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near, next do, adjoining
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not productive, bare
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endless, so long as to seem endless
SYNONYMS: never-ending, ceaseless |
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to repair, restore to good condition, make new again
SYNONYMS: repair, fix up, recondition |
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silent or brooding because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish
SYNONYMS: grumpy, surly, peevish, morose |
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to persuade not to do something
SYNONYMS: discourage, talk out of |
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a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
SYNONYMS: businessperson, impresario |
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a lack of interest or concern
SYNONYMS: apathy, unconcern |
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absolutely necessary, not to be neglected
SYNONYMS: essential, crucial, vital |
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wholly unharmed, not injured
SYNONYMS: unhurt, sound, intact, unimpaired |
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| to reach a high point of development; to end, climax |
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| to drive or urge on; something used to drive or urge on |
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| able to read and write; showing an excellent educational background; having knowledge or training |
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| a public speech for a formal occasion |
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| cross, complaining, irritable; contrary |
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to puzzle completely, confuse
SYNONYMS:baffle, perplex |
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to discourage
SYNONYMS: dismay, demoralize, dispirit |
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easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused
SYNONYMS: combustible, flammable, excitable |
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in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things
SYNONYMS: traditional, standard, customary |
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soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless
SYNONYMS: drenched, waterlogged, saturated |
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a short account of an incident in someone's life.
SYNONYMS: tale, story, sketch, vignette, yarn |
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easily taught, led, or managed, obedient
SYNONYMS: manageable, teachable, pliant |
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capable of being wrong, mistaken or inaccurate
SYNONYMS: imperfect, errant |
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a very small part or quantity
SYNONYMS: speck, dab, jot, bit, smidgen |
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last, final; most important or extreme; eventual; basic, fundamental
SYNONYMS: farthest, furthest, terminal |
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unnamed, without the name of the person involved (writer, composer, etc.); unknown; lacking individuality or character
SYNONYM: nameless |
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a person easily tricked or deceived, to deceive
SYNONYMS; fool, mislead, hoodwink, delude |
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active, energetic, forceful
SYNONYMS: vigorous, high-powered |
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stern, merciless; fierce, savage, cruel
SYNONYMS: dreadful, frightful, ferocious |
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something seen in advance; to view beforehand
SYNONYMS: foretaste |
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a noisy quarrel or fight; to quarrel or fight noisily
SYNONYMS: scuffle, donnybrook, spar, scrap |
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a slight fault, defect, crack
SYNONYMS: imperfection, blemish |
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to force or speed with which something moves
SYNONYMS: drive, thrust, impetus |
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earlier, former
SYNONYMS: previous, anterior |
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a burst of gunfire or cannon shot, often as a tribute or a salute; a sudden burst of anything; a spirited verbal attack
SYNONYMS: barrage, volley |
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not usual, not typical, strange
SYNONYMS: freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous |
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a large-scale disaster, misfortune or failure
SYNONYMS: calamity, tragedy, cataclysm |
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to become or make less; a lessening
SYNONYM: lessen, reduce, dwindle, diminish |
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to grow, thrive, be prosperous; to wave in the air; a dramatic gesture; a fanfare of horns
SYNONYMS: prosper, burgeon, increase |
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the central point or heart of a matter; a knob
SYNONYMS: core, kernel, nucleus, crux |
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