Ant. Live, recover, be born; survive, exist; originate, develop, grow, strengthen, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate.
Diet. Food, victuals, nourishment, aliment, nutriment, provision, viands, rations, fare, subsistence; assembly, parliament, congress.
Ant. Starvation, fasting, abstinence, fast; gluttony, omnivorousness.
Difference. Contrast, diversity, variation, variety, discrepancy, disagreement, disparity, distinction, divergence, unlikeness.
Ant. Agreement, uniformity, unity, consonance, identity, likeness, resemblance, harmony, sameness, similarity.
Differentiate. Discriminate, individualize, distinguish, particularize, specify, segregate, identify.
Ant. Generalize, classify, confuse, amalgamate.
Difficult. Arduous, exhausting, severe, onerous, trying, toilsome, hard, laborious; intricate, involved, obscure, enigmatical; unmanageable, reserved, opposed, unamenable.
Ant. Easy, facile, trifling, slight, trivial, pleasant, light; simple, plain, clear, manifest; approachable, amenable, pliant.
Diffident. Modest, doubtful, reluctant, hesitating; bashful, timid, shy, self-distrustful.