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contempt

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The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn.

The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.

Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.

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sedative

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Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement

An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.

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entitle

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To give a name or title to

To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law.

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incentive

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Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.

Serving to induce or motivate: an incentive bonus for high productivity.

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literatus (literati)

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A learned person; one acquainted with literature.

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languish

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To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor.

To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions: languished away in prison.

To remain unattended or be neglected: legislation that continued to languish in committee.

To become downcast or pine away in longing: languish apart from friends and family; languish for a change from dull routine.

To affect a wistful or languid air, especially in order to gain sympathy.

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telling

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Having force and producing a striking effect.

Revealing previously unknown information.

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implode

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To collapse inward violently.

To cause to collapse inward violently

To demolish (a building) by causing to collapse inward.

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effusive

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Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner.

Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise.

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nautical

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Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water.

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wager

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An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter

A matter bet on; a gamble.

Something staked on an uncertain outcome; a bet. See Synonyms at bet.

To risk or stake (an amount or a possession) on an uncertain outcome; bet.

To make a bet.

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lay(adj)

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Of, relating to, or involving the laity: a lay preacher.

Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional: a lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.

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preach

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To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.

To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence

To deliver (a sermon).

To deliver a sermon

To give religious or moral instruction, especially in a tedious manner.

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spank

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To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment

To move briskly or spiritedly.

A slap on the buttocks.

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credo

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A creed.n. The Apostles' Creed.

The Nicene Creed, especially as the third item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

The musical setting of the Nicene Creed.

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all the more so

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even more

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acclaim

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To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise.

To acknowledge or declare with enthusiastic approval: She was acclaimed person of the year.

To shout approval.

Enthusiastic applause; acclamation.

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temper

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a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

restrain

harden by reheating and cooling in oil

adjust the pitch (of pianos)

bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling

a sudden outburst of anger

the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

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tamper

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intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

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trammel

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a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

place limits on (extent or access)

catch in or as if in a trap

a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

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prudish

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Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.

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racy

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Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste.

Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent.

Risqué; ribald.

Vigorous; lively.

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vacillate

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To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. See Synonyms at hesitate.

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oscillate

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To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.

To waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action; vacillate: "The court has oscillated over the decades from more liberal to less, more conservative to less, depending upon who was president at the time of vacancies” ( Gordon J. Humphrey). See Synonyms at swing.

Physics To vary between alternate extremes, usually within a definable period of time.

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bane

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Fatal injury or ruin: "Hath some fond lover tic'd thee to thy bane?” ( George Herbert).

A cause of harm, ruin, or death

A source of persistent annoyance or exasperation

A deadly poison.