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to become better; make better; improve; enhance
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to ameliorate
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to a_
not to worsen |
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improvement
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amelioration
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a_
not a degradation |
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to keep from waste, loss, or decay; save
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to conserve
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to c_
not to waste |
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preservation from loss, injury, or waste
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conservation
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c_
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one who advocates the conversation of natural resources
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conservationist
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c_
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injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage
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detriment
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d_
not an advantage |
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harmful; damaging
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detrimental
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d_
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1. introduced from another country; foreign
2. strikingly unusual; strange |
foreign
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not native not indigenous |
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lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
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folly
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f_
not wisdom |
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in an earlier period; previously
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formerly
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f_
not now |
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preceding; previous
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former
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f_
not latter |
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peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord
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harmony
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h_
not conflict |
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friendly; amicable
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harmonious
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h_
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to refuse to take notice of; disregard
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to ignore
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to i_
not to heed |
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ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
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ignoramus
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i_
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something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle
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impediment
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i_
not an aid |
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to interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct
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to impede
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to i
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disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic
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indolent
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i_
not industrious |
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idleness; laziness
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indolence
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i_
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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured
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intact
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i_
not imperfect |
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not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory
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invalid adj.
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i_ adj.
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to abolish; annul
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to invalidate
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to i_
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sickly or disabled person
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invalid n.
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i_ n.
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not producing, or tending to produce, cancer
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noncarcinogenic
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n_
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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted
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parsimonious
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p_
not generous |
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stinginess; parsimoniousness
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parsimony
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p_
not generosity not liberality |
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to destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level
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to raze
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to r_
not to erect |
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved
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reticent
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r_
not frank |
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restraint in communicating
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reticence
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r_
not frankness |
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1. to withdraw from active duty or business
2. to go to bed |
to retire
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to r_
not to rise |
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to answer; reply sharply or angrily
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to retort
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to r_
not to ask |
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quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer
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retort
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r_
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to overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine
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to subvert
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to s_
not to uphold |
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sabotage; undermining
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subversion
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s_
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easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable
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tractable
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t_
not unruly |
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obedience
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tractability
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t_
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to bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
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to baffle
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to b_
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frustrating; bewildering
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baffling
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to b_
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movies; motion-picture industry
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cinema
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c_
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art of making motion pictures
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cinematography
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c_
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to look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior
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to despise
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to d_
not to admire |
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worthy of contempt; contemptible
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despicable
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d_
not laudable |
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
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ebullient
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e_
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exuberance
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ebullience
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e_
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to overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify
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to exaggerate
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to e_
not to minimize |
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overstatement
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exaggeration
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e_
not an understatement |
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to arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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to exhort
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to e_
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urgent recommendation or advice
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exhortation
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e_
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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness
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expertise
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e_
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
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finicky
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f_
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to make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
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to gall
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to g_
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brazen boldness; nerve
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gall
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g_
not meekness |
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lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid
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inane
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i_
not deep not profound |
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foolishness; shallowness
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inanity
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i_
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to compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
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to indemnify
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to i_
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west; countries of America and Europe
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Occident
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O_
not the Orient |
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western
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occidental
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o_
not oriental |
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to read; look at fairly attentively; study
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to peruse
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to p_
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reading; study
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perusal
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p_
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to struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
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to scuffle
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to s_
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brawl or fight
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scuffle
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s_
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to thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject
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to spurn
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to s_
not to accept |
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fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
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stipend
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s_
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close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
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surveillance
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s_
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moderately warm; lukewarm
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tepid
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t_
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unenthusiastically; lukewarmly
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tepidly
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t_
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to risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
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to wager
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to w_
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bet
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wager
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w_
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to decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink
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to wane
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to w_
not to wax |
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(followed by "to") in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable
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abhorrent
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a_
not admirable |
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to utterly detest; loath; hate
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to abhor
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to a_
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to reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
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to admonish
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to a_
not to commend |
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gentle warning; friendly reproof
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admonition
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a_
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extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; heavenly
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ambrosial
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a_
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to shut up; imprison; keep in narrow, cramped quarters
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to confine
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to c_
not to free |
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imprisonment
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confinement
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c_
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period of ten years
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decade
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d_
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to explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode
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to detonate
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to d_
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explosion
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detonation
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d_
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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient
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ephemeral
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e_
not permanent not perpetual |
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easily deceived or cheated; credulous
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gullible
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g_
not astute |
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to deceive; cheat
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to gull
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to g_
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to dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
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to haggle
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to h_
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1. to plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
2. to engross; absorb |
to immerse
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to i_
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state of being deeply engrossed; absorption
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immersion
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i_
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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
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insomnia
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i_
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person suffering from insomnia
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insomniac
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i_
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1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault
2. interval |
lapse n.
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l_ n.
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to cease being in force; become invalid
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lapse v.
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l_ v.
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critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
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probe
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p_
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investigator
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prober
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p_
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to hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give
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to render
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to r_
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presentation; interpretation
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rendering
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r_
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food for one occasion of eating; meal
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repast
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r_
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to bring back to condition of being full; refill
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to replenish
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to r_
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group or set of twenty; twenty
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score
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s_
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rebuff; slight; insult
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snub
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s_
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to treat with disdain or contempt; slight
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to snub
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to s_
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strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made of such material
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suture
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s_
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unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
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unwittingly
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u_
not intentionally |
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1. to relieve from an accusation; pronounce as not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate
2. to perform one's part; conduct oneself |
to acquit
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to a_
not to convict |
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exculpation; discharge
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acquittal
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a_
not a conviction |
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having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate
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complex
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c_
not simple |
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difficulty; intricacy
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complexity
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c_
not simplicity |
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to give transfer, or deliver, as if by signing over; hand over; commit
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to consign
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to c_
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person to whom something is shipped
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consignee
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c_
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shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah
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effrontery
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e_
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causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful
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excruciating
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e_
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act of refraining; abstaining; leniency; patience
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forbearance
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f_
not anger |
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to interfere with; hinder; impede
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to hamper
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to h_
not to aid |
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literally, full of plants with stinging hairs; irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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nettlesome
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n_
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(usually followed by of) forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting
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oblivious
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o_
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condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness
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oblivion
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o_
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extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal
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prodigious
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p_
not tiny |
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person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder
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prodigy
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p_
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to make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; reinvigorate; refresh
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to rejuvenate
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to r_
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whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest
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residue
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r_
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remaining after a part is used or taken
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residual
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r_
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favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious
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salutary
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s_
not deleterious |
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to examine very closely; inspect; vet
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to scrutinize
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to s_
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examination; inspection; review
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scrutiny
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s_
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to force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
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to supercede
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to s_
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oppressively hot; torrid; sultry
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sweltering
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s_
not frigid |
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to suffer from oppressive heat
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to swelter
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to s_
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not upset or agitated; calm; cool ; unflustered; imperturbable; collected
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unruffled
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u_
not discomposed |
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hard to handle because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome
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unwieldy
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u_
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bulkiness
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unwieldiness
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u_
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1. to take back; remove
2. to draw back; go away; retreat; leave |
to withdraw
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to w_
not to deposit not to advance |
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1. taking back; removal
2. drawing back; retreat; departure |
withdrawal
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w_
not an approach |
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having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony
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zany adj.
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z_ adj.
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clown; buffoon
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zany n.
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z_ n.
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