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ab
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n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of
Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB]
2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and
August) [syn: Ab, Av]
3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal
muscle, ab]
4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B
antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]
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ably
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adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they
worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably,
capably] [ant: displaying incompetence,
incompetently]
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absentee
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n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
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addressee
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n 1: one to whom something is addressed
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admirably
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adv 1: in an admirable manner; "the children's responses were
admirably normal" [syn: admirably, laudably,
praiseworthily, commendable]
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adoptee
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n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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agree
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v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord
on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
[ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;
"She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her
alone"
3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the
check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the
gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree,
discord]
4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort,
accord, concord, fit in, agree]
5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always
agree in English"
6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of
my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
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alee
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adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
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amiably
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adv 1: in an affable manner; "`Come and visit me,' he said
amiably" [syn: affably, amiably, genially]
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amicably
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adv 1: in an amicable manner; "they separated amicably"
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amputee
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n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
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appointee
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n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
appointee, appointment]
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appreciably
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adv 1: to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably
colder"
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arguably
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adv 1: as can be shown by argument; "she is arguably the best"
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assembly
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n 1: a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-
contained unit
2: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
[syn: fabrication, assembly] [ant: disassembly,
dismantlement, dismantling]
3: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum,
assembly, meeting place]
4: a group of persons who are gathered together for a common
purpose
5: a unit consisting of components that have been fitted
together
6: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of
assembly" [syn: assembly, assemblage, gathering] [ant:
disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling]
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audibly
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adv 1: in an audible manner; "he spoke audibly" [ant:
inaudibly]
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banshee
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n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of
impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
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be
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n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
exist, be]
5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
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: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
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bee
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n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions
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bourgeoisie
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n 1: the social class between the lower and upper classes [syn:
middle class, bourgeoisie]
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brambly
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adj 1: covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth
[syn: braky, brambly]
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brie
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n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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bubbly
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adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: bubbling, bubbly, foaming, foamy,
frothy, effervescing, spumy]
2: full of or showing high spirits; "bright bubbly children"; "a
bubbly personality"
n 1: a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or
resembling that produced there [syn: champagne, bubbly]
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cay
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n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key,
cay, Florida key]
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cc
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adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two
hundred, 200, cc]
n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
[syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic
centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]
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charitably
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adv 1: in a charitable manner; "she treated him charitably"
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chickadee
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n 1: any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North
America
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cod
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adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package
C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery]
adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
collect, cod]
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;
usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish]
3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn:
cod, codfish]
v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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comfortably
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adv 1: in mental comfort; without stress; "he works comfortably
on three continents"
2: in physical comfort; "she could have been lying comfortably
in bed getting the same relief" [ant: uncomfortably]
3: in financial comfort; "They live well"; "she has been able to
live comfortably since her husband died" [syn: well,
comfortably]
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comparably
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adv 1: in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree; "you
will have to work comparably harder" [ant:
incomparably, uncomparably]
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conceivably
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adv 1: within the realm of possibility; "the weather may
conceivably change"
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conferee
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n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were
conferred; the conferees were..."
2: a member of a conference
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considerably
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adv 1: to a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was
well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem
considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has
fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up
substantially" [syn: well, considerably,
substantially]
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credibly
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adv 1: easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he
talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably
win the election" [syn: credibly, believably,
plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly,
improbably, incredibly, unbelievably]
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creditably
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adv 1: to a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well
for his age" [syn: respectably, creditably]
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crumbly
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adj 1: easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder;
"friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue";
"friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies"
[syn: crumbly, friable]
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curie
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n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a
radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie,
Ci]
2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn:
Curie, Pierre Curie]
3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one
(with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on
radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and
polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame
Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
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de
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n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
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debris
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n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
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decree
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n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New
Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript]
v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn
males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
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degree
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n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a
moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is
required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree,
grade, level]
2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or
especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness";
"at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree,
level, stage, point]
3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that
the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn:
academic degree, degree]
4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a
circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree]
5: the highest power of a term or variable
6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was
played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder
in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
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demonstrably
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adv 1: in an obvious and provable manner; "his documentary
sources are demonstrably wrong" [syn: demonstrably,
provably, incontrovertibly]
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deportee
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n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
[syn: exile, deportee]
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detainee
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n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political
detainee]
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devotee
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n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
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disagree
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v 1: 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]
2: be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord,
discord] [ant: agree, check, correspond, fit,
gibe, jibe, match, tally]
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disassembly
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n 1: the act of taking something apart (as a piece of
machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the
dismantling of their nuclear weapons" [syn: dismantling,
dismantlement, disassembly] [ant: assemblage,
assembly, fabrication, gathering]
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doubly
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adv 1: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his
eyes were double bright" [syn: doubly, double,
twice]
2: in a twofold manner; "he was doubly wrong" [syn: doubly,
in two ways]
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drably
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adv 1: in a drab manner; "she dresses drably"
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draftee
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n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn:
draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military
volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
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emcee
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n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an
introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn:
master of ceremonies, emcee, host]
v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]
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employee
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n 1: a worker who is hired to perform a job [ant: employer]
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enlistee
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n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn:
recruit, enlistee]
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equitably
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adv 1: in an equitable manner; "the inheritance was equitably
divided among the sisters" [ant: inequitably]
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escapee
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n 1: someone who escapes
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esprit
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n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit
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evacuee
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n 1: a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
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fashionably
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adv 1: in a fashionable manner; "his voice had no trace of the
drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably
dressed young man" [ant: unfashionably]
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feasibly
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adv 1: in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible [syn:
practicably, feasibly]
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fee
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n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
2: an interest in land capable of being inherited
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
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feebly
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adv 1: in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing
feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the
coast of north west Norway"
2: in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather
feebly, on the win"
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flea
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n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for
ability to leap
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flee
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v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
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flexibly
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adv 1: with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said
flexibly" [ant: inflexibly]
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fop
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n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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forcibly
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adv 1: in a forcible manner; "keep in mind the dangers of
imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly"
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foresee
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v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse,
foreknow, foresee]
2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
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formidably
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adv 1: in a formidable manner; "the constant risk that attends
the exchanges of human beings formidably armed"
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free
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adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: loose, free]
adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion
or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free
country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of
racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free
choice" [ant: unfree]
2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant: unfree]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free]
8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
[syn: free, free people]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free,
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose]
[ant: confine, detain]
2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was
buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve,
free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
5: make (information) available for publication; "release the
list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free,
release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block,
close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate,
occlude]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
[syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]
9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free,
give up]
10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction
or physical decomposition [syn: release, free,
liberate]
11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze,
free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise,
immobilize]
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gee
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n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force]
v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed"
2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
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ghee
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n 1: clarified butter used in Indian cookery
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glee
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n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness,
glee, gleefulness]
2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
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glibly
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adv 1: with superficial plausibility; "he talked glibly" [syn:
glibly, slickly]
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goatee
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n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its
resemblance to a goat's beard
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guarantee
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n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be
provided or will meet certain specifications [syn:
guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or
that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are
not lying"
3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the
quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch]
2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement
for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn:
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure]
3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the
prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee]
4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or
condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I
warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]
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guaranty
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n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
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gutsy
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adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
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he
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n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases
(as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He,
atomic number 2]
2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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herb
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n 1: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering
garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal
properties; some are pests [syn: herb, herbaceous
plant]
2: aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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horribly
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adv 1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody
accident on the road this morning" [syn: dreadfully,
awfully, horribly]
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humbly
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adv 1: in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head" [syn:
humbly, meekly]
2: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without
ostentation" [syn: meanly, humbly]
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id
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n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show
your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.]
3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying
all psychic activity
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ie
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adv 1: that is to say; in other words [syn: i.e., ie, id
est]
n 1: a commercial browser [syn: Internet Explorer, Explorer,
IE]
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immeasurably
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adv 1: to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement; "the war
left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man"
[ant: measurably]
2: without bounds; "he is infinitely wealthy" [syn:
boundlessly, immeasurably, infinitely]
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impeccably
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adv 1: flawlessly; "the film was impeccably authentic"
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implausibly
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adv 1: not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge
to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish
mountains" [syn: incredibly, improbably,
implausibly, unbelievably] [ant: believably,
credibly, plausibly, probably]
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impossibly
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adv 1: to a degree impossible of achievement; "long thought to
be an impossibly difficult operation"; "impossibly far
from sources of supply" [ant: possibly]
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improbably
0
adv 1: not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge
to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish
mountains" [syn: incredibly, improbably,
implausibly, unbelievably] [ant: believably,
credibly, plausibly, probably]
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incomparably
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adv 1: in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree;
"she is incomparably gifted" [syn: incomparably,
uncomparably] [ant: comparably]
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incredibly
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adv 1: not easy to believe; "behind you the coastal hills plunge
to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish
mountains" [syn: incredibly, improbably,
implausibly, unbelievably] [ant: believably,
credibly, plausibly, probably]
2: exceedingly; extremely; "she plays fabulously well" [syn:
fabulously, fantastically, incredibly]
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indelibly
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adv 1: in an indelible manner; "this tradition has left its mark
indelibly upon the social, political, educational and
industrial fabric of this country"
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inductee
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n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty
Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National
Baseball Hall of Fame"
2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee,
conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer,
voluntary, volunteer]
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inevitably
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adv 1: in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is
necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective" [syn:
inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needs]
2: by necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster
" [syn: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably,
unavoidably]
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inexorably
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adv 1: in an inexorable manner; "time marches on inexorably"
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inextricably
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adv 1: in an inextricable manner; "motives inspired by Mammon
were often inextricably blended with things pertaining to
Caesar and to God"
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inseparably
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adv 1: without possibility of separation; "these two are
inseparably linked" [ant: separably]
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interminably
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adv 1: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological
student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging
went on endlessly" [syn: interminably, endlessly]
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internee
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n 1: a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens
and suspected terrorists"
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interviewee
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n 1: a person who is interviewed
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intolerably
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adv 1: to an unacceptable degree; "The percentage of lead in our
drinking water is unacceptably high" [syn:
unacceptably, intolerably] [ant: acceptably, so-
so, tolerably]