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Attain. Achieve, accomplish, gain, master, secure, earn, obtain, win, acquire, accomplish.

Ant. Lose, fail of, forfeit, give up, abandon, let go, miss.

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Attainment. Winning, getting, accomplishing, securing; erudition, acquirement, wisdom, accomplishment, mental resources, information, learning, enlightenment.

Ant. Inspiration, intuition, genius; ignorance.

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Attempt. Try, undertake, seek, endeavor, essay, attack, strive.

Ant. Abandon, shun, drop, dismiss, neglect.

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Attendance. Presence; persons present; train, retinue; ministration, service, waiting on.

Ant. Absence; non-attendance; neglect, abandonment.

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Attention. Care, notice, observation, consideration, watchfulness, alertness; study, reflection, application; respect, courtesy, politeness, civility, regard; courtship, devotion, wooing.

Ant. Indifference, carelessness, heedlessness, abstraction, distraction, absence of mind; neglect, preoccupation,

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Attenuate. Rarefy, thin, reduce, diminish, make slender, slim, or spare, lessen.

Ant. Amplify, dilate, swell, develop, enlarge, broaden, expand, increase.

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Attest. Bear witness, certify, indorse, corroborate, support, authenticate; invoke, adjure; prove, show, manifest, exhibit.

Ant. Controvert, contradict, disprove, deny, upset, refute; conceal; vitiate.

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Attire. Dress, apparel, robes, garments, habiliments, habit, raiment, uniform, costume, livery.

Ant. Nudity, nakedness.

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Attitude. Position, pose, posture, situation, standing, aspect.

Ant. State, condition, essence; amorphism.

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Attraction. Drawing, allurement, lure, fascination, charm, enticement, witchery, grace.

Ant. Repulsion, aversion, disinclination, repugnance.

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Attribute, n. Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.

Ant. Essence, substance, nature, being.

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Attribute, v. Ascribe, assign, impute, refer, charge, connect, associate.

Ant. Separate, sever, sunder, disconnect, deny, dissociate.

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Audacious. Bold, daring, fearless, courageous, venturesome, intrepid, dauntless; presumptuous, forward, assuming, impudent, impertinent, insolent.

Ant. Timid, cowardly, cautious; unenterprising; retiring.

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Augur, v. Foretell, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, divine, prognosticate, betoken.

Ant. Demonstrate, establish, settle, prove, warrant, calculate.

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August. Awful, imposing, majestic, stately, grand, regal, kingly, princely, noble, dignified.

Ant. Mean, common, vulgar, beggarly, commonplace, paltry.

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Auspicious. Successful, fortunate, lucky, happy, prosperous; propitious, promising, opportune, favorable.

Ant. Hopeless, abortive, unpromising, unsatisfactory, discouraging.

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Austere. Severe, hard, stiff, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, ascetic, rigid, formal.

Ant. Affable, kindly, indulgent, genial, bland, mild, tender.

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Authentic. Genuine, trustworthy, veritable, accepted, authorized, certain, accredited, sure, true, reliable, original, legitimate.

Ant. False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit.

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Author. Creator, maker, contriver, originator, inventor; writer, composer.

Ant. Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator.

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Authority. Power, government, empire, dominion; supremacy, control, influence, interest; order, precept, sanction, liberty, warranty; expert, master, connoisseur.

Ant. Anarchy, license, insubordination, misrule, lynch law; embargo, restriction, hindrance, proscription, prohibition, injunction, interdiction; weakness, wrong, usurpation.

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Autocratic. Absolute, unlimited, tyrannical, oppressive, disdainful, overbearing, arrogant.

Ant. Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional.