKFUL—grateful, obliged. (Thankless.)
THANKLESS—ungracious, profitless, ungrateful, unthankful.
THAW—melt, dissolve, liquefy. (Freeze.)
THEATRICAL—dramatic, showy, ceremonious.
THEFT—robbery, depredation, spoliation.
THEME—subject, topic, text, essay.
THEORY—speculation, scheme, plea, hypothesis, conjecture.
THEREFORE—accordingly, consequently, hence.
THICK—dense, close, compact, solid, coagulated, muddy, turbid,
misty, vaporous. (Thin.)
THIN—slim, slender, slight, flimsy, lean, scraggy, attenuated.
THINK—cogitate, consider, reflect, ponder, muse, contemplate,
meditate, conceive, fancy, imagine, apprehend, hold, esteem,
reckon, consider, deem, regard, believe, opine.
THOROUGH—accurate, correct, trustworthy, complete, reliable.
(Superficial.)
THOUGHT—idea, conception, imagination, fancy, conceit, notion,
supposition, care, provision, consideration, opinion, view,
sentiment, reflection, deliberation.
THOUGHTFUL—considerate, careful, cautious, heedful,
contemplative, reflective, provident, pensive, dreamy.
(Thoughtless.)
THOUGHTLESS—inconsiderate, rash, precipitate, improvident,
heedless.
TIE, _v._—bind, restrain, restrict, oblige, secure, join, unite.
(Loose.)
TIME—duration, season, period, era, age, date, span, spell.
TOLERATE—allow, admit, receive, suffer, permit, let, endure,
abide. (Oppose.)
TOP—summit, apex, head, crown, surface. (Base, bottom.)
TORRID—burning, hot, parching, scorching.
TORTUOUS—twisted, winding, crooked, indirect.
TORTURE—torment, anguish, agony.
TOUCHING—tender, affecting, moving, pathetic.
TRACTABLE—docile, manageable, amenable.
TRADE—traffic, commerce, dealing, occupation, employment, office.
TRADITIONAL—oral, uncertain, transmitted.
TRAFFIC—trade, exchange, commerce.
TRAMMEL, _n._—fetter, shatter, clog, bond, impediment, chain,
hindrance.
TRANQUIL—still, unruffled, peaceful, hushed, quiet. (Noisy,
boisterous.)
TRANSACTION—negotiation, occurrence, proceeding, affair.
TRAVEL—trip, peregrination, excursion, journey, tour, voyage.
TREACHEROUS—traitorous, disloyal, treasonable, faithless,
false-hearted. (Trustworthy, faithful.)
TRITE—stale, old, ordinary, commonplace, hackneyed. (Novel.)
TRIUMPH—achievement, ovation, victory, jubilation, conquest.
(Failure, defeat.)
TRIVIAL—trifling, petty, small, frivolous, unimportant,
insignificant. (Important.)
TRUE—genuine, actual, sincere, unaffected, true-hearted, honest,
upright, veritable, real, veracious, authentic, exact, accurate,
correct.
TUMULTUOUS—turbulent, riotous, disorderly, disturbed, confused,
unruly. (Orderly.)
TURBID—foul, thick, muddy, impure, unsettled.
TYPE—emblem, symbol, figure, sign, kind, letter.
TYRO—novice, beginner, learner.
UGLY—unsightly, plain, homely, ill-favored, hideous. (Beautiful.)
UMBRAGE—offense, dissatisfaction, resentment.
UMPIRE—referee, arbitrator, judge, arbiter.
UNANIMITY—accord, agreement, unity, concord. (Discord.)
UNBRIDLED—wanton, licentious, dissolute, loose.
UNCERTAIN—doubtful, dubious, questionable, fitful, equivocal,
ambiguous, indistinct, fluctuating.
UNCIVIL—rude, discourteous, disrespectful, disobliging. (Civil.)
UNCLEAN—dirty, foul, filthy, sullied. (Clean.)
UNCOMMON—rare, strange, scarce, singular, choice. (Common,
ordinary.)
UNCONCERNED—careless, indifferent, apathetic. (Anxious.)
UNCOUTH—strange, odd, clumsy. (Graceful.)
UNCOVER—reveal, strip, expose, lay bare. (Hide.)
UNDER—below, underneath, beneath, subordinate, lower, inferior.
(Above.)
UNDERSTANDING—knowledge, intellect, intelligence, faculty,
comprehension, mind, reason.
UNDO—annul, frustrate, untie, unfasten, destroy.
UNEASY—restless, disturbed, unquiet, awkward, stiff. (Quiet.)
UNEQUAL—uneven, not alike, irregular. (Even.)
UNEQUALED—matchless, unique, novel, new.
UNFIT, _a._—improper, unsuitable, inconsistent, untimely,
incompetent. (Fit.)
UNFIT, _v._—disable, incapacitate, disqualify. (Fit.)
UNFORTUNATE—calamitous, ill-fated, unlucky, wretched, unhappy,
miserable. (Fortunate.)
UNGAINLY—clumsy, awkward, lumbering, uncouth. (Pretty.)
UNHAPPY—miserable, wretched, distressed, painful, afflicted,
disastrous, drear, dismal. (Happy.)
UNIFORM—regular, symmetrical, equal, even, alike, unvaried.
(Irregular.)
UNINTERRUPTED—continuous, perpetual, unceasing, incessant,
endless. (Intermittent.)
UNION—junction, combination, alliance, confederacy, league,
coalition, agreement. (Disunion.)
UNIQUE—unequal, uncommon, rare, choice, matchless. (Common,
ordinary.)
UNITE—join, conjoin, combine, concert, add, attach. (Separate,
disrupt, sunder.)
UNIVERSAL—general, all, entire, total, catholic. (Sectional.)
UNLIMITED—absolute, undefined, boundless, infinite. (Limited.)
UNREASONABLE—foolish, silly, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous.
UNRIVALED—unequaled, unique, unexampled, incomparable, matchless.
(Mediocre.)
UNRULY—ungovernable, unmanageable, refractory. (Tractable,
docile.)
UNUSUAL—rare, unwonted, singular, uncommon, remarkable, strange.
(Common.)
UPHOLD—maintain, defend, sustain, support, vindicate. (Desert,
abandon.)
UPRIGHT—vertical, perpendicular, erect, just, equitable, fair,
pure, honorable. (Prone.)
UPRIGHTNESS—honesty, integrity, fairness, goodness, probity,
virtue, honor. (Dishonesty.)
URGE—incite, impel, push, drive, instigate, stimulate, press,
induce, solicit.
URGENT—pressing, imperative, immediate, serious, wanted.
(Unimportant.)
USAGE—custom, fashion, practice, prescription.
USE, _n._—usage, practice, habit, custom, avail, advantage,
utility, benefit, application. (Disuse.)
USUAL—ordinary, common, accustomed, habitual, wonted, customary,
general. (Unusual.)
UTMOST—farthest, remotest, uttermost, greatest.
UTTER, _a._—extreme, excessive, sheer, mere, pure.
UTTER, _v._—speak, articulate, pronounce, express.
UTTERLY—totally, completely, wholly, altogether.
VACANT—empty, unfilled, unoccupied, thoughtless, unthinking.
(Occupied.)
VAGRANT, _n._—wanderer, beggar, tramp, rogue.
VAGUE—unsettled, undetermined, pointless, uncertain, indefinite.
(Definite.)
VAIN—useless, fruitless, empty, worthless, inflated, proud,
conceited, unreal. (Effectual, humble.)
VALIANT—brave, bold, valorous, courageous, gallant. (Cowardly.)
VALID—weighty, strong, powerful, sound, binding, efficient.
(Invalid.)
VALOR—courage, gallantry, boldness, bravery, heroism. (Cowardice.)
VALUE, _v._—appraise, assess, reckon, appreciate, estimate,
prize, esteem, treasure. (Despise.)
VARIABLE—changeable, unsteady, inconstant, shifting, wavering,
fickle, restless. (Constant.)
VARIETY—difference, diversity, change, diversification, mixture,
medley, miscellany. (Sameness, monotony.)
VAST—spacious, boundless, mighty, enormous, immense, colossal,
gigantic, prodigious. (Confined.)
VAUNT—boast, brag, puff, hawk, advertise, parade.
VENERABLE—grave, sage, wise, old, reverend.
VENIAL—pardonable, excusable, justifiable. (Serious, grave.)
VENOM—poison, virus, spite, malice, malignity.
VENTURE, _n._—speculation, chance, peril, stake.
VERACITY—truth, truthfulness, credibility, accuracy. (Falsehood.)
VERBAL—oral, spoken, literal, parole, unwritten.
VERDICT—judgment, finding, decision, answer.
VEXATION—chagrin, mortification. (Pleasure.)
VIBRATE—oscillate, swing, sway, wave, thrill.
VICE—vileness, corruption, depravity, pollution, immorality,
wickedness, guilt, iniquity. (Virtue.)
VICIOUS—corrupt, depraved, debased, bad, unruly, contrary,
demoralized, profligate, faulty. (Gentle, virtuous.)
VICTIM—sacrifice, food, prey, sufferer, dupe, gull.
VICTUALS—viands, bread, meat, provisions, fare, food, repast.
VIOLENT—boisterous, furious, impetuous, vehement. (Gentle.)
VIRTUOUS—upright, honest, moral. (Profligate.)
VISION—apparition, ghost, phantom, specter.
VOLUPTUARY—epicure, sensualist.
VOUCH—affirm, asserverate, assure, aver.
WAIT—await, expect, look for, wait for.
WAKEFUL—vigilant, watchful. (Sleepy.)
WANDER—range, ramble, roam, rove, stroll.
WANT—lack, need. (Abundance.)
WARY—circumspect, cautious. (Foolhardy.)
WASH—clean, rinse, wet, moisten, stain, tint.
WASTE, _v._—squander, dissipate, lavish, destroy, decay, dwindle,
wither.
WAY—method, plan, system, means, manner, mode, form, fashion,
course, process, road, route, track, path, habit, practice.
WEAKEN—debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, invalidate. (Strengthen.)
WEARY—harass, jade, tire, fatigue. (Refresh.)
WEIGHT—gravity, heaviness, burden, load. (Lightness.)
WELL-BEING—happiness, prosperity, welfare.
WHOLE—entire, complete, total, integral. (Part.)
WICKED—iniquitous, nefarious. (Virtuous.)
WILL—wish, desire.
WILLINGLY—spontaneously, voluntarily. (Unwillingly.)
WIN—get, obtain, gain, procure, effect, realize, accomplish,
achieve. (Lose.)
WINNING—attractive, charming, fascinating, bewitching,
enchanting, dazzling. (Repulsive.)
WISDOM—prudence, foresight, far-sightedness, sagacity.
(Foolishness.)
WONDER, _v._—admire, amaze, astonish, surprise.
WONDER, _n._—marvel, miracle, prodigy.
WRONG—injustice, injury. (Right.)
YAWN—gape, open wide.
YEARN—hanker after, long for, desire, crave.
YELL—bellow, cry out, scream.
YELLOW—golden, saffron-like.
YELP—bark, sharp cry, howl.
YET—besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still,
ultimately, at last, so far, thus far.
YIELD—bear, give, afford, impart, communicate, confer, bestow,
abdicate, resign, cede, surrender.
YIELDING—supple, pliant, bending, compliant, submissive,
unresisting. (Obstinate.)
YOKE, _v._—couple, link, connect.
YORE—long ago, long since.
YOUTH—boy, lad, minority, adolescence.
YOUTHFUL—juvenile, puerile. (Old.)
ZEAL—energy, fervor, ardor, earnestness, enthusiasm, eagerness.
(Indifference.)
ZEALOUS—warm, ardent, fervent, enthusiastic, anxious.
(Indifferent, careless.)
ZEST—relish, gusto, flavor. (Disgust.)
NOMS DE PLUME OF AUTHORS
ASSUMED NAME REAL NAME
A Country Parson Archbishop Whately
Agate Whitelaw Reid
A. K. H. B. Rev. A. K. H. Boyd
A. L. O. E. Miss Charlotte Tucker
Alfred Crowquill A. H. Forrester
Americus Dr. Francis Lieber
Amy Lothrop Miss Anna B. Warner
American Girl Abroad Miss Trafton
Artemus Ward Charles F. Browne
Asa Trenchard Henry Watterson
Aunt Kitty Maria J. Macintosh
Aunt Mary Mary A. Lathbury
Barnacle A. C. Barnes
Barry Cornwall Bryan Waller Proctor
Benauly Benjamin, Austin, and Lyman Abbott
Besieged Resident Henry Labouchere
Bibliophile Samuel Austin Allibone
Bill Arp Charles H. Smith
Blythe White, Jr. Solon Robinson
Bookworm Thomas F. Donnelly
Boston Bard Robert S. Coffin
Boz Charles Dickens
Brick Pomeroy Mark M. Pomeroy
Burleigh Rev. Matthew Hale Smith
Burlington Robert Saunders
Carl Benson Charles A. Bristed
Chartist Parson Rev. Charles Kingsley
Chinese Philosopher Oliver Goldsmith
Christopher Crowfield Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Chrystal Croftangry Sir Walter Scott
Claribel Mrs. Caroline Barnard
Country Parson A. K. H. Boyd
Cousin Alice Mrs. Alice B. Haven
Cousin Kate Catherine D. Bell
Currer Bell Charlotte Bronte (Mrs. Nichols)
Danbury Newsman J. M. Bailey
Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving
Dolores Miss Dickson
Dow, Jr. Elbridge G. Page
Dr. Syntax William Combe
Dunn Browne Rev. Samuel Fiske
E. D. E. N. Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Edmund Kirke James Roberts Gilmore
Eleanor Kirke Mrs. Nolly Ames
Elia Charles Lamb
Eli Perkins Matthew D. Landon
Elizabeth Wetherell Susan Warner
Ella Rodman Mrs. Eliza Rodman
Ellis Bell Emily J. Bronte
English Opium-Eater Thomas DeQuincy
Ettrick Shepherd James Hogg
Eugene Pomeroy Thomas F. Donnelly
Falconbridge Jonathan F. Kelly
Fanny Fern Wife of James Parton and sister of
N. P. Willis
Fanny Fielding Mary J. S. Upsher
Fanny Forester Emily C. Judson
Fat Contributor A. M. Griswold
Father Prout Francis Mahoney
Florence Percy Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen
Frank Forrester Henry W. Herbert
Gail Hamilton Miss Mary Abigail Dodge of Hamilton
Gath, also Laertes George Alfred Townsend
Geoffrey Crayon Washington Irving
George Eliot Mrs. Marian Lewes Cross
George Fitz Boodle William M. Thackeray
George Forest Rev. J. G. Wood
George Sand Mme. Amantine Lucille Aurore Dudevant
Grace Greenwood Mrs. Sara J. Lippincott
Grace Wharton A. T. Thompson
Hans Breitmann Charles Godfrey Leland
Hans Yokel A. Oakey Hall
Harriet Myrtle Mrs. Lydia F. F. Miller
Harry Hazell Justin Jones
Harry Lorrequer Charles Lever
Hesba Stretton Miss Hannah Smith
Hibernicus De Witt Clinton
Historicus Wm. G. Vernon Harcourt
Hosea Bigelow James Russell Lowell
Howadji George William Curtis
Howard Mordecai Manuel Noah
Howard Glyndon Laura C. Redden
Hyperion Josiah Quincy
Ianthe Emma C. Embury
Ik Marvel Donald G. Mitchell
Irenæus Rev. S. Irenæus Prime, D.D.
Isabel William Gilmore Simms
Janus Dr. Dollinger
Jaques J. Hain Friswell
Jay Charlton J. C. Goldsmith
Jedediah Cleishbotham Sir Walter Scott
Jennie June Mrs. Jennie C. Croly
John Chalkhill Izaak Walton
John Darby J. C. Garretson
John Paul C. H. Webb
John Phœnix, Gentleman George H. Derby
Josh Billings Henry W. Shaw
Joshua Coffin H. W. Longfellow
Kate Campbell Jane Elizabeth Lincoln
Kirwan Rev. Nicholas Murray
K. N. Pepper James M. Morris
Laicus Rev. Lyman Abbott
Launcelot Wagstaffe, Jr. Charles Mackay
Lemuel Gulliver Jonathan Swift
Louise Muhlbach Clara Mundt
Major Jack Downing Seba Smith
Marion Harland Mary V. Terhune
Mark Twain Samuel L. Clemens
Max Adler Charles H. Clark
Minnie Myrtle Miss Anna C. Johnson
Mintwood Miss Mary A. E. Wager
M. Quad Charles B. Lewis
Mrs. Partington B. P. Shillaber
M. T. Jug Joseph Howard
Ned Buntline Edward Z. C. Judson
Nym Crinkle A. C. Wheeler
Old Bachelor George William Curtis
Old Cabinet R. Watson Gilder
Old Humphrey George Mogridge
Old’Un Francis Alexander Durivage
Oliver Optic William Taylor Adams
Olivia Emily Edson Grigg
Ollapod Willis G. Clark
Orpheus C. Kerr Robert H. Newell
Ouida Louisa De La Ramé
Owen Meredith Lord Lytton
Parson Brownlow Wm. Gunnaway Brownlow
Patty Lee Alice Cary
Paul Creyton J. T. Trowbridge
Pen Holder Rev. Edward Eggleston
Pequot Charles W. March
Perdita Mrs. Mary Robinson
Perley Benj. Perley Poore
Peter Parley S. G. Goodrich
Peter Pindar Dr. John Wolcot
Petroleum V. Nasby D. R. Locke
Phœnix Sir Henry Martin
Poor Richard Benjamin Franklin
Porte Crayon David H. Strother
Private Miles O’Reilly Charles G. Halpine
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Runnymede Lord Beaconsfield
Rustic Bard Robert Dinsmore
Sam Slick Thomas C. Halliburton
Saxe Holm Miss Rush Ellis
Shirley Dare Mrs. Susan D. Waters
Sophie May Mrs. Eckerson
Sophie Sparkle Jennie E. Hicks
Sparrowgrass F. S. Cozzens
Straws, Jr. Kate Field
Susan Coolidge Miss Woolsey
Teufelsdrœckh Thomas Carlyle
Teutha William Jerdan
The Black Dwarf Thomas J. Wooler
The Celt Thomas Davis
The Druid Henry H. Dixon
The Governor Henry Morford
The Traveller Isaac Stary
Theodore Taylor J. C. Hotten
Thomas Ingoldsby Rev. R. H. Barham
Thomas Little Thomas Moore
Thomas Rowley Thomas Chatterton
Timon Fieldmouse William B. Rands
Timothy Tickler Robert Syme
Timothy Titcomb Dr. J. G. Holland
Tom Brown Thomas Hughes
Tom Folio Joseph E. Babson
Tom Hawkins Theodore W. A. Buckley
Trinculo John A. Cockerill
Tristram Merton Thomas B. Macaulay
Two Brothers A. and C. Tennyson
Ubique Parker Gilmore
Una Mary A. Ford
Uncle Hardy William Senior
Uncle John Elisha Noyce
Uncle Philip Rev. Dr. F. L. Hawks
Uncle Toby Rev. Tobias H. Miller
Veteran Observer E. D. Mansfield
Vigilant John Corlett
Vivian George H. Lewes
Vivian Joyeux W. M. Praed
Walter Maynard William Beale
Warhawk William Palmer
Warrington W. P. Robinson
Warwick F. O. Otterson
Waters William H. Russell
What’s His Name E. C. Massey
Wilibald, Alexis William Hæring
Wizard John Corlett
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