Part 4

=A priori.= Theoretically; necessarily, apodictically, constitutionally, absolutely, primordially, inductively.

ANT. _A posteriori; practically, according to experience; deductively from facts._

=Apropos.= Opportune, seasonable, apposite, timely, apt, suitable.

ANT. _Inopportune, irrelevant, untimely, inapt, unsuitable._

=Aptitude.= Disposition, knack, endowment, tendency, inclination, fitness, suitability, bias, propensity.

ANT. _Unreadiness, unskilfulness, repugnance, incongruity._

=Arbiter.= Umpire, judge, referee; controller, master, lord.

ANT. _Appellant, claimant, litigant, disputant._

=Arbitrary.= Despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, overbearing, peremptory; capricious, wilful, fanciful; imperious, dictatorial.

ANT. _Considerate, lenient, obliging, equitable._

=Arbitration.= Mediation, intercession, interposition, intervention; arbitrament, umpirage, trial, judgment, decision.

ANT. _Litigation, contention, disputation, appeal, dissension._

=Ardent.= Passionate, fervent, intense, vehement, fierce, fiery; hot, burning; zealous, enthusiastic, strenuous.

ANT. _Cool, cold, indifferent, torpid, apathetic, dispassionate, phlegmatic._

=Argument.= Reasoning, proof, evidence, controversy, discussion, debate; subject, topic, theme, thesis; summary, abstract, outline.

ANT. _Assertion, assumption; dogma._

=Aridity.= Dryness, parchedness, sterility, unfertility, barrenness; dulness, indifference, torpidity, insensibility.

ANT. _Moisture, fertility, verdancy, luxuriance, productivity._

=Arise.= Ascend, mount, get up, stand up; rebel, revolt; result, eventuate.

ANT. _Descend, dismount; submit, cower; cause, instigate._

=Aristocracy.= Government of nobles; nobility, peerage, gentry.

ANT. _Democracy; people, populace, masses, rabble._

=Arm=, _v._ Equip, array, furnish, gird, accouter, provide; fortify, cover, protect, guard; prepare.

ANT. _Divest, disarm; expose._

=Army.= Soldiery, legion, armament, forces, host, phalanx, troops.

ANT. _Individual; citizens._

=Aromatic.= Fragrant, spicy, balmy, redolent, odoriferous, ambrosial.

ANT. _Scentless, malodorous, fetid, offensive, noisome, rank._

=Arouse.= Excite, provoke, instigate, stimulate, animate, kindle, warm, whet, summon, awaken.

ANT. _Allay, mitigate, moderate, still, quiet, assuage, quell._

=Arraign.= Accuse, charge, indict, impeach, denounce; prosecute.

ANT. _Acquit, discharge, condone, release._

=Arrange.= Settle, determine, adjust; dispose, group, marshall, rank, range, distribute, place; plan, contrive, project, devise, construct, organize.

ANT. _Confuse, disturb, jumble, disperse, disorder, derange._

=Array=, _n._ Order, parade, show, exhibition, collection, arrangement, line of battle, disposition.

ANT. _Disorder, confusion, jumble._

=Arrest.= Apprehend, capture, seize, detain, hold, take prisoner; stop.

ANT. _Liberate, free, dismiss, release, discharge; expedite._

=Arrival.= Advent, coming; comer, person _or_ thing arrived.

ANT. _Departure, going._

=Arrive.= Reach, get to, come; attain, touch, overtake; happen.

ANT. _Depart, set out_ or _forth, be gone_.

=Arrogant.= Haughty, insolent, proud, lordly, disdainful, supercilious, self-important, egoistic, overbearing, dogmatic, imperious.

ANT. _Humble, diffident, polite, bashful, servile, considerate._

=Art.= Craft, business, calling, employment, trade; practical knowledge; creation of beauty; skill, dexterity, sagacity, aptitude, cleverness, ingenuity; cunning, artifice, deceit, guile.

ANT. _Misrepresentation, caricature; candor, simplicity; incompetency, inability._

=Article.= Thing, substance, commodity; part, portion, particular, point, item, member; essay, paper, monograph, brochure.

ANT. _Nothing, nullity, cipher; totality, entirety, unity, integer._

=Articulate.= Join, unite, connect, fasten together; enunciate, utter distinctly, pronounce.

ANT. _Disperse, separate, rend, dissect, disjoin, disconnect; whisper; render mute, silence, muzzle._

=Artifice.= Cunning, craft, machination, stratagem, guile, device, contrivance, cheat, imposture, trick, ruse, maneuver, wile.

ANT. _Fairness, frankness, candor, openness, sincerity, truth, honesty, artlessness, ingenuousness, simplicity._

=Artificial.= Unnatural, factitious; feigned, counterfeit, fictitious, spurious, sham; affected, forced, strained.

ANT. _Natural, genuine, spontaneous, transparent, artless, unaffected._

=Artist.= Designer, contriver, skilled workman, artisan; mechanic, operative; painter; sculptor, carver; master, master-hand.

=Ascend.= Rise, mount, soar, aspire, go up, tower.

ANT. _Descend, fall, sink._

=Ascendancy.= Power, authority, sway, dominion, rule, mastery, control, government, influence.

ANT. _Subordination, servility._

=Ascertain.= Determine, establish, settle, fix, define, verify; discover, find out, get at.

ANT. _Guess, surmise, suppose, presume, conjecture._

=Ascetic.= Austere, rigid, severe, self-denying, abstinent, stern, puritanical.

ANT. _Lenient, indulgent, epicurean, pampered, mild, tolerant._

=Ascribe.= Impute, attribute, assign, refer, charge, set down.

ANT. _Dissociate, exclude; deny, refuse; disconnect._

=Ask.= Request, petition, solicit, entreat, beg, beseech, supplicate, require of, crave, demand.

ANT. _Refuse, reject, deny; command, claim, exact, extort, enforce, insist._

=Aspect.= Air, mien, look, countenance, expression, feature, bearing; state, attitude, posture, condition, appearance; direction, outlook, prospect.

=Asperity.= Acrimony, sourness, sharpness; sternness, severity, bitterness, sullenness, ill-temper; roughness, unevenness.

ANT. _Sweetness, pleasantness; gentleness, mildness; smoothness._

=Asperse.= Slander, calumniate, traduce, vilify, attack, abuse, blemish, besmirch, vituperate, disparage, censure, slur, malign.

ANT. _Eulogize, vindicate, clear, defend, extol, praise, shield._

=Aspiration.= Pronouncing with the rough breathing; yearning, longing, ardent desire, craving, spiritual ambition.

ANT. _Apathy, inertia, indifference, dulness, aversion, repudiation, avoidance._

=Assault.= Attack, invasion, charge, onset, onslaught, aggression.

ANT. _Resistance, defense, repulsion, retaliation, undermining._

=Assemble.= Gather, collect, convene, congregate, meet, come together.

ANT. _Disperse, scatter, dismiss._

=Assembly.= Concourse, company, gathering, congregation, assemblage, meeting, convocation, throng; congress, parliament, legislature, synod, diet, council, convention; ball, dance, dancing party.

ANT. _Dispersion, dismissal, disunion, disruption._

=Assent=, _n._ Acquiescence, acknowledgment, approval, concurrence, approbation, accord, consent, agreement, compliance.

ANT. _Disagreement, dissent, difference, protest, declension._

=Assertion.= Asseveration, protestation, allegation; position, statement, word, declaration; vindication, defense, maintenance.

ANT. _Denial, contradiction, abandonment, protest, disavowal, retraction, repudiation, confutation, abjuration._

=Assess.= Tax, value, appraise, estimate, compute, fix, assign, determine, impose.

ANT. _Discount, rebate, allow._

=Assiduous.= Diligent, industrious, untiring, indefatigable, devoted, constant, attentive, painstaking, laborious, persistent, active.

ANT. _Indolent, remiss, inattentive, lazy, desultory, inconstant._

=Assignment.= Appointment, allotment; specification, fixing, determination, offer, presentation; transfer, allowance.

ANT. _Withdrawal, refusal; acceptance, reception._

=Assimilate.= Make similar, cause to resemble; digest, appropriate, incorporate, absorb.

ANT. _Contrast, reject, separate, segregate._

=Assist.= Help, aid, succor, relieve, support, befriend, serve; speed, sustain, promote, further, coöperate with, patronize.

ANT. _Hinder, oppose, antagonize, prevent, resist, counteract._

=Associate=, _n._ Companion, comrade, chum, friend, helpmate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, accomplice, ally, consort, confederate, peer.

ANT. _Antagonist, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, stranger, opposer._

=Association.= Federation, fellowship, alliance, companionship, society, union, partnership, lodge, company, confederacy, corporation, fraternity, club.

ANT. _Solitude; disintegration; independence, separation, disunion, estrangement, disruption, avoidance; individuality._

=Assortment.= Arrangement, allotment, distribution; set, class, group, parcel, collection; variety, miscellany.

ANT. _Disarrangement, displacement, misplacement; conglomeration._

=Assuage.= Soothe, pacify, mitigate, ease, alleviate, abate, calm.

ANT. _Excite, inflame, provoke, aggravate, exasperate._

=Assume.= Arrogate, feign, pretend, take, usurp, accept, affect, appropriate, claim.

ANT. _Waive, allow, surrender; doff; concede, grant, abandon, resign; demonstrate, prove, argue._

=Assumption.= Presumption, hypothesis, theory, postulate, conjecture; acceptance of, responsibility for; usurpation, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, lordliness, impudence, effrontery.

ANT. _Truth, fact; timidity, distrust, misgiving, consternation._

=Assurance.= Confidence, effrontery, presumption, assumption, arrogance, impudence, self-reliance, boldness, assertion; pledge.

ANT. _Doubt, distrust, hesitancy, misgiving, timidity, confusion, dismay, shyness._

=Astonish.= Amaze, startle, surprise, astound, stupefy, stagger.

ANT. _Encourage, embolden, assure._

=Astute.= Keen, discerning, acute, sagacious, shrewd, sharp, cunning, subtle, discriminating, knowing, perspicacious, crafty.

ANT. _Stupid, unintelligent, imbecile, dull, idiotic, shortsighted, shallow._

=Atrocious.= Infamous, outrageous, nefarious, villainous, diabolical, heinous, flagrant, horrible.

ANT. _Humane, noble, honorable, admirable, chivalrous, generous._

=Attachment.= Adherence, friendship, regard, tenderness, love, esteem, affection, devotion, inclination, union.

ANT. _Alienation, aversion, coolness, distance, estrangement, indifference, antipathy, animosity, dislike, enmity, divorce._

=Attack=, _v._ Assault, storm, assail, invade, charge, rush upon, spring upon; censure, criticize; combat, besiege, beset.

ANT. _Withstand, defend, resist, support, shield, aid, uphold, shelter, vindicate, protest._

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

ANT. _Lose, fail of, forfeit, give up, abandon, let go, miss._

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

ANT. _Inspiration, intuition, genius; ignorance._

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

ANT. _Abandon, shun, drop, dismiss, neglect._

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

ANT. _Absence; non-attendance; neglect, abandonment._

=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, ignoring._

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

ANT. _Amplify, dilate, swell, develop, enlarge, broaden, expand, increase._

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

ANT. _Controvert, contradict, disprove, deny, upset, refute; conceal; vitiate._

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

ANT. _Nudity, nakedness._

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

ANT. _State, condition, essence; amorphism._

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

ANT. _Repulsion, aversion, disinclination, repugnance._

=Attribute=, _n._ Quality, property, characteristic, peculiarity, mark.

ANT. _Essence, substance, nature, being._

=Attribute=, _v._ Ascribe, assign, impute, refer, charge, connect, associate.

ANT. _Separate, sever, sunder, disconnect, deny, dissociate._

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

ANT. _Timid, cowardly, cautious; unenterprising; retiring._

=Augur=, _v._ Foretell, portend, predict, presage, prophesy, divine, prognosticate, betoken.

ANT. _Demonstrate, establish, settle, prove, warrant, calculate._

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

ANT. _Mean, common, vulgar, beggarly, commonplace, paltry._

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

ANT. _Hopeless, abortive, unpromising, unsatisfactory, discouraging._

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

ANT. _Affable, kindly, indulgent, genial, bland, mild, tender._

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

ANT. _False, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized, apocryphal, fabulous, counterfeit._

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

ANT. _Destroyer, demolisher, spoiler, annihilator._

=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._

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

ANT. _Subordinate, dependent, responsible, constitutional._

=Automatic.= Self-moving, self-acting.

ANT. _Voluntary, free, optional._

=Auxiliary=, _n._ Assistant, helper, confederate, aid, ally, accessory, promoter, subordinate.

ANT. _Opponent, antagonist, hinderer, opposer._

=Available.= Serviceable, useful, profitable, beneficial, advantageous.

ANT. _Useless, inappropriate, irrelevant, inoperative._

=Avaricious.= Grasping, sordid, greedy, covetous, miserly, stingy.

ANT. _Liberal, bountiful, extravagant, wasteful, prodigal, unselfish._

=Avenge.= Punish, retaliate, revenge, vindicate.

ANT. _Forgive, pardon, overlook, condone, waive, forego, remit._

=Avenue.= Access, entrance, entry, approach, passage; alley, walk, street, road; route, channel.

=Aver.= Assert, declare, say, protest, affirm, asseverate, allege.

ANT. _Deny, contradict, disavow._

=Average.= Medium, medial, middling, ordinary, tolerable, moderate, mediocre, passable.

ANT. _Extreme, excessive, perfect, extraordinary, excellent._

=Aversion.= Dislike, hatred, repugnance, disgust, loathing, antipathy, abhorrence, detestation, unwillingness.

ANT. _Sympathy, congeniality, ardor, eagerness, avidity, love, desire, affection._

=Avidity.= Eagerness, longing, desire, yearning; rapacity, craving, greediness.

ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, aversion, loathing._

=Avoid.= Quit, shun, abandon, escape, elude, withdraw, forsake, dodge.

ANT. _Seek, court, approach, accost, address, affect._

=Avouch.= Assert, affirm, declare, protest, profess, asseverate.

ANT. _Deny, contradict, gainsay._

=Avow.= Confess, own, acknowledge, admit, profess, proclaim, testify.

ANT. _Disavow, repudiate, deny, contradict, disclaim, ignore._

=Awaken.= Rouse, kindle, excite, provoke.

ANT. _Allay, quiet, subdue._

=Award.= Grant, allot, accord, distribute, assign, decree, determine.

ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, misappropriate, deny._

=Aware.= Conscious, sensible, cognizant, knowing, apprised, mindful.

ANT. _Unconscious, ignorant, insensible._

=Awe.= Fear, dread, reverence, veneration, terror, wonder.

ANT. _Contempt, familiarity, irreverence, disrespect, insolence._

=Awful.= Dread, grand, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, appalling, august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.

ANT. _Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified._

=Awkward.= Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.

ANT. _Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit._ =Awry.= Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.

ANT. _Straight, direct, true, right._

=Axiom.= Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.

ANT. _Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity._

=Azure.= Blue, sky-color, cerulean.

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=Babble.= Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.

ANT. _Hush, suppress; enunciate._

=Babel.= Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.

ANT. _Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony._

=Back=, _a._ and _ad._ Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.

ANT. _Near, foremost, in advance._

=Back=, _v._ Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.

ANT. _Fail, disappoint; advance, push._

=Backbiter.= Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.

ANT. _Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator._

=Backslider.= Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.

ANT. _Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent._

=Backward.= Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating, wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.

ANT. _Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous, antecedent, prior._

=Bad.= Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair, unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome, distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched, abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.

ANT. _Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant._

=Baffle.= Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.

ANT. _Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote._

=Balance.= Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.

ANT. _Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert._

=Bald.= Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless; unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished; mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.

ANT. _Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant, rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating._

=Baleful.= Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly, ruinous.

ANT. _Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous._

=Balk.= Frustrate, defeat, foil.

ANT. _Aid, promote, instigate._

=Banish.= Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict, expatriate.

ANT. _Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor._

=Banquet.= Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal, cheer.

ANT. _Fast, starvation, abstinence._

=Banter=, _n._ Badinage, irony, raillery, ridicule, satire, chaff, mockery, jeering, derision.

ANT. _Discourse, discussion._

=Barbarous.= Brutal, atrocious, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, barbaric, barbarian.

ANT. _Civilized, humane, polite, refined, tender, delicate, cultured, elegant, nice, courtly._

=Bare.= Nude, naked, unclothed, exposed; sheer, simple, mere; bald, unadorned, meager; poor, destitute, indigent, empty.

ANT. _Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly._

=Bargain.= Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.

ANT. _Loss, misprofit; cheat._

=Barren.= Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.

ANT. _Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful._

=Barrier.= Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.

ANT. _Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage._

=Base.= Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.

ANT. _Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined._

=Bashful.= Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.

ANT. _Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic._

=Basis.= Base, foundation, groundwork.

ANT. _Apex, top, superstructure._

=Bathe.= Wash, lave, cover, flood, immerse, suffuse.

ANT. _Dry, expose._

=Battle=, _n._ Fight, contest, skirmish, combat, encounter, bout, engagement, strife, action, conflict.

ANT. _Armistice, truce, concord._

=Bauble.= Trifle, toy, plaything, trinket, gimcrack, knickknack.

ANT. _Valuable, jewel, ornament, decoration, gem, possession._

=Bays.= Crown, wreath, garland, chaplet; honors, renown, plaudits, praise, glory, applause.

ANT. _Disgrace, contumely, stigma, brand._

=Beach.= Shore, strand, margin, sands, marge, rim, coast, seashore, seaboard.

ANT. _Ocean, sea, deep, main._

=Beacon=, _n._ Signal fire, mark, sign, guide, light, flame.

ANT. _Shadow; dark; will-o’-the-wisp, ignis fatuus._

=Beam=, _v._ Shine, emit rays, beacon, gleam, glitter, be radiant.

ANT. _Die out, grow dark, go out._

=Bear.= Support, sustain, hold up, carry; have, hold, possess; suffer, undergo, endure, tolerate, submit to; permit, allow; maintain, cherish, harbor; be responsible for; produce, yield, give birth to; generate.

ANT. _Drop, drag; release, give up; protest, resist, rebel, resent, reject._

=Bearing.= Behavior, deportment, demeanor, appearance, aspect, position, carriage, mien, air; relation, connection; patience, endurance; direction, course, aim; effect, force, meaning, scope; producing; bed, socket.

ANT. _Misbehavior; disconnection, independence, irrelevancy; pendency, suspension; diversion, deflection; inanity, absurdity._

=Beat.= Strike, thrash, flog, cudgel, pound, scourge, whip, batter, smite, pommel, overcome, chastise, conquer, defeat, castigate, bruise, bastinado, belabor, switch, spank, worst, vanquish.

ANT. _Soothe, stroke, caress, pat, shield, protect, mollify, heal._

=Beatific.= Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.

ANT. _Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious._

=Beatitude.= Bliss, felicity, blessedness.

ANT. _Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor._

=Beautiful.= Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.

ANT. _Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim._

=Because.= Since, inasmuch as, for, as.

ANT. _Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless._

=Beckon.= Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.

ANT. _Ignore, repulse._

=Become.= Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get _or_ grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.

ANT. _Disagree, clash, mismatch._

=Becoming.= Befitting, beseeming, fit, graceful, proper, neat, suitable, congruous, worthy.

ANT. _Unseemly, indecent, derogatory, unsuitable._

=Befall.= Happen, occur, chance, betide.

ANT. _Impend, threaten, loom._

=Befitting.= Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, appropriate, expedient.

ANT. _Compulsory, obligatory; improper, inexpedient._

=Before.= Preceding, in front of; prior to, previous; in advance of, ahead of; hitherto; above, in a former place _or_ previous passage; formerly, of old, already; under the judgment _or_ control of.

ANT. _Behind, after, subsequently, later._

=Beg.= Beseech, pray, ask, request, supplicate, solicit, sue, implore, importune.

ANT. _Require, demand, extort, exact, insist; refuse._

=Beggar.= Mendicant, supplicant, pauper, suitor, applicant.

ANT. _Bestower, giver, benefactor._

=Beggary.= Want, penury, indigence, destitution.

ANT. _Riches, wealth, affluence, abundance, plenty._

=Beginning.= Origin, commencement, fountain, source, spring, start, opening, initiation, arising, outset, rise, inception, inauguration.

ANT. _End, finish, fulfilment, outcome, conclusion, termination, result, effect, expiration, completion._