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admonish
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v 1: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I
warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false
assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn,
discourage, admonish, monish]
2: warn strongly; put on guard [syn: caution, admonish,
monish]
3: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
[syn: admonish, reprove]
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astonish
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v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages
amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]
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banish
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v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
2: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
4: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"
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brownish
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adj 1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn:
brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown]
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burnish
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n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]
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clannish
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adj 1: characteristic of a clan especially in being unified;
"clannish loyalty"
2: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social
exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people
considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby,
snobbish, snobby]
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clownish
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adj 1: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a
zany sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish,
clownlike, zany]
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diminish
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v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework
decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin
pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a
hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase]
2: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't
belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle]
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donnish
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adj 1: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning
especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic,
donnish, pedantic]
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furnish
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v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the
room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide,
render, furnish]
2: provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in
the Biedermeyer style"
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garnish
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n 1: something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or
decoration
2: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
v 1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child
support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay
his debt" [syn: garnishee, garnish]
2: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[syn: trim, garnish, dress]
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greenish
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adj 1: of the color between blue and yellow in the color
spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green
tree"; "green fields"; "green paint" [syn: green,
greenish, light-green, dark-green]
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heathenish
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adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
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hoydenish
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adj 1: used of girls; wild and boisterous [syn: hoydenish,
tomboyish]
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kittenish
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adj 1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky]
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mannish
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adj 1: resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather
than a woman; "a mannish stride"
2: characteristic of a man as distinguished from a woman; "true
mannish arrogance"
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punish
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v 1: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students
were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to
punish the dog for soiling the floor again" [syn: punish,
penalize, penalise]
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refinish
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v 1: give a new surface; "refinish the dining room furniture"
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replenish
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v 1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my
glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again]
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swinish
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adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or
appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish
manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband";
"aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn:
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal,
oafish, swinish]
2: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish
table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his
porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"
[syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish]
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tarnish
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n 1: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
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vanish
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v 1: get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He
disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, vanish,
go away] [ant: appear]
2: become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when
day broke" [syn: vanish, disappear, go away]
3: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish]
4: cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn:
vanish, disappear] [ant: appear, come along]
5: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
fly, vaporize]
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varnish
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n 1: a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent
finish to a surface
v 1: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal]
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womanish
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adj 1: having characteristics associated with women and
considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"
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spanish
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the
people of Spain; "Spanish music"
n 1: the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the
countries colonized by Spain
2: the people of Spain [syn: Spanish, Spanish people]
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danish
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the
Danes or their language ; "Danish furniture"
n 1: a Scandinavian language that is the official language of
Denmark
2: light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or
cheese [syn: danish, danish pastry]
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cornish
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adj 1: of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish
language
n 1: a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall
2: English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to
crossbreed to produce roasters [syn: Cornish, Cornish
fowl]
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rhenish
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adj 1: of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent
to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet"
n 1: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in
Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine,
Rhenish, hock]
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refurnish
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v 1: furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished
the living room"
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hunnish
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tonish
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janish
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manish
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yanish
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revarnish
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townish
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thinnish
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