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V. to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
S: amend, better
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N. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity
S: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
A: confusion, ebarrassment, abashment |
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Adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas
S: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
A: unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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Adj. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers.
S: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
A: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated |
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N. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; V. to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
S: N. balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; V. slaver |
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N. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
S: abstract, digest, model, archetype. |
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V. to urge strongly, advise earnestly
S: entreat, implore, adjure
A: discourage, advise against, deprecate |
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| Adj, Adv. by virtue of holding a certain office. |
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V. to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
S: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
A: stay in bounds |
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V. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
S: cozy up to, curry favor with
A: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself |
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N. one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has not right to be, an intruder
S: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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Adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
S: immanent, organic
A: extrinsic, external, outward |
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V. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
S: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
A: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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N. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
S: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
A: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness |
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N. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
S: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
A: doomsday, day of judgment |
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Adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; V. to hide, conceal; eclipse; N. matters involving the supernatural
S: Adj. supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
A:Adj. mundane, common, public, exoteric |
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| V. to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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V. to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; Adj. characterized by excessive hast; N. moisture; to product of an action or process
S: V. provoke, produce; Adj. reckless, impetuous
A: Adj. wary, cautious, circumspect |
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Adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgetnly binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
S: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
A: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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V. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; N. likely idea that lacks definite proof
S: V. infer, gather; N. inference, presumption |
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