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adjunct
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adj 1: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an
adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and
emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory,
adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant,
auxiliary]
2: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
[syn: adjunct, assistant]
n 1: something added to another thing but not an essential part
of it
2: a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another
3: a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a
word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a
sentence
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conjunct
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adj 1: progressing melodically by intervals of a second;
"conjunct motion of an ascending scale" [ant: disjunct]
2: bound in close association; "conjunct influences"; "conjunct
ideas"
3: involving the joint activity of two or more; "concerted
action"; "the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind";
"the conjunctive focus of political opposition"; "a
cooperative effort"; "a united effort"; "joint military
activities" [syn: concerted, conjunct, conjunctive,
cooperative]
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defunct
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adj 1: no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a
defunct organization"
2: having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt";
"a defunct Indian tribe"
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distinct
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adj 1: (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature
or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word
`nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses";
"gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but
quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had
interests quite distinct from those of their employees"
[syn: distinct, distinguishable]
2: easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct
flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct
outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette";
"distinct fingerprints" [ant: indistinct]
3: constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with
three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions" [syn:
discrete, distinct]
4: recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a
distinct (or decided) disadvantage" [syn: distinct,
decided]
5: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence
of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with
distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions
between right and wrong" [syn: clear-cut, distinct,
trenchant]
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extinct
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adj 1: no longer in existence; lost or especially having died
out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct
species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct
laws and customs" [syn: extinct, nonextant] [ant:
extant]
2: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
[ant: active]
3: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette
into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct,
out(p)]
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indistinct
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adj 1: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand;
"indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory";
"only indistinct notions of what to do" [ant: distinct]
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instinct
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adj 1: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued
with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct(p),
replete(p)]
n 1: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific
stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic
instincts in social animals" [syn: instinct, inherent
aptitude]
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precinct
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n 1: a district of a city or town marked out for administrative
purposes
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sacrosanct
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adj 1: must be kept sacred [syn: inviolable, inviolate,
sacrosanct]
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succinct
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adj 1: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy";
"succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-
ranging subject" [syn: compendious, compact,
succinct, summary]
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disjunct
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adj 1: progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major
second [ant: conjunct]
2: having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and
abdomen, as in insects
3: marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements;
"little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected
as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
[syn: disjunct, isolated]
4: used of distributions, as of statistical or natural
populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"
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debunked
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unthanked
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