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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
s: amend, better
a: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate |
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpedicularity
s: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
a: confusion, embarrassment, abashment |
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pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas
s: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
a: unadorned, simple, plain, austere |
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without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers
s: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
a: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated |
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saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
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to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense of childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly
s: (n) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot; (v) slaver |
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a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality
s: abstract, digest, model, archetype |
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to urge strongly, advise earnestly
s: entreat, implore, adjure
a: discourage, advise against, deprecate |
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by virtue of holding a certain office |
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to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
s: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
a: stay in bounds |
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
s: cozy up to, curry flavor with
a: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself |
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder
s: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky |
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belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part
s: immanent, organic
a: extrinsic, external, outward |
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to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
s: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
a: acclaim, glorify, extol |
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weariness of body or mind, lack of energy
s: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
s: energy, vitality, animation, liveliness |
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a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
s: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
a: doomsday, day of judgement |
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mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
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to hide, conceal; eclipse
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matters involving the supernatural
s: (adj) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
a: (adj) mundane, common, public, exoteric |
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to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to
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characterized by excessive haste
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moisture; the product of an action or purpose
s: (v) provoke, produce; (adj) reckless, impetuous
a: (adj) wary, cautious, circumspect |
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strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
s: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
a: lenient, mild, lax, permissive |
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to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess
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likely idea that lacks definite proof
s: (v) infer, father; (n) inference, presumption |
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