spice

Main Entry:	enliven [en-lahy-vuhn] Show IPA/ɛnˈlaɪvən/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspire, vitalize
Synonyms:	animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap
Antonyms:	bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire

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Main Entry:	season
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	flavor food
Synonyms:	color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice
Antonyms:	cook plain

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Main Entry:	smell
Part of Speech:	noun, verb
Related Adjectives:	anosmatic, anosmic, aosmic, deodorized, deodorizing, fresh, gamy, graveolent, halituous, heady, hircine, inodorate, inodorous, moschate, nasal, noctuolent, odoriferous, odorous, olfactory, osmagogue, osphretic, pungent, quick, scentless, smelling, strong, unscented, wanting smell, without smell

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Concept:	Condiment.
Category:	2. Sensation; special sensation; taste
Synonyms:	-verbs season (render pungent).
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Concept:	Fragrance.
Category:	2. Sensation; special sensation; odor
Synonyms:	-verbs be fragrant; have a perfume; smell sweet, scent, perfume, embalm.
Antonyms:	fetor
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Concept:	Pleasure.
Category:	1. Passive Affections
Synonyms:	-verbs be pleased; feel pleasure, experience pleasure; joy; enjoy oneself; be in clover, be in elysium [more]; tread on enchanted ground; fall into raptures, go into raptures., feel at home, breathe freely, bask in the sunshine., be pleased with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure from; take pleasure in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of., take in good part., treat oneself to, solace oneself with.
Antonyms:	pain
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Concept:	Shade.
Category:	2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general
Synonyms:	-verbs draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil; cast a shadow (darken).
Antonyms:	luminary
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