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    Largest List of GRE Synonyms

    1. ability capacity, faculty, talent, skill, competence, aptitude

    2. abolish exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, eradicate, obliterate

    3. abstinence self-denial, temperance, sobriety, continence

    4. abstracted absorbed, distraught, absent-minded

    5. abuse misuse, mistreat, ill-treat, maltreat

    6. accidental fortuitous, contingent, incidental, adventitious

    7. accompany conduct, escort, chaperone

    8. acknowledge admit, own, avow, confess, concede

    9. active energetic, dynamic, vigorous, lively

    10. adapt accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, reconcile

    11. admonish reprove, rebuke, reprimand, reproach

    12. adulterate debase, doctor, load, sophisticate

    13. advance forward, foster, further, promote [RETARD]

    14. advantage edge, handicap, odds

    15. adventurous adventuresome, audacious, daredevil, daring, venturesome

    16. advice counsel, recommendation

    17. advise counsel, recommend

    18. affair business, concern, lookout

    19. affect influence, impress, touch, move, strike

    20. affectation pose, air, mannerism

    21. afflict agonize, excruciate, rack, torment, torture

    22. afraid apprehensive, fearful [UNAFRAID]

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    23. ageless eternal, timeless

    24. agitate churn, convulse, rock, shake

    25. agree conform, harmonize, accord, correspond, coincide [DISAGREE]

    26. aim direct, level, point, train

    27. airy diaphanous, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, sheer, transparent, vaporous

    28. alarm alert, tocsin, warning

    29. allocate appropriate, designate, earmark

    30. alone lonely, lonesome, solitary

    31. also too, likewise, besides, moreover, furthermore

    32. amateur dabbler, dilettante, tyro [PROFESSIONAL]

    33. ambiguous equivocal, obscure, recondite, abstruse, vague, cryptic, enigmatic

    34. ambush ambuscade, bushwhack, waylay

    35. amenity comfort, convenience, facility

    36. amiable affable, good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant

    37. amiss afield, astray, awry, wrong

    38. amuse entertain, divert, regale

    39. analyze anatomize, dissect, resolve

    40. ancestor forebear, forefather, progenitor [DESCENDANT]

    41. anger rage, fury, ire, wrath, resentment, indignation

    42. angry furious, indignant, irate, ireful, mad, wrathful

    43. announce advertise, broadcast, declar, proclaim, promulgate, publish

    44. annoy irritate, bother, irk, vex, provoke, aggravate, peeve, rile

    45. answer respond, reply, retort

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    46. anxiety worry, care, concern, solicitude

    47. apology apologetic, apologia, defense, justification

    48. apparent clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, patent, plain

    49. appear emerge, issue, loom, materialize, show

    50. appendage appurtenance, adjunct, accessory, attachment

    51. applaud cheer, root

    52. appoint designate, name, nominate, tap

    53. appreciate value, prize, esteem, treasure, cherish

    54. apprehend comprehend, understand, grasp

    55. apprehension foreboding, presentiment, misgiving

    56. appropriate arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp

    57. approve endorse, sanction, certify, accredit, ratify

    58. arbitrary capricious, whimsical

    59. area region, belt, zone, district, locality

    60. argue quarrel, wrangle, squabble, bicker

    61. argument dispute, controversy

    62. argumentative combative, contentious, disputatious, quarrelsome, scrappy

    63. arrange marshal, order, organize, sort, systematize [DISARRANGE]

    64. art craft, expertise, knack, know-how, technique

    65. artifice trick, ruse, wile, feint, stratagem, maneuver, dodge

    66. artificial synthetic, ersatz, simulated

    67. ask question, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz

    68. assent agree, accede, acquiesce, consent, concur, subscribe

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    69. assert asseverate, declar, affirm, aver, avow

    70. assign allot, apportion, allocate

    71. assistant aide, coadjutant, helper, lieutenant, second

    72. attack bombard, assail, storm, assault, beset

    73. attribute ascribe, impute, credit, assign, refer

    74. authentic bona fide, genuine, real, true, undoubted, unquestionable

    75. authorize accredit, commission, empower, license

    76. average medium, mediocre, fair, middling, indifferent, tolerable

    77. aware cognizant, conscious, sensible, awake, alert, watchful, vigilant

    78. awkward clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche, ungainly

    79. bad evil, wicked

    80. balance equilibrium, equipoise, poise

    81. band company, corps, party, troop, troupe

    82. banish exile, expatriate, deport, transport, extradite

    83. banter chaff, josh, kid, rag, razz, rib

    84. bargain compact, contract, covenant, deal

    85. barrage bombard, pepper, shower

    86. base basis, foundation, ground, groundwork

    87. batter maim, mangle, maul, mutilate

    88. be breathe, exist, live, subsist

    89. bear endure, stand, abide, suffer, tolerate

    90. bearing manner, demeanor, mien, presence

    91. beautiful lovely, pretty, handsome, comely, fair

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    92. beg crave, beseech, implore, entreat, importune

    93. begin commence, start, initiate, inaugurate

    94. beginning birth, dawn, genesis, nascence, rise

    95. behavior conduct, deportment

    96. belief credence, credit, faith

    97. belligerent bellicose, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome

    98. bend crook, curve, round

    99. beneficial profitable, advantageous

    100. benefit capitalize, profit

    101. benevolent charitable, ellemosynary, philanthropic

    102. besiege beleaguer, blockade, invest, siege

    103. bet ante, pot, stake, wager

    104. bias color, jaundice, prejudice, warp

    105. binge fling, jag, orgy, spree

    106. bite champ, gnaw

    107. bitter acerbic, acrid

    108. blackball blacklist, boycott, ostracize [ADMIT]

    109. blackout faint, swoon, syncope

    110. blame fault, guilt

    111. blameworthy blamable, blameful, censurable, culpable, guilty, reprehensible

    112. blast blight, dash, nip, wreck

    113. blaze flame, flare, flash, glare, incandescence, glow

    114. blemish imperfection, fault, defect, flaw

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    115. blink nictitate, twinkle, wink

    116. block hide, obscure, obstruct, screen, shroud

    117. bloody gory, sanguinary, sanguineous

    118. bloom blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, flush, prime

    119. blunder bumble, flounder, lumber, lurch, stumble

    120. boast brag, crow, vaunt

    121. bodily corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic

    122. body corpse, carcass, cadaver

    123. boil simmer, seethe, stew

    124. bombast rant, fustian, claptrap, rodomontade

    125. bonus bounty, subsidy, premium, prize, reward, gratuity

    126. book bespeak, engage, reserve

    127. boor barbarian, churl, lout, vulgarian, yahoo

    128. border margin, edge, verge, brink, rim, brim

    129. boredom ennui, tedium [AMUSEMENT]

    130. boring monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, handrum

    131. botch blow, bungle, fumble, muff

    132. boundary border, frontier, limit

    133. bouquet nosegay, posy

    134. branch arm, fork, offshoot

    135. brave courageous, fearless, intrepid, bold, audacious, valient, valorous, doughty,

    mettlesome, plucky, dauntless, undaunted

    136. brawl broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row, ruction

    137. breach infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement

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    138. break crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, shiver, smash

    139. breeze cinch, pushover, snap, walkaway, walkover

    140. bright brilliant, radiant, lustrous, lambent, lunimous, incandescent, effulgent

    141. broach introduce, moot, raise

    142. broad-minded broad, liberal, open-minded, tolerant

    143. brood dwell, fret, mope, stew, worry

    144. brush flick, glance, graze, shave, skim

    145. brute animal, brutish, brutal, beastly, bestial

    146. building structure, edifice, pile

    147. bulge balloon, belly, jut, overhang, project, protrude

    148. bulwark barricade, breastwork, earthwork, rampart, bation, parapet

    149. burden affliction, cross, trial, tribulation

    150. burdensome onerous, oppressive, arduous, demanding, rigorous, exacting

    151. burn scorch, singe, sear, char, parch

    152. business industry, commerce, trade, traffic

    153. busy industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous

    154. cadge beg, bum, mooch, panhandle

    155. calculate compute, reckon, cipher, figure

    156. call convene, convoke, muster, summon

    157. calm tranquil, placid, serene, halcyon, peaceful

    158. campaign crusade, drive, push

    159. caprice whim, whimsy, vagary, freak

    160. care charge, custody, keeping, supervision, trust

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    161. careful heedful, mindful, observant, watchful

    162. careless heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent

    163. caress cuddle, fondle, pet

    164. caricature burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon

    165. casuistry fallacy, sophistry, spuriousness, speciousness, sophism

    166. catalyst ferment, leaven, leavening, yeast

    167. catch enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap

    168. cause reason, occasions, antecedent

    169. celebrity hero, luminary, name, notable, personage

    170. center focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat

    171. certain inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable

    172. certainty certitude, assurance, conviction

    173. chafe abrade, excoriate, fret, gall

    174. chance random, casual, haphazard, desultory

    175. charge freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse

    176. charm beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance, fascinate

    177. choice altenative, option, preference, selection, election

    178. choose select, elect, pick

    179. chronic confirmed, habitual, inveterate

    180. circle coterie, set, clique

    181. circumference circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery

    182. citizen national, subject

    183. claim pretense, pretension, title

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    184. clean antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless

    185. clear limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent

    186. clever ingenious, shrewd

    187. cliche bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism

    188. close immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate

    189. clothe cloak, drape, mantle, robe

    190. coagulate clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set

    191. coarse gross, indelicate, vulgar, obscene, ribald

    192. cold artic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy

    193. collision concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock

    194. comfort console, solace

    195. comfortable cozy, snug, restful

    196. comment observation, remark

    197. commit consign, entrust, confide, relegate

    198. complex complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty

    199. conceit amour-propre, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity [HUMILITY]

    200. condemn damn, doom, sentence

    201. confer consult, parley, treat

    202. confidence assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession

    203. confirm corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify

    204. conflict contest, combat, fight, affray

    205. confuse addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw

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    206. conjecture surmise, guess, speculate, infer

    207. consider deem, regard, account, reckon

    208. conspiracy plot, machination, collusion, intrigue, cabal

    209. contain hold, accommodate

    210. contaminate befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint

    211. contemporary contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, coincident,

    concomitant

    212. continual continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial,interminable

    213. contract condense, compress, constrict, shrink

    214. contrary balky, perverse, wayward, ornery

    215. convert metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute

    216. cool composed, collected, unruffled, nonchalant, impertubable, detached

    217. correct rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend

    218. corrupt debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate

    219. count import, matter, signify, weigh

    220. couple pair, brace, yoke

    221. crisis crossroad, exigency, head, juncture, pass

    222. critical captious, censorious, faultfinding [UNCRITICAL]

    223. criticize blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce

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    224. crowd crush, flock, horde, mob, press, throng

    225. crude native, raw

    226. cruel fierce, ferocious, barbarous, inhuman, savage, vicious

    227. crush mash, pulp, smash, squash

    228. cry weep, wail, keen, whimper, sob, blubber

    229. cure heal, remedy

    230. curious inquisitive, snoopy, nosy

    231. dark dim, murky, dusky, obscure, opaque, shady, shadowy

    232. daze bemuse, benumb, stun, stupefy

    233. dead deceased, departed, extinct, lifeless, inanimate

    234. decay rot, putrefy, spoil, crumble, molder, disintegrate, decompose

    235. deceive betray, mislead, beguile, delude, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, double-cross

    236. decide determine, settle, rule, conclude, resolve

    237. decision conclusion, determination

    238. decisive conclusive, crucial, definitive, determinative

    239. decrease lessen, reduce, dwindle, abate, diminish, subside

    240. decry disparage, depreciate, derogate, belittle, minimize, downgrade

    241. deep abysmal, profound [SHALLOW]

    242. defeat conquer, vanquish, beat, rout, subdue, subjugate, overcome

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    243. defend protect, guard, preserve, shield, safeguard

    244. defer postpone, shelve, stay, suspend

    245. defy beard, brave, challenge, dare, face, front

    246. degrade abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate

    247. delay slow, retard, detain

    248. delicate choice, dainty, elegant, exquisite, fine

    249. delicious ambrosial, delectable, luscious, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy

    250. demand claim, exact, require

    251. demote break, bust, degrade, downgrade, reduce

    252. deny contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, negative, traverse

    253. dependent conditional, contingent, relative, subject

    254. deplete drain, exhaust, impoverish, enervate

    255. depressed blue, dejected, dispirited, downcast, downhearted

    256. describe narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

    257. desire covet, crave, want, wish

    258. despair hopelessness, desperation, despondency, discouragement

    259. despise contemn, disdain, scorn, scout

    260. despondent despairing, forlorn, hopeless [HOPEFUL]

    261. detailed circumstantial, minute, particular

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    262. development evolution, progress

    263. deviation aberration, divergence

    264. devote dedicate, consecrate, pledge

    265. dexterous deft, adroit, handy, nimble

    266. dialect vernacular, jargon, cant, argot, lingo, patois

    267. dictate decree, impose, ordain, prescribe

    268. dictatorial authoritarian, dogmatic, doctrinaire, imperious, overbearing

    269. diction wording, vocabulary, phraseology, phrasing

    270. differ disagree, vary

    271. difference dissimilarity, unlikeness, divergence, variation, distinction, discrepancy

    272. difficulty hardship, rigor, vicissitude

    273. dip douse, duck, drunk, imerse, souse, submerge

    274. dirty filthy, foul, nasty, squalid, grimy

    275. disadvantage detriment, drawback, handicap [ADVANTAGE]

    276. disappear evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish

    277. disaster calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm

    278. discord strife, contention, dissention, conflict, clash, variance

    279. discourage dishearten, dispirit [ENCOURAGE]

    280. discover ascertain, determine, learn

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    281. discuss argue, debate, dispute, contend

    282. disgrace dishonor, shame, infamy, ignomity, odium, obloquy, opprobrium, disrepute,

    discredit

    283. disguise camouflage, cloak, dissemble, dissimulate, mask

    284. disgust nauseate, repel, revolt, sicken

    285. dishonest lying, untruthful, deceitful, mendacious

    286. dismay appall, daunt, horrify, shake

    287. dismiss boot, bounce, can, cashier, discharge, drop, fire, sack

    288. display array, panoply, parade, pomp

    289. disposition temperament, character, personality, nature

    290. dissuade deter, discourage [PERSUADE]

    291. distant far, far-off, faraway, remote, removed

    292. distinct discrete, separate, several

    293. distort twist, deform, contort, warp

    294. distribute divide, dispense, dole, deal, ration

    295. doctrine dogma, tenet

    296. dominant predominant, preponderant, paramount, preeminent

    297. doubtful dubious, questionable

    298. dramatic histrionic, melodramatic, stagy, theatrical

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    299. dry dehydrate, desiccate, parch [MOISTEN]

    300. dull colorless, drab, humdrum, lackluster, pedestrian, stodgy, uninspired

    301. dumb inarticulate, mute, speechless302. eager avid, keen, agog

    303. earn deserve, merit, rate, win

    304. easy simple, facile, effortless, smooth, light

    305. eat consume, devour, ingest

    306. eccentricity idiosyncracy, quirk

    307. echo reecho, reflect, resound, reverberate

    308. ecstasy rapture, transport, exaltation

    309. effect consequence, result, outcome, upshot, sequel

    310. effective effectual, efficacious, efficient

    311. effort exertion, endeavor, application, pains, trouble

    312. eject expel, evict, dismiss, oust

    313. elaborate complicated, intricate [SIMPLE]

    314. elderly old, aged, venerable, superannuated

    315. elegance grace, polish, urbanity

    316. element component, constituent, factor, ingredient

    317. elevation altitude, height

    318. eliminate eradicate, liquidate, purge

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    319. embarrass abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, faze, rattle

    320. emphasis accent, stress

    321. empty vacant, blank, void, vacuous, bare, barren

    322. enclose cape, coop, fence, hem, pen, wall

    323. encomium eulogy, panegyric, tribute, citation

    324. encourage animate, cheer, embolden, hearten, inspirit

    325. endanger hazard, imperil, jeopardize, risk

    326. enforce implement, invoke

    327. engagement appointment, assignation, date, rendezvous, tryst

    328. enmity hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus

    329. enormous immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous,

    gargantuan, vast

    330. enrapture entrance, ravish, thrill, transport

    331. envy begrudge, covet

    332. equanimity composure, sang-froid, serenity

    333. equipment apparatus, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle

    334. erase expunge, efface, delete, cancel

    335. error mistake, oversight

    336. escape avoid, shun, eschew, evade, elude

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    337. estimate appraise, assess, assay, evaluate, rate

    338. estrange alienate, disaffect

    339. etiquette propriety, protocol, decomrum

    340. evoke educe, elicit

    341. exaggerate inflate, magnify, overstate

    342. example instance, case, illustration, sample, specimen

    343. excel surpass, exceed, transcend, outdo, outstrip

    344. excessive exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, extreme, unreasonable

    345. existence actuality, being [NONEXISTENCE]

    346. expect anticipate, hope, await

    347. experience suffer, sustain, taste, undergo

    348. explain elucidate, expound, explicate, interpret, construe

    349. explicit categorical, definite, express, specific

    350. expressive eloquent, meaningful, significant

    351. extemporaneous extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, unrehearsed,

    unpremeditated, ad-lib

    352. extricate disengage, disentangle, untangle

    353. extrinsic extraneous, foreign, alien

    354. face countenance, kisser, mug, pan, physiognomy, puss, visage

    355. fair just, equitable, impartial, unprejudiced, unbiased, objective, dispassionate

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    356. faithful loyal, true, constant, fast, steadfast, staunch

    357. faithless unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, recreant

    358. familiar close, intimate, confidential, chummy

    359. fanatic zealot, enthusiast

    360. fantastic bizarre, grotesque, fanciful, exotic

    361. fashion style, mode, vogue

    362. fashionable chic, dashing, in, modish, posh, sharp, smart, stylish, swank, trendy

    363. fast rapid, swift, fleet, speedy, quick, hasty, expeditious

    364. fasten anchor, fix, moor, secure [UNFASTEN]

    365. fat obese, corpulent, fleshy, portly, stout, pudgy, rotund, plump, chubby

    366. fatal deadly, mortal, lethal

    367. fate destiny, kismet, lot, portion

    368. fault failing, weakness, frailty, foible, vice

    369. favorable propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive

    370. fawn apple-polish, bootlick, kowtow, slaver, toady, truckle

    371. fear fright, dread, terror, horror, panic, alarm, dismay, consternation, trepidation

    372. feat achievement, exploit, masterstroke

    373. feeling emotion, passion, sentiment

    374. feminine female, womanly, womanish, effeminate, ladylike

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    375. fertile fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific [INFERTILE]

    376. fidelity allegiance, fealty, loyalty

    377. field bailiwick, domain, province, realm, sphere, territory

    378. figure design, device, motif, pattern

    379. financial pecuniary, fiscal, monetary

    380. firm hard, solid

    381. fit suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, apt, fitting, happy, felicitous

    382. flagrant glaring, gross, egregious, rank

    383. flash gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, shimmer, glimmer, twinkle, scintillate

    384. flexible elastic, resilient, springy, supple

    385. flirt dally, play, toy, trifle

    386. flock flight, herd, drove, pack, gang, gaggle, bevy, brood

    387. flourish brandish, wave

    388. flow current, flood, flux, rush, stream, tide

    389. flutter flicker, flit, flitter, hover

    390. follow succeed, ensue, result, supervene

    391. foolish silly, fatuous, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous

    392. forbid ban, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe

    393. force compel, coerce, constrain, oblige, obligate

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    394. foreign alien, exotic, strange

    395. foretell augur, divine, prophesy, vaticinate

    396. forgetful unmindful, oblivious

    397. forgive pardon, excuse, condone

    398. form figure, shape, configuration, contour, profile

    399. forte metier, specialty, thing

    400. found create, establish, institute, organize401. fragile breakable, frangible, delicate, brittle

    402. fragrance aroma, bouquet, perfume, redolence, scent

    403. frank candid, outspoken, straightforward, open

    404. freedom liberty, license

    405. frighten scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, panic

    406. frown glower, lower, scowl

    407. frustrate thwart, foil, balk

    408. full complete, plenary, replete

    409. function duty, office, role

    410. furnish equip, outfit, appoint, accouter

    411. futile barren, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, useless, vain

    412. gather collect, assemble, congregate, accumulate, amass

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    413. gaudy flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry

    414. gaze stare, gape, glare, peer, ogle

    415. general common, generic, universal [PARTICULAR]

    416. gesture gesticulation, sign, signal

    417. ghastly grim, gruesome, grisly, macabre, lurid

    418. giddy dizzy, vertiginous

    419. glad happy, cheerful, lighthearted, joyful, joyous

    420. glib slick, smooth-tongued

    421. glum gloomy, morose, crabbed, dour, saturnine, sullen, surly, sulky

    422. gossip blab, tattle

    423. gracious cordial, genial, sociable [UNGRACIOUS]

    424. grand magnificient, imposing, stately, majestic, august, grandiose

    425. grant vouchsafe, concede, accord, award

    426. graphic lifelike, realistic, vivid

    427. grieve lament, mourn, sorrow

    428. gruff brusque, blunt, bluff, curt, crusty

    429. guide lead, pilot, sheperd, steer, usher

    430. habit practice, custom, usage, use, wont, habitude

    431. haggard wasted, worn, careworn

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    432. hamper fetter, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, manacle, shackle, trammel

    433. handle manipulate, wield, ply

    434. happen befall, betide, chance, occur

    435. happy fortunate, lucky, providential

    436. harass harry, hound, badger, pester, plague, bait

    437. hard difficult, arduous

    438. harden acclimate, acclimatize, season, toughen

    439. haste celerity, dispatch, expedition, hurry, speed [DELIBERATION]

    440. hateful detestable, odious, obnoxious, offensive, repellent

    441. healthy sound, wholesome, hale, robust, well, hardy, vigorous

    442. heap bank, mound, pile, stack

    443. heavy weighty, hefty, massive, ponderous, cumbersome

    444. help aid, assist, succor

    445. heritage inheritance, legacy, tradition

    446. hesitate vacillate, waver, falter

    447. hide conceal, secrete, cache, screen, bury, cloak

    448. high tall, lofty, towering, elevated

    449. hinder hamper, impede, obstruct, block, dam, bar

    450. hole hollow, cavity, pocket

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    451. honesty honor, integrity, probity, rectitude

    452. honor homage, reverence, veneration, deference

    453. humane compassionate, humanitarian, merciful [INHUMANE]

    454. idea thought, notion, concept, conception

    455. ideal model, example, exemplar, standard, pattern

    456. ignorant uneducated, untaught, unlearned, untutored, unlettered, illiterate

    457. imagination fancy, fantasy

    458. imitate copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate

    459. immaterial incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, spiritual [MATERIAL]

    460. impact repercussion impetuous heedless, hasty, headlong, precipitate, sudden

    461. importance consequence, moment, significance, import, weight

    462. impostor quack, faker, humbug, mountebank, charlatan

    463. impression impress, imprint, print, stamp

    464. improper unbecoming, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous

    465. improve better, help, ameliorate

    466. inactive idle, inert, passive, dormant, torpid, supine

    467. incalculable countless, immeasurable, incomputable, infinite, innumerable, measureless

    468. incisive trenchant, biting, cutting, crisp, clear-cut

    469. incite instigate, foment, abet

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    470. incline bias, dispose, predispose [DISINCLINE]

    471. include comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve

    472. inconsistent incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant

    473. increase expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply

    474. indicate argue, attest, bespeak, betoken, testify, witness

    475. indifferent unconcerned, incurious, detached, uninterested

    476. indirect circuitous, roundabout

    477. indispensable essential, necessary, needful, requisite

    478. infinite boundless, eternal, illimitable, sempiternal [FINITE]

    479. inflexible inexorable, adamant, obdurate

    480. injure harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar, spoil

    481. injustice injury, wrong, grievance

    482. innate inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary

    483. inquiry inquest, inquisition, investigation, probe, research

    484. insanity lunacy, madness, mania, dementia

    485. instinctive instinctual, intuitive, visceral

    486. insubordinate rebellious, mutinous, factious, seditious

    487. intelligent bright, brilliant, knowing, quick-witted, smart, intellectual

    488. intense fierce, vehement, violent

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    489. intention intent, purpose, goal, end, aim, object, objective

    490. interfere meddle, tamper

    491. intimidate browbeat, bulldoze, cow, bully, bludgeon

    492. introduce insert, interject, interlard, interpolate, interpose

    493. intrude obtrude irrelevant extraneous, immaterial, impertinent [RELEVANT]

    494. isolate insulate, seclude, segregate, sequester

    495. item detail, particular

    496. jealous covetous, envious

    497. jerk snap, twitch, wrench, yank

    498. join combine, unite, link, connect, relate, associate

    499. joke jest, witticism, quip, sally, crack, wisecrack, gag

    500. jolly jovial, merry, blithe, jocund

    501. judge arbitrator, arbiter, referee, umpire

    502. justify warrant keep retain, withhold, reserve

    503. kind kindly, kindhearted, benign, benevolent

    504. knowledge information, learning, erudition, lore, scholarship

    505. lack want, need

    506. large big, great [SMALL]

    507. last final, terminal, eventual, ultimate

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    508. latent dormant, quiescent

    509. lawyer attorney, counselor, counsel, barrister, solicitor

    510. lazy faineant, idle, indolent, slothful

    511. lean spare, skinny, scrawny, lank, lanky, rawboned, gaunt

    512. learned erudite, scholarly

    513. lethargy lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor

    514. letter epistle, missive, note

    515. level flat, even, plane, smooth, flush

    516. liberal bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, munificent, openhanded

    [STINGY]

    517. lie equivocate, fib, palter, prevaricate

    518. lift raise, rear, elevate, hoist, heave, boost

    519. like love, enjoy, relish, fancy, dote

    520. likeness similarity, similitude, resemblance, analogy, affinity

    521. limit restrict, confine, circumscribe

    522. limp flabby, flaccid, floppy [FIRM]

    523. livelihood living, subsistence, sustenance, maintenance, support, keep

    524. living alive, live, animate, animated, vital

    525. logical analytic, ratiocinative, rational

    526. loose lax, slack [TIGHT]

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    527. loud earsplitting, stentorian, strident [SOFT]

    528. love affection, devotion, fondness, infatuation

    529. lure entice, inveigle, decoy, tempt, seduce

    530. lurk skulk, slink, sneak

    531. makeshift expedient, resort, stopgap

    532. male masculine, manlike, manly, manful, virile, mannish

    533. malign defame, traduce, vilify, asperse, slander, calumniate, libel

    534. malleable ductile, plastic, pliable, pliant

    535. manipulate exploit, maneuver

    536. mark brand, label, tag, ticket

    537. mature age, develope, ripen

    538. meager spare, sparse, skimpy, scanty, scant

    539. mean denote, import, signify

    540. mean low, base, abject, ignoble, sordid

    541. meaning acceptation, import, sense, significance, signification

    542. meaningless senseless, mindless, irrational, pointless, purposeless

    543. melt fuse, liquefy, thaw, deliquesce

    544. memory remembrance, recollection, reminiscence

    545. mercy leniency, lenity, clemency, charity

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    546. method system, routine, manner, mode, fashion, way

    547. meticulous careful, painstaking, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious

    548. mind intellect, intelligence, brain, wit, reason

    549. mirth merriment, jollity, hilarity, glee

    550. miscellaneous heterogeneous, motley, mixed, varied, assorted

    551. misfortune adversity, mishap, mischance

    552. misleading deceptive, delusive, delusory

    553. mix blend, mingle, coalesce, merge, amalgamate, fuse

    554. mixture blend, admixture, compund, composite, amalgam

    555. moderate qualify, temper [INTENSIFY]

    556. moment instant, minute, second, jiffy, flash

    557. monopolize absorb, consume, engross, preoccupy

    558. mood humor, temper

    559. moral ethical, virtuous, righteous

    560. morale esprit, esprit de corps

    561. moving stirring, poignant, touching, pathetic, affecting

    562. multitude host, legion, army

    563. muscular athletic, brawny, burly, sinewy

    564. mysterious esoteric, arcane, occult, inscrutable

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    565. naive simple, ingenuous, unsophisticated, natural, unaffected, guileless, artless

    566. name designation, denomination, title, appellation, cognomen

    567. native indigenous, endemic, autochthonous, aboriginal

    568. nautical marine, maritime, naval

    569. neat tidy, trim, shipshape, spick-and-span, spruce, trig

    570. need necessity, exigency, requisite

    571. negligent derelict, lax, neglectful, remiss, slack

    572. neutralize negate, nullify, counteract

    573. new fresh, novel, newfangled, original

    574. news advice, intelligence, tidings, word

    575. nimble agile, quick, brisk, facile, spry

    576. noise din, racket, uproar, pandemonium, hullabaloo, hubbub, clamor, babel

    577. normal regular, natural, typical

    578. noted celebrated, eminent, famed, famous, illustrious, notable, preeminent, renowned

    579. noticeable observable, marked, conspicuous, prominent, outstanding, salient, remarkable,

    signal, arresting, striking

    580. nuance gradation, shade

    581. nurture cultivate, foster, nurse

    582. obedient biddable, compliant, acquiescent, submissive, docile, amenable, tractable

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    583. object protest, kick, demur, remonstrate, expostulate

    584. obligation responsibility, duty

    585. oblige accommodate, favor [DISOBLIGE]

    586. observe keep, celebrate, commemorate, solemnize

    587. obstacle obstruction, bar, barrier, block, hindrance, impediment, snag

    588. obstinate stubborn, headstrong, stiff-necked, bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish, dogged,

    pertinacious

    589. occurrence happening, event, incident, episode, circumstance

    590. offend insult, affront, outrage

    591. offense crime, sin, error

    592. offensive disgusting, loathsome, nasty, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile

    593. offer proffer, tender, present

    594. old ancient, archaic, antediluvian, obsolete, antique, antiquated

    595. opinion view, sentiment, feeling, belief, conviction, persuasion

    596. opponent adversary, antagonist

    597. opportune seasonable, timely, well-timed [INOPPORTUNE]

    598. opportunity occasion, opening, chance, break

    599. oppose fight, combat, resist, withstand, contest

    600. opposite contrary, antithetical, contradictory

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    601. orderly methodical, systematic

    602. origin inception, source, root

    603. ornate florid, flamboyant, baroque, rococo

    604. outline contour, profile, silhouette

    605. outlive outlast, survive

    606. outrageous flagrant, atrocious, monstrous

    607. overthrow overturn, subvert, topple, upset

    608. pacify mollify, conciliate, appease, placate

    609. pain ache, pang, smart, stitch, throe, twinge

    610. palliate extenuate, gloss, gloze, whitewash

    611. pamper indulge, humor, spoil, coddle, mellycoddle, babe

    612. paragon nonsuch, nonpareil

    613. partner colleague, ally, confederate

    614. passion fervor, fire, zeal, ardor

    615. pathetic pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable

    616. patience long-suffering, resignation, forbearance

    617. pause intermission, recess, respite, suspension

    618. pedantic academic, bookish, donnish, scholastic

    619. penitence compunction, contrition, remorse, repentance

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    620. pensive contemplative, reflective, meditative, thoughtful

    621. perceptible palpable, appreciable, noticeable, discernible

    622. perfect consummate, faultless, flawless, impeccable [IMPERFECT]

    623. perform execute, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill, discharge

    624. period epoch, era, age, term

    625. periodic sporadic, intermittent, occasional, fitful

    626. permission authorization, consent, leave, license [PROHIBITION]

    627. perseverance persistence, tenacity, pertinacity

    628. persuade induce, prevail, convince

    629. phase aspect, facet, angle, side

    630. physique build, constitution

    631. plain modest, simple, unostentatious, unpretentious [ORNATE]

    632. plan blueprint, design, project, scheme, strategy

    633. plausible believable, colorable, credible

    634. playful mischievous, impish, waggish, frolicsome

    635. please delight, gladden, gratify, tickle [DISPLEASE]

    636. pleasure enjoyment, delight, delectation, joy

    637. plentiful abundant, ample, copious, plenteous [SCANT]

    638. poet bard, versifier, rhymer, rhymester, poetaster

    639. poisonous mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, toxic, venomous, virulent

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    640. polite mannerly, civil, courteous, genteel

    641. ponder meditate, deliberate, ruminate, mull, muse

    642. poor indigent, needy, impecunious, penniless, impoverished, poverty-stricken, destitute

    643. possible workable, practicable, feasible, viable

    644. posture attitude, carriage, pose, stance

    645. practice drill, exercise, rehearse

    646. praise acclaim, commend, extol, laud

    647. predicament plight, quandary, jam, fix, pickle

    648. predict call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate

    649. predilection bias, leaning, partiality, penchant, prejudice, proclivity, propensity

    650. preliminary introductory, prefatory, preparatory

    651. presume presuppose, postulate, posit, assume

    652. pretend assume, affect, simulate, feign, fake, counterfeit

    653. prevailing prevalent, current, rife

    654. prevent preclude, avert, obviate, forestall

    655. price charge, cost, expense

    656. produce bear, yield

    657. profane blasphemous, sacrilegious

    658. proficient adept, skilled, skillful, expert

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    659. profuse exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, prodigal, riotous [SPARE]

    660. promise covenant, engage, pledge, plight, swear, vow

    661. prone supine, prostrate, recumbent

    662. proportion harmony, symmetry, balance

    663. propose pose, propound, submit

    664. proud arrogant, haughty, disdainful, supercilious

    665. provoke incite, excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, stir

    666. prudence discretion, foresight, forethought, circumspection

    667. pull drag, draw, haul, tow, tug [PUSH]

    668. pulsate pulse, beat, palpitate, throb

    669. punish correct, chastise, discipline, castigate, penalize

    670. pure absolute, sheer, simple, unadulterated

    671. push propel, shove, thrust [PULL]

    672. puzzle perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound

    673. quality property, attribute, character, trait

    674. qualm scruple, compunction, misgiving

    675. quibble carp, cavil, niggle, nitpick, pettifog