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2021-05-27 16:00:00 Auspicious, adjective.

Example: An auspicious day was chosen for the wedding.

Synonyms:

1. favourable, propitious, promising, full of promise, bright, rosy, good, optimistic, hopeful, encouraging
2. opportune, timely, well timed, lucky, fortunate, providential, felicitous, advantageous, beneficial

Antonyms:

1. inauspicious
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2021-05-26 16:00:00 Feature, noun.

Example: His eyes swept over her delicate features.

Synonyms:

1. face, countenance, physiognomy, profile
2. (informal) mug, kisser, clock
3. (British • informal) mush, phiz, phizog, dial
4. (British • rhyming slang) boat race
5. (Scottish, Irish • informal) coupon
6. (Northern Irish • informal) bake
7. (North American • informal) puss, pan
8. (literary) visage, lineaments
9. (archaic) front
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2021-05-25 16:00:00 Grade, noun.

Example: A kid in the fifth grade.

Synonyms:

1. class, form, study group, school group, set, stream, band
2. year
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2021-05-24 16:00:00 Move, noun.

Example: It's your move.

Synonyms:

1. turn, go, play
2. opportunity, chance
3. (informal) shot
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2021-05-23 16:00:00 Spike, verb.

Example: The Assembly may well spike his tax-cut proposals.

Synonyms:

1. put a stop to, put an end to, put the lid on, scupper, scotch, derail
2. frustrate, foil, thwart, stymie, balk, hinder, obstruct
3. (informal) put paid to, put the kibosh on, clobber
4. (British • informal) dish
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2021-05-22 16:00:00 Animal, adjective.

Example: His grunt of animal passion.

Synonyms:

1. carnal, fleshly, bodily, physical, sensual
2. instinctive, instinctual
3. brutish, unrefined, uncultured, coarse, gross, inhuman, subhuman
4. (rare) appetitive

Antonyms:

1. spiritual
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2021-05-21 16:00:00 Close, adjective.

Example: He's usually pretty close about his clients' deals.

Synonyms:

1. reticent, quiet, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, private, secretive, tight-lipped, close-mouthed, close-lipped, guarded, evasive
2. (informal) playing one's cards close to one's chest
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2021-05-20 16:00:00 Air, noun.

Example: He never could stand people putting on airs.

Synonyms:

1. affectations, pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, posing, posturing, pretence
2. self-importance, superiority, condescension, ostentation, snobbery, superciliousness, pomposity, arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, pride, conceit, airs and graces
3. (informal) swank, snootiness, uppishness, side
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2021-05-19 16:00:00 Jingle, verb.

Example: Her bracelets jingled noisily.

Synonyms:

1. clink, chink, tinkle, jangle, rattle, clank
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2021-05-18 16:00:00 Doubt, noun.

Example: There was some doubt as to the caller's identity.

Synonyms:

1. uncertainty, lack of certainty, unsureness, indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, dubiousness, suspicion, confusion
2. question mark, queries, questions
3. (rare) dubiety, incertitude

Antonyms:

1. certainty
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