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(v.) to get revenge for, get even for, settle a score; to punish someone or get satisfaction for a wrong or injury S. retaliate |
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(v.) to give up, surrender; to hand over to another S. yield, deliver up, transfer |
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(n.) a great flood; a heavy fall of rain; anything that comes in vast quantity (like a flood) ;(v.) to flood
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(n.) good judgment; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose S. prudence, tact, discrimination |
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(adj.) dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness S. faint, frivolous, flighty A. levelheaded, serious, earnest, sober |
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(n.) the striking of one subject against another; the shock caused by a collision; (v.) to affect, especially forcefully S. collision, blow, effect |
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(v.) to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not to do) something S. bully, browbeat, hector |
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(v.) to free from bondage or domination; to release S. untie, unshackle A. imprison, fetter, shackle, bind |
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(adj.) reasonable; making use of reason and good sense S. rational, sensible A. absurd, ridiculous, unsound, preposterous |
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(v.) to give a false or untrue idea S. distort, falsify, twist, exaggerate |
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(adj.) left to one’s own choice; not required S. voluntary, elective, discretionary A. required, mandatory, compulsory |
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(adj.)complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thoroughgoing; (adv.) completely, instantaneous S. total, out-and-out; utterly, instantly A. partial, incomplete; by degrees |
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(v.) to meet in accordance with a plan; (n.) a meeting by agreement; a meeting place S. date, appointment, assignation |
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(adj.) rounded and plump; full or rich in sound S. round, plump, chubby, portly, sonorous A. thin, angular, lean, lanky, skinny, gaunt |
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(v.) to stroll; walk in easy, leisurely way; (n.) a stroll S. ramble, amble; promenade A. speed, race, hurry, dash, scurry, rush |
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(adj.) lazy; slow moving; not active, dull S. unhurried, lethargic, leisurely A. active, energetic, lively, rapid, brisk |
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(adj.) lower in rank or position, secondary; (n.) one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else; (v.) to put in a lower or secondary position S. assistant, helper A. superior, higher; chief, supervisor |
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(n.) a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something; (v.) to give color to something; to dye S. shade, tone; color, stain A. bleach, whiten |
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(adj.) likely to undergo change; changeable;(n.) a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such S. fluctuating, shifting, inconstant A. constant, unchanging, steady |
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(n.) the point at which something begins or happens; a border; (v.) to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else S. brink, threshold, edge |
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