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attest
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v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's
behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever
attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a
high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision
demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest,
certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence]
2: authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in
an official capacity; "I attest this signature"
3: give testimony in a court of law [syn: testify, attest,
take the stand, bear witness]
4: establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested
until 1993"
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abreast
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adv 1: alongside each other, facing in the same direction
adj 1: being up to particular standard or level especially in
being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the
latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book
au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up
on the news" [syn: abreast(p), au courant, au fait,
up on(p)]
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arrest
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n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar" [syn: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar,
pinch, taking into custody]
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop,
stoppage]
v 1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
pick up, nab, cop]
2: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or
influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth
of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel
movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check,
turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]
3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye";
"Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest,
get]
4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress";
"halt the presses" [syn: halt, hold, arrest]
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behest
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n 1: an authoritative command or request
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bequest
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n 1: (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest,
legacy]
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best
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adv 1: in a most excellent way or manner; "he played best after
a couple of martinis"
2: it would be sensible; "you'd best stay at home"
3: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows
best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best]
adj 1: (superlative of `good') having the most positive
qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best
solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best
suit" [ant: worst]
2: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more
advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to
speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to
respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)]
n 1: the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"
[ant: worst]
2: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who
tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" [syn:
best, topper]
3: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who
assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery
of insulin (1899-1978) [syn: Best, C. H. Best, Charles
Herbert Best]
v 1: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
[syn: outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop]
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blessed
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adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);
"our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed,
curst]
2: worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity"
3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a
blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal
nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed,
damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, infernal]
4: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy
of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed]
5: enjoying the bliss of heaven
6: characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"
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blest
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adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);
"our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed,
curst]
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breast
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n 1: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he
beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
2: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on
the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker,
boob, tit, titty]
3: meat carved from the breast of a fowl [syn: breast, white
meat]
4: the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's
chest
v 1: meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
2: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the
mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all
summit" [syn: summit, breast]
3: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast]
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chest
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n 1: the part of the human torso between the neck and the
diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
[syn: thorax, chest, pectus]
2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
3: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat
his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
4: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of
drawers, chest, bureau, dresser]
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contest
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n 1: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or
more contestants [syn: contest, competition]
2: a struggle between rivals
v 1: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
"They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest,
contend, repugn]
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processed
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adj 1: subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared
ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread"
2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar";
"refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn:
refined, processed] [ant: crude, unprocessed,
unrefined]
3: prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a
special process; "processed ores" [ant: unprocessed]
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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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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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brest
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n 1: a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief
naval station of France
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unpressed
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adj 1: (of clothing) not smoothed with heat
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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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retest
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songfest
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gest
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celeste
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acquest
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