Words that rhyme with advent

• absent 0
  adj 1: not being in a specified place [ant: present] 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting] 3: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty] v 1: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent, remove]
• accent 0
  n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern] 2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn: emphasis, accent] 3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn: dialect, idiom, accent] 4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis, accent] 5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent, accent mark] v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate] 2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent, accentuate]
• adjuvant 0
  adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary] 2: enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria" n 1: an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
• appurtenant 0
  adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
• ascent 0
  n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" [syn: rise, rising, ascent, ascension] [ant: fall] 3: the act of changing location in an upward direction [syn: rise, ascent, ascension, ascending]
• assent 0
  n 1: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [syn: assent, acquiescence] v 1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce] [ant: dissent]
• assonant 0
  adj 1: having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" 2: having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
• augment 0
  v 1: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East" 2: grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"
• benignant 0
  adj 1: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign] 2: characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king" [syn: benignant, gracious]
• bent 0
  adj 1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)] 2: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent] 3: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent, crumpled, dented] n 1: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set] 2: grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass] 3: an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges 4: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang]
• cement 0
  n 1: concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; "they stood on the grey cement beside the pool" 2: a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar 3: something that hardens to act as adhesive material 4: any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth 5: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth [syn: cementum, cement] v 1: make fast as if with cement; "We cemented our friendship" 2: cover or coat with cement 3: bind or join with or as if with cement
• cent 0
  n 1: a fractional monetary unit of several countries 2: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit [syn: penny, cent, centime]
• circumvent 0
  v 1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent] 2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent] 3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
• comment 0
  n 1: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" [syn: remark, comment, input] 2: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" [syn: comment, commentary] 3: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt] v 1: make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" [syn: comment, notice, remark, point out] 2: explain or interpret something 3: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss, comment, annotate]
• compliment 0
  n 1: a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration v 1: say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment, congratulate] 2: express respect or esteem for
• component 0
  n 1: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient] 2: something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part, component, constituent] 3: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn: component, constituent, element]
• consent 0
  n 1: permission to do something; "he indicated his consent" v 1: give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse]
• consonant 0
  adj 1: involving or characterized by harmony [syn: consonant, harmonic, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised] 2: in keeping; "salaries agreeable with current trends"; "plans conformable with your wishes"; "expressed views concordant with his background" [syn: accordant, agreeable, conformable, consonant, concordant] n 1: a speech sound that is not a vowel [ant: vowel, vowel sound] 2: a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
• contaminant 0
  n 1: a substance that contaminates [syn: contaminant, contamination]
• content 0
  adj 1: satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content] [ant: discontent, discontented] n 1: everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" 2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance] 3: the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. 4: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content] 5: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned [syn: content, cognitive content, mental object] 6: the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content] 7: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" [syn: subject, content, depicted object] v 1: satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" 2: make content; "I am contented" [ant: discontent]
• convent 0
  n 1: a religious residence especially for nuns 2: a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
• covenant 0
  n 1: a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action [syn: covenant, compact, concordat] 2: (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return v 1: enter into a covenant 2: enter into a covenant or formal agreement; "They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver"; "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"
• decrement 0
  n 1: the amount by which something decreases [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: increase, increment] 2: a process of becoming smaller or shorter [syn: decrease, decrement] [ant: growth, increase, increment]
• dent 0
  n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" 2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent] 3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: dent, ding, gouge, nick] v 1: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent]
• deponent 0
  n 1: a person who testifies or gives a deposition [syn: testifier, deponent, deposer]
• descent 0
  n 1: a movement downward 2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" [syn: origin, descent, extraction] 3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction 4: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation] 5: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope] [ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade] 6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
• detent 0
  n 1: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl, detent, click, dog]
• determinant 0
  adj 1: having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)] n 1: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor] 2: the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself [syn: antigenic determinant, determinant, epitope] 3: a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations
• discontent 0
  adj 1: showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" [syn: discontented, discontent] [ant: content, contented] n 1: a longing for something better than the present situation [syn: discontentment, discontent, discontentedness] [ant: contentment] v 1: make dissatisfied [ant: content]
• disorient 0
  v 1: cause to be lost or disoriented [syn: disorient, disorientate] [ant: orient, orientate]
• dissent 0
  n 1: (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion" 2: a difference of opinion 3: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent [syn: protest, objection, dissent] v 1: withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented" [ant: accede, acquiesce, assent] 2: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent] 3: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree, concord, concur, hold]
• dissolvent 0
  n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent]
• dissonant 0
  adj 1: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: unresolved, dissonant] 2: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic] 3: not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements" [syn: at variance(p), discrepant, dissonant]
• document 0
  n 1: writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) [syn: document, written document, papers] 2: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks 3: a written account of ownership or obligation 4: (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters [syn: text file, document] v 1: record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" 2: support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"
• dominant 0
  adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: low-level, subordinate] 2: (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar [ant: recessive] 3: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] n 1: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale 2: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different [syn: dominant allele, dominant]
• elephant 0
  n 1: five-toed pachyderm 2: the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
• event 0
  n 1: something that happens at a given place and time 2: a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" [syn: event, case] 3: a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory 4: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot]
• experiment 0
  n 1: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation [syn: experiment, experimentation] 2: the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories" [syn: experiment, experimentation] 3: a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard" v 1: to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease" 2: try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style" [syn: experiment, try out]
• exponent 0
  n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent] 2: someone who expounds and interprets or explains 3: a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself [syn: exponent, power, index]
• extent 0
  n 1: the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" 2: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
• ferment 0
  n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest] 2: a substance capable of bringing about fermentation 3: a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment] v 1: be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments" 2: work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa" 3: cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" [syn: ferment, work] 4: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work]
• fervent 0
  adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid] 2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope [syn: fervent, fervid]
• foment 0
  v 1: try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, foment, stir up] 2: bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
• fragment 0
  n 1: a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" 2: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment] 3: an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" v 1: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
• frequent 0
  adj 1: coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent] 2: frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'"; v 1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott] 2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]
• gent 0
  n 1: informal abbreviation of `gentleman' 2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke] 3: port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry [syn: Gent, Gand, Ghent]
• immanent 0
  adj 1: of a mental act performed entirely within the mind; "a cognition is an immanent act of mind" [syn: immanent, subjective] [ant: transeunt, transient] 2: of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"
• imminent 0
  adj 1: close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement" [syn: at hand(p), close at hand(p), imminent, impendent, impending]
• impermanent 0
  adj 1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" [syn: impermanent, temporary] [ant: lasting, permanent] 2: existing or enduring for a limited time only
• impertinent 0
  adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy] 2: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal] 3: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]
• implement 0
  n 1: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end v 1: apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" 2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant: exempt, free, relieve] 3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]
• incontinent 0
  adj 1: not having control over urination and defecation [ant: continent]
• indent 0
  n 1: an order for goods to be exported or imported 2: the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line [syn: indentation, indention, indent, indenture] v 1: set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter" 2: cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents" 3: make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent] 4: notch the edge of or make jagged 5: bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant" [syn: indenture, indent]
• indignant 0
  adj 1: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous]
• infant 0
  n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different" [syn: baby, babe, infant]
• insolvent 0
  adj 1: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations; "an insolvent person"; "an insolvent estate" [ant: solvent] n 1: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts [syn: bankrupt, insolvent]
• intent 0
  adj 1: giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped] n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose, intent, intention, aim, design] 2: the intended meaning of a communication [syn: intent, purport, spirit]
• invent 0
  v 1: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge] 2: make up something artificial or untrue [syn: fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent]
• lament 0
  n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody] 3: a mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: elegy, lament] v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament, keen] 2: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
• lent 0
  n 1: a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday [syn: Lent, Lententide]
• maidservant 0
  n 1: a female domestic [syn: maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah]
• malcontent 0
  adj 1: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious] n 1: a person who is discontented or disgusted
• malignant 0
  adj 1: dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) [ant: benign]
• manservant 0
  n 1: a man servant
• misrepresent 0
  v 1: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" [syn: misrepresent, belie] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]
• opponent 0
  adj 1: characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" [syn: opponent, opposing] n 1: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] 2: someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] [ant: agonist]
• orient 0
  n 1: the countries of Asia [syn: East, Orient] 2: the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia [syn: eastern hemisphere, orient] v 1: be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" [syn: orient, point] 2: determine one's position with reference to another point; "We had to orient ourselves in the forest" [syn: orient, orientate] [ant: disorient, disorientate] 3: cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West" 4: familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen" 5: adjust to a specific need or market; "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings" [syn: tailor, orient]
• ornament 0
  n 1: something used to beautify [syn: decoration, ornament, ornamentation] v 1: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify] 2: be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
• pent 0
  adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
• percent 0
  n 1: a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) [syn: percentage, percent, per centum, pct]
• permanent 0
  adj 1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: permanent, lasting] [ant: impermanent, temporary] 2: not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage" n 1: a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: permanent wave, permanent, perm]
• pigment 0
  n 1: dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) 2: any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color 3: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment] v 1: acquire pigment; become colored or imbued 2: color or dye with a pigment; "pigment a photograph"
• portent 0
  n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
• predominant 0
  adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] 2: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]
• present 0
  adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration; "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" [ant: future, past] 2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" [ant: absent] n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays] 2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from his wife" 3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking [syn: present, present tense] v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit] 5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn: present, pose] 6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present] 7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present] 8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present] 9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint] 10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" [syn: portray, present] 11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront, face, present] 12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. 13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute, present]
• prevent 0
  v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid] 2: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" [syn: prevent, keep] [ant: allow, let, permit]
• prominent 0
  adj 1: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking] 2: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent]
• proponent 0
  n 1: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea [syn: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent]
• regiment 0
  n 1: army unit smaller than a division v 1: subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children" 2: form (military personnel) into a regiment 3: assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"
• regnant 0
  adj 1: exercising power or authority [syn: regnant, reigning, ruling]
• reinvent 0
  v 1: bring back into existence; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" 2: create anew and make over; "He reinvented African music for American listeners"
• relent 0
  v 1: give in, as to influence or pressure [syn: yield, relent, soften] [ant: remain firm, stand]
• relevant 0
  adj 1: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" [ant: irrelevant]
• remnant 0
  n 1: a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists [syn: leftover, remnant] 2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
• rent 0
  n 1: a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service 2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rip, rent, snag, split, tear] 3: the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions [syn: economic rent, rent] 4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, rip, split] v 1: let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" [syn: rent, lease] 2: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: lease, let, rent] 3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take] 4: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services [syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
• reorient 0
  v 1: orient once again, after a disorientation [syn: reorientate, reorient] 2: cause to turn 3: set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South"
• repent 0
  v 1: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone] 2: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn: repent, regret, rue]
• represent 0
  v 1: take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand for, correspond] 2: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent] 3: be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" 4: be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority" 5: serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" 6: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" [syn: defend, represent] [ant: prosecute] 9: create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" [syn: represent, interpret] 10: play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent] 11: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent] 12: describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" 13: point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" 14: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out] 15: to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) [syn: map, represent]
• repugnant 0
  adj 1: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive]
• resent 0
  v 1: feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" 2: wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: begrudge, resent] [ant: wish, wish well]
• resonant 0
  adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating, reverberative] 2: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant]
• revenant 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans" 2: coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: recurring, revenant] n 1: a person who returns after a lengthy absence 2: someone who has returned from the dead
• ruminant 0
  adj 1: related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" [ant: nonruminant] n 1: any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments
• scent 0
  n 1: a distinctive odor that is pleasant [syn: aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent] 2: an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced 3: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent] v 1: cause to smell or be smelly [syn: odorize, odourise, scent] [ant: deodorise, deodorize, deodourise] 2: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind] 3: apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day" [syn: perfume, scent]
• segment 0
  n 1: one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road" [syn: section, segment] 2: one of the parts into which something naturally divides; "a segment of an orange" v 1: divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word" [syn: segment, section] 2: divide or split up; "The cells segmented"
• sent 0
  adj 1: caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted [ant: unsent] n 1: 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
• servant 0
  n 1: a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) [syn: servant, retainer] 2: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: handmaid, handmaiden, servant]
• solvent 0
  adj 1: capable of meeting financial obligations [ant: insolvent] n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent] 2: a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent]
• sonant 0
  adj 1: produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; [syn: voiced, sonant, soft] [ant: hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless] n 1: a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: sonant, voiced sound]
• spent 0
  adj 1: depleted of energy, force, or strength; "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil"; "the exhausted food sources"; "exhausted oil wells" [syn: exhausted, spent] [ant: unexhausted] 2: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn- out(a), worn out(p)]

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