SYN: Obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain, unauthenticated, unverified.
ANT: Palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed, verified, attested.
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KEY: Apologue.
SYN: Fable, fiction, parable.
ANT: Precept, history, narrative.
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KEY: Apology.
SYN: Defense, justification, plea, exculpation, excuse, vindication, acknowledgment, confession.
ANT: Charge, imputation, impeachment, offense, incrimination, injury, accusation, wrong, insult.
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KEY: Apostate, [See FEATURE].
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KEY: Apothegm.
SYN: Proverb, adage, dictum, maxim, saw, saying.
ANT: (As not so condensed), Exhortation, sermon, discourse, disquisition.
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KEY: Appal.
SYN: Affright, alarm, terrify, scare, daunt, cow, shock, frighten, discouraged, dishearten, horrify, dismay, astound.
ANT: Encourage, rally, assure, embolden, reassure.
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KEY: Apparel.
SYN: Clothes, robes, vesture, vestments, raiment, garniture, habiliments, habit, dress, clothing, caparison, trappings, housings.
ANT: Nudity, disinvestiture, deshabille, tatters, rags.
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KEY: Apparent.
SYN: Obvious, plain, conspicuous, manifest, appearing, unmistakable, clear, probable, seeming, presumable, likely, patent, ostensible, visible, evident, indubitable, notorious, certain.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, inapparent, minute, unobservable, improbable, insupposable, hidden, real.
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KEY: Appeal.
SYN: Accost, address, apostrophize, invite, cite, invoke, urge, refer, call upon, entreat, request, resort.
ANT: Deprecate, repudiate, protest, disavow, disclaim, defy, abjure.
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KEY: Appearance.
SYN: Advent, coming, arrival, presence, apparition, aspect, Manifestatlon, probability, likeness, exhibition, mien, manner, semblance, air, show, look, pretense, likelihood, presumption.
ANT: Departure, disappearance, unlikelihood, non-appearance, concealment, evanition.
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KEY: Appease.
SYN: Pacify, assuage, mitigate, conciliate, propitiate, moderate, satisfy, stay, allay, quiet, soften, calm, compose, soothe, hush, cool, tranquilize.
ANT: Excite, provoke, aggravate, exasperate, inflame, embitter, incense, intensify, stimulate, kindle.
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KEY: Appellation.
SYN: Name, patronymic, cognomen, style, description, designation, title, denomination, term.
ANT: Namelessness, non-description, anonymousness.
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KEY: Append.
SYN: Affix, supplement, subjoin, attach.
ANT: Separate, disengage, disconnect, detach.
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KEY: Appendage.
SYN: Addition, annexation, adjunct, supplement.
ANT: Subtraction, separation, amalgamation, disconnection, detachment, disjunction, division, incorporation.
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KEY: Appended.
SYN: Added, joined, affixed, subjoined, attached, appended, additional, concomitant.
ANT: Detracted, disconnected, separated, disjoined, divided.
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KEY: Appendix, [See APPENDAGE].
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KEY: Appertaining, [See CONCERNING].
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KEY: Appetite.
SYN: Passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency, want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness.
ANT: Repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy.
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KEY: Applaud.
SYN: Laud, praise, extol, approve, eulogize, commend, cry up, magnify, encourage, cheer.
ANT: Disapprove, denounce, decry, censure, execrate.
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KEY: Applause.
SYN: Praise, plaudit, laudation, encomium, commendation, approbation, acclamation, approval, eulogy, acclaim.
ANT: Obloquy, condemnation, denunciation, dissatisfaction, contempt, censure, blame, vituperation, sibilation.
