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foresight
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n. an act of foreseeing
adj.foresighted adv.foresightedly n. foresightness |
foreknowledge
prescience |
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nostalgia
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n. homesickness
adj. nostalgic adv. nostalgically |
homesickness
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folly
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n.a foolish act or idea
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absurdity
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despair
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v.to lose all hope or confidence
n.despairer |
disappointment
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artistry
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n.artistic ability
adj.artisitc |
adroitness
adeptness |
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intricate
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adj. having many complexly interrelating parts or elements
difficult to resolve or analyze adv.intricately adj.intricateness |
elaborate
convoluted |
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candid
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adj.free from bias, prejudice
adv.candidly n.candidness |
direct
explicit |
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ostentatious
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adj. marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display
adv.ostentatiously n.ostentatiousness |
gaudy
flamboyant |
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fictional
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v.fictionalize
adj.fictionalized adv.fictionally fantasy figment |
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convoluted
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having convolutions
involved, intricate <a convoluted argument> n.convolution |
intricate
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capricious
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adj.governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive
n.caprice n.capriousness adv.capriciously |
changeable
inconsistent Women are capricious. |
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bombastic
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adj.marked by or given to bombast : pompous, overblown
n.bombast adv.bombastically |
flatulent
grandiloquent |
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loquacious
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adj.full of excessive talk : wordy
adv.loquaciously n.loquaciousness |
conversational
talky |
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dispassionate
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adj.not influenced by strong feeling; especially : not affected by personal or emotional involvement
adv.dispassionately n.dispassionateness |
candid
evenhanded |
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decorous
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adj.polite,good taste
adv.decorously n.decorousness |
proper
seemly |
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emotional
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n.emotion
ardent passional |
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intellectual
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longhair
egghead |
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chance
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opportunity
risk venture |
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random
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arbitrary
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intuitive
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adj. known or perceived by intuition : directly apprehended
adv.intuitively n.intuitiveness |
instinct
sixth sense |
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impulsive
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adj.having the power of or actually driving or impelling
adv.impulsively n.impulsivity n.impulsiveness |
compulsive
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deliberate
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v. to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
adj.deliberate |
intentional
cogitate |
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instinctive
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adj.prompted by natural instinct or propensity : arising spontaneously
adv.instinctively |
intuitive
inherit |
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logical
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analytic
reasonable coherent |
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streamlined
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adj.contoured to reduce resistance to motion through a fluid
effectively integrated n.v.adj. streamline |
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infighting
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n.fighting or boxing at close quarters
v.infight n.infighter |
conflict
disaccord |
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mitigate
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v.to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
n.mitigation adj.mitigative n.mitigator adj.mitigatory |
mollify
relieve |
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jingoism
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n.jingoist
chauvinism, nationalism |
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ossified
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v. to change into bone
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bureaucratization
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n. to make bureaucratic
adj.bureaucratic v.bureaucratize |
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cowardice
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n.lack of courage or resolution
n.cowardliness adj.coward |
cravenness
dastardliness |
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prudence
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n. the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason
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alertness
chariness cautiousness |
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hospitality
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adj.hospitable
friendly warmhearted |
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aloofness
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adj.aloof
unsociable apathism |
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loyalty
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adj.loyal
adv.loyally allegiance fidelity |
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applaud
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applaudable adj.
applaudably adv. applauder n. |
acclaim
accredit |
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derailed
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v.to cause to run off the rails
n.derailment |
agitate
discomfort |
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acknowledge
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adj. acknowledged
acknowledging inform admit |
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permit
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v.to consent to expressly or formally
adj.permitted n.permission |
allow
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anticipate
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v,to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to
adj. anticipated n.anticipating |
predict
forecast expect |
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condition
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adj.conditional
estate form |
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highlight
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v. highlighted
accentuate emphasize illuminate |
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stimulus
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v.stimulate
encouragement impetus incentive |
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dictum
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n. a noteworthy statement
remark |
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respite
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a period of temporary delay
relieve relief |
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negotiate
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n.negotiation
adj.negotiatory arrange bargain |
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concession
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n.the admitting of a point claimed in argument
adj.concessional adj,concessionary |
compromise
negotiation |
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antagonize
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n.antagonism
n.antagonist adj,antagonistic embitter reject resist |
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negligible
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adj. so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention
n.negligibility adv.negligibly |
inconsiderable
inconsequential |
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surrender
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n.adj.surrendering
yield give up |
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enemy
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adversary
antagonist opponent |
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dominate
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adj. dominative
n. dominator |
overpower
subdue |
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inquiry
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v.inquisite
n.inquisition exploration inquisition |
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denunciation
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n.an act of denouncing; especially : a public condemnation
adj.denunciative adj.denunciatory |
commination
condemnation rebuke |
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rousing
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adj. giving rise to excitement
v.n.rouse |
breathtaking
exhilarative |
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memorable
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memorableness n.
memorably adv. indelible unforgettable |
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pedestrian
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n. adj.going or performed on foot
drudging |
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evolving
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evolvable adj.
evolvement n. elaborate, develop, unfold |
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chaotic
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chaotically adv,
chaos n. disarray confuse |
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unprecedented
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adj. having no precedent
unprecedentedly adv |
original
unaccustomed |
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derivative
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n. adj. A word formed by derivation
something derived derivatively adv, derivativeness derivation n. |
offshoot
brench |
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inept
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adj.lacking in fitness or aptitude
ineptly adv. ineptness n. |
incapable, incompetent, inexpert
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spontaneous
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spontaneously adv.
spontaneous·ness n. instinctive, instinctual, involuntary |
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graceless
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adj. lacking in divine grace
gracelessly adv. gracelessness n. |
awkward
clumsy |
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cheapen
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cheap n.
attenuate, break, depreciate, depress |
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affordable
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affordability n.
affordably adv. |
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transform
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transformable adj.
transformative transformation n. metamorphose, transfigure, |
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viable
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viability n.
viably adv. achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, practicable, |
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revolutionize
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revolutionizer
revolution n. reform |
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prohibitive
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prohibit v.
prohibited adj. prohibition. n. |
ban, bar, enjoin, interdict, outlaw, forbid, proscribe
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provoked
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v.a archaic : to arouse to a feeling or action
b : to incite to anger provoker n. |
arouse, encourage, excite
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improbable
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adj.unlikely to be true or to occur; also : unlikely but real or true
improbability n. improbably adv. |
implausible, impossible, inconceivable, incredible
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stimulate
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stimulation n
stimulative adj stimulator n stimulatory adj inspire, brace, energize, enliven |
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inaccessible
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inaccessibility no
inaccessibly adv inapproachable, inconvenient, unapproachable, |
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cryptic
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adj. secret, occult
cryptically adv arcane, mysterious, deep, enigmatic |
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judicious
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adj.having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
judiciously adv judiciousness n |
intelligent, judgmatic
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jubilant
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adj. exultant
jubilantly adv prideful, proud, rejoicing, triumphant |
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supercilious
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adj.coolly and patronizingly haughty
superciliously adv superciliousness n assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, |
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pugnacious
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pugnaciously adv
pugnaciousness n pugnacity n aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, |
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belligerence
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adj belligerent
adv belligerently pignacious disputatiousness, feistiness, fight, militance, |
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Indigenes
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N.a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Adj.indigent Adv.indigently |
Poor
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Perfidy
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N.Perfidy is the action of betraying someone or behaving very badly toward someone.
Adj.perfidious Adv.perfidiously |
Dishonest
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Aspersions
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N.slander sb
Asperse v. Slander |
you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
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tenacity
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n.the quality or state of being tenacious
tenacle tenacious |
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imprecise
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adj.not precise : inexact, vague
imprecisely adverb impreciseness noun imprecision noun |
approximate, approximative, ballpark, inexact,
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straightforward
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adj. free from evasiveness or obscurity : exact, candid
straightforwardly adverb straightforwardness noun |
direct, forthright, foursquare, plain, straight
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deficient
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adj. lacking in some necessary quality or element
deficiently adv deficiency n. |
incomplete, fragmental, fragmentary,
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obtrusive
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adj. forward in manner or conduct
— ob·tru·sive·ly adverb — ob·tru·sive·ness noun |
busy, interfering, intruding
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elliptical
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adj.of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
ellipse n. elliptically adv. |
ambiguous, arcane, cryptic
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vast
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adj. very great in size, amount, degree, intensity
vastly adverb vastness noun |
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper,
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hollow
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n. an unfilled space
cavity, concavity, dent, depression |
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sparse
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adj.of few and scattered elements
sparsely adverb sparseness noun sparsity noun |
scanty, scarce, skimp
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thunderous
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adj.producing thunder
making or accompanied by a noise like thunder thunder n. thunderously adv. |
blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous,
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enormous
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adj. marked benor·mous·ly adverb
enormousness noun |
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper,
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deafening
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adj. that deafens
adv. deafeningly |
blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous
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unimpressive
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adj. not impressive
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muted
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adj.mostly or entirely without sound
v.mute |
speechless
uncommunicative wordless |
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judicious
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adj.having or showing good judgment and restraint especially in conduct or speech
n.judge |
intelligent, judgmatic, judicious, prudent
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perfidy
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n.lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife
adj perfidious |
disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy
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