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anew
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adv 1: again but in a new or different way; "start afresh";
"wanted to write the story anew"; "starting life anew in
a fresh place" [syn: afresh, anew]
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avenue
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n 1: a line of approach; "they explored every avenue they could
think of"; "it promises to open new avenues to
understanding"
2: a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: avenue, boulevard]
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canoe
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n 1: small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with
a paddle
v 1: travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"
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continue
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v 1: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
[syn: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep]
[ant: discontinue]
2: continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the
room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]
3: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or
last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the
family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" [syn:
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve]
[ant: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit,
stop]
4: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded
towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" [syn: proceed,
go forward, continue]
5: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property
or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer";
"She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they
could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out
and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long
as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment
retains its shape even after many washings" [syn: retain,
continue, keep, keep on]
6: do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We
continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The
landlord persists in asking us to move" [syn: continue,
persist in]
7: continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued
after a break for lunch"
8: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After
graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he
remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy
mayor for another year" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
9: span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war
extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of
the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the
horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago
continues for another 500 miles" [syn: cover, continue,
extend]
10: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather
continued for two more weeks"
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discontinue
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v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give
up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on,
continue, preserve, uphold]
2: come to or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring
agency will discontinue after March 31" [ant: continue, go
along, go on, keep, proceed]
3: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the
negotiations" [syn: break, break off, discontinue,
stop]
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menu
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n 1: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was
in French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du
jour, carte]
2: the dishes making up a meal
3: (computer science) a list of options available to a computer
user [syn: menu, computer menu]
4: an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu
of reports" [syn: menu, fare]
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parvenu
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adj 1: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or
socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this
new position [syn: nouveau-riche, parvenu,
parvenue, upstart(a)]
2: of or characteristic of a parvenu [syn: parvenu,
parvenue]
n 1: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status
but has not gained social acceptance of others in that
class [syn: upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche,
arriviste]
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renew
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v 1: reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new
or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of
twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" [syn:
regenerate, renew]
2: cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was
reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn:
reincarnate, renew]
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retinue
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n 1: the group following and attending to some important person
[syn: cortege, retinue, suite, entourage]
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revenue
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n 1: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[syn: gross, revenue, receipts]
2: government income due to taxation [syn: tax income,
taxation, tax revenue, revenue]
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sinew
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n 1: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with
its bony attachment [syn: tendon, sinew]
2: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness,
muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
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venue
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n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
meeting) [syn: venue, locale, locus]
2: in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held
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ingenue
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n 1: an actress who specializes in playing the role of an
artless innocent young girl
2: an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on
the stage)
3: the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
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vishnu
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n 1: the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver
of worlds
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zanu
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manu
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bienvenue
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ainu
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agnew
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