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Main Entry:
appeal [uh-peel]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge
Antonyms: deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke
Main Entry: exacerbate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: infuriate; make worse
Synonyms: add insult to injury, aggravate, annoy, egg on, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, fan the flames, feed the fire, go from bad to worse, heat up, heighten, hit on, increase, inflame, intensify, irritate, madden, provoke, push one's button, rattle one's cage, rub salt in a wound, vex, worsen
Notes: to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness
Antonyms: aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe
Main Entry: flirt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make advances toward someone
Synonyms: banter, bat eyes at, come hither, come on, coquet, dally, disport, eyeball, fool, gam, hit on, lead on, linger with, make a move, make a pass, ogle, philander, pick up*, pitch*, proposition, tease, wink at
Antonyms: be faithful
Main Entry: lure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attract, seduce
Synonyms: allure, bag, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, capture, catch, charm, come on, decoy, drag, draw, enchant, ensnare, entice, fascinate, grab, haul, hit on, hook, inveigle, invite, lead on, pull, rope, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, train, turn on
Antonyms: antagonize, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, repulse, turn off
Main Entry: proffer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest, offer
Synonyms: extend, gift, give, hand, hit on, hold out, make a pitch, pose, present, propose, proposition, propound, submit, tender, volunteer
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, take back
Main Entry: propose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest, present for action
Synonyms: adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, propound, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, tender, urge, volunteer
Notes: one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration)
Antonyms: condemn, deny, oppose, refuse, reject
Main Entry: solicit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead for; try to sell
Synonyms: accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, come on to, crave, demand, desire, drum up, drum, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hit on, hit up, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, pass the hat, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, sue for, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, whistle for
Antonyms: disapprove, refuse, reject
Main Entry: propound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: propose
Synonyms: adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz, lay before, lay on the line, make a motion, make a pitch, move for, name*, nominate, offer, pose, prefer, press, proffer, propone, proposition, put forward, put to, put up, recommend, request, set forth, solicit, speak one's piece, spitball, state, submit, suggest, tender, urge, volunteer
Notes: one would propound a plan (set forth for consideration something more extensive, substantial), but propose an idea (set forth for consideration)
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Main Entry: proffer
Part of Speech: verb
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Adjectives:
conductitious, disengaged, for sale, in the market, offered, offering, on hire, paper, tendered, to let
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