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to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
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to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.
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Medicine/Medical . contracting; constrictive; styptic.
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harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.
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stern or severe; austere.
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sharply incisive; pungent: astringent wit.
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bewildered or confused.
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lost in thought; preoccupied.
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brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
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offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.
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tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.
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the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world.
the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc.
an accumulated stock of such wealth.
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the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
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( often lowercase [image]) a building occupied by a state legislature.
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capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
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worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness.
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willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
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marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor
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to gather the choice things or parts from.
to collect; gather; pluck.
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something culled, esp. something picked out and put aside as inferior.
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a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
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any difficult or perplexing situation or problem.
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verb (used with object)
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to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
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to cause to appear; allow to be seen; lay open to view: In spring the violets disclose their fragrant petals.
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Obsolete . to open up; unfold.
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judicious in one's conduct or speech, esp. with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
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showing prudence and circumspection; decorous: a discreet silence.
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modestly unobtrusive; unostentatious: a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace.
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apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
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consisting of or characterized by distinct or individual parts; discontinuous.
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verb (used without object)
to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
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to note or observe a difference; distinguish accurately: to discriminate between things.
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lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous. |
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to mark off as different (often fol. by from or by ): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
to recognize as distinct or different; recognize the salient or individual features or characteristics of: It is hard to distinguish her from her twin sister.
to perceive clearly by sight or other sense; discern; recognize: He could not distinguish many of the words.
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something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
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high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
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conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
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lofty; high: eminent peaks.
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prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.
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shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
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notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
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Archaic . blazing, burning, or glowing.
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to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
to wave conspicuously in the air.
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to parade or display ostentatiously: to flaunt one's wealth.
to ignore or treat with disdain: He was expelled for flaunting military regulations.
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to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
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to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often fol. by at ).
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a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
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happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
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lucky; fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career.
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having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
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bringing or indicating good fortune; resulting favorably; auspicious: She made a fortunate decision to go on to medical school.
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not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
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disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.
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likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
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projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.
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implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
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unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
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potentially contained (usually fol. by in ): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
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verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
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to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in ): to inculcate virtue in the young.
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to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with ): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.
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having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
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deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable: an infamous deed.
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characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
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cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent.
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of, pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
necessary to the completeness of the whole: This point is integral to his plan.
consisting or composed of parts that together constitute a whole.
entire; complete; whole: the integral works of a writer.
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to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
Mathematics . to insert, estimate, or find an intermediate term in (a sequence).
to alter (a text) by the insertion of new matter, esp. deceptively or without authorization.
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having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
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complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine.
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
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juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
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lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
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adjective
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abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
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producing abundantly, as soil; fertile; fruitful; productive: to settle in luxuriant country.
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richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.
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florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint.
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characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
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given to or loving luxury; wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like: a person with luxurious tastes.
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given to pleasure, esp. of the senses; voluptuous.
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patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm. |
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widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler.
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publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.
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a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
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a very slight difference or variation in color or tone.
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Statistics . a variable entering into the mathematical form of any distribution such that the possible values of the variable correspond to different distributions.
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Usually, parameters. limits or boundaries; guidelines: the basic parameters of our foreign policy.
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the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
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the length of such a boundary.
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a line bounding or marking off an area.
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verb (used with object)
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to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
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to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification.
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1. The amount borrowed or the amount still owed on a loan, separate from interest.
2. The original amount invested, separate from earnings.
3. The face value of a bond.
4. The owner of a private company.
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an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
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a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived: the principles of modern physics.
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a fundamental doctrine or tenet; a distinctive ruling opinion: the principles of the Stoics.
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to move or go forward or onward, esp. after stopping.
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to carry on or continue any action or process.
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to go on to do something.
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of or in the future: prospective earnings.
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potential, likely, or expected: a prospective partner.
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wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
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careful in providing for the future; provident: a prudent decision.
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very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
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( sometimes initial capital letter [image]) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Puritans or Puritanism.
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an advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage, esp. to women.
Suffrage
(the right to vote, esp. in a political election,
a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like.)
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lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
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without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
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