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protest
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n 1: a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they
finished the game under protest to the league president";
"the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many
protestations did not stay the execution" [syn: protest,
protestation]
2: the act of protesting; a public (often organized)
manifestation of dissent [syn: protest, objection,
dissent]
3: the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement
and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a
shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"
v 1: utter words of protest
2: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the
laws of the country" [syn: protest, resist, dissent]
3: affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested
his innocence"
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quest
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n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria;
"the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of
fame"; "a quest for wealth" [syn: pursuit, pursuance,
quest]
2: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"
[syn: quest, seeking]
v 1: make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open
and questing"; "The animal came questing through the
forest"
2: search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
3: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]
4: seek alms, as for religious purposes
5: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn:
request, bespeak, call for, quest]
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redbreast
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n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn:
robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin,
Erithacus rubecola]
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request
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n 1: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to
an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation]
2: the verbal act of requesting [syn: request, asking]
v 1: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn:
request, bespeak, call for, quest]
2: ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at
noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
3: inquire for (information); "I requested information from the
secretary"
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rest
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n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away;
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn:
remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
rest]
2: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease,
repose, relaxation]
3: a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when
they take time for short rests" [syn: respite, rest,
relief, rest period]
4: a state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest
until acted upon"
5: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a
bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her
husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn:
rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus]
6: a support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied
on a special rest"
7: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified
duration
v 1: not move; be in a resting position
2: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
[syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a
breather]
3: give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a
moment"
4: have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of
Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility
rests with the Allies" [syn: lie, rest]
5: be at rest [ant: be active, move]
6: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained
wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay
alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather
continued for another week" [syn: stay, remain, rest]
[ant: change]
7: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
8: put something in a resting position, as for support or
steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder"
9: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
[syn: perch, roost, rest]
10: rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" [syn:
pillow, rest]
11: be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting
over the summer"
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slugfest
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n 1: a fight with bare fists [syn: fistfight, fisticuffs,
slugfest]
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southwest
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adv 1: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest,
south-west, sou'west]
adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
[syn: southwesterly, southwest]
2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn:
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly]
n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
degrees [syn: southwest, sou'-west, southwestward,
SW]
2: the southwestern region of the United States generally
including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and
sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: Southwest, southwestern
United States]
3: the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass
point
4: a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or
city
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suggest
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v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator
proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose,
suggest, advise]
2: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: hint, suggest]
3: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for
more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate]
4: suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine;
"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" [syn: indicate,
suggest] [ant: contraindicate]
5: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness" [syn: suggest,
evoke, paint a picture]
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test
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n 1: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten
days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to
relieve the pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test,
tryout]
2: any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or
memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the
test was standardized on a large sample of students" [syn:
test, mental test, mental testing, psychometric test]
3: a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or
knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to
make a new set of questions" [syn: examination, exam,
test]
4: the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of
battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn:
test, trial]
5: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the
amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each
flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial, run]
6: a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
v 1: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental
use to; "This approach has been tried with good results";
"Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
2: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;
"screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test]
3: examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests
us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs"
[syn: quiz, test]
4: show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested
positive for HIV"
5: achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high
on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"
6: determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
7: undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
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unexpressed
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adj 1: not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the
agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken
agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains
unstated" [syn: unexpressed, unsaid, unstated,
unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced,
unspoken]
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unimpressed
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adj 1: not moved to serious regard; "trying to appear
unimpressed"
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unprocessed
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adj 1: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
[syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant:
processed, refined]
2: not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed
commodities" [ant: processed]
3: not treated or prepared by a special process
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unrest
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n 1: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
"the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social
unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation,
tempestuousness, unrest]
2: a feeling of restless agitation
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unstressed
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adj 1: not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are
unstressed" [ant: accented, stressed]
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west
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adv 1: to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona";
"situated west of Boston"
adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant:
east]
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North America and South America [syn: West, Occident]
2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
west, due west, westward, W]
3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
Mississippi River [syn: West, western United States]
4: the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass
point
5: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: West,
Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel
Fairfield]
6: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: West, Mae
West]
7: English painter (born in America) who became the second
president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: West,
Benjamin West]
8: a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
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wrest
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v 1: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also
metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a
meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old
government"
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bucharest
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n 1: national capital and largest city of Romania in
southeastern Romania [syn: Bucharest, Bucharesti,
Bucuresti, capital of Romania]
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budapest
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n 1: capital and largest city of Hungary; located on the Danube
River in north-central Hungary [syn: Budapest, Hungarian
capital, capital of Hungary]
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rinderpest
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n 1: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually
fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and
inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: rinderpest,
cattle plague]
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reinvest
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retest
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songfest
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gest
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acquest
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firecrest
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imprest
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talkfest
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unblest
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undervest
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unpossessed
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unredressed
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