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amateur
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adj 1: engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained
valuable experience in amateur theatricals";
"recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both
recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in
the documentary" [syn: amateur, recreational,
unpaid]
2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish
job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled
painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert,
unskilled]
n 1: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
2: an athlete who does not play for pay [ant: pro,
professional]
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astir
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adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
morning" [syn: astir(p), up(p)]
2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over
the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]
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auteur
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n 1: a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative
control over his or her works
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bestir
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v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn:
bestir, rouse]
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deter
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v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage
this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage]
2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only
dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
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disinter
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v 1: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead
bodies [syn: disinter, exhume]
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doer
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n 1: a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal
actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a
doer"; "he's a miracle worker" [syn: actor, doer,
worker]
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grandeur
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n 1: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one
expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its
stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned
grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the
grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn:
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour,
grandeur, grandness]
2: the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character
or ideals or conduct [syn: nobility, nobleness,
magnanimousness, grandeur]
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hauteur
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n 1: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur,
high-handedness, lordliness]
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inter
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v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to
rest]
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litterateur
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n 1: a writer of literary works [syn: essayist, litterateur]
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poor
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adj 1: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim";
"miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her
as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous
appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a
pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: hapless, miserable,
misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable,
pitiful, poor, wretched]
2: having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap
between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist
living in a garret" [ant: rich]
3: characterized by or indicating poverty; "the country had a
poor economy"; "they lived in the poor section of town" [ant:
rich]
4: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances; "a
poor land"; "the area was poor in timber and coal"; "food
poor in nutritive value" [ant: rich]
5: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is
in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate,
poor, short]
6: unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale";
"expectations were poor"
n 1: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a
group); "the urban poor need assistance" [syn: poor
people, poor] [ant: rich, rich people]
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provocateur
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n 1: a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit
illegal acts [syn: agent provocateur, provocateur]
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raconteur
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n 1: a person skilled in telling anecdotes [syn: anecdotist,
raconteur]
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rapporteur
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n 1: a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of
the meetings
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restaurateur
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n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur,
restauranter]
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saboteur
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n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
[syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist]
2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries
to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist,
saboteur]
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voyeur
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n 1: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of
others [syn: voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper]
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darfur
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n 1: an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a
semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically
distinct from central Sudan"
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pasteur
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n 1: French chemist and biologist whose discovery that
fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the
process of pasteurization (1822-1895) [syn: Pasteur,
Louis Pasteur]
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you're
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poore
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coeur
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fuer
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ure
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kapoor
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majeure
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mccluer
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mcclure
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mclure
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coerr
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