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(v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
s:amend, better
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(n) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; prpendicularity
s:composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
a:confusion, embarrassment, abashment |
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(adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
s:inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
a:unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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(adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
s:green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
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(n) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense(v) to let saliva flow; to utter nonsense/childesh twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
s:(n)balderdash, hagwash, tommyrot, slaver |
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(n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that representeda larger reality
s:abstract, digest, model, archetype |
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(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
s:entreat, implore, advise against, deprecate |
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| (adj/adv) by virtue of holding a certain office |
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(v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
s:encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
a:stay in bounds |
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(v) to make oneself agreeably and thus gain favor or acceptance by others
s:cosy up to, curry favor with
a:alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself |
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(n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
s:trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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(adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
s:immenent, organic
a:extrinsic, esternal, outward |
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(v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
s:rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
a:acclaim, glorify, extol |
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(n) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
s:fatigue, lathargy, torpor, languor
a:energy, vitality, animation, liviness |
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(n) 1000 years; a period of great joy
s:chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
a:doomsday, day of judgment |
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(adj) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden frome view; not detectable by ordinary means(v)to hide, conceal; eclipse(n) matters involving the supernatural
s:supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
a:mundane, common, public, exoteric |
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| (v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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(v) to fall as moisture; to hurl down from a great hight; to give distinct form to(adj) characterized by excessive haste (n) moisture; the product of an action or process
s:(v)provoke, produce(adj) reckless, impetuous
a:(adj)wary, cautious, circumspect |
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(adj) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter taste
s:stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
a:lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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(v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence;to conjecture or guess (n)likely idea that lacks definite proof
s:(v) infer, gather (n)inference, presumption |
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