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alcoholic
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adj 1: characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic
drinks" [ant: nonalcoholic]
2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl
Van Doren [syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent]
n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn:
alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush,
soaker, souse]
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august
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adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of
august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly]
2: profoundly honored; "revered holy men" [syn: august,
revered, venerable]
n 1: the month following July and preceding September [syn:
August, Aug]
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college
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n 1: the body of faculty and students of a college
2: an institution of higher education created to educate and
grant degrees; often a part of a university
3: a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher
education is housed
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falling
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adj 1: decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"
2: becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling
market"; "falling incomes" [ant: rising]
3: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie
whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping,
falling]
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flawless
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adj 1: without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" [syn: flawless,
unflawed]
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forest
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n 1: the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
[syn: forest, wood, woods]
2: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest,
woodland, timberland, timber]
v 1: establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest
the mountains" [syn: afforest, forest]
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honest
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adj 1: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or
fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn:
honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable]
2: without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"
3: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an
honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information";
"he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are
those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable,
true(p)]
4: without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good
honest food"
5: marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; "honest reporting"
6: not forged; "a good dollar bill" [syn: good, honest]
7: gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest
wage"; "an fair penny" [syn: honest, fair]
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lawless
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adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically
inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic,
anarchical, lawless]
2: lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town" [syn: wide-open,
lawless]
3: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]
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modest
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adj 1: marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of
yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his
medals" [ant: immodest]
2: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest
salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
[syn: modest, small]
3: free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest
cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple
man with simple tastes"
4: not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance [ant:
immodest]
5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest,
small]
6: humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or
even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing" [syn:
meek, mild, modest]
7: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-
scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
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polish
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adj 1: of or relating to Poland or its people or culture;
"Polish sausage"
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
2: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or
impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I
admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an
inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is
almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement,
culture, cultivation, finish]
3: a preparation used in polishing
4: the Slavic language of Poland
v 1: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish
my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
2: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's
style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune,
down]
3: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
"polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round
off, polish up, brush up]
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polished
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adj 1: perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose";
"in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly
polished silver" [ant: unpolished]
2: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that
comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner";
"maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished,
refined, svelte, urbane]
3: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed; "polished rice" [syn: milled, polished]
4: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed,
polished]
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published
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adj 1: prepared and printed for distribution and sale; "the
complete published works Dickens" [ant: unpublished]
2: formally made public; "published accounts" [syn:
promulgated, published]
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solace
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n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of
disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
[syn: consolation, solace, solacement]
2: comfort in disappointment or misery [syn: solace,
solacement]
3: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his
presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation,
comfort, solace]
v 1: give moral or emotional strength to [syn: comfort,
soothe, console, solace]
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wallet
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n 1: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn:
wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
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wallace
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n 1: Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in
1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward
invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and
subsequently executed him (1270-1305) [syn: Wallace, Sir
William Wallace]
2: English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) [syn:
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace]
3: English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that
resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) [syn: Wallace,
Alfred Russel Wallace]
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hottest
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nicest
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rawest
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shortest
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smallest
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