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acquit
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v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was
cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil,
clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant:
convict]
2: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
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admit
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v 1: declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or
truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that
she might have forgotten" [syn: admit, acknowledge]
[ant: deny]
2: allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members
into our club building"; "This pipe admits air" [syn:
admit, allow in, let in, intromit] [ant: refuse,
reject, turn away, turn down]
3: allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to
exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of;
"admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the
New Jersey Bar" [syn: admit, let in, include] [ant:
exclude, keep out, shut, shut out]
4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for
graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to
admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take
on]
5: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution";
"This short story allows of several different
interpretations" [syn: admit, allow]
6: give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the
yard"
7: have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can
accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people";
"The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn:
accommodate, hold, admit]
8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one
adult to the show"
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befit
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v 1: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not
suit a young woman!" [syn: befit, suit, beseem]
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bit
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n 1: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a
bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my
mind" [syn: spot, bit]
2: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip,
flake, fleck, scrap]
3: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo";
"it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment,
mo, minute, second, bit]
4: an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he
had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece, bit]
5: piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to
control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed
to a bit"
6: a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit);
the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable
states; "there are 8 bits in a byte"
7: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite]
8: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
[syn: snatch, bit]
9: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had
a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he
ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit]
10: the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers
11: the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded
and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press;
"he looked around for the right size bit"
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chit
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n 1: a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks
respect; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should
dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a
saucy chit"
2: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check"
[syn: check, chit, tab]
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comet
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n 1: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body
consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in
a highly elliptical orbit
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commit
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v 1: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;
"perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn:
perpetrate, commit, pull]
2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She
committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to
a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn:
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote]
3: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize,
institutionalise, send, charge]
4: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the
general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust,
intrust, trust, confide, commit]
5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest,
put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest]
6: engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random
act of kindness" [syn: commit, practice]
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emit
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v 1: expel (gases or odors) [syn: emit, breathe, pass off]
2: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or
radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful
rays which the sun emits" [syn: emit, give out, give
off] [ant: absorb, take in]
3: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She
let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that
nobody could understand" [syn: utter, emit, let out,
let loose]
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hermit
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n 1: one retired from society for religious reasons [syn:
anchorite, hermit]
2: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse,
solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
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limit
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n 1: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was
beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of
his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary]
2: final or latest limiting point [syn: terminus ad quem,
terminal point, limit]
3: as far as something can go
4: the boundary of a specific area [syn: limit, demarcation,
demarcation line]
5: the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the
independent variable approaches infinity [syn: limit,
limit point, point of accumulation]
6: the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;
"there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing
rapidly with no limitation in sight" [syn: limit,
limitation]
v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine]
3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine,
define, fix, limit]
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omit
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v 1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The
bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the
top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave
off, omit, take out] [ant: include]
2: 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]
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permit
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n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something
[syn: license, licence, permit]
2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
[syn: license, permission, permit]
3: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies [syn:
permit, Trachinotus falcatus]
v 1: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to
visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police
search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
[syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant:
disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit,
proscribe, veto]
2: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action
for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in";
"This sealed door won't allow the water come into the
basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" [syn:
let, allow, permit] [ant: keep, prevent]
3: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing
or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not
permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in
the hospital" [syn: allow, permit, tolerate]
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plummet
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n 1: the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb,
plummet]
v 1: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet,
plump]
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refit
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n 1: outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
v 1: fit out again
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remit
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n 1: the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is
expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; "they
set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for
strengthening family life"
2: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
case to another court) [syn: remission, remitment,
remit]
v 1: send (money) in payment; "remit $25"
2: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
3: release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were
remitted"
4: refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or
authority or court for decision [syn: remit, remand,
send back]
5: forgive; "God will remit their sins"
6: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn:
slacken, remit]
7: diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"
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submit
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v 1: refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted
the material to the court" [syn: submit, subject]
2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
[syn: submit, state, put forward, posit]
3: yield to the control of another
4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit]
5: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes
to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn:
relegate, pass on, submit]
6: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
7: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[syn: take, submit]
8: make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a
grant to the NSF" [syn: put in, submit]
9: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
render, submit]
10: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
[syn: resign, reconcile, submit]
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summit
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n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage
of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of
beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the
height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer
was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle
of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest
superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his
profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop,
top]
2: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or
hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they
clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few
molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest,
top, tip, summit]
3: a meeting of heads of governments [syn: summit, summit
meeting]
v 1: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the
mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all
summit" [syn: summit, breast]
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unfit
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adj 1: below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit
parent"; "unfit for human consumption" [ant: fit]
2: not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition;
"fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service";
"drunk and unfit for service" [ant: fit]
3: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn:
bad, unfit, unsound]
v 1: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
[syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose,
qualify]
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vomit
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n 1: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus,
puke, barf]
2: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic,
vomit, vomitive, nauseant]
3: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach
through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis,
regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]
v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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whit
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n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
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wit
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n 1: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity
has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit, humor,
humour, witticism, wittiness]
2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability,
mental capacity, mentality, wit]
3: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit,
card]
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writ
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n 1: (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial
officer [syn: writ, judicial writ]
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brit
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher,
Briton, Brit]
2: the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish [syn: brit,
britt]
3: minute crustaceans forming food for right whales [syn:
brit, britt]
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britt
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n 1: the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish [syn:
brit, britt]
2: minute crustaceans forming food for right whales [syn:
brit, britt]
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lafitte
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n 1: French pirate who aided the United States in the War of
1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes
(1780-1826) [syn: Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite,
Jean Lafitte]
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readmit
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v 1: admit anew; "The refugee was readmitted into his home
country"
2: admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was
readmitted"
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demit
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fitt
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hitt
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kitt
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litt
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barritt
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boblitt
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burditt
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clampitt
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davitt
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devitt
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mcnitt
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dammit
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thermit
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