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(n. Pl.) ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
s: pranks, shenanigans |
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(adj. part.) declared openly ad without shame, acknowledged
s: admitted, sworn
a: unacknowledged, undisclosed |
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(v.) to exchange playful remarks, tease; (n) talk that is playful and teasing
s: (n) joking, raillery
a: (n) serious talk |
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(adj) giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
s: liberal abundant, copious
a: scarce, scanty, in short supply |
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(adj., part.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess
s: jammed, packed, choked
a: uncluttered, unimpeded |
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(n) harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
s: hindrance, liability
a: advantage, help, plus |
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(adj.) sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; (n. pl.) consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years.
s: (adj) long-lasting, enduring
a: (adj.) fragile, perishable, fleeting, ephemeral |
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(adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination
s: vigorous, ambitious, aggressive, audacious
a: lazy, indolent, timid, diffident |
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(adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor meager
s: thrifty, skimpy
a: wasteful, improvident, lavish, extravagant |
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(adj. adv.) with extreme care or caution
s: (adv.) cautiously, warily, circumspectly
a: (adv.) firmly confidently, aggressively |
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(v.) to provide more than is needed or wanted; to fee or fill to the point of overstuffing; (n) an oversupply
s: (v. flood, inundant; (n) surplus, plethora
a: (n) shortage, scaricity, dearth, paucity |
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(adj. adv.) in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; (n) the state of being disguised; a person in disguise
a: (adj) undisguised |
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(v) to make valueless, take away all force or effect
s: cancel, annul, disapprove, discredit
a: support, confirm, back up; legalize |
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(adj.) described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life.
s: mythical, fabulous, famous, celebrated |
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(v.) to cripple,disable, injur, mar, disfigure, mutilate
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(v.) to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before
s: belittle, downplay, underrate
a: magnify, enlarge, exaggerate |
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(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
s: diagonal, indirect
a: direct, straight to the point |
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(v.) to change direction or course suddently, turn aside, shift, swerve |
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(v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
s: worship, revere, idolize
a: despise, detest, ridicule, deride |
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(adj.) reckless, heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; (n.) a spoined, pamered person; one with low morals
s: (adj.) rash, malicious, spiteful, unprovoked
a: (adj.) justified, morally strict, responsible |
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