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- wasting away of body organ/tissue
- progressive decline or failure
- waste away
SYN: degeneration, deterioration, wither |
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- fortified place, stronghold
SYN: citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
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- state of agreement, harmony
- treaty, pact
SYN: disagreement, strife, discord |
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- complete or perfect in highest degree
- to bring to a state of completion/perfection
SYN: masterful, clinch, conclude |
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- disorder, confusion
- to throw into disorder
SYN: disorganization, dishevel, messup |
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- urgency, pressure
- urgent demand, pressing need
- emergency
SYN: requirement, crisis |
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- floating debris
- homeless
- impoverished people
SYN: floating wreckage |
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- frenzied
- highly agitated
SYN: frantic, overwrought |
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- to gather bit by bit
- to gather small quantities of gran left in field by reapers
SYN: collect, cull, pick up |
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- type of game bird
- complaint
- to complain, grumble
SYN: gripe, kvetch, bellyache |
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- to imprison, jail
SYN: intern, immure |
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- obligatory, require
- one who holds specific office at time spoken of
SYN: mandatory, necessary |
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- humorous, joking, jolly
SYN: waggish, facetious, droll, witty |
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- ridiculous, laughable, absurd
SYN: risible, preposterous |
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- biting in thought, manner, or style
- sharply/bitterly
SYN: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing |
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- prickly plant
- to arouse displeasure/impatience/anger
- irritate severely
SYN: peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk |
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- consisting of or measured in money
- related to money
SYN: monetary, financial |
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- contemptibly cowardly/mean spirited
SYN: craven, lily-livered |
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- in reclining position, lying down, in posture of one sleeping or resting
SYN: prone, prostrate, supine, inactive |
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- a scheme to outwit or decieve an opponent or gain an end
SYN: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge |
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