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(v.) to assign or distribute into shares or portions
S: to parcel out, apportion, assign |
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(v.) to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble
S:to accumulate, pile up; to garner
A: to scatter, dissipate; to squander, waste |
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(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
S: bold, daring, enterprising
A: timid, cowardly |
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(v.) to yield to a request or command
S: to submit to , consent to, acquiesce in
A: to reject, refuse, decline |
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(adj.) not having or using, lacking
S: lacking,wanting, bereft
A: full, teeming, abounding |
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(n.) the choice part of a group of people or things; (adj.) superior
S:the cream of the crop; the upper crust
A: the rank and file; the dregs of society |
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(n.) an iron hook used to grab and hold; (v.) to come to grips with, wrestle with, fight with
S: to tackle, confront, struggle with |
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(v.) to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible
S: to disable, debilitate, paralyze, cripple
A:to rehabilitate, make whole again |
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(v.) to urge on; to stir up
S: to provoke, start, incite
A: to stop, quell, squelch, quash |
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(n.) long life, long duration
S: length of life
A:brevity of duration, transience |
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(adj.) in very great numbers; (n.) a very great number
S: countless, innumerable
A: few in number, scanty, sparse |
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(n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance
S: a sense of proportion, a way of looking at things |
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(v.) to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
S: to upset, agitate; to anger, irritate
A: to delight, gladden, please |
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(adj.) immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
S: gigantic, tremendous; astounding
A:puny, minuscule; insignificant |
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(adj.) connected with or related to the matter at hand
S: having a direct bearing on, pertinent
A: beside the point, unconnected, extaneous |
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(adj.) extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
S:jumpy, nervous, relative; timid; capricious, fickle
A: bold, daring, reckless; cool, unflappable |
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(n.) a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer lime of strength or resources; (v.) to fasten with a rope or chain
S: to tie up, chain up, leash
A: to untie, let loose |
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(n.) a sounding together; agreement or accord
S: harmonious agreement or accord |
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(v.) to compete; to strive for victory or superiority
S: to compete, contend, be rivals |
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(adj.) stubbornly self- willed; done on purpose, deliberate
S:headstrong, obstinate; premeditated
A:obedient, docile, tractable |
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