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antique
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adj 1: made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its
age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"
2: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
"demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
outmoded, passe, passee]
3: belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old
customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to
complete darkness" [syn: age-old, antique]
n 1: an elderly man [syn: old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer,
old geezer, antique]
2: any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like
produced in a former period and valuable because of its
beauty or rarity
v 1: shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"
2: give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture" [syn:
antique, antiquate]
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batik
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n 1: a dyed fabric; a removable wax is used where the dye is not
wanted
v 1: dye with wax; "Indonesian fabrics are often batiked"
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beak
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n 1: beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
2: horny projecting mouth of a bird [syn: beak, bill, neb,
nib, pecker]
3: a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
4: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter,
nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]
v 1: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick,
beak]
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bespeak
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v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe
neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is
undervalued" [syn: bespeak, betoken, indicate,
point, signal]
2: express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an
extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" [syn:
request, bespeak, call for, quest]
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bleak
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adj 1: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black";
"prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has
always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim
view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim]
2: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
"barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate,
stark]
3: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
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boutique
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n 1: a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry [syn:
boutique, dress shop]
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cacique
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n 1: black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American
tropics [syn: cacique, cazique]
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cheek
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n 1: either side of the face below the eyes
2: an impudent statement [syn: impudence, cheek,
impertinence]
3: either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that
form the human rump [syn: buttock, cheek]
4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn:
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
v 1: speak impudently to
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chic
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adj 1: elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new
dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" [syn: chic, smart,
voguish]
n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic,
chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness,
stylishness, swank, last word]
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clique
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n 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn:
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack,
camp]
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creak
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n 1: a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him
away" [syn: creak, creaking]
v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining
noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak,
screak, skreak]
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creek
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n 1: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a
tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
[syn: brook, creek]
2: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee)
formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in
Oklahoma
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critique
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n 1: an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of
a book or play) [syn: review, critique, critical
review, review article]
2: a serious examination and judgment of something;
"constructive criticism is always appreciated" [syn:
criticism, critique]
v 1: appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York
Times"; "Please critique this performance" [syn: review,
critique]
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physique
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n 1: constitution of the human body [syn: physique, build,
body-build, habitus]
2: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
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technique
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n 1: a practical method or art applied to some particular task
2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from
practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves
proficiency" [syn: proficiency, technique]
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unique
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adj 1: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in
the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether
alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was
unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose
skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a
breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn:
alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled,
unparalleled]
2: (followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category
or condition or locality; "a species unique to Australia"
3: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the unique
existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of
an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have
unique solutions" [syn: singular, unique]
4: highly unusual or rare but not the single instance; "spoke
with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds";
"a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining
experience"
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weak
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adj 1: wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" [ant:
strong]
2: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak]
3: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no
stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light
syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" [syn:
unaccented, light, weak]
4: wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the
attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only
a fallible human"; "frail humanity" [syn: fallible,
frail, imperfect, weak]
5: tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks"
6: deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling"
7: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
weakly]
8: (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
9: not having authority, political strength, or governing power;
"a weak president"
10: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity
or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan
sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant
candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint
aroma"; "a weak pulse" [syn: faint, weak]
11: likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in
the chain"
12: deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
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week
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n 1: any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a
week" [syn: week, hebdomad]
2: hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a
40-hour week" [syn: workweek, week]
3: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday [syn:
week, calendar week]
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wreak
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v 1: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot
work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a
joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken
area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for]
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belgique
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n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the
European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization [syn: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium,
Belgique]
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dominique
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n 1: American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised
for meat and brown eggs [syn: Dominique, Dominick]
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martinique
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n 1: an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands;
administered as an overseas region of France
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cleek
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baek
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beeck
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beek
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deak
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reeck
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rieck
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sheek
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sieck
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siek
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ashcreek
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monique
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ortanique
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