SYN: Attribute, apportion, allege, refer, specify, consign, intrust, commit, point out, allot to, adduce, advance, appoint, convey.
ANT: Withhold, withdraw, resume, retain, refuse, disconnect, dissociate.
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KEY: Assimilate.
SYN: Compare, liken, match, engross, identify, incorporate, absorb, appropriate.
ANT: Separate, segregate, part, contrast, reject.
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KEY: Assist.
SYN: Help, succor, aid, support, relieve, befriend, second, co-operate with, back, benefit, further.
ANT: Hinder, resist, oppose, antagonize, counteract, clog, prevent.
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KEY: Assistance.
SYN: Help, aid, countenance, support, abettance, protection, maintenance, coadjutorship.
ANT: Resistance, obstruction, opposition, counteraction, antagonism, drawback, clog, preventive.
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KEY: Assistant.
SYN: Helper, aider, attendant, coadjutor, auxiliary, ally, associate, contributor, partner, confederate.
ANT: Hinderer, opposer, rival, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Associate.
SYN: Companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner.
ANT: Rival, alien, foe, antagonist.
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KEY: Association.
SYN: Union, connection, conjunction, contortment, companionship, alliance, familiarity, community, membership, society, company, denomination, partnership, fellowship, fraternity, friendship.
ANT: Disunion, disconnection, estrangement, separation, severance, independence, avoidance, disruption, dismemberment, solitude, individuality.
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KEY: Assorted.
SYN: Separated, chosen, selected, clarified.
ANT: Mingled, mixed, confused, unclassified, jumbled, heaped up.
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KEY: Assortment.
SYN: Collection, disposition, distribution, class, quantity, selection, stock, miscellany, lot, variety.
ANT: Misarrangement, disarrangement, displacement, misplacement.
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KEY: Assuage.
SYN: Mitigate, soothe, console, soften, moderate, pacify, lenify, allay, ease, alleviate, abate, diminish, lessen, compose, appease, calm, tranquillize.
ANT: Exasperate, excite, increase, stimulate, incite, provoke, inflame, embitter, aggravate.
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KEY: Assuagement, [See ASSUAGE].
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KEY: Assume.
SYN: Take, appropriate, arrogate, wear, exhibit, postulate, suppose, presume, usurp, claim, pretend, feign, affect.
ANT: Waive, allow, doff, render, surrender, concede, grant, demonstrate, abandon, argue, prove.
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KEY: Assumption.
SYN: Arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery, presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion.
ANT: Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation, dismay, alarm.
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KEY: Assure.