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adhere
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v 1: be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to
the rules"
2: follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They
adhered to their plan"
3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label
stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn:
cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
4: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this
village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her
principles" [syn: adhere, stick]
5: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble";
"The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand
by, stick by, stick, adhere]
6: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick
to]
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appear
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v 1: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect;
"She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very
difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They
appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long
time" [syn: look, appear, seem]
2: come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the
wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" [ant:
disappear, go away, vanish]
3: be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?";
"The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet" [syn:
appear, come out]
4: seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is
very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is
very bad" [syn: appear, seem]
5: come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then
the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens
appeared millions of years ago" [syn: appear, come along]
[ant: disappear, vanish]
6: appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.;
"Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in
`Hamlet' on the London stage"
7: present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority;
"He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on
several charges of theft"
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austere
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adj 1: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere,
severe, stark, stern]
2: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in
aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn:
austere, stern]
3: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically
ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you
would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's
austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn:
ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan]
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balladeer
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n 1: a singer of popular ballads [syn: crooner, balladeer]
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belvedere
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n 1: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red
in autumn [syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire
bush, fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, Kochia
scoparia]
2: a gazebo sited to command a fine view
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bombardier
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n 1: a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
2: the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the
bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target
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brigadier
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n 1: a general officer ranking below a major general [syn:
brigadier, brigadier general]
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commandeer
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v 1: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the
plane and flew it to Miami" [syn: commandeer, hijack,
highjack, pirate]
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dear
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adv 1: with affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her
affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear]
2: at a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost
him dear" [syn: dearly, dear]
adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear]
2: with or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend";
"my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [syn: dear,
good, near]
3: earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their
success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: dear, devout,
earnest, heartfelt]
4: having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced
merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey
restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced,
pricey, pricy]
n 1: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn:
beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love]
2: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
[syn: lamb, dear]
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deer
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n 1: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid
deciduous antlers [syn: deer, cervid]
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endear
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v 1: make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to
me"
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grenadier
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n 1: an infantryman equipped with grenades [syn: grenadier,
grenade thrower]
2: deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering
tail [syn: grenadier, rattail, rattail fish]
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halberdier
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n 1: a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty)
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idea
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n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking
about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered
my mind" [syn: idea, thought]
2: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see
his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the
pieces" [syn: mind, idea]
3: a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
4: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;
"an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long
it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation,
approximation, idea]
5: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme
is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked
up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, melodic
theme, musical theme, idea]
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killdeer
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n 1: American plover of inland waters and fields having a
distinctive cry [syn: killdeer, kildeer, killdeer
plover, Charadrius vociferus]
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reindeer
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n 1: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called
`reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America [syn:
caribou, reindeer, Greenland caribou, Rangifer
tarandus]
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judea
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n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the
kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
[syn: Judea, Judaea]
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medea
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in
taking the Golden Fleece from her father
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aberdare
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n 1: a mining town in southern Wales
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judaea
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n 1: the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the
kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
[syn: Judea, Judaea]
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arrear
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santander
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kildare
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outdare
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agadir
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