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to run off and hide
syn: bolt, make off, skip town |
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(n.)
approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase
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to get at, obtain
syn: entry, admittance, entrée |
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(n.)
a lack of government and law; confusion
syn: chaos, disorder, turmoil pandemonium |
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(adj.)
hard to do, requiring much effort
syn: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing |
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(adj.)
favorable; fortunate
syn: promising, encouraging, propitious |
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(adj.)
favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
syn: unfair, partial, bigoted |
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(v.)
to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
syn: dismay, cow |
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(v.)
to free from tangles or complications
syn: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl |
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(adj.)
determined in advance by destiny or fortune
syn: destined, preordained, doomed |
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(v.)
to mislead by a trick, deceive
syn: dupe, put one over on |
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(adj.)
not having life; without energy or spirit
syn: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless |
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(v.)
to burn to ashes
syn: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
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(adj.)
very brace, fearless, unshakable
syn: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring |
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(n.)
theft
syn: stealing, robbery, burglary |
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(adj.)
bending readily; easily influenced
syn: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic |
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(adj.)
overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
syn: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic |
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(n.)
a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster
syn: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge |
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(v.)
to make right, correct
syn: remedy, set right |
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(n.)
a temporary relief or day
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to grant a postponement
syn: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) postpone, delay |
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(v.)
to attack with words, call bad names
syn: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce |
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