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KEY: Asperse.
SYN: Slander, calumniate, bespatter, befoul, defy, attack, defame, vilify, traduce, scandalize, malign, detract from, blacken, tarnish, befoul, backbite.
ANT: Clear, defend, eulogize, vindicate, shelter, shield, praise, laud, extol, uphold.
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KEY: Aspiration.
SYN: Longing, desire, aim, wish, craving, ambition, endeavor, hope, appetition, effort, eagerness.
ANT: Apathy, indifference, aimlessness, lulness, inertia, callousness, carelessness, aversion, avoidance, rejection, repudiation.
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KEY: Assail, [See ASSAULT].
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KEY: Assault.
SYN: Onset, attack, aggression, onslaught.
ANT: Defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem.
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KEY: Assay.
SYN: Test, endeavor, prove, try.
ANT: Survey, conjecture, guess, scan.
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KEY: Assemble.
SYN: Gather, collect, congregate, amass, muster, call together, convoke, convene.
ANT: Scatter, disperse, go away, dismiss.
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KEY: Assembly.
SYN: Meeting, concourse, assemblage, multitude, group, synod, conclave, conference, convocation, unison, company, congregation, collection, crowd, gathering, convention, aggregate.
ANT: Dispersion, dissipation, disunion, disruption.
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KEY: Assent \n.\
SYN: Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence, approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance.
ANT: Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension, disclaimer, protest.
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KEY: Assent \v.\ [See CONCEDE].
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KEY: Assert.
SYN: Asseverate, declare, pronounce, depose, maintain, statement, avow, avouch, affirm, allege, protest, claim.
ANT: Deny, contradict, contravene, waive, abandon.
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KEY: Assets.
SYN: goods, proceeds, possessions, effects, property.
ANT: Debts, liabilities.
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KEY: Asseverate, [See ASSERT].
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KEY: Assiduity.
SYN: Attention, perseverance, pains, patience, exertion, labor, application, effort, politeness, constancy, sedulousness, diligence.
ANT: Indolence, remissness, inattention, desultoriness, inconstancy.
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KEY: Assiduous, [See ASSIDUITY].
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KEY: Assign.