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ultimate
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adj. surpassing all others; definitive or final result
"Getting a perfect score on the SAT is the ultimate goal of a top student" Synonyms:1. extreme, remotest, uttermost. 2. supreme. |
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penultimate
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just before the final; next to last
"The crash happened on the third turn of the dirt track, on the penultimate lap of the race"" |
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ultimatum
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n.a demand or threat that is final
"My mom gave me an ultimatum and said that if I kept my phone at night one more time, she would disconnect the phone for a week" |
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infinite
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adj.without beginning or end
" The drive to FSU appears infinite; it's so long that it appears that it will never end" |
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definitive
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adj. defining for all others; standard
Synonyms:. complete, absolute, ultimate, supreme. "You should never judge someone without definitive information on what happened" |
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infinitesimal
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adj. extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small, microscopic
"There are so many infinitesimal vessels in our body that it's hard to count how many they are" |
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novel
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adj. new and different
"That is a novel approach to practicing for the triathlon - I had never heard of that" |
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novice
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adj.an inexperienced person; amateur
"Andy is a novice at driving, yet he thinks going 82 mph is not a big deal - HE is CRAZY novice!! |
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innovative
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adj. showing creativity and originality
"Andy always finds it hard to be innovative when writing his essays - he never has any new ideas" |
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primal
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adj.. original; dating from the beginning of existence
"Not breathing when you are swallowing is a primal instinct we are born with; otherwise babies would choke when drinking milk" Could also mean: important/fundamental - " |
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primeval
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adjective - extremely ancient; of earliest time,
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life. |
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primacy
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condition of being first in time or importance
- the most important "Grades have primacy over sports in the Beauperthuy family" |
