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2021-06-16 16:00:00 Lift, verb.

Example: A few cocktails had lifted his flagging spirits.

Synonyms:

1. boost, raise, buoy up, elevate, give a lift to, cheer up, perk up, enliven, uplift, brighten up, lighten, ginger up, gladden, encourage, stimulate, arouse, revive, restore
2. (informal) buck up, jazz up

Antonyms:

1. subdue
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2021-06-15 16:00:00 Precise, adjective.

Example: The attention to detail is very precise.

Synonyms:

1. meticulous, careful, exact, scrupulous, punctilious, conscientious, particular, exacting, methodical, strict, rigorous
2. mathematical, scientific

Antonyms:

1. loose, careless
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2021-06-14 16:00:00 Kowtow, verb.

Example: She didn't have to kowtow to a boss.

Synonyms:

1. grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, fawn on, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself
2. curry favour with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with
3. (informal) crawl, creep, suck up to, brown-nose, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots
4. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) smoodge to
5. (archaic) blandish
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2021-06-13 16:00:00 Bother, verb.

Example: She had her own life and no one bothered her.

Synonyms:

1. disturb, trouble, worry, inconvenience, put out, impose on, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague, beset, torment, nag, hound, dog, chivvy, harry, annoy, upset, irritate, vex, provoke, nettle, try someone's patience, make one's hackles rise
2. (informal) hassle, bug, give someone a hard time, get in someone's hair, get on someone's case, rub up the wrong way, drive up the wall
3. (British • informal) get up someone's nose
4. (North American • informal) ride, devil
5. (Northern English • informal) mither
6. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) heavy
7. (New Zealand • informal) rark
8. (rare) discommode
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2021-06-12 16:00:00 Fortify, verb.

Example: Breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamins.

Synonyms:

1. add minerals to, add vitamins to, boost, improve
2. (informal) beef up
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2021-06-11 16:00:00 Adversity, noun.

Example: They remain steadfast in the face of adversity.

Synonyms:

1. misfortune, ill luck, bad luck, trouble, difficulty, hardship, distress, disaster, misadventure, suffering, affliction, sorrow, misery, heartbreak, heartache, wretchedness, tribulation, woe, pain, trauma, torment, torture
2. mishap, stroke of ill luck, stroke of bad luck, accident, shock, upset, reverse, reversal, reversal of fortune, setback, crisis, catastrophe, tragedy, calamity, trial, cross, burden, blow, buffet, vicissitude, issue
3. hard times, dire straits, trials and tribulations
4. (informal) hell, hell on earth, hassle, stress
5. (literary) dolour, travails

Antonyms:

1. good times
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2021-06-10 16:00:00 Lead, verb.

Example: We are led to believe that lack of finance is to blame.

Synonyms:

1. cause, induce, prompt, move, persuade, sway, influence, prevail on, bring round, make willing, motivate, drive, condition, determine, make, impel, give, force
2. incline, dispose, predispose, bias
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2021-06-09 16:00:00 Broad, adjective.

Example: The leaves are six inches long and two inches broad.

Synonyms:

1. in breadth, in width, from side to side, wide, across, thick

Antonyms:

1. long
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2021-06-08 16:00:00 Recycle, verb.

Example: All our stores now collect and recycle cardboard boxes.

Synonyms:

1. reuse, reprocess, convert into something, reclaim, recover
2. salvage, save
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2021-06-07 16:00:00 Prominent, adjective.

Example: The rectangular fields and straight lanes that are now such a prominent feature of the landscape.

Synonyms:

1. conspicuous, noticeable, easily seen, obvious, evident, discernible, recognizable, distinguishable, unmistakable, eye-catching, pronounced, salient, striking, outstanding, dominant, predominant
2. obtrusive

Antonyms:

1. inconspicuous
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