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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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closet
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n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
[syn: cupboard, closet]
2: a toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C.,
loo]
3: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
[syn: wardrobe, closet, press]
4: a small private room for study or prayer
v 1: confine to a small space, as for intensive work
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composite
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adj 1: consisting of separate interconnected parts
2: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
n 1: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related
parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads
created a new town" [syn: complex, composite]
2: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants,
characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that
resemble single flowers [syn: composite, composite plant]
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cosset
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v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
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deposit
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n 1: the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating [syn:
deposit, sedimentation, alluviation]
2: matter that has been deposited by some natural process [syn:
sediment, deposit]
3: the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
[syn: deposition, deposit]
4: money deposited in a bank or some similar institution [syn:
deposit, bank deposit]
5: a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance
to be paid later [syn: down payment, deposit]
6: money given as security for an article acquired for temporary
use; "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car"
7: a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
8: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or
safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary,
repository]
9: the act of putting something somewhere [syn: deposit,
deposition]
v 1: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table";
"stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge,
stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
2: put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every
month" [syn: deposit, bank] [ant: draw, draw off,
take out, withdraw]
3: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your
eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit,
deposit]
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exit
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n 1: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the
way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: exit,
issue, outlet, way out]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
3: the act of going out
v 1: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
has left the country" [syn: exit, go out, get out,
leave] [ant: come in, enter, get in, get into,
go in, go into, move into]
2: lose the lead
3: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer";
"The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went
peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of
102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass
away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's
chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop
dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be
born]
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opposite
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adv 1: directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay
face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in
houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat
opposite at the table" [syn: face-to-face, opposite]
adj 1: being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on
the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the
alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the
street"; "at opposite poles"
2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem;
"opposite leaves" [syn: opposite, paired] [ant:
alternate]
3: moving or facing away from each other; "looking in opposite
directions"; "they went in opposite directions"
4: the other one of a complementary pair; "the opposite sex";
"the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite
colors"
5: altogether different in nature or quality or significance;
"the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is
said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles
Reade
6: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in
diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or
opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and
indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric,
diametrical, opposite, polar]
n 1: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of
another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of
each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
[syn: antonym, opposite word, opposite] [ant:
equivalent word, synonym]
2: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
3: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition,
opponent, opposite]
4: something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when
the direct approach failed he tried the inverse" [syn:
inverse, opposite]
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perquisite
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n 1: an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of
employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a
limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job" [syn:
fringe benefit, perquisite, perk]
2: a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group
(especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was
the prerogative of white adult males" [syn: prerogative,
privilege, perquisite, exclusive right]
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posit
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n 1: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to
provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate,
posit]
v 1: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit,
deposit]
2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]
3: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit]
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prerequisite
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adj 1: required as a prior condition or course of study
n 1: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a
prerequisite for admission" [syn: prerequisite,
requirement]
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requisite
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adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required,
requisite]
n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities
of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers
to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a
place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be
obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement,
requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
nonessential]
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revisit
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v 1: visit again; "We revisited Rome after 25 years"
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transit
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n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and
vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on
a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit]
2: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary
for the movement of passengers or goods [syn: transportation
system, transportation, transit]
3: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
[syn: passage, transit]
v 1: make a passage or journey from one place to another; "The
tourists moved through the town and bought up all the
souvenirs;" "Some travelers pass through the desert" [syn:
transit, pass through, move through, pass across,
pass over]
2: pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across
(the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place);
"The comet will transit on September 11"
3: revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its
horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
4: cause or enable to pass through; "The canal will transit
hundreds of ships every day"
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visit
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n 1: the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a
short time; "he dropped by for a visit"
2: a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a
doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a
visit to the dentist"
3: the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an
inspection)
4: the act of going to see some person in a professional
capacity; "a visit to the dentist"
5: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn, visit]
v 1: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see
the Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see]
2: go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit
Paris?" [syn: travel to, visit]
3: pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the
prominent citizens" [syn: visit, call in, call]
4: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The
governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator
visited the laboratory" [syn: visit, inspect]
5: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit,
impose]
6: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
7: stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives
in the country for a month"
8: assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed
him quickly"
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oviposit
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