Unclose, lay open, lay Dare expose, explain, disclose, initiate, begin, commence.
ANT: Close, shut up, conceal, inclose, mystify, misinterpret, conclude, cover.
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KEY: Open \a.\
SYN: Accessible, free, available, unshut, unfolded, public, free, unrestricted, unreserved, unaffected, genuine, barefaced, undisguised, above-board, liberal, unclosed, candid, frank, ingenuous, unsettled, undetermined.
ANT: Inaccessible, closed, barred, unavailable, shut, close, secretive, reserved, settled, determined.
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KEY: Opening.
SYN: Aperture, gap, opportunity, space, commencement, initiation, start, inauguration, hole, fissure, chink, beginning.
ANT: Occlusion, obstruction, stopgap, unreasonableness, contretemps, inopportuneness, enclosure, termination, close, end, conclusion.
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KEY: Operate.
SYN: Act, work, produce, effect, produce an effect, have effect.
ANT: Cease, rest, fail, misoperate.
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KEY: Operation.
SYN: Agency, action, exercise, production, influence, performance.
ANT: Cessation, inaction, rest, inoperativeness, inefficacy, inefficiency, misoperation.
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KEY: Operative.
SYN: Active, efficacious, serviceable, binding.
ANT: Inefficacious, inoperative.
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KEY: Operose.
SYN: Onerous, laborious, burdensome, tedious, wearisome, toilsome.
ANT: Light, unburdensome, stimulating, refreshing.
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KEY: Opine.
SYN: Think, believe, conjecture, suppose, judge, surmise.
ANT: Know, ascertain, verify.
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KEY: Opinion.
SYN: Conviction, view, judgment, notion, idea, impression, estimation, theory.
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KEY: Opinionative.
SYN: Dictatorial, dogmatical, self-conceited, oracular.
ANT: Modest, diffident, inquiring, vacillating, cautious, undemonstrative.
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KEY: Opponent, [See ADVERSARY].
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KEY: Opportune.
SYN: Timely, seasonable, appropriate, felicitous, suitable, fit, meet, auspicious.
ANT: Inopportune, untimely, unseasonable, infelicitous.
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KEY: Opportunity.
SYN: Occasion, turn, opening, convenience.
ANT: Inopportuneness, unseasonableness, lapse, omission, contretemps.
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KEY: Oppose.
SYN: Withstand, resist, mutch, obstruct, confront, oppugn, bar, hinder, contravene, check, thwart.
ANT: Aid, abet, back, support, advance, expedite.
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KEY: Opposition.
SYN: Resistance, hostility, obstacle, obstruction, [See ANIMOSITY].
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KEY: Opposite.
SYN: Facing, adverse, repugnant, inconsistent, irreconcilable, contrary, antagonistic, counter, contradictory.
ANT: Agreeing, coincident, consentaneous.
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KEY: Oppress.
SYN: Burden, grind, weigh down, persecute, aggrieve, maltreat, abuse, overbear, constrain.
ANT: Encourage, support, patronize, assist, befriend.
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KEY: Oppression.
SYN: Cruelty, tyranny, severity, injustice, hardship.
ANT: Kindness, mercy, clemency, leniency, justice, [See TYRANNY].
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KEY: Oppressive.
SYN: Heavy, overpowering, unjust, {[gaLLug]?}, extortionate, grinding.
ANT: light, just, compassionate, [See {[CBTJKL]?}].
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KEY: Opprobrious.
SYN: Insulting, infamous, [See ABUSIVE].
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KEY: Opprobrium.
SYN: Reproach, scandal, disgrace, obloquy, ignominy, odium, [See OBLOQUY and ODIUM].
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KEY: Option.
SYN: Discretion, choice, preference, deliberation, wish, election.
ANT: Obligation, necessity, burden, compulsion.
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KEY: Opulence.
SYN: Wealth, affluence, riches, fortune.
ANT: Poverty, indigence, impecuniosity.
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KEY: Opulent.
SYN: Rich, well to do, moneyed, affluent, [See RICH].
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KEY: Oracular, [See OPINIONATIVE].
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KEY: Oral.
SYN: Unwritten, traditional, vocal, spoken, verbal.
ANT: Written, documentary.
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KEY: Oration, [See COGITATE].
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KEY: Oratory.
SYN:
