Words that rhyme with tempt

• attempt 0
  n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try] 2: the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life" [syn: attack, attempt] v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, essay, assay] 2: enter upon an activity or enterprise [syn: undertake, set about, attempt]
• contempt 0
  n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: contempt, disdain, scorn, despite] 2: a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous [syn: contempt, disrespect] 3: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: contempt, scorn] 4: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
• dreamed 0
  adj 1: conceived of or imagined or hoped for; "his dreamed symphony that would take the world of music by storm"
• exempt 0
  adj 1: (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes" [ant: nonexempt] 2: (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation" [syn: nontaxable, exempt] [ant: nonexempt, taxable] v 1: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve, free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement] 2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" [syn: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt]
• kempt 0
  adj 1: (of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: kempt, tidy]
• prompt 0
  adj 1: according to schedule or without delay; on time; "the train is prompt" 2: ready and willing or quick to act; "she is always prompt to help her friends"; 3: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway] n 1: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting" [syn: prompt, prompting] 2: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command [syn: prompt, command prompt] v 1: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite] 2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives" [syn: prompt, inspire, instigate] 3: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn: prompt, remind, cue]
• undreamt 0
  adj 1: not imagined even in a dream [syn: undreamed, undreamed of, undreamt, undreamt of, unimagined]
• unkempt 0
  adj 1: not neatly combed; "wild unkempt hair" 2: not properly maintained or cared for; "an unkempt garden"; "native vistas and unkempt rambling paths"; "an ukempt appearance"
• preempt 0
  n 1: a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding [syn: preemptive bid, pre-empt, preempt] v 1: acquire for oneself before others can do so 2: take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor" [syn: preempt, displace] 3: gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) 4: make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
• klimt 0
  n 1: Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918) [syn: Klimt, Gustav Klimt]
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