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animate
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adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns that denote living
beings; "the word `dog' is animate" [ant: inanimate]
2: endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
"we are animate beings" [ant: inanimate, non-living,
nonliving]
3: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"-
T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate,
insentient]
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate,
enliven, exalt]
2: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons" [syn:
animize, animise, animate]
3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn:
enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate]
[ant: blunt, deaden]
4: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
"This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
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antepenultimate
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adj 1: third from last
n 1: the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end [syn:
antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate]
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approximate
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adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
approximate, approximative, rough]
2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: approximate, near]
3: located close together; "with heads close together";
"approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn:
approximate, close together(p)]
v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
approximate, come close]
2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge]
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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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climate
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n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period
of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from
a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate,
clime]
2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion";
"the national mood had changed radically since the last
election" [syn: climate, mood]
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consummate
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adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a
consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful
speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance
of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn:
consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a
consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate]
3: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a),
complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a), unadulterated]
v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"
2: make perfect; bring to perfection
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gamut
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n 1: a complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut
of emotions"
2: the entire scale of musical notes
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grommet
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n 1: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle,
eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]
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guesstimate
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n 1: an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing [syn:
guesstimate, guestimate]
v 1: estimate based on a calculation
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helmet
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n 1: armor plate that protects the head
2: a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
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illegitimate
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adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure
of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
measures" [syn: illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a),
outlawed, unlawful]
2: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful [ant:
legitimate]
n 1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn:
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child,
illegitimate, whoreson]
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inanimate
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adj 1: belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving
things; "the word `car' is inanimate" [ant: animate]
2: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate";
"inanimate objects" [syn: inanimate, nonliving, non-
living] [ant: animate]
3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
"an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless,
inanimate, pulseless]
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intimate
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adj 1: marked by close acquaintance, association, or
familiarity; "intimate friend"; "intimate relations
between economics, politics, and legal principles" - V.L.
Parrington
2: having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal
atmosphere; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner";
"an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and
intimate" [syn: cozy, intimate, informal]
3: having mutual interests or affections; of established
friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an
intimate footing with those she slanders" [syn: familiar,
intimate]
4: involved in a sexual relationship; "the intimate (or sexual)
relations between husband and wife"; "she had been intimate
with many men"; "he touched her intimate parts" [syn:
intimate, sexual]
5: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the
internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate
structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
6: thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this
girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable
about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read [syn:
intimate, knowledgeable, versed]
n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn:
confidant, intimate]
v 1: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his
wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate]
2: imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for
more clarification" [syn: suggest, intimate]
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kismet
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n 1: (Islam) the will of Allah [syn: kismet, kismat]
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legitimate
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adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant:
illegitimate]
2: based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was
a logical expectation, given the time of year" [syn:
legitimate, logical]
3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or
principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a
legitimate government" [syn: lawful, legitimate, licit]
v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn:
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise,
legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize,
legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize,
illegalise, illegalize, outlaw]
2: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
3: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the
legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural
child"
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marmot
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n 1: stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy
tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates
in winter
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penultimate
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adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the
next-to-last column" [syn: penultimate, next-to-last]
n 1: the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult,
penultima, penultimate]
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primate
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n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest,
hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate]
2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight
and flexible hands and feet
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proximate
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adj 1: closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in
a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate
arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate
goals" [ant: ultimate]
2: very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate
houses"
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ultimate
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adj 1: furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or
extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate
question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate
insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" [ant: proximate]
2: being the last or concluding element of a series; "the
ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the
verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the
stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"
n 1: the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the
ultimate in luxury"
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underestimate
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n 1: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less
than the true or actual value [syn: underestimate,
underestimation, underrating, underreckoning]
v 1: assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value
of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn:
undervalue, underestimate] [ant: overestimate,
overvalue]
2: make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company
wanted the contract badly and lowballed" [syn: lowball,
underestimate]
3: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that
went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of
such a raft trip on this river" [syn: underestimate,
underrate] [ant: overestimate, overrate]
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emmet
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n 1: social insect living in organized colonies;
characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings
during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the
workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
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hammett
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n 1: United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction
(1894-1961) [syn: Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel
Dashiell Hammett]
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mamet
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n 1: United States playwright (born in 1947) [syn: Mamet,
David Mamet]
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imamate
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macroclimate
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microclimate
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squamate
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mcdermott
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