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Inspiring shock, horror, disgust
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1: To take for oneself
2: take possession of, make use of
3: to take without permission or consent, seize, expropriate
(n) Suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.
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1: A natural, basic, or habitual repugnance
2: Aversion
3: A strong dislike, repugnance
4: An instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling
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1: Approval
2: commendation, praise
3: official approval or sanction
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1: Continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past
2: old-fasioned: antiquated attitudes
3: no longer used
4: obsolete or obsolescent, aged
5: old
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1: Having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior
2: indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience |
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1: Of doubtful authorship or authenticity
2: false, fictitious, wrong
3: spurious
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1: Of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8
2: very old, old-fashioned, or out of date, antiquated
3: primitive: antediluvian ideas
4: ancient
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1: Opposition
2: contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong
3: the absolute opposite
4: The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in "Give me liberty or give me death." |
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1: Relating to, of, in, or pertaining to water
2: living or growing in water
3: taking place or practiced on or in water
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1: To bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment
2: pacify
3: soothe: to appease an angry king.
4: to satisfy, allay, or relieve
5: assuage
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1: To estimate the monetary value of
2: determine the worth of
3: assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
4: to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.
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1: To take into custody
2: to seize, arrest by legal warrant or authority
3: to perceive, understand, esp. intuitively, grasp
4: to expect with anxiety, suspicion or fear
5: anticipate: apprehending violence
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1: suitable for growing crops
2: suited to the plow and for tillage
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A book or other collection of selectd writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject |
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