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n. something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic
adj. added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
Syn.n. associate addition accessory |
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n. the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends
syn. ringleader, initiator barometer
ant. follower imitator emulator |
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v. to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel
n. a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
syn. v. whine n. wail screech |
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adj. absurd; wildly fantastic;impossible
syn. fanciful visionary quixotic pie-in-the-sky
ant. realistic down-to-earth practicable |
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adj. Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date
syn. decadent, enfeebled, outmoded
ant. thriving begeoning vigorous dynamic |
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n. an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact or action
syn. accomplished fact |
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adj. narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
syn. intolerant, inflexible
ant.open-minded tolerant, liberal progressive |
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n. any system of things or people arranged or graded one aboce another in order to rank wealth, class, etc
sun. chain of command, peacking order |
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n. a religios service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
syn. ceremony, observance |
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n. something illusory, without substance, or without a basis in reality; an illusion
syn. optical illusion |
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n. a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one in entrapped, as in quicksand
syn. bog, quagmire
ant. solid ground, bedrock, terra firma |
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adj. offensive or disfusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
syn. fetid, noxious, vile, loathsome
ant. solid ground, bedrock, terra firma |
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adj. forgetful; unaware
syn. insensible
ant. aware, mindful cognizant alert |
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n. a base coward
syn. craven dastard "chicken"
ant. hero stalwart gallant |
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n. a convert; a disciple
syn. novice, neophyte
ant. master, teacher, guide, guru |
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adj. resembling but not actaully being; seemingly but not actually or completely
syn. kind of, semi-, as if
ant. totally, completely, actually, in fact |
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n. good-humored ridicule; teasing
syn. banter, persiflage |
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adj. irreverently mocking; coarse, culgar, or indecent in language
syn. bawdy, risque
ant. seemly, proper, decorous |
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adj. lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
syn. prone, prostrate, inert
ant. upright erect perpendicular vertical |
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n. a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter
syn. thumbnail sketch, anecdote
ant. epic, full-length treatment |
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