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artist
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n 1: a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and
imagination [syn: artist, creative person]
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august
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adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of
august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly]
2: profoundly honored; "revered holy men" [syn: august,
revered, venerable]
n 1: the month following July and preceding September [syn:
August, Aug]
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contest
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n 1: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or
more contestants [syn: contest, competition]
2: a struggle between rivals
v 1: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
"They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest,
contend, repugn]
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cottage
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n 1: a small house with a single story [syn: bungalow,
cottage]
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faucet
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n 1: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir [syn: faucet, spigot]
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flawless
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adj 1: without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" [syn: flawless,
unflawed]
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forest
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n 1: the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
[syn: forest, wood, woods]
2: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest,
woodland, timberland, timber]
v 1: establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest
the mountains" [syn: afforest, forest]
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glottis
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n 1: the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and
the space between them where the voice tone is generated
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goddess
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n 1: a female deity
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greatest
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adj 1: highest in quality [syn: greatest, sterling(a),
superlative]
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honest
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adj 1: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or
fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn:
honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable]
2: without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
3: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an
honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information";
"he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are
those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable,
true(p)]
4: without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good
honest food"
5: marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting"
6: not forged; "a good dollar bill" [syn: good, honest]
7: gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest
wage"; "an fair penny" [syn: honest, fair]
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latest
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adj 1: up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-
date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest
scientific discoveries" [syn: up-to-the-minute,
latest]
2: in the current fashion or style [syn: latest, a la
mode(p), in style(p), in vogue(p), modish]
n 1: the most recent news or development; "have you heard the
latest?"
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modest
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adj 1: marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of
yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his
medals" [ant: immodest]
2: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest
salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
[syn: modest, small]
3: free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest
cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple
man with simple tastes"
4: not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance [ant:
immodest]
5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest,
small]
6: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or
even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn:
meek, mild, modest]
7: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-
scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
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novice
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n 1: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken
final vows [syn: novitiate, novice]
2: someone new to a field or activity [syn: novice,
beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate]
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office
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n 1: place of business where professional or clerical duties are
performed; "he rented an office in the new building" [syn:
office, business office]
2: an administrative unit of government; "the Central
Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of
Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn:
agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau,
office, authority]
3: the actions and activities assigned to or required or
expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher";
"the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn:
function, office, part, role]
4: (of a government or government official) holding an office
means being in power; "being in office already gives a
candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in
office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the
president" [syn: office, power]
5: professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole
office was late the morning of the blizzard" [syn: office,
office staff]
6: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical
authorities; "the offices of the mass"
7: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
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orthodontist
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n 1: a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of
irregularities of the teeth
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pocket
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n 1: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
[syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
4: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind
it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave
him a perfect strike"
5: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn:
scoop, pocket]
6: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes
a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: air pocket, pocket,
air hole]
7: a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in
pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for
cleaning up pockets of resistance"
8: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a
marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket]
9: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table
into which billiard balls are struck
v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
2: take unlawfully [syn: pocket, bag]
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product
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n 1: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on
having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of
products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product]
2: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process;
"they improve their product every year"; "they export most of
their agricultural production" [syn: product, production]
3: a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and
3 is 6" [syn: product, mathematical product]
4: a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical
reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"
5: a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of
circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice";
"his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"
6: the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of
red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set
of red things" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian
product]
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profit
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n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit,
profits, earnings]
2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit,
gain]
v 1: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast
experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit]
2: make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not
profited from the merger" [syn: profit, turn a profit]
[ant: break even, lose, turn a loss]
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promise
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n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do
(or not to do) something in the future
2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is
little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise,
hope]
v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure]
2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate,
call, forebode, anticipate, promise]
4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were
promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
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rocket
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n 1: any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine [syn:
rocket, projectile]
2: a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by
reaction propulsion [syn: rocket, rocket engine]
3: erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be
harvested when young and tender [syn: rocket, roquette,
garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa,
Eruca vesicaria sativa]
4: propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a
lifesaving line or harpoon [syn: rocket, skyrocket]
5: sends a firework display high into the sky [syn: skyrocket,
rocket]
v 1: shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
[syn: rocket, skyrocket]
2: propel with a rocket
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rotten
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adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
2: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor
boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn:
decayed, rotten, rotted]
3: having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness;
"dead and rotten in his grave"
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socket
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n 1: a bony hollow into which a structure fits
2: receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone)
is inserted
3: a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted
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solace
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n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of
disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
[syn: consolation, solace, solacement]
2: comfort in disappointment or misery [syn: solace,
solacement]
3: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his
presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation,
comfort, solace]
v 1: give moral or emotional strength to [syn: comfort,
soothe, console, solace]
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spotless
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adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
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wallet
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n 1: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn:
wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
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brightest
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fattest
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finest
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fondest
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oddest
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promised
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rawest
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saddest
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smallest
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smartest
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tallest
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wettest
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wisest
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tautest
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