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morosely and |
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Diplomat, |
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Ann Veronica lunched with an uneasy sense of bag and hold-all packed upstairs and inadequately hidden from chance intruders by the valance of the bed.
Ann, |
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“ It’s marvellous,’ ’ I said, feeling the inadequacy |
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Room, |
And Clyde... was fairly tremulous with the sense of his own inadequacy as he watched to be introduced.
Tragedy, 234
ADMISSIBLE — INADMISSIBLE
... he totally disregarded the assurances and arguments of his son, tending to show that the alibi was inadmis sible...
Posthumous, 513
... she is absolutely inadmissible into society.
Lady, 31
ADULTERATED — UNADULTERATED
My products are all fresh, pure, unadulterated, stamped, and correctly weighed... We have never adulterated our opium since that day.
Diplomat, 390
It is pure, unadulterated country life.
Picture, 212
A D V A N T A G E |
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A D V IS A B IL IT Y |
ADVANTAGE — DISADVANTAGE
ADVANTAGEOUS — DISADVANTAGEOUS ADVANTAGEOUSLY — DISADVANTAGEOUSLY
She reviewed the chief contemporary movements much as she might have turned over dress fabrics in a drap er’s shop, weighing the advantages and disadvan tages of each...
Marriage, 294
Only much later did Tony attempt to sum up the ad vantages and disadvantages of his upbringing.
All Men, 26
They oppose the treaty because they say it is disadvan tageous to the U. S.
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Further, |
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not at all |
disadvantageously as |
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it, |
this |
store required |
his presence at night |
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ADVISABLE — INADVISABLE
ADVISABILITY — INADVISABILITY
We think it very inadvisable.
Woman, 96
I think it inadvisable.— I don’t want an intimacy to spring up between you and a man of that type.
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Ann, |
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the inadvisability of too numerous contacts |
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him. |
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Tragedy, |
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Inchcape Jones vomited feeble proclamations on the inadvisability of too large public gatherings.
Arrowsmith, 346
A F F E C T E D |
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A G R E E A B L E |
AFFECTED — UNAFFECTED
AFFECTEDLY — UNAFFECTEDLY
Scott remembered... the softer unaffected girl...
I Wish, 44
... that I wasn’t heartbroken about leaving Charles, but that I wasn’t totally unaffected by it either.
Room, 29
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AFRAID — UNAFRAID |
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Being |
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drifting deeper |
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shadow. |
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Eden, |
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And yet — uncle |
Lawrence |
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in just the mood to do anything to show himself unafraid.
End, 489
AGREE — DISAGREE
AGREEABLE — DISAGREEABLE
AGREEMENT — DISAGREEMENT
... no one is going to get the chance of agreeing or dis agreeing.
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As I know, by |
experience, that it’s |
not disagreeable |
to Miss Flite, |
and since it ’s equally |
agreeable to your |
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Bleak, 657 |
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It has become disagreeable to think of women in terms of money.
End, 244
AGREEMENT |
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A LTE R A B LE |
But all I ask is agreement or disagreement.
Heroes, 330
Emery gave no sign of agreement or disagreement.
Spring, 189
AIDED — UNAIDED
... her grandfather’s preservation must depend solely upon her firmness, unaided by one word of advice or any helping hand...
Curiosity, 371
... trying to count the money in his pockets by his un aided sense of touch...
Invisible, 81
AIRED — UNAIRED
... his rooms were ever exactly as he left them, neither
more or less dusty and unaired...
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in her |
unaired |
parlour... she entertained seedy, |
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belching, |
oldish |
married men... |
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Arrowsmith, |
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ALTERABLE — a) UNALTERABLE |
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b) INALTERABLE |
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I mportance, |
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the unalterable fact remains that she had given |
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Hatter’s, 51 |
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You are inalterable, of course, but circumstances are not...
Egoist, 320
He could not tell how far this antagonism was due to
inalterable discords of character...
Marriage, 284
A N IM A T E |
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A P P E A R |
ANIMATE — INANIMATE
All things of earth, animate and inanimate...
Bleak, 317
It strikes to the heart of all life, animate and inani mate.
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But if |
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being called a soul, let |
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matter as distinguished |
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ANTICIPATED — UNANTICIPATED
On the other hand, this was a condition of blessedness unanticipated when he went to bed.
Egoist, 384
Supposing something utterly unanticipated and revo lutionary had happened in the Five Towns!
Wives, 509
APPEAR — DISAPPEAR
APPEARANCE — DISAPPEARANCE
The captain continues to appear and disappear at the door...
Dombey, II, 435
Colours of the most harmonious blends appeared and disappeared at intervals in the slowly moving press...
Octopus, 293
... even the wildest charge — like my disappearance — will be pressed by every medium at Farnoy’s dis posal.
Tomorrow, 158
He had a talent for appearing when he was not wanted, and a talent for disappearing when he was wanted;
A P P E A R A N C E |
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a p p r e c i a t i o n |
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Who Knew, 21
APPEASED — UNAPPEASED
“ Well,” said he, unappeased...
Egoist, 366
Constance had returned to the window, her expectancy apparently unappeased.
Wives, 211
APPETISING — UNAPPETISING
Six eggs had gone into the frying pan, and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burned and unappetisinglooking mess.
Three, 124
She lingered at the door, pretending to consider some unappetising buns...
Hullo, 187
APPRECIATED — UNAPPRECIATED
APPRECIATION — INAPPRECIATION
He sighed with a dreamy sadness befitting his unappre ciated art, but soon looked up...
Hatter’s, 44
The unappreciated ease of mind that had been hers until ten minutes ago...
Hullo, 12
She had often reproved Martin for his inappreciation of
Howells...
Arrowsmith, 24
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APPROACHABLE— UNAPPROACHABLE
... the unwonted laxity and magnanimity of his usually unapproachable nature...
Hatter's, 300
Everyone thinks him hard and unapproachable, caring only for money and power.
Room, 46
APPROBATION — DISAPPROBATION
... you have only to express a sentiment of disapproba tion.
Egoist, 163
“You don’t want to live down there!” everybody said with disapprobation writ large upon their faces.
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Abyss, |
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APPROPRIATE — INAPPROPRIATE |
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APPROPRIATELY — INAPPROPRIATELY |
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... that big black-and-white ]iat... |
which would |
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as inappropriate with a boiler suit |
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Hullo, |
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In fact, the whole region, except for the Inns of Court, would be regarded by Americans as most inappro priate housing for distinguished legal talent.
S toic, 99
... she doted upon those large, flat, round sweets so inappropriately named oddfellows...
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Hatter's, 329 |
But the gem of the document is |
a demand that building |
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it tax |
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organizations of |
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D. W., Oct. 5, 1962
A P P R O V E |
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APPROVE — DISAPPROVE
APPROVAL — DISAPPROVAL
... there was no one to approve or disapprove of it.
Martin, II, 403
Who am I to approve or disapprove?
Live, 297
Well, she could bear his disapproval.
End, 404
... her disapproval would only take the form of saying nothing.
Hullo, 61
ARM — DISARM
ARMED — UNARMED
My dear Arthur, women are never disarmed by com pliments.
Ideal, 249
No two words could have moved and disarmed her more.
End, 408
She patted it gently with her unarmed paw...
Cannery, 119
Come out of your positions, unarmed, hands raised.
Crusaders, 128
ARRANGE — DISARRANGE
ARRANGEMENT — DISARRANGEMENT
She was standing there in her slip ... with her hair some what disarranged.
Hullo, 94
We entered into an arrangement and you disarranged it.
Stoic, 259
