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To consent or comply passively or without protest |
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accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, bow to, buy, cave in, come across, come around, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle, cut a deal, ditto*, give in, give out, go along, jibe, okay, pass, play ball, reconcile, roll over and play dead, say uncle, set, shake on, submit, subscribe, yes, yield |
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disagree, dissent, object, protest |
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adjective
- Hasty and unthinking; impetuous.
- Rash.
- Lacking in sensitivity or tact.
- Presumptuously forward; impudent.
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audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insolent, madcap, maladroit, nervy, precipitate, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, rash, reckless, rude, self-asserting, self-assertive, tactless, thoughtless, undiplomatic, untactful, uppity, vivacious |
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afraid, careful, cautious, discreet, fearful, reserved |
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Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous |
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acerbic, acid, angry, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, caustic, censorious, churlish, crabby, cranky, cross, cutting, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, mad, mordant, peevish, petulant, rancorous, sarcastic, sharp, spiteful, splenetic, tart, testy, trenchant, wrathful |
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kind, kindly, peaceable |
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To declare positively or firmly; maintain to be true. |
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To support or uphold the validity of; confirm. |
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Law To declare solemnly and formally but not under oath. |
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assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, cross heart, declare, guarantee, have a lock on, ice*, insist, lock up, maintain, nail down, okay, predicate, profess, pronounce, put on ice, ratify, repeat, rubber-stamp, say so, set, state, swear, swear on bible, swear up and down, testify, vouch, witness |
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deny, negate, nullify, veto |
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Constituting or amounting to a whole; total |
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Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. |
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Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. |
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accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
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dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
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Term
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(adverb)
- In or into a position in which the hands are on the hips and the elbows are bowed outward: children standing akimbo by the fence.
(adjective)
- Placed in such a way as to have the hands on the hips and the elbows bowed outward: children standing with arms akimbo.
- Being in a bent, bowed, or arched position
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V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
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straight |
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Term
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One who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript. |
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agent, amanuensis, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, copyist, counter jumper, counterperson, employee, notary, office helper, operator, paper pusher, paper shuffler, pen pusher |
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Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave |
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Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic |
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Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare |
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ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting |
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bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild |
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Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned |
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Eager to please; complaisant. |
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conceited, confident, easy-going, egoistic, egotistic, gratified, happy, obsequious, pleased, satisfied, self-assured, self-contented, self-pleased, self-possessed, self-righteous, self-satisfied, serene, smug, unconcerned |
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concerned, discontent, discontented, dissatisfied |
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(adjective)
- Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences
- Being or having an essential characteristic as if by nature; inherent or inveterate
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complete, connate, connatural, constitutional, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, intrinsic, inveterate, latent, native, natural, thorough, unacquired, utter |
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contracted |
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Term
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To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. |
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approve, authenticate, bear out, certify, check on, check out, check up, confirm, declare true, document, double check, endorse, establish, give nod, justify, okay, prove, ratify, rubber-stamp, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify
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contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, refute, reject |
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To think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend |
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To condescend to give or grant; vouchsafe |
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condescend, consent, deem worthy, patronize, see fit, stoop, think fit, vouchsafe |
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be proud, hold head high |
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Stubbornly persevering; tenacious. |
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bedog, haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble |
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leave alone, let go |
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To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify. |
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To give an explanation that serves to clarify. |
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annotate, clarify, clear, clear up, decode, demonstrate, draw a picture, enlighten, exemplify, explicate, expound, get across, gloss, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, make see daylight, prove, shed light on, spell out, throw light on, unfold |
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be vague, confuse, distract, make ambiguous, mix up, mystify, obscure |
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Existing in a wild or untamed state. |
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Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage |
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animal, brutal, ferocious, fierce, raging, savage, tameless, uncultivated, undomesticated, wild |
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- Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality
- Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
- Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
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- Fated to die soon.
- Full of the sense of approaching death.
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clairvoyant, dead, elfin, fairylike, otherworldly, visionary, whimsical |
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Term
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Arousing fear, dread, or alarm |
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Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder |
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Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat |
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appalling, awful, dangerous, daunting, dire, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, horrific, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terrific, threatening |
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feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak |
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