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alas
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adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I
cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily,
regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it,
fortuitously, fortunately, luckily]
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amass
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v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my
office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate,
cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of
data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn:
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass,
compile, hoard]
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ass
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n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: a pompous fool
3: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears
than the horse
4: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking,
screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of
ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]
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bass
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adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a
deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone
voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep]
n 1: the lowest part of the musical range
2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass
part]
3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass,
basso]
4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
[syn: sea bass, bass]
5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh
(especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater
bass, bass]
6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass
voice, basso]
7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical
instruments
8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and
freshwater spiny-finned fishes
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brass
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n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc
2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of
variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or
funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a
body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims
that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance
of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly
became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn:
administration, governance, governing body,
establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn:
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
5: an ornament or utensil made of brass
6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass
instruments [syn: brass section, brass]
7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet,
plaque]
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bypass
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n 1: a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does
not have to pass through the center [syn: beltway,
bypass, ring road, ringway]
2: a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
3: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another
device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: shunt,
electrical shunt, bypass]
v 1: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around,
get around]
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class
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n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there
are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade,
course]
3: people having the same social, economic, or educational
status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
[syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic
class]
4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he
took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in
college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course
of instruction, class]
5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D
for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
[syn: class, division]
6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]
7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out,
separate]
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crass
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adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in
discrimination and sensibility
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impasse
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n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no
advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the
negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse,
stalemate, standstill]
2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley,
cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse]
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surpass
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v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel,
stand out, surpass]
2: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all
other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This
car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass,
outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform]
3: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass
by, surpass, go past, go by, pass]
4: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their
loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed,
transcend, surpass]
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wrasse
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n 1: chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and
powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
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das
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n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
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alsace
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n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn:
Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
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chasse
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n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
[syn: chasse, sashay]
v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
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tasse
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n 1: one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to
protect the upper thighs [syn: tasset, tasse]
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bras
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contrasts
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basse
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cas
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cass
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dass
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hass
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jass
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kass
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kras
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krass
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nass
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repass
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blass
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klass
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plas
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plass
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plasse
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