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baffle (v.)
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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
The unknown virus baffled the lab's researchers. |
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baffling (adj.)
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frustrating; bewildering
The unknown virus, baffling the researchers, was unable to be solved. |
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cinema (n.)
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movies; motion-picture industry
My friends and I went the Showplace Cinemas after School. |
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cinematography (n.)
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art of making motion pictures
The young college student was studying cinematography. |
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despise (v.)
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look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior
antonym: admire I despised the AMC theater for kicking me out. |
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despicable (adj.)
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worthy of contempt; contemptible
antonym: laudable The despicable child was rude and annoying. |
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ebullient (adj.)
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
The ebullient child could not wait to go to the brand new amusement park. |
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ebullience (n.)
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exuberance
The child's ebullience annoyed many of the other children. |
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exaggerate (v.)
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overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth ; magnify
antonym: minimize The advertisers exaggerated the scale of the new hotel. |
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exaggeration (n.)
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overstatement
antonym: understatement This exaggeration caused many people to want to stay at this hotel. |
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exhort (v.)
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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
The news anchor exhorted to driver to leave their cars at home because of slippery roads. |
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exhortation (n.)
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urgent recommendation or adviceThe extortion by the reporter was refuted because people needed their cars to get to work.
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expertise (n.)
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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness
The hit-man had an expertise in sniping to execute his target from a large distance away. |
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finicky (adj.)
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
The finicky IT worker was hard to deal with since he was very particular. |
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gall (v.)
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make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
The TV advertised galled the watcher, making him not want to buy the item. |
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gall (n.)
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brazen boldness; nerve
antonym: meekness The gall on the egg shell worried the ecologists. |
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inane (adj.)
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lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid
antonym: deep; profound The inane city mayor spent the budget on upgrading his own home. |
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inanity (n.)
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foolishness; shallowness
This inanity caused a call for referendum the the citizens. |
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indemnify (v.)
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compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
The government indemnified the people of the town because of a large explosion at the nearby military testing grounds. |
intead of condemn, indemn!
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Occident (n.)
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wast; countries of America and Europe
antonym: Orient We live in the Occident |
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occidental(adj.)
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western
antonym: oriental Being occidental, we had a very European influenced culture. |
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peruse (v.)
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read; look at fairly attentively; study
I perused the book to find evidence of what happened in the final moments of Pompeii. |
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perusal (n.)
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reading; study
This perusal led me to believe the people did not try to leave until the very last minute. |
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scuffle (v.)
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
The two men, scuffling in the bar, were arrested soon after. |
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scuffle (n.)
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brawl; fight
The scuffle caused destruction of property and hurt a couple of bystanders in the process. |
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spurn (v.)
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thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject
antonym: accept Spurning the decision of the jury, the prosecution briskly stampeded out of the decrepit courtroom. |
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stipend (n.)
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fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
The low stipend caused many people at the company to quit and find work elsewhere |
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surveillance (n.)
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close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
The family of the FBI agent was under surveillance because he had busted on of the largest cartels. |
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tepid (adj.)
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moderately warm; lukewarm
The hot spring's water was not tepid, in fact it was blisteringly hot. |
opposite frigid, kind of
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tepidly (adv.)
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unenthusiastically; lukewarmly
The man tepidly entered the hot spring. |
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wager (v.)
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risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
Waging the the Ohio State Buckeyes would win the national championships, the better won a lot of money. |
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wager (n.)
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bet
The wager was worth a lot of money. |
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wane (v.)
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decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink
antonym: wax The waning moon decrease in size as it went toward a new moon. |
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abhorrent (adj.)
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in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable
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antonym: abhorrent
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admirable
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abhor (v.)
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utterly detest; loathe; hate
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admonish (v.)
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reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault, caution
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admonish - diminish confidence
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antonym: admonish
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commend
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admonition (n.)
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gentle warning; friendly reproof
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ambrosial (adj.)
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extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (the food of the gods); heavenly
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confine (v.)
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shut up; imprison ; keep in narrow, cramped quarters
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antonym: confine
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free
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confinement (n.)
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imprisonment
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decade (n.)
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period of ten years
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detonate (v.)
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explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode
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detonation (n.)
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explosion
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ephemeral (adj.)
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lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient
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fifteen minutes of phem
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antonym: ephemeral
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permanent; perpetual
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gullible (adj.)
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easily decieved or cheated; credulous
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antonym: gullible
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astute
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gull (v.)
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deceive; cheat
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that seagull tricked me!
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haggle (v.)
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dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
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immerse (v.)
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1. plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
2. engross; absorb |
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immersion (n.)
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state of being completely engrossed; absorption
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insomnia (n.)
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inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
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insomniac (n.)
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person suffering from insomnia
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lapse (n.)
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1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault
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lapse (v.)
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cease bing in force; become invalid
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probe (n.)
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critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
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prober (n.)
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investigator
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render (v.)
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hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give
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I render you guilty!
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rendering (n.)
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presentation; interpretation
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repast (n.)
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food for one occasion of eating; meal
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replenish (v.)
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bring back to condition of being full; refill
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score (n.)
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group or set of twenty; twenty
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snub (n.)
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act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult
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snub (v.)
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treat with disdain or contempt; slight
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suture (n.)
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strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
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unwittingly (adv.)
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unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly
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antonym: unwittingly
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intentionally
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acquit (v.)
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releive from an accusation; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate
2. perform one's part; conduct oneself |
1. He's innocent!
2. Acquit yourselves! |
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acquittal (n.)
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exculpation; discharge
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antonym: acquit
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convict
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antonym: acquittal
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conviction
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complex (adj.)
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having varied interrelated parts, and therfore hard to understand; complicated; intricate
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antonym: complex
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simple
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complexity (n.)
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difficulty; intricacy
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antonym: complexity
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simplicity
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consign (v.)
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give, transfer, or deliver, as if by signing over; hand over; commit
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sign the congnment slip, please...
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consignee (v.)
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person to whom something is shipped
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effrontery (n.)
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shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nervel chutzpah
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excruciating (adj.)
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causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful
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forbearance (n.)
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act of forebearing (refraining); abstaining; leniency; patience
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nice bears ar forbearing
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antonym: forbearance
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anger
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hamper (v.)
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infere with; hinder; impede
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antonym: hamper
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aid
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nettlesome (adj.)
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literally, full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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oblivious (adj.)
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forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting
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oblivion (n.)
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condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness
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prodigious (adj.)
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extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal
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prodigy, except not necessarily smart
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prodigy (n.)
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person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder
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rejuvenate (v.)
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make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; reinvigorate; refresh
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residue (n.)
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whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest
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residual (adj.)
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remaining after a part is used or taken
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salutary (adj.)
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favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious
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scrutinize (v.)
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examine very closely; inspect; vet
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scrutiny (n.)
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examination; inspection; review
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supersede (v.)
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force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
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proceeding after
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sweltering (adj.)
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oppressively hot; torrid; sultry
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antonym: sweltering
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frigid
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swelter (v.)
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suffer from oppressive heat
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unruffled (adj.)
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not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; impeturbable; collected
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antonym: unruffled
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discomposed
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unwieldy (adj.)
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hard to wield (handle) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome
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unwieldiness (n.)
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bulkiness
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withdraw (v.)
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1. take back; remove
2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave |
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antonym: withdraw
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deposit, advance
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withdrawl (n.)
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1. taking back; removal
2. drawing back; retreat; departure |
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antonym: withdrawl
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approach
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zany (adj.)
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having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony
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zany (n.)
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clown; buffoon
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