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Def: to lead on by arousing hope or desire
Syn: allure, beguile
Ant: repel, repulse
Forms: (noun) enticement; (adjective) enticing
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Def: to ask or petition earnestly
Syn: implore, beseech
Forms: (noun) entreaty
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Def: To have a mental image of something , especially when the thing does not yet exist; to conceive of
Syn: visualize, imagine |
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Def: A. word or phrase used to describe or characterize someone or something B. a term of abuse or contempt
Syn: appellation, curse |
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Def: Calmness or eveness of temper
Syn: composure, nonchalance
Ant: fretfulness, agitation |
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Def: Fair or just
Syn:impartial, unbiased
Ant:biased, partial
Forms: (adjective) inequtable; (adverb) equitably; (noun) equity
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Def: deeply learned, especiallly in a specialized area
Syn: scholarly, knowledgeable
Ant: ignorant, uninformed
Forms: (noun) erudition; (adverb) eruditely
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Def: A. Understood by or intened for only a select few B. Difficult to understand
Syn: abstruse, unfathomable
Ant:exoteric, intelligible
Forms: (adverb) esoterically
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Def: in accordance with accepted principles of right and wrong
Syn: moral, righteous
Ant:unjust, unscrupulous
Forms: (noun) ethics (adjetcives) unethical
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Def: relating to a small but distinct socal group withing the population
Forms: (noun) ethnicity, ethnology |
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Def: The substitution of a relatively inoffensive term for one that is considered too harsh, unpleasnt or blunt
Ant: dysphemism
Forms: (adjectives) euphemistic
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Def: to increase the bitterness or severity of; to irritate
Syn: aggravate, worsen
Ant:mitigate, assuage
Forms: (noun) exacerbation
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Def: To elevate in power, position, character, or the like
Syn: ennoble, uplift
Ant:debase, degrade
Forms: (adj) exalted; (noun) exaltion
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Def: A. worthy of imitation B. Serving as a model, illustration, or warning
Syn: commendable, meritorious
Forms: (noun) exemplar
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Def: A state of urgency or a situation demanding immediate attention; the pressing needs caused by such a crisis
Syn: crisis, demands
Forms: (noun) exigence; (adjective) exigent; (adverb) exigently
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