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aphrodisiac, adj. 1. cantharidal, cantharidian, titillating, stimulating, exciting; seductive, enticing, alluring. -n. 2. cantharides, Spanish fly, philter, love potion; stimulative, stimulator, Med. stimulant, exciter, drug, turn-on.
apiarist, n. beekeeper, apaculturist, apiarian, bee breeder.
apiece, adv. each, for each one, for each, respectively; individually, separately, one by one, each to each; severally, distributively; seriatim, in a series, one after another.
aplomb, n. 1. poise, assurance, confidence, selfassurance, self-confidence, self-possession, self-command; composure, steadiness, stability, self-restraint, self-control, collectedness; equanimity, calmness, equilibrium, balance, sang-froid, cool, imperturbability; sedateness, dispassion, staidness; level-headedness, common sense, rationality.
2. perpendicularity, verticality, uprightness, erectness, straightness.
apocalyptic, adj. revelatory, prophetic, fatidic, fatidical, vatic, vatical; predictive, prognosticative, augural, indicative; warning, signal, foreshadowing, forewarning; threatening, foreboding, ominous, por-tentious, oracular,
apocryphal, adj. 1. unauthenticated, unverified, unconfirmed, unvalidated, unsubstantiated; unsanctioned, uncanonical; questionable, debatable, disputable, disputed, controvertible, controversial; dubita-ble, dubious, doubtful, uncertain, unsure, unknown. 2. false, spurious, unauthentic, not genuine; sham, U.S. bogus, mock, feigned, phony; untrue, fictitious, made-up, make-believe, unreal, imaginary,
apogee, n. 1. summit, apex, vertex, crest, heights, pinnacle, peak, spire, point, tip, tip-top; top, head, headpiece, cap, crown, loft, aerie.
2. extremity, outer limit, farthest point; limit, bound, boundary, border, frontier; edge, rim, brim, brow, lip, ridge, verge, brink, margin; ultimate, terminal, terminus, termination, end.
apologetic, adj. 1. sorry, regretful, remorseful, contrite, in sackcloth and ashes; expiatory, penitential, penitent, repentant; conscience-stricken, conscience-smitten, rueful, compunctious; self-reproachful, self-condemnatory, self-condemning, self-accusatory, self-accusing.
2. defensive, supportive, supporting; endorsing, sustaining, upholding, justificatory, justificative; vindicatory, vindicative, exonerative, exculpatory; mitigatory, palliatory, palliative, extenuatory, extenuating, excusatory; propitiatory, propitiative, conciliatory, conciliative.
apologist, n. 1. defender, supporter, maintainer, seconder; pleader, arguer, advocate, vindicator, justifier, champion.
2. apologete, defender of the faith, evangelist,
apologize, v. 1. beg pardon, ask pardon, make up; atone for, do penance, Archaic, shrive, expiate, make amends, eat humble pie; repent, regret, feel sorry, rue, lament.
2. defend, plead, argue, make a stand for, stand up for; support, bolster, uphold, maintain, sustain; endorse, second, advocate, espouse; vindicate, justify, excuse; palliate, propitiate, mitigate, extenuate,
apology, n. 1. confession, expiation, lustration, purification, Archaic, shrift; amends, Fr. amende honorable, expression of regret or sorrow; penance, penitence, repentance; self-reproach, self-condemnation, self-accusation.
2. defense, plea, argument, claim, excuse, apologia; support, upholding, espousal, advocacy; vindication, exculpation, justification, explanation; palliation, extenuation, mitigation, propitiation.
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