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(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
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(v.) to entire, tempt, to be attractive to; (n.) a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm
SYNONYMS: (v.) beguile, tantalize; (n.) temptation, enticement |
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(adj., adv.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
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(adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casualy, unconcerned
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(adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue
SYNONYMS: argumentative, disputatious, combative |
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(v.) to desire something belonging to another
SYNONYMS: crave, yearn for, hunger for |
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(adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast
SYNONYMS: despondent, disconsolate |
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(adj.) rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder
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(n.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets;
(math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised
SYNONYMS: defender, champion, interpreter |
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(adj.) given to much talking, tediously chatty
SNYNONYMS: Talktaive, loquacious, long-winded |
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(adj.) incapable of being overcome
SYNONYMS: invincible, insurmountable |
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(adj.) to be regretted or pitied
SYNONYMS: depolrable, regrettable, distressing |
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(n.) an unsuitable or misleading name
SYNONYMS: misnaming, malapropism |
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(v.) to affirm openly; to state belef in; to claim, pretend
SYNONYMS: assert, declare, proclaim, purport |
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(n.) a period of relief or rest
SYNONYMS: interval, intermisson, lull, breather |
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(n.) a repayment; a deserved punishment
SYNONYMS: recompense, requital, just deserts |
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(adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
SYNONYMS: twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple
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(adj.) full, deep, or rish in sound; impressive in style
SYNONYMS: resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
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(n.) the foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
SYNONYMS: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
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(n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
SYNONYMS: loafer, idlerr, squanderer, profiligate
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(v.) to refert to casually or indirectly
SYNONYMS: suggest, insinuate, hint at, intimate
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(adj.) supernaturally perceptive; (n.) the one who possessses extrasensory powers, seer
SYNONYMS: (adj.) insightful, discerning, uncanny; (n.) visionary
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(adj.) erviing to settle an issue; final
SYNONYMS: decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive
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(adj.) not respectable, not esteemed
SYNONYMS: disgraceful, discreditable, shady
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(adj.) native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
SYNONYMS: indigenous, restricted to
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(adj.) worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model
SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative
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(v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of; (n.) a measure of depth in water
SYNONYMS: (v.) grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb
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(n.) treacherous, cunning, deceit
SYNONYMS: trickery, duplicity, chicanery
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(n.) honesty, hight moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
SYNONYMS: rectitude, probity
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(n.) a route of travel; a record of travel; a guidebook
SYNONYMS: schedule, program
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(v.) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
SYNONYMS: misjudge, misinterpret
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(adj.) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
SYNONYMS: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious
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(v.) to appease, sooth, pacify
SYNONYMS: satisy, mollify, allay, conciliate
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(adj.) calm and peaceful
SYNONYMS: undisturbed, traqnuil, quiet, serene
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(n.) passing off or using as one's own the wriing (or other materials) of another person
SYNONYMS: piracy, theft
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(adj.) powerful, highly effective
SYNONYMS: mighty, fomidable, forceful
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(n.) a false reason, desceptive excuse
SYNONYMS: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion
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(v.) to stick out, thrust forth
SYNONYMS: project, jut out, bulge
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(adj.) harsh, unrelieved, desolate; (adj.) utterly
SYNONYMS: (adj.) sheer, downright, grim, bleak; (adv.) absolutely
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(adj.) on or near the surface, concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
SYNONYMS: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash
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(v.) to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun
SYNONYMS: forswear, retract, abstain from
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(adj.) harsh in taste or odor, sharp in manner or temper
SYNONYMS: irriating, stinging, bitter, caustic
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(adj.) majestic, inspiring admiration and respect
SYNONYMS: stately, dignified, exalted and venerable
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(adj.) emotionally hardened, unfelling
SYNONYMS: unsensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned
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(adj.) secret, concealed, underhanded
SYNONYMS: covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy
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(n.) a remorse, regret
SYNONYMS: scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition
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(n.) a large destructive fire
SYNONYMS: holocaust, wildfire
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(adh., part.) in hight spirits, jubliant; extremely pleased
SYNONYMS: overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink
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(adj.) not able to be erased or removed; memorable
SYNONYMS: lasting, permanent, unforgettable
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(adj.) yielding to the wishes or demands of others
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(adj.) firmly estabilish, long-standing, habitual
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(adj.) not to the point, not applicable or pertinent
SYNONYMS: inapplicable, immaterial, beside the point
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(adj.) of or occuring in the night; under cover of darkness
SYNONYMS: nighttime
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(n.) a commonplace, state or trite remark
SYNONYMS: cliche, truism, bromide
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(v.) to subdue, put down forcibly |
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(adj.) inactive; at rest
SYNONYMS: still, inert, motionless, dormant, tranquil
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(v.) to meditate, think about at length; to chew the cud
SYNONYMS: ponder, reflect, mull over, muse
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(adj.) unspoken, silent, implied, inferred
SYNONYMS: unexpressed, unvoiced, understood, implicit
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(adj.) capable of being touched, real, concert
SYNONYMS: perceptible, actual, evident, palpable
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(adj.) incisive, keen; forceful, effective; cutting, caustic; disinct, clear-cut
SYNONYMS: penetrating, cutting, telling, acute
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(n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
SYNONYMS: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
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(adj.) capable of being applied; relevant, suitable
SYNONYMS: appropriate, fit, apt, apposite
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(n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage
SYNONYMS: property, possession, holding, endowment
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(v.) to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in;
(adj., part.) harassed, troubled; studded (as if with jewels)
SYNONYMS: (v.) assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
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(n.) smpathy for another's suffering; pity
SYNONYMS: concern, commiseration, empathy
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(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness
SYNONYMS: seemliness, good form, propriety
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(n.) compulsion by threat; forcible confinement
SYNONYMS: intimidation, coercion
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(adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant
SYNONYMS: liely, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
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(n.) an exact copy
SYNONYMS: replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone
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(v.) to drink; to take in, absorb
SYNONYMS: swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest
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(adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
SYNONYMS: relentless, inexorable, unappeasible
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(adj.) so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute
SYNONYMS: tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable
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(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant
SYNONYMS: feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid
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(v.) to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
SYNONYMS: counter, oppose, work against
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(n.) exclusive rights over an invention; copyright; (v.) to arrange or obtain such rights; (adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted
SYNONYMS: (n.) exclusive license; (adj.) evident
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(n.) distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
SYNONYMS: valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency
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(adj.) quiet, settled, sober; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer
SYNONYMS: (adj.) unruffled, composed, cool and collected
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(adj.) extremely loud
SYNONYMS: thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting
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(v.) to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement
SYNONYMS: specify, contract, provide for
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(n.) a final proposal or statement of conditions
SYNONYMS: final terms
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