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abut
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to join at one end or be next to
s:support, prop up, border on, bolster |
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attire
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clothers, apparel, grab, to dress, adorn, or bedeck
s:clothing |
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avail
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to be of use or benefit, to profit, to benefit, use, value
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crony
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a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
a:enemy, rival` |
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cryptic
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puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
a:crystal clear, unambiguous |
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divergent
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going in different directions, departing from convention, deviant
s:not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional, a:merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional |
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enmity
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hatred, ill-will
s:hostility, animosity, antagonism a:friendship, amity |
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fervent
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very earnest, emotional, passionate, extremely hot
s:enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching, a:blase, apathetic, restrained, emoitionless |
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gaunt
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tin and bony, bare, barren
s:lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones a:plump, chubby, stout, corpulent |
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infiltrate
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to pass thorugh or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
s:slip in , creep into, penetrate |
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nullify
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to make no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
s:invalidate, annul a:confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction |
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perceptible
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capable of being grasped by the senses or mind
s:noticeable, discrenible, observable a:invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernable |
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plummet
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to plunge straight down, a weight fastened to a line
s:to take a nosedive a:soar, skyrocket |
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proclaim
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to delcare publicly or offically
s:announce, promulgate a:conceal, over up |
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proxy
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an agent, sun., a written permission allowing one person to act in anothers place
s:deputy, representative |
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rankle
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to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness.
s:irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall a:please, delight, gratify |
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scavenger
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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials: an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
s:rummager |
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stint
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to limit, be soaring or frugal, a restriction, a fixed share of work or duty, a period of acticity
s:restrict, scrimp, economize a:splurge, squander, lavish |
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stoical
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self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain
s:unresponsive, impassive a:excitable, emoitional, hotheaded |
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unflagging
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tireless, continuing with vigor
s:steady, undiminished, unremitting a:diminishing, drooping, sagging |
