Words that rhyme with deselect

adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy] 2: most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" 3: showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" [syn: abject, unhopeful] 4: showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"

n 1: a public promotion of some product or service [syn: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert] v 1: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear] 2: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude, touch, advert] 3: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer]

n 1: the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion v 1: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch] 2: act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" 3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard] 4: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble] 5: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike]

n 1: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) [syn: architect, designer]

n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet] 2: a characteristic to be considered 3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 4: the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb 5: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" [syn: expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face]

v 1: cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"

adj 1: heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" [syn: circumspect, discreet]

adv 1: make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect" adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: collect, cod] n 1: a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] 2: call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" [syn: collect, take in] 3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect, pull together] [ant: distribute, spread] 4: get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" [syn: collect, pull in] 5: gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" [syn: collect, pick up, gather up, call for]

n 1: a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts [syn: candy, confect] v 1: make or construct 2: make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: confect, confection, comfit]

v 1: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect] 2: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 3: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect, link, link up, join, unite] 4: join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area" 5: land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" 6: join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?" 7: be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation; "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours" 8: establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this university really connects with the faculty" 9: establish communication with someone; "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?" [syn: get in touch, touch base, connect] 10: plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" [syn: plug in, plug into, connect] [ant: disconnect, unplug] 11: hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a home run"

adj 1: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct, right] [ant: incorrect, wrong] 2: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct, right] 3: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: correct, right] 4: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: right, correct] [ant: wrong] v 1: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant: falsify] 2: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong] 3: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] 4: adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up] 5: punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, correct, sort out] 6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" [syn: decline, slump, correct] 7: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: adjust, set, correct] 8: treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia"

n 1: an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs" 2: a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" [syn: defect, shortcoming] 3: an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault, flaw] 4: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar] v 1: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" [syn: defect, desert]

v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 2: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away] 3: turn aside and away from an initial or intended course 4: draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" [syn: distract, deflect] 5: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect]

v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift]

v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect, observe, find, discover, notice]

n 1: 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]

adv 1: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct] adj 1: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" [ant: indirect] 2: having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote" [syn: direct, unmediated] 3: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" [ant: indirect] 4: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: lineal, direct] [ant: collateral, indirect] 5: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth [ant: retrograde] 6: similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" [ant: inverse] 7: (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" [ant: alternating] 8: being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" 9: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn: direct, verbatim] 10: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" v 1: command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" 2: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point] 3: guide the actors in (plays and films) 4: be in charge of 5: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 6: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: send, direct] 7: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct] 8: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct] 9: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" 10: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct] 11: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise] 12: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct] 13: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]

n 1: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy" [syn: gulf, disconnect, disconnection] v 1: pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable; "unplug the hair dryer after using it" [syn: unplug, disconnect] [ant: connect, plug in, plug into] 2: make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten [ant: connect, link, link up, tie]

v 1: destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound" [ant: infect, taint]

n 1: an expression of lack of respect [syn: disrespect, discourtesy] 2: a disrespectful mental attitude [ant: esteem, regard, respect] 3: a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous [syn: contempt, disrespect] v 1: show a lack of respect for [ant: abide by, honor, honour, observe, respect] 2: have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: disrespect, disesteem] [ant: esteem, prise, prize, respect, value]

v 1: cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" 2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]

n 1: 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] 2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" [syn: impression, effect] 3: an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" 4: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist] 5: (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect" [syn: effect, force] 6: a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic" v 1: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" [syn: effect, effectuate, set up] 2: act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"

v 1: put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" [syn: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out] 2: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release] 3: leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule 4: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" [syn: squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject]

adj 1: selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges" [syn: elect, elite] 2: elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect" n 1: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect] v 1: select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board" 2: choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"

adj 1: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect] 2: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: tumid, erect] v 1: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down] 2: cause to rise up [syn: rear, erect]

v 1: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: expect, anticipate] 2: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" [syn: ask, require, expect] 3: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait] 4: consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" 5: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March" 6: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect]

v 1: bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image 2: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, kowtow, genuflect]

n 1: the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life

adj 1: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions" [syn: incorrect, wrong] [ant: correct, right] 2: not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"; "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts" [syn: wrong, incorrect] 3: (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles 4: characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road" [syn: faulty, incorrect, wrong]

adj 1: having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" 2: not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" [ant: direct] 3: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: collateral, indirect] [ant: direct, lineal] 4: extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" [ant: direct] 5: not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"

v 1: communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" 2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: infect, taint] [ant: disinfect] 3: corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism" 4: affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"

v 1: change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language 2: vary the pitch of one's speech [syn: tone, inflect, modulate]

v 1: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein" [syn: inject, shoot] 2: to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance" 3: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" [syn: inject, shoot] 4: take by injection; "inject heroin" 5: feed intravenously 6: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject]

n 1: small air-breathing arthropod 2: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, insect, dirt ball]

v 1: look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" 2: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect] 3: examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" [syn: audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect]

n 1: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: mind, intellect] 2: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason, understanding, intellect] 3: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: intellectual, intellect]

v 1: be interwoven or interconnected; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" [syn: complect, interconnect, interlink] 2: cause to be interconnected or interwoven [syn: interconnect, interlink]

v 1: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject]

v 1: meet at a point [syn: intersect, cross]

v 1: reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings

v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray] 3: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn: misdirect, misaddress]

n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard, neglect] 2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse] 3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard, neglect] 4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern [syn: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness] 5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance] v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" [syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to, take to heart] 2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" [syn: fail, neglect] 3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children" 4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect, ignore, disregard]

n 1: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" [syn: object, physical object] 2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target] 3: (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb" 4: the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" 5: (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer; "in object-oriented programming, objects include data and define its status, its methods of operation and how it interacts with other objects" v 1: express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" 2: be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"

adj 1: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" [ant: imperfect] 2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated] 3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing" n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense] v 1: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: perfect, hone]

n 1: a chief officer or chief magistrate; "the prefect of Paris police"

n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" [syn: undertaking, project, task, labor] 2: a planned undertaking [syn: project, projection] v 1: communicate vividly; "He projected his feelings" 2: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project] 3: transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another 4: project on a screen; "The images are projected onto the screen" 5: cause to be heard; "His voice projects well" 6: draw a projection of 7: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design] 8: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project, propose] 9: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image] 10: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast, contrive, throw] 11: throw, send, or cast forward; "project a missile" [syn: project, send off] 12: regard as objective [syn: project, externalize, externalise]

n 1: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" [syn: prospect, chance] 2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: expectation, outlook, prospect] 3: someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate, prospect] 4: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 5: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis, prospect, medical prognosis] v 1: search for something desirable; "prospect a job" 2: explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

v 1: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" 2: use tariffs to favor domestic industry

v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget]

v 1: channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" [syn: redirect, airt]

v 1: manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs" 2: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate] 3: to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" [syn: reflect, reverberate] 4: be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully-- the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect, shine] 5: show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image" 6: give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him" 7: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"

n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: accept] 2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take] 3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction] 4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down] 5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse] 6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in] 7: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn: rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]

n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" [syn: respect, regard] 2: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant: disesteem] 3: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect] 4: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: deference, respect] 5: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" [syn: obedience, respect] 6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard, respect] 7: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: deference, respect, respectfulness] v 1: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize, prise] [ant: disesteem, disrespect] 2: show respect towards; "honor your parents!" [syn: respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe] [ant: disrespect]

v 1: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise] 2: restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" [syn: revive, resurrect] 3: return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" [syn: resurrect, rise, uprise]

n 1: contemplation of things past; "in retrospect" v 1: look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" [syn: review, look back, retrospect]

n 1: a subdivision of a larger religious group [syn: sect, religious sect, religious order] 2: a dissenting clique [syn: faction, sect]

adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select] 2: selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue- ribbon event of the season" [syn: blue-ribbon(a), select] v 1: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: choose, take, select, pick out]

adj 1: possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" [syn: capable, open, subject] 2: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: subject, dependent] 3: likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression" n 1: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" [syn: subject, topic, theme] 2: 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] 3: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick] 4: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: topic, subject, issue, matter] 5: (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated 6: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: subject, case, guinea pig] 7: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" [syn: national, subject] 8: (logic) the first term of a proposition v 1: cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" 2: make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" 3: make subservient; force to submit or subdue [syn: subjugate, subject] 4: refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" [syn: submit, subject]

adj 1: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious] n 1: someone who is under suspicion 2: a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused [syn: defendant, suspect] [ant: complainant, plaintiff] v 1: imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise] 2: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in [syn: distrust, mistrust, suspect] [ant: bank, rely, swear, trust] 3: hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

v 1: cut across or divide transversely; "the trails transect the property"

v 1: cut in three; "trisect a line"

adj 1: not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage" [syn: unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned]

v 1: cut (a body) open while still alive; "people no longer vivisect animals--it's considered unethical"

n 1: German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956) [syn: Brecht, Bertolt Brecht]

v 1: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ [syn: resect, eviscerate]

adj 1: not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" [syn: genuine, echt] [ant: counterfeit, imitative]

n 1: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure" [syn: dignity, self-respect, self-regard, self-worth]