Incinerate, blaze, flare, ignite,

radiantly, shiningly, resplendently,

crown, brim, border. ANTONYM:

cremate. ANTONYMS: (v) smother,

splendidly, magnificently,

(n) trough

give, subdue, help, quench, repay,

dazzlingly, vividly. ANTONYMS:

brown: (adj, n) brunette; (adj) tanned,

stifle, extinguish, wet

(adv) incompetently, terribly,

swarthy, dark; (v) sear, cook, fry; (n)

burns: (n) George Burns, Nathan

poorly, dimly, badly, abysmally

tan, coffee, brownness, mahogany

Birnbaum, Robert Burns

brim: (n) rim, periphery, verge, edge,

brushed: (adj) napped, fleecy

burnt: (adj) adust, heated, baked,

lip, hem, rand, margin, perimeter,

brutal: (adj) barbaric, barbarous,

torrid, sunburnt, seared, scorched,

brink, limit

bestial, hard, cruel, unkind, vicious,

well done, tempered, overdone,

bring: (v) convey, get, take, bear,

savage, harsh, truculent, barbarian.

combust. ANTONYMS: (adj)

carry, put, conduct, return, reduce,

ANTONYMS: (adj) merciful, kind,

underdone, unburned, wet

set, bring in. ANTONYMS: (v) drop,

liberal, humane, generous, caring,

burst: (adj, n, v) crack; (adj, v) split,

free, leave, lose, remove, avoid

friendly, nice, pleasant

blow up, explode, splinter, detonate;

bringing: (n) delivery, consignment,

brutally: (adv) fiercely, ferociously,

(n, v) rupture, blast; (adj, n) flash; (v)

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break out, belch. ANTONYMS: (v)

ANTONYMS: (v) whisper, mutter,

bother, concern, apprehension, aid,

attach, join, connect, fasten, trickle

cancel, listen, stop, suppose,

custody; (v) attend. ANTONYMS:

busily: (adv) actively, occupiedly,

murmur; (n) dismissal, give, grant,

(n) carelessness, recklessness,

briskly, industriously, engagedly,

silence

thoughtlessness, rashness,

energetically, assiduously, lively,

called: (adj) named, titled, chosen,

negligence, vagueness, unconcern;

officiously, fussily, meddlesomely.

known as; (v) nempt, ycleped

(n, v) disregard, dislike; (v) loathe,

ANTONYM: (adv) inactively

calligraphy: (n) script, writing,

abhor

business: (n) subject, matter, event,

penmanship, lettering, chirography,

career: (adj, n) job; (n) calling,

Vocation, job, profession, affair,

handwriting, letters, pencraft,

profession, vocation, occupation,

work, corporation, occupation; (adj,

beautiful handwriting, print

work, trade; (v) speed, dash; (n, v)

n) trade. ANTONYMS: (adj)

calling: (n) business, occupation, call,

course; (adj) occupational.

charitable, private; (n) pleasure,

avocation, job, trade, career,

ANTONYMS: (n) entertainment,

avocation, fun, entertainment,

employment, walk, pursuit; (n, v)

hobby, sideline, avocation

hobby

profession. ANTONYMS: (n)

careful: (adj, v) attentive, anxious;

busybody: (n, v) snoop; (adj)

entertainment, hobby

(adj) thrifty, thoughtful, frugal,

pickthank, devotee, enthusiast; (n)

callous: (adj) heartless, insensible,

mindful, prudent, deliberate, alert,

interloper, scandalmonger, big

relentless, cruel, brutal, obdurate,

economical, guarded. ANTONYMS:

mouth, blabbermouth, chatterbox,

hard, hardened, hardhearted,

(adj) reckless, slapdash, neglectful,

chatterer; (v) meddle

indifferent, insensitive.

wasteful, unconcerned, tactless,

butler: (n) waiter, pantryman,

ANTONYMS: (adj) caring, merciful,

stupid, spendthrift, rash, negligent,

attendant, valet de chambre, livery

compassionate, sensitive,

inaccurate

servant, steward, flunkey, footman,

sympathetic, tender, nice,

carefully: (adv) scrupulously,

lackey, manservant, valet

thoughtful, affectionate, concerned,

thoroughly, deliberately, charily,

butter: (v) gloze, slaver, flatter; (adj)

flattering

warily, watchfully, prudently,

butyraceous, dough, pudding; (n)

cambridge: (n) Cambridge university

painstakingly, guardedly, thriftily,

fat, scrapper, fighter, oil, tallow

came: (v) arrive, come

meticulously. ANTONYMS: (adv)

button: (n, v) knob; (adj, n) tie; (n)

canal: (n) channel, conduit, duct,

hastily, recklessly, rashly,

knop, push button, push, key,

sound, culvert, adit, trench, sewer,

inaccurately, unhelpfully,

fastening, clasp, bud, buckle; (v)

passage, watercourse, pipe

incautiously, indifferently,

fasten

cant: (n) jargon, lingo, slang,

thoughtlessly, abstractedly,

buttonhole: (v) accost, solicit,

vernacular, argot; (n, v) bank, tilt,

clumsily, unwisely

besiege, intercept, harangue, detain,

bias, incline; (adj, n) bevel; (v) list

careless: (adj) forgetful, inattentive,

lobby; (n) bouquet, button hole,

capable: (adj) competent, adequate,

insouciant, haphazard, cursory,

posy, bunch

apt, adept, accomplished, fit, gifted,

reckless, lax, unwary, sloppy; (adj,

buying: (n) purchasing, buy,

qualified, proficient, trained; (adj, n)

adv) thoughtless; (adj, v) heedless.

purchase, business, shopping,

efficient. ANTONYMS: (adj)

ANTONYMS: (adj) cautious,

import, export, transaction,

incapable, inept, unable, helpless,

prudent, meticulous, thoughtful,

ownership, patronage, sale

lacking, bad, unimaginative,

diligent, attentive, thorough, wary,

bystander: (n) spectator, witness,

unqualified, untrained

guarded, methodical, strict

eyewitness, observer, beholder,

capacity: (adj, n) capability, talent,

carelessly: (adv) incautiously, hastily,

looker-on, viewer, watcher, passer

endowment; (n) aptitude,

recklessly, heedlessly, casually,

by, outsider, looker

capacitance, function, intelligence,

sloppily, imprudently,

cabbage: (v) filch, swipe, prig, crib,

dimension, authority, faculty; (n, v)

inconsiderately, rashly, negligently,

nim, purloin, bag; (n) kale, Cole,

might. ANTONYMS: (n)

unwarily. ANTONYMS: (adv)

kail, dough

incapability, incapableness,

thoroughly, diligently, carefully,

cabinet: (n) closet, locker, press,

incapacity, incompetence

warily, laboriously, thoughtfully,

cupboard, chamber, sideboard,

captain: (n) head, master, leader,

attentively, daintily, methodically,

dresser, console, council, board, file

guide, commodore, commander,

discreetly, economically

cage: (n, v) jail; (n) basket, birdcage,

boss, skipper, chieftain; (v) govern,

caring: (adj) tender, affectionate,

hutch, gaol, frame, corral, cell; (v)

manage. ANTONYM: (n) minion

loving, fond, compassionate,

confine, imprison, enclose.

capture: (v) bag, catch, carry, ensnare,

concerned, sympathetic, kind,

ANTONYMS: (v) release; (n)

captivate, seize, get, apprehend; (n)

solicitous, considerate, obliging.

freedom, liberation

seizure, apprehension; (n, v) take.

ANTONYMS: (adj) uncaring,

calamity: (n) disaster, adversity,

ANTONYMS: (n, v) release,

unfeeling, callous, flippant, unkind,

affliction, misfortune, plague,

surrender; (v) liberate, disperse,