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Abusive
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Adj
1. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment "Abusive punishment" 2. expressing offensive reproach |
opprobrious, scurrilous
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Advent
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Noun
1. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) |
Coming
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Advert
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Verb
1. make reference to 2. make a more or less disguised reference to 3. give heed (to) Noun 1. a public promotion of some product or service |
Sense 1:
attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear, listen Sense 2: allude, touch, advert hint, suggest Sense 3: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer, think of, have in mind, mean |
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Allocate
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Verb
1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
allocate, apportion
assign, allot, portion |
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Alloy
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Verb
1. make an alloy of 2. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content Noun 1. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something 2. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
Sense 1:
debase, devalue Sense 2 blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge |
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Amnesty
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Noun
1. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense 2. the formal act of liberating someone 3. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment Verb 1. grant a pardon to (a group of people) |
pardon
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analogous
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Adj
1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar "Brains and computers are often considered analogous" 2. corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin |
correspondent,
similar (vs. dissimilar) |
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Anthology
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Noun
1. a collection of selected literary passages |
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Aperture
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Noun
1. a device that controls amount of light admitted 2. a hole or opening |
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Apex
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Noun
1. the highest point (of something) |
vertex, peak, acme
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Archaeology
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Noun
1. the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
archeology
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Aspire
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Verb
1. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
draw a bead on, aim, shoot for
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Autonomous
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Adj
1. existing as an independent entity 2. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment 3. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces |
independent, self-governing, sovereign, free (vs. unfree)
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Auxiliary
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Adj
1. functioning in a supporting capacity 2. furnishing added support Noun 1. someone who acts as assistant |
Sense 1:
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary secondary (vs. primary) Sense 2: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary supportive (vs. unsupportive) |
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Canto
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Noun
1. a major division of a long poem 2. the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music |
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Cardinal
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Adj
1. serving as an essential component 2. being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order [ant: ordinal] Noun 3. a variable color averaging a vivid red 4. the number of elements in a mathematical set |
central, fundamental, key, primal
important (vs. unimportant), of import |
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Clarion
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Adj
1. loud and clear Verb 1. proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion 2. blow the clarion Noun 1. a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone |
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play Sense 2: proclaim, exclaim, promulgate Similarity of adj clarion loud (vs. soft) |
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Collaborate
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Verb
1. work together on a common enterprise of project 2. cooperate as a traitor |
join forces, cooperate, get together, work
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Compulsory
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Adj
1. required by rule |
mandatory, required
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Conduit
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Noun
1. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass |
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Conformity
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Noun
1. acting according to certain accepted standards [ant: nonconformity] 2. correspondence in form or appearance 3. orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [ant: nonconformity] 4. hardened conventionality 5. concurrence of opinion |
ossification, conformation, compliance, abidance, conformance, conformism, accord, accordance
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Contingent
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Adj
1. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow 2. uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances 3. possible but not certain to occur Noun 1. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group 2. a temporary military unit |
Sense 1:
contingent possible (vs. impossible) Sense 2: contingent, contingent on(predicate), contingent upon(predicate), dependent on(predicate), dependant on(predicate), dependent upon(predicate), dependant upon(predicate), depending on(predicate) conditional (vs. unconditional) |
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Correlate
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Verb
1. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation 2. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation Adj 1. mutually related Noun 1. either of two or more related or complementary variables |
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sense 2: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect |
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Cosmic
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Adj
1. of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe "Cosmic laws" "Cosmic catastrophe" 2. inconceivably extended in space or time |
large (vs. small), big (vs. little)
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Cosmos
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Noun
1. everything that exists anywhere 2. any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves |
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