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v, to get revenge for, get even for
sen: in shakespheer's hamlet, the title charecter vows to avenge his father's death
synonym: retaliate |
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v,to give up
sen: spain cede territory over france
synonyms: yield,deliver up,trasfer |
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n, agreat flood,v, to flood
sen: owens are hoping this summer will bring a deluge of visitors
sen: a torrential deluge the entire town
synonyms:v,swamp,inundate
antonyms:n,trickle,dribble |
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n, good judgement
sen: my teacher suggested i use discreation in dealing with my difficultly
synonyms: prudence,tact,discremination |
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n,the stricking of one object,v,to affect,especaly focefully
sen: the impact of one car to anthor destroed both vehicles
sen: budget cuts will impact the number of hours public librarys are open
synonyms:n,crash,kblow,effect |
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adj,dizzy, light headead
sen: after the long race marathon ru8nners are giddy.
synonyms: faint,frivoles
antonyms:levelheaded,serious |
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v,to make timid or fritened
sen: bullies may try to intimidate us,but if we stick together we will win
synomyns: bully, brow beat,hector |
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v,to free from bondage
sen:the police liberate the anxious hostages after sixteen hours of confinement
synonyms: untie,unshackle
antonyms: imprison,fetter,shackle,bind |
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adj,resonable,macking use of
sen: our parents are constinetly encouranging us to look for logical solutions for our problems
synonyms: rational sensible
antonyms:absurd ridickulos unsound |
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v,to give false information
sen: if witnesses misrepresent the facts, the defense attorny has proof to support our story
synonyms: distort flasify twist exaggerate |
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adj,left to one's own choice
sen: the hotel will charge us for breakfast and dinner, but lunch is optional
synonyms: volentary, elective,discretionary
antonyms: requird, mandatory, compulsorary
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adj,complete,instantanious
sen: when the teacher asked her why she didn't go do her homework, she told an outright lie.
sen: even though they had already heard it several times, the hilareous joke made them laugh
synonyms:adj,total,out and out,adv,utteral
antonyms:adj,partial,adv,by degrees |
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v,to meetin accordence with a plan,n,a meeting
sen: let's all agree to rendezous by the fountain on sunday
sen: they kept their rendezous a seceret
synonyms:n,date,appointment |
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adj,rounded and plump
sen:my friends like to display the largest and most rotund pumpkin outside our door.
synonyms:round,plump,chubby,portly
antonyms: thin,angular,lean |
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v,to stroll,n,a stroll
sen:the star saunter past his adoring fans
sen: it's such a buetiful day to take a saunter
synonyms:v,to ramble,race,n,promenade
antonyms: speed,race,hurry,scurry |
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adj,lazy,slow-moving
sen:after a big lunch i feel sluggish
synonyms:unhurried,lethargic
antonyms:active,energetic |
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adj,lower rank in positioning,n, one who is in a lower position or under orders of someone else,v,to put in a lower position
sen:a corperal is a subordinate to a sargent
sen: let's ask a subordinate to help us file
sen:parents often subordinate their own wishes for a sake of their children
synonyms:n,to assiant
antonyms:adj,superion,higher,n,cheif,superviser |
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n,a delicate color or hue,v,to give color to something
sen: he wants to paint his room a darker tint
sen: i hope my ophalmologist can tint my sunglasses
synonyms:n,shade,tone,v,color,stain
antonyms:v,bleach,whiten |
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adj,likely to undergo change,n, a value or quantity
sen: spring weather can be extremly variable in mathematics,the letter x can stand for a variale
syonyms:adj,fluctuating,shifting
antonyms:adj,consistint,unchanging |
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n,the point at which point something happens,v,to incline,tend forward
sen: i was on the verge of tears today
sen: that chatter verge on baby talk
synonyms:n, brink,threshhold,edge |
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