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KEY: Annotation.

SYN: Explanation, criticism, remark, note, commentary, elucidation, observation, comment.

ANT: Statement, assertion, proposition, narrative, text.

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KEY: Announce.

SYN: Declare, propound, give notice, enunciate, advertise, publish, report, notify, make known, give out, reveal, herald, proclaim, intimate, promulgate.

ANT: Conceal, suppress, hush, stifle, withhold, shroud, bury, burke.

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KEY: Annoy.

SYN: Tease, vex, irritate, disturb, affront, molest, pain, disquiet, incommode, tantalize, bother, weary, inconvenience, plague, discommode, harass, chafe, trouble.

ANT: Soothe, conciliate, appease, regard, quiet, accommodate, study, tend, foster, cherish, smooth, gratify.

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KEY: Annoyance.

SYN: Trouble, discomfort, vexation, worry, nuisance, bother, uneasiness, plague, bore.

ANT: Joy, gladness, gratification, delight, ease, pleasure.

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KEY: Annul.

SYN: Cancel, obliterate, make void, quash, nullify, revoke, rescind, destroy, set aside, abrogate, extinguish, abolish, repeal.

ANT: Foster, protect, conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, re-enact, institute, establish.

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KEY: Anomalous.

SYN: Irregular, abnormal, exceptional, unusual, eccentric.

ANT: Regular, normal, usual, ordinary, common, wonted, in the order of things.

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KEY: Anomaly.

SYN: Irregularity, abnormity, exception, informality, peculiarity, eccentricity.

ANT: Conformity, regularity, illustration, conformance, exemplification, specimen.

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KEY: Anon.

SYN: Soon, shortly, presently.

ANT: Hereafter.

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KEY: Anonymous.

SYN: Nameless, unattested, authorless, unidentified, unauthenticated.

ANT: Authenticated, attested, identified, authorized, verified, signed.

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KEY: Answer.

SYN: Reply, response, counter-argument, confutation, acceptance, (as of a challenge), tally, counterpart, solution, vindication, apology, exculpation, defense, rejoinder, repartee, retort.

ANT: Challenge, question, defiance, summons, interrogation, query.

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KEY: Answerable.

SYN: Liable, amenable, accountable, responsible, correspondent, agreeing.

ANT: Independent, unanswerable, irresponsible, different, unsuitable, disagreeing, dissimilar.

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KEY: Antagonism.

SYN: Hostility, opposition, animosity, enmity.

ANT: Amity, alliance, association.

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KEY: Antagonist.

SYN: Adversary, opponent, rival, competitor, foe, enemy.

ANT: Aider, abettor, accomplice, accessory, ally.

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KEY: Antagonistic.

SYN: Adverse, opposing, inimical, hostile, repugnant, contrary.

ANT: Favoring, aiding, harmonious, friendly, agreeable to.

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KEY: Antecedence.

SYN: Anteriority, priority, precursorship, premonition, Introduction, preparation, pre-existence.

ANT: Posteriority, subsequence, succession, sequel, supervention, consequence.

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KEY: Antecedent, [See ANTERIOR].

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KEY: Anterior.

SYN: Prior, foregoing, antecedent, previous, precursive, precedent, earlier, Introductory, preliminary, former.

ANT: Posterior, later, subsequent, consequent, succeeding.

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KEY: Anticipate.

SYN: Forestall, prejudge, expect, foretaste, apprehend, prevent, prearrange, prepare, prejudge, meet, obviate, intercept, forecast.

ANT: Remember, recollect, remedy, recall, undo, cure, misapprehend.

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KEY: Anticipation.

SYN: Prevention, expectation, forestallment, awaiting, preoccupation, preconception, foresight, forethought, foretaste, prelibation, preclusion, pregustation, antepast, forecast, provision.

ANT: Surprise, unpreparedness, Un-expectedness, inexpectation, actual enjoyment, non-expectation, realization, consummation.

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KEY: Antipathy.

SYN: Repugnance, dislike, hatred, detestation, contrariety, aversion, distaste, uncongeniality, antagonism, hostility, opposition, abhorrence.