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Enlighten, explain, solve, clear up, clarify.

60. Connoisseur

Noun

The old gentleman was a connoisseur of fine wines: expert, judge, authority, mavin, person ofgood taste, cognoscente; epicure, gourmet.

61. Contention

Noun

1 Border raiding led to even more contention: struggle, strife, conflict, combat, altercation, feud,wrangle, rivalry, contest; argument, debate, dispute, disagreement, controversy, dispute,dissension, falling out, opposition, discord.

2 It was his contention that she was lazy: allegation, charge, assertion, claim, position, point.

—Antonyms

1 peace; accord, agreement.

62.Contentious

Contentious (k*n ten"sh*s), adj.

1. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.

2. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues.

3. pertaining to causes between contending parties involved in litigation.

con•ten"tious•ly, adv.

con•ten"tious•ness, n.

63. Contrite

Adjective

His contrite manner made us forgives him: conscience-stricken, sorrowful, regretful, repentant,

rueful, penitent, remorseful, apologetic, chastened, humbled.

—Antonyms

proud, pleased, uncontrite, unrepentant, unapologetic.

64. Conundrum

Noun

No one in the room could find the answer to the conundrum: puzzle, riddle, enigma, mystery,poser, puzzler, paradox, arcanum, brain-teaser, stumper, stopper, Chinese puzzle, rebus,problem.

65. Converge

Verb

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers converge at St. Louis. A lens converges light rays: cometogether, meet, approach; focus, concentrate, bring together.

—Antonyms

Diverge, separate, part, scatter, disperse.

66. Convolution

Noun

The children were fascinated by the convolutions of the snake: coiling, coil, twisting, twist,winding, undulation, contortion; sinuosity, sinuousness, tortuousness; maze, labyrinth.

—Antonyms

Uncoiling, unwinding.

67. Craven

Adjective

Refusing to stand and fight was a craven thing to do: cowardly, dastardly, pusillanimous; timid,timorous, fearful, frightened, scared; Slang yellow, lily-livered, chicken-hearted; mean-spirited,base, low, lowdown.

—Antonyms

Brave, courageous, heroic, fearless, valorous, valiant, dauntless; bold, daring, audacious.

68. Daunt

Verb

Crossing the country in wagons did not daunt the early pioneers: intimidate, dismay, faze,discourage, dishearten, deject, depress, dash, unnerve, subdue, browbeat, cow, abash, menace,threaten; frighten, scare, alarm, affright.

—Antonyms



Embolden, encourage, cheer, animate, enliven.

69. Decorum

Noun

Jennifer always acts with decorum: propriety, politeness; tact, gentility, respectability, dignity,taste; good form.

—Antonyms

Impropriety, inappropriate behavior, bad manners.

70. default

noun

1 If the team doesn't show up, they will lose by default: failure to appear or act.

2 His car was repossessed because of default of the monthly installment: nonpayment; failure topay.

71. Deference

Noun

Out of deference to her age and position, the committee followed her suggestions: consideration,respect, reverence, honor, esteem, regard; obedience, capitulation.

—Antonyms

Disrespect, contempt; defiance, disobedience.

72.delineate

de•lin•e•ate (di lin"e at'), v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.

1. to trace the outline of; represent pictorially.

2. to portray in words; describe with precision.

de•lin"e•a•ble (-* b*l), adj.

de•lin"e•a'tor, n.

73. Denigrate

Verb

He has a mentality that denigrates everything it doesn't understand: defame, malign, slander, teardown, abuse, stigmatize, tra-duce, disparage, run down, besmirch, downgrade, blacken, callnames, calumniate, backbite, smear, vilify, revile, asperse, soil, sully; Slang give a black eye,

drag through the mud, stab in the back, badmouth, dump on.

—Antonyms

Praise, commend, acclaim, exalt, boost.

75. Deride

Verb

They derided the new music: ridicule, mock, scoff, scorn, sneer at.

76. Derivative

Adjective

1 The derivative essay received low marks: derived, unoriginal, borrowed, copied, evolved,imitative, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiarized, rehashed, secondhand.

Noun

2 offshoot, outgrowth, byproduct, derivation, descendant, product, spinoff.

—Antonyms

1 original, archetypal, authentic, genuine, seminal.

77. Desiccate

des•ic•cate (des"i kat'), v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing.

v.t.

1. to dry thoroughly; dry up.

2. to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.

v.i.

3. to become thoroughly dried.

[1565–75; < L d esicc atus dried up, ptp. of d esicc are = d e- + sicc are, der. of siccus dry]

des'ic•ca"tion, n.



85. Disabuse

Verb

Someone ought to disabuse him of those star-struck notions: enlighten about, free from error,clear the mind of, disillusion, disenchant, rid of deception, relieve of, set straight, set right, openthe eyes of, free of a mistaken belief.

86. Discerning

Adjective

The mediator was discerning in his analysis of the problem: perceptive, acute, perspicacious,sharp, astute, penetrating, keen-sighted, sensitive, piercing, discriminating, shrewd, intelligent,wise, judicious, sage, sagacious, clear-sighted, sharp-sighted; showing discernment, quick todiscern, having keen insight.

—Antonyms

Undiscerning, unperceptive, indiscriminate.

87.discordant

dis•cord•ant (dis kôr"dnt), adj.

1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous.

2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.

[1250–1300; ME discordaunt < AF < L]

dis•cord"ant•ly, adv.

88. discredit

verb

1 She discredited his good name with ugly gossip: defame, abuse, dishonor, impair the reputationof, disgrace, vilify, disparage, smirch, smear, debase, degrade, demean, vitiate, tarnish, taint,undermine, slur, sully, stigmatize, drag through the mud.

2 The insurance investigator discredited his false claim: prove false, deny, disallow, disprove,reject; destroy confidence in, shake one's faith in, undermine belief in; dispute, challenge,question.

Antonyms

1 credit, praise, laud.

2 credit, prove, support, accept, verify.

89. discrepancy

noun

There is a great discrepancy between his version of the accident and yours: difference,inconsistency, variance, disagreement, discordance, lack of correspondence, disparity,dissimilarity, divergence, incongruity, gap.

—Antonyms correspondence, accord.

90.Discrete

Adjective

The Liberal Arts College has been reorganized into six discrete departments: separate, distinct,different, detached, disconnected, discontinuous, disjunctive, unattached, independent,unassociated; several, various.

—Antonyms

Merged, combined, interdependent, united, linked, connected.

91.disingenuous

Adjective

Their disingenuous protests irritated us: dishonest, insincere, artful, cunning, designing,duplicitous, false, feigned, guileful, shifty, sly, wily, two-faced, tricky.

—Antonyms

Ingenuous.

92. Disinterested

Adjective

We need a disinterested party to settle the argument: impartial, unbiased, neutral, free from bias,unprejudiced, impersonal, outside, uninvolved, dispassionate, free from self-interest.

—Antonyms



division, divorce, hostility, incongruity, inconsistency, rift, rupture, schism, variance.

101. distend

verb

The children's stomachs were distended by malnutrition: swell, bloat, swell out, expand, bulge,inflate, billow, puff out.

102. distill

verb

1 The liquid distills when heated: evaporate, condense, vaporize.

2 Whiskey is distilled from a fermented mash of grain. Impurities are removed by distilling water: separate by evaporation, produce by vaporization and condensation, purify by distillation; extract,draw out, draw forth.

103. diverge

verb

1 The path diverges right after the pond: separate, deviate, split off, swerve, deflect.

2 Her politics and mine diverge greatly: differ, conflict, disagree, be at odds.

—Antonyms

1 converges, agree, concur.

103. divest

verb

1 He divested himself of his clothing: strip or remove (clothing), disrobe; take off, get out of, peeloff.

2 During the Depression, the family was divested of its home: deprive, dispossess; rid, strip, free.

—Antonyms

1 clothe, dress, cover.

104. document

noun

1 There are many documents containing the king's signature: official paper, record, instrument,legal form.

verb

2 The lawyer gathered evidence to document the charges: support, back up, give weight to,verify, certify, substantiate.

105. dogmatic

adjective

1 She's so dogmatic you can't tell her anything: opinionated, arbitrary, biased, prejudiced;imperious, dictatorial, domineering; stubborn, obstinate.

2 The Nicene Creed is one of the most important dogmatic statements of the Christian faith: doctrinal, expressing dogma.

—Antonyms

1 diffident, vacillating, uncertain; docile, complaisant.

106. dormant

adjective

The geyser has been dormant for five years: inactive, quiescent, idle; sleeping, somnolent;hibernating.

—Antonyms

active, operative, moving, awake.

107. dupe

noun

1 He was the dupe of the racketeers and may go to prison: pawn, patsy, fall guy, cat's paw, Slang sucker.

verb

2 The agency duped her into signing up for $200 worth of lessons: trick, fool, mislead, deceive;humbug, bamboozle, hoodwink.

108. ebullience



noun

Her ebullience could not be denied: enthusiasm, exuberance, animation, buoyancy,

effervescence, effusiveness, elation, excitement, exhilaration, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity,liveliness, high spirits.

—Antonyms

apathy, lifelessness.

109. eclectic

adjective

The disc jockey played an eclectic selection of music: mixed, assorted, catholic, diverse,heterogeneous, multifarious, wide-ranging, varied, general.

110. efficacious

adjective

None of the prescriptions were efficacious: effective, capable, successful, serviceable, effectual,efficient.

—Antonyms

ineffective.

111. effrontery

noun

What effrontery to barge in uninvited!: shamelessness, brazenness, brashness, impertinence,insolence, impudence, presumption, arrogance, audacity, temerity, cheek, nerve, gall, brass,Yiddish chutzpah.

—Antonyms

modesty, reserve, shyness, timidity, bashfulness; respect, diffidence.

112. Elegy

Noun

The poet laureate composed an elegy upon the death of the king: poem of lamentation, lamentfor the dead, melancholy poem, sad poem; requiem, funeral song, song of lamentation,melancholy piece of music.

—Antonyms

Paean, jubilee, hallelujah, anthem.

113. elicit

verb

The mayor's remark elicited a flood of letters: bring forth, draw forth, draw out, call forth, evoke,extract, exact, extort, derive, wrest, fetch, cause, educe, bring to light.

—Antonyms

repress, discourage.

114. Embellish

Verb

He embellished his signature with a series of curlicues: enhance, elaborate, exaggerate,ornament, decorate, adorn, beautify, garnish, gild, color, embroider, dress up, fancy up, set off,Slang gussy up.

—Antonyms

Simplify, strip bare.

115. empirical

adjective

The old sailor had never studied navigation, but he had a good empirical knowledge of it: practical, experiential, pragmatic; experimental, firsthand.

—Antonyms

theoretical, secondhand.

116. emulate

verb

Politicians would do well to emulate Abraham Lincoln: take as a model, follow the example of,pattern oneself after, follow, copy, imitate; try to equal, rival; mimic, ape.

117.endemic

Noun

1. A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certainclass or in people living in a particular location

Adjective



—Antonyms

1 obvious, clear, plain, simple.

2 public, open, exoteric.

126. eulogy

Noun

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is a great eulogy: oration of praise, praise of the dead, encomium,

panegyric; high praise, tribute, homage, hosanna, acclamation, laudation, citation, paean, plaudit.

—Antonyms

condemnation, criticism; vilification, defamation, aspersion, calumny, slander, libel.

127. euphemism

noun

"Maiden lady" is a euphemism for "old maid": mild expression, restrained expression, inoffensiveexpression, delicate term, refined term; prudish phrase, overdelicacy, overrefinement,prudishness.

128. Exacerbate

Verb

Offering your opinion will only exacerbate the situation: aggravate, exaggerate, intensify, inflame,heighten, worsen, magnify, sharpen, deepen, fan the flames, pour oil on the fire, add fuel to theflames, rub salt into the wound, add insult to injury.

—Antonyms

relieve, soothe, comfort, alleviate, assuage, mollify.

129.exculpate

Verb

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate.

130.Exigency

Noun

1 A ship's captain must be able to cope with any exigency: emergency, contingency, crisis,circumstance, predicament, quandary, plight, strait, extremity, difficulty, hardship; Slang pickle,pinch, scrape, fix, jam.

2 We have to cope with the exigencies of daily living: requirements, necessities, demands, needs,constraints, urgencies.

131. extrapolate

ex•trap•o•late (ik strap"* lat'), v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

v.t.

1. to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.

2. to estimate (the value of a statistical variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.

3. Math. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable)to values outside the known range.

v.i.

4. to perform extrapolation.

[1825–35; EXTRA- + (INTER)POLATE]

ex•trap'o•la"tion, n.

ex•trap"o•la'tive, adj.

ex•trap"o•la'tor, n.

132. facetious

adjective

He kept us laughing with his facetious remarks: humorous, funny, amusing, jocular, joking, jovial, jesting, witty, clever, jocose, droll, comic, comical, playful, wisecracking.

—Antonyms

solemn, serious, sober, lugubrious, grave, sedate, staid, sad, dull.

133. facilitate

verb



1. a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convexside.

2. an act of gouging.

3. a hole made by gouging.

4. an act of extortion; swindle.

5. a. a layer of decomposed rocks or minerals found along the walls of a vein.

b. fragments of rock that have accumulated between or along the walls of a fault.

v.t.

6. to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge.

7. to dig or force out with or as if with a gouge (often fol. by out ).

8. to make a gouge in: to gouge one's leg.

9. to extort from or overcharge.

v.i.

10. to engage in extortion or swindling.

[1300–50; < MF < LL gu(l)bia, perh. < Celtic; cf. OIr gulba sting, Welsh gylf beak, Cornish gilb borer]

goug"er, n.

150. Grandiloquent

Adjective

The grandiloquent speech went on for over an hour: high-flown, high-sounding, flowery, florid,grandiose, pompous, pretentious, bombastic, inflated, turgid, swollen, stilted; magniloquent, lofty,rhetorical; Slang highfalutin.

—Antonyms

Simple, direct, unaffected, plain-spoken, matter-of-fact, low-keyed; base, lowly.

151. gregarious

adjective

A gregarious person loves parties: sociable, social, genial, outgoing, convivial, extroverted,companionable, affable, friendly; vivacious, lively, talkative.

—Antonyms

unsociable, solitary, reclusive, introverted, retiring, shy.

152. guileless

adjective

The child gave a guileless answer to the question: straightforward, candid, frank, open, natural,honest, sincere, truthful, aboveboard; artless, undesigning; ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated,innocent, simple, unaffected, unselfconscious; harmless, innocuous, unoffending.

—Antonyms

sly, cunning, deceitful, crafty, tricky, deceptive, artful; treacherous, fraudulent

153. Gullible

Adjective

The youth was so gullible he bought the Brooklyn Bridge from a con man!: easily fooled, easilydeceived, easily cheated, easily duped; overtrusting, unsuspicious, credulous, trusting, trustful;naive, innocent, unsophisticated, inexperienced, green, simple.

—Antonyms

Cynical, suspicious, untrusting, hard to convince; sophisticated, worldly.

154. harangue

ha•rangue (h* rang"), n., v., -rangued, -rangu•ing.

n.

1. a scolding or a verbal attack; diatribe.

2. a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering.

3. any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizingdiscourse.

v.t.

4. to address in a harangue.



v.i.

5. to deliver a harangue.

[1530–40; < MF < It ar(r)inga speech, oration, n. der. of ar(r)ingare to speak in public, v. der. ofaringo public square < Go *hriggs RING

1]

syn

See SPEECH.

155. homogeneous

adjective

It was a homogeneous crowd of teenage girls, all wearing jeans and sweaters: of the same kind,all alike, of a piece; uniform, unmixed, unvarying, unadulterated; consistent, constant, pure; akin,kindred, similar, identical.

—Antonyms

heterogeneous, mixed, varied, varying, variegated, different, diverse, divers, various, divergent.

156. hyperbole

noun

"She's as big as a house" is an example of hyperbole: overstatement, exaggeration, enlargement,magnification, extravagant statement, figurative statement, stretch of the imagination; figure ofspeech, metaphor.

—Antonyms

Understatement.

157. iconoclast

noun

He's an iconoclast who will have nothing to do with organized religion: dissenter, rebel,nonconformist, upstart, radical, revolutionary.

—Antonyms

conformist, assenter.

158. idolatry

noun

1 Idolatry was commonplace in many early pagan religions: worship of an object, image-worship,reverence of idols, idolization.

2 Only a millionaire could satisfy that woman's idolatry of jewels: inordinate love, worship,adoration, obsession, preoccupation, excessive fondness, passion, devotion, veneration, single-minded attention, infatuation, senseless attachment, madness, mania.

159.immutable

Adjective

Platinum is one of the most immutable of metals: unchanging, unchangeable, changeless,unvarying, unaltered, unalterable, incontrovertible, unmodifiable, intransmutable; permanent,lasting, enduring, stable; firm, fixed, solid, constant, inflexible.

—Antonyms

Changeable, unstable, alterable, flexible, variable.

.160. impair

verb

The water shortage impaired the city's fire-fighting capacity: hinder, damage, mar, hurt, vitiate,harm, cripple, subvert, injure, lessen, weaken, enfeeble, decrease, undercut, detract from,reduce; enervate, debilitate, worsen.

—Antonyms

improve, amend; repair; better, ameliorate, enhance, facilitate, increase.

161. impassive

adjective

The moderator maintained an impassive manner throughout the furious debate: emotionless,unemotional, unmoved, imperturbable, dispassionate, aloof, stoical, untouched, stony, calm, cool,sedate, reserved, unperturbed, unimpressible, inscrutable, impervious, stolid, apathetic,phlegmatic, unimpressionable, insensible, indifferent.



—Antonyms

responsive, emotional, passionate, excited, perturbed.

162. impede

verb

A lumber shortage impeded construction on the house: delay, slow down, block, interfere with,interrupt, check, retard, obstruct, hinder, thwart, frustrate, inhibit, arrest, sidetrack, stall, stymie,deter, hamper, hold back, halter, disrupt.

—Antonyms

assist, promote, advance, further, forward; help, aid.

163. impermeable

im•per•me•a•ble (im pûr"me * b*l), adj.

1. not permeable; impassable.

2. (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) not permitting the passage of a fluid.

[1690–1700; < LL]

im•per'me•a•bil"i•ty, im•per"me•a•ble•ness, n.

im•per"me•a•bly, adv.

164. imperturbable

adjective

The usually imperturbable man showed signs of fear: unexcitable, calm, collected, cool, serene,undisturbed, unruffled, dispassionate, unflustered, levelheaded, sedate, composed;unsusceptible, impervious, impassive, unanxious, unfazable; Slang unflappable.

—Antonyms

perturbable, choleric, touchy.

165. impervious

adjective

1 The firemen wore masks that were impervious to the acrid smoke: impenetrable, impermeable,inaccessible, allowing no passage to, unapproachable; sealed or closed against; invulnerable.

2 The beautiful actress seemed impervious to the usual ravages of age: immune to, protectedagainst; untouched by, unmarked by.

3 The stubborn man seemed impervious to reason: unmoved by, unaffected by, untouched by,invulnerable, closed.

—Antonyms

1 susceptible, vulnerable.

2 open, exposed, susceptible, sensitive, liable, prone.

166. implacable

adjective

It was impossible to negotiate with such an implacable enemy: irreconcilable, unappeasable,inexorable, unamenable, inflexible, intractable, unpacifiable, uncompromising, relentless,unrelenting.

—Antonyms

reconcilable, appeasable, yielding, lenient, relenting, forbearing, indulgent, tolerant, flexible.

167. implicit

adjective

1 Victory was implicit in the early election returns: implied, hinted, suggested, tacitly expressed;inferred, deducible, understood.

2 The crew had implicit faith in the captain's judgment: innate, inherent, unquestioning,

absolute, complete, profound, certain, resolute, unshakable, unreserved, total, unshakable,steadfast, staunch.

168. implode

im•plode (im plod"), v., -plod•ed, -plod•ing.

v.i.

1. to burst inward (opposed to explode ).



—Antonyms

impiety, sacrilege, ungodliness, blasphemy, irreverence; disrespect, disloyalty, infidelity.

241. placate

verb

No one can placate him when he's angry: calm, soothe, pacify, quiet, lull, mollify, assuage,alleviate; appease, propitiate, win over, conciliate.

242.Plasticity.

plas•tic•i•ty (pla stis"i te), n.

1. the quality or state of being plastic.

2. the capability of being molded: the plasticity of clay.

[1775–85]

243. platitude

noun

The speech was dull and full of platitudes: trite remark, stereotyped expression, cliché, banality,commonplace, truism, hackneyed saying, old saw, saw, threadbare phrase, Slang chestnut,bromide, old familiar tune, same old thing.

244. plethora

noun

The potluck supper had a plethora of desserts but no meat dishes: excess, surplus, superfluity,surplusage, surfeit, overabundance, superabundance, glut, overage, redundancy.

—Antonyms

shortage, lack, scarcity, deficiency.

245. plummet

verb

The hawk plummeted toward the earth: plunge, fall, fall headlong, drop straight down, dive,tumble, descend abruptly, nosedive.

—Antonyms

rise, ascend, shoot upward, soar.

246. porous

adjective

Sponges are porous: absorbent, permeable, penetrable, pervious; honeycombed. sievelike,cellular, riddled, lacy; spongy.

247. pragmatic

adjective

The problem requires a pragmatic solution, not theories: down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, practical,utilitarian, hardheaded, sober, businesslike, hard-boiled, sensible, realistic, unidealistic, hard-nosed, materialistic, unsentimental.

—Antonyms

idealistic, theoretical; romantic, dreamy, sentimental.

248. preamble

pre•am•ble (pre"am'b*l, pre am"-), n.

1. an introductory statement; preface.

2. the introductory part of a statute, deed, constitution, or other document, stating the intent ofwhat follows.

3. a preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance.

[1350–1400; ME < ML praeambulum, n. use of neut. of LL praeambulus walking before. SeePRE-, AMBLE]

pre"am'bled, adj.

249. precarious

adjective

1 The situation was precarious politically: vulnerable, uncertain, problematical, ticklish,uncontrolled, critical, insecure, touch-and-go, not to be depended upon, unreliable,undependable, doubtful, dubious, questionable.

2 Free-lance work can be a precarious occupation: hazardous, risky, perilous, unsafe, chancy,unsteady, unstable, shaky; alarming, sinister.

—Antonyms



300. stipulate

verb

Our contract with the decorator stipulates the maximum amount he can charge us: specify, setforth, insist upon, state, designate, indicate, name, cite, make a point of, make provision; promise,pledge, guarantee, insure, grant, provide, allow, assure, agree, warrant.

301. stolid

adjective

He's too stolid to show excitement about anything: impassive, unemotional, apathetic, sluggish,lethargic, phlegmatic, dull, obtuse, lumpish, bovine, dense; insensitive.

—Antonyms

excitable, emotional, passionate, energetic, lively, active, animated, acute.

302. strait (strat), n.

1. Often, straits. (used with a sing. v.) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies ofwater.

2. Often, straits. a position of difficulty, distress, or need.

3. Archaic. a narrow passage or area.

4. ISTHMUS.

adj. Archaic.

5. narrow.

6. confined in area.

7. strict, as in requirements or principles.

303.strut

verb

He strutted into the restaurant as though he owned it: swagger, walk pompously, parade, sail,sashay, peacock, promenade.

—Antonyms

cringe, cower, slink, sneak.

304. subpoena

sub•poe•na or sub•pe•na (s* pe"n*, s*b-), n., pl. -nas, v., -naed, -na•ing. Law.

n.

1. a writ to summon witnesses or evidence before a court.

v.t.

2. to serve with a subpoena

305.subside

verb

1 As the land subsides, the sea advances: settle, sink; drop, cave in, sag, descend.

2 My nervousness subsided when the plane landed. The crowds subsided: diminish, lessen,abate, decrease, wane, moderate, level off, ebb, calm, recede, melt away, let up, ease, shrink,dwindle.

—Antonyms

1,2 rise; increase, swell.

2 grow, heighten, intensify.

306.substantiate

verb

You haven't substantiated your argument at all: verify, corroborate, prove, demonstrate, show tobe true, confirm, authenticate, sustain, support.

—Antonyms

disprove, refute, discredit, undermine, tear to shreds, explode

307.supersede

verb

This new drug will supersede all others in the treatment of the disease: supplant, replace, takethe place of, substitute for, displace, succeed; discard, set aside.

308.supposition

noun

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