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abominable
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adj 1: unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of
prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes";
"consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
[syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious]
2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
"abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
terrible, unspeakable]
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achievable
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adj 1: capable of existing or taking place or proving true;
possible to do [syn: accomplishable, achievable,
doable, manageable, realizable]
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actionable
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adj 1: affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an
actionable offense"
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affable
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adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile";
"an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable,
cordial, genial]
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believable
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adj 1: capable of being believed; "completely credible
testimony"; "credible information" [syn: credible,
believable] [ant: incredible, unbelievable]
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conceal
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v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide
their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal]
[ant: show]
2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals
her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]
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conceivable
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adj 1: capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer"
[syn: conceivable, imaginable]
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condemnable
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adj 1: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a
criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of
violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as
for a wife" [syn: condemnable, criminal,
deplorable, reprehensible, vicious]
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congeal
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v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
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corneal
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adj 1: of or related to the cornea
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creel
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n 1: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
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cultivable
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adj 1: (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively [syn:
arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable]
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damnable
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adj 1: deserving a curse; "her damnable pride" [syn: damnable,
execrable]
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derivable
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adj 1: capable of being derived
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determinable
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adj 1: capable of being determined or limited or fixed;
"determinable velocities"; "matters determinable by law"
[ant: indeterminable, undeterminable]
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discernible
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adj 1: perceptible by the senses or intellect; "things happen in
the earth and sky with no discernible cause"; "the
newspaper reports no discernible progress in the
negotiations"; "the skyline is easily discernible even at
a distance of several miles" [syn: discernible,
discernable] [ant: indiscernible]
2: capable of being perceived clearly; "an essay with a meaning
that was not always discernible"
3: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in
attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an
observable change in behavior" [syn: discernible,
evident, observable]
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dissolvable
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adj 1: capable of dissolving [syn: dissolvable, dissoluble]
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eel
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n 1: the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh
water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked
or pickled
2: voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth
slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical
fin but no ventral fins
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exceptionable
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adj 1: liable to objection or debate; used of something one
might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly
exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's
views objectionable" [syn: exceptionable,
objectionable]
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fashionable
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adj 1: being or in accordance with current social fashions;
"fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town";
"a fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish]
[ant: unfashionable, unstylish]
2: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress;
"a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter
Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn: stylish,
fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish]
3: patronized by
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fissionable
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adj 1: capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable
nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable,
fissile] [ant: nonfissionable]
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forgivable
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adj 1: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn:
excusable, forgivable, venial]
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genteel
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adj 1: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a
genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized,
civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel,
polite]
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ideal
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adj 1: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or
excellence; embodying an ideal
2: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or
mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical
of its period in idea or ideal content"
3: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality
of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic]
n 1: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one
hopes to attain
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
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imaginable
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adj 1: capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer"
[syn: conceivable, imaginable]
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immovable
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adj 1: not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills"
[syn: immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable]
n 1: property consisting of houses and land [syn: real
property, real estate, realty, immovable]
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impregnable
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adj 1: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an
impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the
frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
[syn: impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong,
unassailable, unattackable]
2: capable of conceiving [syn: conceptive, impregnable]
3: incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an
impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence" [syn:
impregnable, inexpugnable]
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impressionable
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adj 1: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant:
unimpressionable]
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improvable
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adj 1: susceptible of improvement
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inconceivable
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adj 1: totally unlikely [syn: impossible, inconceivable,
out of the question, unimaginable]
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indeterminable
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adj 1: not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
[syn: indeterminable, undeterminable] [ant:
determinable]
2: incapable of being definitely ascertained
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indiscernible
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adj 1: difficult or impossible to perceive or discern; "an
indiscernible increase in temperature" [ant:
discernable, discernible]
2: barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost
indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn:
indiscernible, insensible, undetectable]
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ineffable
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adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable
yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy";
"inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness";
"unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
[syn: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable,
unspeakable, untellable, unutterable]
2: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
[syn: ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable,
unutterable]
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insolvable
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adj 1: not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem";
"public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable
or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: insolvable,
unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable]
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interminable
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adj 1: tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless
debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed
eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
[syn: endless, eternal, interminable]
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irretrievable
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adj 1: impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an
irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment"
[syn: irretrievable, unretrievable]
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laughable
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adj 1: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that
the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask
a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is
ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous
attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her
conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather
dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed,
derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous,
nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous]
2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow";
"a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories
that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would
have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful
experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing,
comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,
risible]
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liveable
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adj 1: fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions"
[syn: livable, liveable] [ant: unlivable,
unliveable]
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lovable
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adj 1: having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a
mischievous but lovable child" [syn: lovable,
loveable] [ant: hateful]
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objectionable
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adj 1: causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and
objectionable person" [syn: objectionable, obnoxious]
2: liable to objection or debate; used of something one might
take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly
exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's
views objectionable" [syn: exceptionable, objectionable]
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observable
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adj 1: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change
in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the
manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn:
discernible, evident, observable]
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ordeal
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n 1: a severe or trying experience
2: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or
innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or
painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was
usually taken as a sign of innocence [syn: ordeal, trial
by ordeal]
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perceivable
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adj 1: capable of being perceived especially by sight or
hearing; "perceivable through the mist"
2: capable of being apprehended or understood [syn:
apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable,
understandable]
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personable
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adj 1: (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality
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provable
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adj 1: capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies";
"a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare";
"practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot
[syn: demonstrable, provable]
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puerile
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adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing"
2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent,
jejune, juvenile, puerile]
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questionable
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adj 1: subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a
questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
[ant: unquestionable]
2: able to be refuted [syn: questionable, refutable,
confutable, confutative]
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reasonable
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adj 1: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a
sensible person" [syn: reasonable, sensible] [ant:
unreasonable]
2: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable
prices" [syn: fair, fairish, reasonable]
3: marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" [syn:
reasonable, sane]
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receivable
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adj 1: awaiting payment; "accounts receivable"
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removable
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adj 1: capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a
removable cord"; "removable partitions" [ant:
irremovable]
2: able to be obliterated completely [syn: obliterable,
removable]
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repeal
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n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
[syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment]
v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift
an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke,
annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal,
overturn, rescind, vacate]
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resolvable
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adj 1: capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly
solvable" [syn: solvable, resolvable]
2: capable of being settled or resolved; "all disputed points
are potentially resolvable"; "a resolvable quarrel"
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retrievable
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adj 1: capable of being regained especially with effort; "he
believed the information was retrievable"
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returnable
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adj 1: that may be returned; "returnable bottles and cans";
"this merchandise is returnable if you save the receipt"
[ant: nonreturnable]
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reveal
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v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He
brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out,
unveil, reveal]
2: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
out]
3: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his
plans for Mankind"
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seasonable
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adj 1: in keeping with the season; "a hard but seasonable
frost"; "seasonable clothes" [ant: unseasonable]
2: done or happening at the appropriate or proper time; "a
timely warning"; "with timely treatment the patient has a
good chance of recovery"; "a seasonable time for discussion";
"the book's publication was well timed" [syn: timely,
seasonable, well-timed(a), well timed(p)]
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solvable
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adj 1: capable of being solved; "such problems are perfectly
solvable" [syn: solvable, resolvable]
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spiel
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n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[syn: spiel, patter, line of gab]
v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the
third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel]
2: speak at great length (about something)
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squeal
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n 1: a high-pitched howl
v 1: utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn:
squeal, oink]
2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under
pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]
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steal
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n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances
safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a
hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my
dissertation"
2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: steal, slip]
3: steal a base
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steel
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n 1: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used
in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a
wide range
2: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and
a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand,
steel]
3: knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
v 1: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn:
steel, nerve]
2: cover, plate, or edge with steel
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surreal
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adj 1: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous
juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric
shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal
art and literature" [syn: phantasmagoric,
phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic]
2: resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike
quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" [syn:
dreamlike, surreal]
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treasonable
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adj 1: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor;
"the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous
insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, traitorous,
unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]
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unachievable
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adj 1: impossible to achieve; "an unattainable goal" [syn:
unachievable, unattainable, undoable,
unrealizable]
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unbelievable
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adj 1: beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed";
"the book's plot is simply incredible" [syn:
incredible, unbelievable] [ant: believable,
credible]
2: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn:
improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]
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unconscionable
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adj 1: lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash,
unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable
liar" [syn: conscienceless, unconscionable]
2: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant
rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on
entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable
spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous,
steep, unconscionable, usurious]
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unexceptionable
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adj 1: completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach;
"two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should
be unexceptionable" [syn: unexceptionable,
unimpeachable]
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unfashionable
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adj 1: not in accord with or not following current fashion;
"unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now
unfashionable kind" [syn: unfashionable, unstylish]
[ant: fashionable, stylish]
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unforgivable
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adj 1: not excusable [syn: inexcusable, unforgivable]
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ungovernable
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adj 1: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is
spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn:
indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]
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unimaginable
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adj 1: totally unlikely [syn: impossible, inconceivable,
out of the question, unimaginable]
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unmentionable
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adj 1: unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation;
"unmentionable words"
n 1: a garment worn under other garments [syn: undergarment,
unmentionable] [ant: outer garment, overgarment]
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unobservable
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adj 1: not accessible to direct observation
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unreal
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adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not
corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts
and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as
news" [ant: existent, real]
2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary;
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the
fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the
unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)]
3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
"artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial
fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial,
unreal] [ant: natural]
4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial
as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn:
insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material,
real, substantial]
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unreasonable
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adj 1: not reasonable; not showing good judgment [ant:
reasonable, sensible]
2: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of
inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue
elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive,
inordinate, undue, unreasonable]
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unseal
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v 1: break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal]
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unseasonable
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adj 1: not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the
season; "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable
bright blue weather in November" [ant: seasonable]
2: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my
intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the
wrong moment for a joke" [syn: ill-timed, unseasonable,
untimely, wrong]
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unsolvable
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adj 1: not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem";
"public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable
or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: insolvable,
unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable]
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weil
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n 1: French philosopher (1909-1943) [syn: Weil, Simone Weil]
2: United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)
[syn: Weil, Andre Weil]
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brasil
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n 1: the largest Latin American country and the largest
Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the
central and northeastern part of South America; world's
leading coffee exporter [syn: Brazil, Federative
Republic of Brazil, Brasil]
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steele
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n 1: English writer (1672-1729) [syn: Steele, Sir Richrd
Steele]
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emile
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n 1: the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
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reseal
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v 1: seal again; "reseal the bottle after using the medicine"
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unprovable
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adj 1: not provable; "it was both unproved and unprovable"
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pensionable
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adj 1: entitled to receive a pension; "a pensionable employee"
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inexpugnable
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adj 1: incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted; "an
impregnable argument"; "impregnable self-confidence"
[syn: impregnable, inexpugnable]
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unresolvable
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adj 1: not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem";
"public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable
or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: insolvable,
unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable]
2: not capable of being resolved; "unresolvable confusion"
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breathable
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deceivable
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disciplinable
0
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drivable
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effable
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evolvable
0
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examinable
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irresolvable
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mentionable
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relievable
0
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salvable
0
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survivable
0
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beal
0