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angel
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n 1: spiritual being attendant upon God
2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: saint, holy man,
holy person, angel]
3: invests in a theatrical production [syn: angel, backer]
4: the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies
seasonally [syn: Angel, Angel Falls]
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archangel
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n 1: an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial
hierarchy
2: a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten
and its roots are used medicinally [syn: garden angelica,
archangel, Angelica Archangelica]
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casual
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adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest
casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold
weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with
nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant
manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
2: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a
casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and
in their spare time"
3: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual
clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday,
daily]
4: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help
from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance
occurrence" [syn: casual, chance(a)]
5: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's
structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]
6: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]
7: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken
back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
[syn: fooling, casual]
8: natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a
casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" [syn: free-
and-easy, casual]
9: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed
with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: casual,
effortless]
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cudgel
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n 1: a club that is used as a weapon
v 1: strike with a cudgel [syn: cudgel, fustigate]
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evangel
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n 1: the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and
teachings [syn: Gospel, Gospels, evangel]
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gradual
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adj 1: proceeding in small stages; "a gradual increase in
prices" [ant: sudden]
2: (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual
slope" [ant: steep]
n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book
of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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individual
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adj 1: being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
"individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual
pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn:
individual, single] [ant: common]
2: separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the
individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" [syn:
individual, case-by-case, item-by-item]
3: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn:
individual, single(a)]
4: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual
cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a),
private]
n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
[syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
mortal, soul]
2: a single organism
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nodule
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n 1: a small node
2: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn:
nodule, tubercle]
3: (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance
(usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
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residual
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adj 1: relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual
quantity" [syn: residual, residuary]
n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away;
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn:
remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
rest]
2: (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or
writer or director of a television show or commercial that is
paid for every repeat showing; "he could retire on his
residuals"
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schedule
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n 1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
[syn: agenda, docket, schedule]
2: an ordered list of times at which things are planned to occur
v 1: plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert
next week"
2: make a schedule; plan the time and place for events; "I
scheduled an exam for this afternoon"
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unusual
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adj 1: not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual
beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual
punishment"; "an unusual meteorite" [ant: usual]
2: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly
odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was
indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange
sense of humor she has" [syn: strange, unusual] [ant:
familiar]
3: not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer
unusual"
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usual
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adj 1: occurring or encountered or experienced or observed
frequently or in accordance with regular practice or
procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer
heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual
bedtime" [ant: unusual]
2: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
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vestigial
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adj 1: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary
wings" [syn: vestigial, rudimentary]
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vigil
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n 1: a period of sleeplessness
2: the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially
on the eve of a religious festival) [syn: vigil, watch]
3: a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe [syn: watch,
vigil]
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visual
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adj 1: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an
optical illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation"
[syn: ocular, optic, optical, visual]
2: visible; "be sure of it; give me the ocular proof"-
Shakespeare; "a visual presentation"; "a visual image" [syn:
ocular, visual]
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virgil
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n 1: a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
[syn: Virgil, Vergil, Publius Vergilius Maro]
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rigel
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n 1: the brightest star in Orion [syn: Rigel, Beta Orionis]
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vergil
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n 1: a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
[syn: Virgil, Vergil, Publius Vergilius Maro]
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strigil
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nigel
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