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allurement
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n 1: attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"
2: the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn:
allure, allurement, temptingness]
3: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an
offer of sex in return for money) [syn: solicitation,
allurement]
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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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claimant
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n 1: someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants
of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the
throne"
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clement
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adj 1: (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement
weather" [ant: inclement]
2: (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more
clement judge reduced the sentence" [ant: inclement]
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deployment
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n 1: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or
work
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disbarment
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n 1: the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law
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dormant
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adj 1: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
"dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
[syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]
2: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant
volcano" [syn: dormant, inactive] [ant: active]
3: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip),
sleeping]
4: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of
affection are dormant but easily awakened" [syn: abeyant,
dormant]
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garment
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n 1: an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
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inclement
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adj 1: (of weather or climate) severe [ant: clement]
2: used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy;
"the harsh sentence of an inclement judge" [ant: clement]
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payment
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n 1: a sum of money paid or a claim discharged [ant: default,
nonpayment, nonremittal]
2: the act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal,
defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment]
3: an act of requiting; returning in kind [syn: requital,
payment]
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raiment
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n 1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
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redeployment
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n 1: the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt
to use them more effectively [syn: redeployment,
redisposition]
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repayment
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n 1: the act of returning money received previously [syn:
refund, repayment]
2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment,
quittance]
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savant
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n 1: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly
field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit,
savant]
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tenant
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n 1: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car
that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a
tenant who doesn't pay the rent" [syn: tenant, renter]
2: a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as
ownership or lease)
3: any occupant who dwells in a place
v 1: occupy as a tenant
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torment
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n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment]
2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment,
torture]
3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn:
agony, torment, torture]
4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so
great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment]
5: a severe affliction [syn: curse, torment]
6: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying,
torment, bedevilment]
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
excruciate, rack]
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun,
frustrate]
3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate,
torment]
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undergarment
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n 1: a garment worn under other garments [syn: undergarment,
unmentionable] [ant: outer garment, overgarment]
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underpayment
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n 1: a payment smaller than needed or expected
2: the act of paying less than required
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unemployment
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n 1: the state of being unemployed or not having a job;
"unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of
unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
[ant: employ, employment]
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varmint
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n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: vermin,
varmint]
2: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable;
e.g., coyote [syn: varmint, varment]
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vehement
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adj 1: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;
inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty";
"in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent
passions" [syn: fierce, tearing, vehement,
violent, trigger-happy]
2: characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of
rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"
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anne
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n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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disembodiment
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underemployment
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claremont
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lamont
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demont
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hemant
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tremont
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