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KEY: Saying.
SYN: Assertion, maxim, saw, dictum, declaration, speech, byword, proverb, aphorism, apothegm.
ANT: Dissertation, disquisition, essay, ratiocination, rigmarole, yarn, circumlocution.
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KEY: Scale.
SYN: Layer, lamina, flake.
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KEY: Scandal.
SYN: Offence, reproach, disgrace, defamation, libel, shame, infamy, detraction, slander, calumny, opprobrium.