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allude
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v 1: make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not mention it" [syn: allude,
touch, advert]
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brood
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n 1: the young of an animal cared for at one time
v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: brood,
dwell]
2: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;
"The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" [syn:
brood, hover, loom, bulk large]
3: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting
because she didn't get what she wanted" [syn: sulk, pout,
brood]
4: be in a huff; be silent or sullen [syn: grizzle, brood,
stew]
5: sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
[syn: brood, hatch, cover, incubate]
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collude
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v 1: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a
deceitful or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired
to cause the value of the stock to fall" [syn: conspire,
collude]
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conclude
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v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We
reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
[syn: reason, reason out, conclude]
2: bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
3: reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation [syn:
conclude, resolve]
4: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by
Chopin" [syn: conclude, close]
5: reach agreement on; "They concluded an economic agreement";
"We concluded a cease-fire"
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crude
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adj 1: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude
splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";
"rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough]
2: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a
crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a
revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of
language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude,
earthy, gross, vulgar]
3: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn:
unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant: processed,
refined]
4: belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude
weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
"primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions
in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude, primitive,
rude]
5: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the
blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of
the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]
6: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
n 1: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn:
petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil
oil, oil]
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delude
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v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
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denude
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v 1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare,
denudate, strip]
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dude
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n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow,
dude, buster]
2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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rude
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adj 1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at
such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered, bad-
mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly]
2: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred,
bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish]
3: lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but
to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn:
uncivil, rude] [ant: civil, polite]
4: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural
yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales
of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a), rude(a)]
5: belonging to an early stage of technical development;
characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude
weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man";
"primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions
in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude, primitive,
rude]
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seclude
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v 1: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester,
sequestrate, withdraw]
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shrewd
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adj 1: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart
businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small
print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with
them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
[syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]
2: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the
community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving,
scheming, shrewd]
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stewed
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adj 1: cooked in hot water [syn: boiled, poached, stewed]
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subdued
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adj 1: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a
subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: hushed,
muted, subdued, quiet]
2: restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-
keyed eloquence" [syn: low-key, low-keyed, subdued]
3: quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and
silent"
4: not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft
pastel colors"; "subdued lighting" [syn: soft, subdued]
5: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside
the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn: dim,
subdued]
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jude
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n 1: (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the
Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems
hopeless [syn: Jude, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Judas,
Thaddaeus]
2: a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude [syn: Epistle
of Jude, Jude]
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brewed
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canoed
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chewed
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construed
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cued
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screwed
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sued
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viewed
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who'd
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you'd
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blowed
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booed
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clued
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cude
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gude
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plude
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debuted
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