LM-Lexicon/Wordnet huggingface dataset:
parenthetically (r): in a parenthetical manner
Example: "he added parenthetically that he would not attend the wedding ceremony"
vainly (r): to no avail
Example: "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
uncork (v): to draw the cork from bottles
Example: "uncork the French wine"
converge (v): to be adjacent or come together
Example: "The lines converge at this point"
Synonyms: breast, meet, converging, breasted, meeting
positivist (a): of or relating to positivism
Example: "positivist thinkers"
Synonyms: positive
subdued (s): quieted and brought under control
Example: "children were subdued and silent"
display (n): something intended to communicate a particular impression
Example: "made a display of strength"
Synonyms: show, pomp
display (v): to to show , make visible or apparent
Example: "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
Synonyms: exhibit, expose, model, flaunt, modeling, gibbet, pose, brandish, produce, show, posture, sit, flash
eagerness (n): prompt willingness
Example: "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"
abominably (r): in an offensive and hateful manner
Example: "I do n't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably"
lanky (s): tall and thin and having long slender limbs
Example: "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man"
physical (a): involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
Example: "physical exercise"
physical (s): according with material things or natural laws other than those peculiar to living matter
Example: "a reflex response to physical stimuli"
physical (s): characterized by energetic bodily activity
Example: "a very physical dance performance"
namer (n): a person who gives a name or names
Example: "the owner is usually the namer of a boat"
place (n): an abstract mental location
Example: "he has a special place in my thoughts"
theme (n): a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Example: "it was the usual ` boy gets girl ' theme"
Synonyms: idea, thought, motif
theme (n): melodic subject of a musical composition
Example: "the theme is announced in the first measures"
Synonyms: motif, air, statement, melody, strain, tune, variation, idea, line, motive
theme (n): the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Example: "his letters were always on the theme of love"
Synonyms: keynote, question, precedent, subject, topic, substance
uncertainty (n): being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
Example: "the uncertainty of the outcome"
fundamental (s): being or involving basic facts or principles
Example: "the fundamental laws of the universe"
fundamental (s): far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
Example: "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"
fundamental (s): serving as an essential component
Example: "an example that was fundamental to the argument"
vehicular (a): of or relating to or intended for motor vehicles
Example: "vehicular traffic"
dander (n): a feeling of anger and animosity
Example: "having one 's hackles or dander up"
profane (v): to violate the sacred character of a place or language
Example: "profane the name of God"
Synonyms: attack, desecrate, violate, outrage, assail, assault
profane (s): characterized by profanity or cursing
Example: "profane words"
profane (s): grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Example: "profane utterances against the Church"
profane (a): not concerned with or devoted to religion
Example: "sacred and profane music"
strident (s): being sharply insistent on being heard
Example: "strident demands"
strident (s): conspicuously and offensively loud
Example: "strident demands"
observe (v): to watch attentively
Example: "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"
affable (s): diffusing warmth and friendliness
Example: "an affable smile"
Synonyms: amiable, cordial, genial
articulately (r): in an articulate manner
Example: "he argued articulately for his plan"
hesitation (n): the act of pausing uncertainly
Example: "there was a hesitation in his speech"
Synonyms: waver, faltering, pause, falter
hesitation (n): a certain degree of unwillingness
Example: "after some hesitation he agreed"
Synonyms: hesitancy, indisposition, disinclination, sloth, reluctance
destructive (a): causing destruction or much damage
Example: "a policy that is destructive to the economy"
wonted (s): commonly used or practiced
Example: "with her wonted candor"
Synonyms: habitual, accustomed
wonted (s): usual
Example: "with her wonted candor"
Synonyms: habitual, accustomed
juncture (n): a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Example: "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"
stupendous (s): so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Example: "a stupendous field of grass"
receptivity (n): willingness or readiness to receive especially impressions or ideas
Example: "their receptivity to the proposal"
lenten (a): of or relating to or suitable for lent
Example: "lenten food"
gulp (n): a large and hurried swallow
Example: "he finished it at a single gulp"
Synonyms: swig, swallow, draft, drink
contorted (s): twisted especially as in pain or struggle
Example: "his mad contorted smile"
cornered (s): forced to turn and face attackers
Example: "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"
evidence (n): your basis for belief or disbelief
Example: "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
evidence (n): knowledge on which to base belief
Example: "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
evidence (n): an indication that makes something evident
Example: "his trembling was evidence of his fear"
woolen (a): of or related to or made of wool
Example: "a woolen sweater"
picaresque (s): involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
Example: "picaresque novels"
quaintly (r): in a strange but not unpleasant manner
Example: "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly"
quaintly (r): in a quaint old-fashioned manner
Example: "the room was quaintly furnished"
herd (n): a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
Example: "the children resembled a fairy herd"
Synonyms: ruck, concourse, multitude
unwieldy (a): difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
Example: "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"
unwieldy (s): difficult to work or manipulate
Example: "unwieldy rules and regulations"
unwieldy (s): lacking grace in movement or posture
Example: "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
Synonyms: gawky, clumsy, ungainly
ruthless (s): without mercy or pity
Example: "an act of ruthless ferocity"
ostracize (v): to avoid speaking to or dealing with
Example: "Ever since I spoke up , my colleagues ostracize me"
proportionately (r): to a proportionate degree
Example: "your salary will rise proportionately to your workload"
proportionately (r): in proportion
Example: "the height of this wall must be reduced proportionately to give the room pleasant dimensions"
upcountry (s): of or coming from the middle of a region or country
Example: "upcountry districts"
Synonyms: interior, midland
anywhere (r): at or in or to any place
Example: "you can find this food anywhere"
incompleteness (n): the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
Example: "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"
price (n): the amount of money needed to purchase something
Example: "the price of gasoline"
Synonyms: valuation, damage, cost
price (n): value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
Example: "the price of success is hard work"
Synonyms: value, toll, cost
price (n): the high value or worth of something
Example: "her price is far above rubies"
procedure (n): a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
Example: "the procedure of obtaining a driver 's license"
Synonyms: process, stiffening, condition, indirection, formula, calculation, activity, computation
vascular (a): of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
Example: "vascular constriction"
analogous (s): similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
Example: "brains and computers are often considered analogous"
analogous (a): corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin
Example: "the wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous"
shoveler (n): a worker who shovels
Example: "a shoveler of coal"
sizable (s): large in amount or extent or degree
Example: "a sizable fortune"
Synonyms: tidy, goodish, hefty
undercut (v): to cut away the underpart of
Example: "undercut a vein of ore"
cozy (s): enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
Example: "a cozy nook near the fire"
cozy (s): having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
Example: "had a cozy chat"
cozy (s): suggesting connivance
Example: "a cozy arrangement with the police"
affect (v): to have an effect upon
Example: "Will the new rules affect me ?"
Synonyms: color, impacted, hit, modify, inconvenience, treat, redound, bother, expose, scupper, disobliging, process, affecting, trouble, affected, endanger, strike, change, subject, exciting, alter, touch, influence, peril, tinge, impact, queer, distort, coloring, stimulate
dimorphic (a): occurring or existing in two different forms
Example: "dimorphic crystals"
chargeable (s): liable to be accused , or cause for such liability
Example: "the suspect was chargeable"
reversed (v): to change to the contrary
Example: "The trend was reversed"
Synonyms: tack, correct, transfigure, metamorphose, exchange, regress, flip, interchange, right, turn, undo, return, falsify, switch, change, transpose, desecrate, alternate, revert, transmogrify
reversed (s): turned inside out and resewn
Example: "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
tedious (s): so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Example: "tedious days on the train"
orderly (n): a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
Example: "the orderly laid out the general 's uniform"
orderly (a): devoid of violence or disruption
Example: "an orderly crowd confronted the president"
hemoglobin (n): a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
Example: "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
hemoglobin (n): function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
Example: "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
flaunt (n): the act of displaying something ostentatiously
Example: "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
outdoor (a): located , suited for , or taking place in the open air
Example: "outdoor clothes"
mangy (s): having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
Example: "a mangy carpet"
yellow (s): cowardly or treacherous
Example: "the little yellow stain of treason " - M.W.Straight"
nominative (a): serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
Example: "nominative noun endings"
nominative (s): bearing the name of a specific person
Example: "nominative shares of stock"
inflected (a): altered in tone or pitch
Example: "his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one"
inflected (a): showing alteration in form especially by the addition of affixes
Example: "` boys ' and ` swam ' are inflected English words"
minority (n): being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
Example: "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"
admonition (n): cautionary advice about something imminent especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness
Example: "a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality"
bridgehead (n): an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
Example: "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"
castration (n): surgical removal of the testes or ovaries usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men
Example: "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
wan (s): lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
Example: "a wan smile"
wan (s): abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
Example: "her wan face suddenly flushed"
exact (a): marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
Example: "an exact mind"
sectarianism (n): a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination
Example: "he condemned religious sectarianism"
individual (a): being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Example: "individual drops of rain"
individual (s): separate and distinct from others of the same kind
Example: "mark the individual pages"
individual (s): characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
Example: "an individual serving"
lodging (v): to be a lodger
Example: "Where are you lodging in Paris ?"
Synonyms: dwell, populate, live, lodge
lodging (v): to stay temporarily
Example: "Where are you lodging in Paris ?"
Synonyms: dwell, populate, live, lodge
incite (v): to provoke or stir up
Example: "incite a riot"
Synonyms: provoke, raise, provoking, stimulate, instigate
unfair (a): marked by injustice or partiality or deception
Example: "used unfair methods"
pound (v): to partition off into compartments
Example: "The locks pound the water of the canal"
pound (v): to break down and crush by beating , as with a pestle
Example: "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
disk (n): something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Example: "the moon 's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
Synonyms: disc, saucer, point, dot
sporting (v): to wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Example: "she was sporting a new hat"
Synonyms: boast, feature, sport
sporting (s): involving risk or willingness to take a risk
Example: "a sporting chance"
sporting (s): exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
Example: "a sporting solution of the disagreement"
sporting (s): preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
Example: "sporting gents and their ladies"
remit (n): the topic that a person , committee , or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
Example: "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life"
spiller (n): an attacker who sheds or spills blood
Example: "a great hunter and spiller of blood"
Synonyms: shedder, aggressor, assaulter
caboodle (n): any collection in its entirety
Example: "she bought the whole caboodle"
Synonyms: lot, assemblage
frizz (n): the condition of being formed into small tight curls
Example: "her hair was in a frizz"
fifth (n): position five in a countable series of things
Example: "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
artificial (s): artificially formal
Example: "that artificial humility that her husband hated"
recondite (s): difficult to penetrate
Example: "some recondite problem in historiography"
recondite (s): incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Example: "some recondite problem in historiography"
homespun (s): of textiles
Example: "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
homespun (s): having a rough surface
Example: "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
homespun (s): made of cloth spun or woven in the home
Example: "homespun linen"
homespun (s): characteristic of country life
Example: "the air of homespun country boys"
constitutional (a): of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
Example: "constitutional walk"
constitutional (a): sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
Example: "the constitutional right of free speech"
constitutional (s): existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Example: "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
abundance (n): the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
Example: "an age of abundance"
balsamic (a): of or relating to or containing balsam
Example: "a balsamic fragrance"
cure (v): to prepare by drying , salting , or chemical processing in order to preserve
Example: "cure meats"
cure (v): to make substances hard and improve their usability
Example: "cure resin"
cure (v): to be or become preserved
Example: "the apricots cure in the sun"
loaf (n): a quantity of food other than bread formed in a particular shape
Example: "meat loaf"
entirety (n): the state of being total and complete
Example: "he read the article in its entirety"
Synonyms: completeness, totality
romantic (s): expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
Example: "a romantic adventure"
Synonyms: amorous, amatory
romantic (s): not sensible about practical matters
Example: "a romantic disregard for money"
romantic (s): idealistic and unrealistic
Example: "a romantic disregard for money"
irreversibly (r): in an irreversible manner
Example: "this old tradition is irreversibly disappearing"
immorally (r): without regard for morality
Example: "he acted immorally when his own interests were at stake"
valiant (s): having or showing valor
Example: "a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack"
unemployed (n): people who are involuntarily out of work considered as a group
Example: "the long-term unemployed need assistance"
unemployed (a): not engaged in a gainful occupation
Example: "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
tacit (s): implied by or inferred from actions or statements
Example: "a tacit agreement"
unaffected (a): undergoing no change when acted upon
Example: "entirely unaffected by each other 's writings"
unaffected (a): free of artificiality
Example: "an unaffected grace"
bearing (n): relevant relation or interconnection
Example: "those issues have no bearing on our situation"
lay (v): to put in a horizontal position
Example: "lay the books on the table"
Synonyms: repose, inter, set, bury, blow, laying, laid, put, lay, pose, place, putting, entomb, rail, setting
lay (v): to prepare or position for action or operation
Example: "lay a fire"
Synonyms: organize, laying, laid, prepare
lay (s): not of or from a profession
Example: "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
lay (s): characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Example: "the lay ministry"
binomial (a): of or relating to or consisting of two terms
Example: "binomial expression"
binomial (s): having or characterized by two names , especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
Example: "binomial nomenclature of bacteria"
obverse (n): the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
Example: "the obverse of this issue"
vocal (a): relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
Example: "vocal technique"
vocal (a): having or using the power to produce speech or sound
Example: "vocal organs"
vocal (s): full of the sound of voices
Example: "a playground vocal with the shouts and laughter of children"
vocal (s): given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
Example: "a vocal assembly"
bridal (a): of or pertaining to a bride
Example: "bridal gown"
mortifying (s): causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
Example: "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
experimenter (n): a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas
Example: "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"
prominent (s): having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Example: "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"
therapeutic (s): tending to cure or restore to health
Example: "a therapeutic agent"
Synonyms: curative, alterative, remedial
calamity (n): an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Example: "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
Synonyms: apocalypse, tragedy, misfortune, catastrophe
livable (a): fit or suitable to live in or with
Example: "livable conditions"
found (n): food and lodging provided in addition to money
Example: "they worked for $ 30 and found"
dinner (n): the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
Example: "dinner will be at 8"
object (n): the focus of cognitions or feelings
Example: "the object of my affection"
interdenominational (s): occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations
Example: "interdenominational cooperation between Methodists and Presbyterians"
nondescript (s): lacking distinct or individual characteristics
Example: "women dressed in nondescript clothes"
nondescript (s): dull and uninteresting
Example: "women dressed in nondescript clothes"
hasty (s): done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Example: "hasty marriage seldom proveth well " - Shakespeare"
low (n): often brings precipitation
Example: "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
low (a): being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
Example: "low ceilings"
low (s): of the most contemptible kind
Example: "a low stunt to pull"
reclusive (s): withdrawn from society
Example: "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
reclusive (s): seeking solitude
Example: "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
reclusive (s): providing privacy or seclusion
Example: "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"
whet (v): to make keen or more acute
Example: "whet my appetite"
Synonyms: stimulate, exciting, quicken, quickening
tissue (v): to create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric , such as wool or cotton
Example: "tissue textiles"
Synonyms: braid, lace, weave, brocade, twill, laced, webbing, netting, lacing, brocaded, loom, weaving, plait
immense (s): unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Example: "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"
satanic (s): extremely evil or cruel
Example: "satanic cruelty"
Synonyms: diabolic, fiendish, hellish, demonic, infernal
satanic (s): expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
Example: "satanic cruelty"
Synonyms: diabolic, fiendish, hellish, demonic, infernal
plausible (a): apparently reasonable and valid , and truthful
Example: "a plausible excuse"
plausible (s): given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments
Example: "a plausible liar"
religiously (r): with extreme conscientiousness
Example: "he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock"
psychiatric (a): relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
Example: "psychiatric disorder"
derail (v): to cause to run off the tracks
Example: "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
chance (n): a risk involving danger
Example: "you take a chance when you let her drive"
chance (n): a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Example: "now is your chance"
Synonyms: crack, possibility, room, say, street, opening, shot, opportunity
chance (n): an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Example: "we ran into each other by pure chance"
Synonyms: phenomenon, mishap, fortune, mischance, hazard
recruit (v): to cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Example: "recruit new soldiers"
Synonyms: raise, levy, draft, enlist
diversification (n): the act of introducing variety especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered
Example: "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"
Synonyms: variegation, change
diversification (n): the condition of being varied
Example: "that restaurant 's menu lacks diversification"
diversification (n): every day it is the same
Example: "that restaurant 's menu lacks diversification"
disposed (v): to give , sell , or transfer to another
Example: "She disposed of her parents ' possessions"
Synonyms: dispose, sell
aforementioned (s): being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
Example: "works of all the aforementioned authors"
Synonyms: said, aforesaid
sequestered (v): to requisition forcibly , as of enemy property
Example: "the estate was sequestered"
Synonyms: take, sequester
sequestered (v): to undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Example: "The cations were sequestered"
Synonyms: change, sequester
sequestered (s): kept separate and secluded
Example: "a sequestered jury"
sequestered (s): providing privacy or seclusion
Example: "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"
Synonyms: reclusive, cloistered
summer (n): the warmest season of the year
Example: "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
summer (n): the period of finest development , happiness , or beauty
Example: "the golden summer of his life"
hoop (n): a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling
Example: "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"
visual (a): relating to or using sight
Example: "visual powers"
Synonyms: optic, ocular
fussy (s): overcrowded or cluttered with detail
Example: "a fussy design"
mad (s): roused to anger
Example: "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"
mad (s): affected with madness or insanity
Example: "a man who had gone mad"
mad (s): marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
Example: "a mad whirl of pleasure"
drumbeat (n): a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
Example: "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"
remiss (s): failing in what duty requires
Example: "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
suborbital (a): having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit
Example: "the first manned suborbital flight"
suborbital (a): situated on or below the floor of the eye socket
Example: "a suborbital bone"
postulate (v): to require as useful , just , or proper
Example: "This intervention does not postulate a patient 's consent"
Synonyms: require, exacting, ask, demand, exact, necessitate, compel, draw, govern, take, involve, cost
agnosticism (n): a religious orientation of doubt
Example: "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God 's existence"
agnosticism (n): a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of god
Example: "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God 's existence"
biennially (r): every two years
Example: "this festival takes places biennially"
differentiation (n): the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
Example: "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
Synonyms: specialization, adaptation, adjustment, adaption
creak (n): a squeaking sound
Example: "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
Synonyms: noise, creaking
charnel (s): gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Example: "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men 's bones"
tightly (r): in a tight or constricted manner
Example: "a tightly packed pub"
tightly (r): securely fixed or fastened
Example: "the window was tightly sealed"
circus (n): a travelling company of entertainers
Example: "he ran away from home to join the circus"
circus (n): including trained animals
Example: "he ran away from home to join the circus"
circus (n): a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats , clowns , and trained animals
Example: "the children always love to go to the circus"
circus (n): a frenetic disorganized and often comic disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
Example: "it was so funny it was a circus"
Synonyms: carnival, disturbance
gymnastic (a): of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility
Example: "gymnastic horse"
officious (s): intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Example: "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"
headlong (s): with the head foremost
Example: "a headlong dive into the pool"
headlong (r): with the head foremost
Example: "the runner slid headlong into third base"
headlong (r): at breakneck speed
Example: "burst headlong through the gate"
headlong (r): in a hasty and foolhardy manner
Example: "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"
pneumatic (a): of or relating to or using air or a similar gas
Example: "pneumatic drill"
streaky (s): marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
Example: "fat legs and dirty streaky faces"
alacrity (n): liveliness and eagerness
Example: "he accepted with alacrity"
Synonyms: smartness, liveliness, briskness, sprightliness
dilettantish (s): showing frivolous or superficial interest
Example: "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
dilettantish (s): amateurish
Example: "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
emblematic (s): serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
Example: "a crown is emblematic of royalty"
Synonyms: symbolic
emblematic (s): being or serving as an illustration of a type
Example: "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"
old (a): having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
Example: "his mother is very old"
starkness (n): the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
Example: "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
Synonyms: bound, limit, boundary, absoluteness
starkness (n): an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
Example: "I was struck by the starkness of my father 's room"
Synonyms: bareness, plainness
platform (n): a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
Example: "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"
stray (s): having no home or having wandered away from home
Example: "a stray calf"
stray (s): not close together in time
Example: "a few stray crumbs"
tough (a): not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Example: "a tough character"
frangible (s): capable of being broken
Example: "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"
prophetically (r): in a prophetic manner
Example: "he prophetically anticipated the disaster"
moldy (s): covered with or smelling of mold
Example: "moldy bread"
polarize (v): to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
Example: "polarize light waves"
inflamed (v): to cause inflammation in
Example: "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
Synonyms: inflame, exasperate, worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
inflamed (s): hot and swollen and reddened
Example: "eyes inflamed with crying"
inflamed (s): lighted with red light as if with flames
Example: "the inflamed clouds at sunset"
discover (v): to make a discovery
Example: "The story is false , so far as I can discover"
Synonyms: discover, see, learn, find, ferret
capitulation (n): the act of surrendering usually under agreed conditions
Example: "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
Synonyms: loss, surrender
assiduous (s): marked by care and persistent effort
Example: "her assiduous attempts to learn French"
drab (s): lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
Example: "her drab personality"
drab (s): lacking brightness or color
Example: "drab faded curtains"
Synonyms: sober, somber
drab (s): dull
Example: "drab faded curtains"
Synonyms: sober, somber
resettle (v): to settle in a new place
Example: "The immigrants had to resettle"
monarchal (s): having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch
Example: "monarchal pomp"
monarchal (s): ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
Example: "monarchal government"
concoction (n): any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
Example: "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"
Synonyms: mixture, dough, roux, dressing, stuffing, mix, filling
concoction (n): an occurrence of an unusual mixture
Example: "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
concoction (n): the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
Example: "his testimony was a concoction"
blind (n): people who have severe visual impairments , considered as a group
Example: "he spent hours reading to the blind"
blind (n): a hiding place sometimes used by hunters especially duck hunters
Example: "he waited impatiently in the blind"
blind (a): unable to see
Example: "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision " -- Kenneth Jernigan"
blind (s): unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
Example: "blind to a lover 's faults"
centerpiece (n): the central or most important feature
Example: "education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party 's political platform"
stiffness (n): the property of moving with pain or difficulty
Example: "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
stiffness (n): firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Example: "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
system (n): instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
Example: "he bought a new stereo system"
system (n): a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
Example: "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
system (n): a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
Example: "in a static system oil can not be replaced by water on a surface"
upper (s): superior in rank or accomplishment
Example: "the upper half of the class"
crimp (v): to curl tightly
Example: "crimp hair"
Synonyms: wave, crape, frizzle, curl, frizz
apoplectic (a): pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
Example: "apoplectic seizure"
imitate (v): to appear like , as in behavior or appearance
Example: "Life imitate art"
renovate (v): to make brighter and prettier
Example: "My wife wants us to renovate"
Synonyms: refurbish, renew
renovate (v): to give new life or energy to
Example: "This will renovate my spirits"
Synonyms: recreate, revive, energize, reviving, reanimate, arouse, quicken, brace, stimulate, revivify, energizing
advantageous (a): giving an advantage
Example: "a contract advantageous to our country"
ceremonially (r): in a ceremonial manner
Example: "he was ceremonially sworn in as President"
unstrained (s): not placed under psychological stress
Example: "the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained"
unstrained (s): not resulting from undue effort
Example: "his playing is facile and unstrained"
seizure (n): a sudden occurrence or recurrence of a disease
Example: "he suffered an epileptic seizure"
bilateral (s): affecting or undertaken by two parties
Example: "a bilateral agreement between the United States and Japan"
crested (v): to reach a high point
Example: "The river crested last night"
Synonyms: crest, peak
crested (s): having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head
Example: "golden crested"
shadowing (v): to follow , usually without the persons knowledge
Example: "The police are shadowing her"
albatross (n): something that hinders or handicaps
Example: "she was an albatross around his neck"
Synonyms: impediment, handicap, hinderance, millstone, deterrent
semiweekly (r): twice a week
Example: "he called home semiweekly"
valued (s): held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature
Example: "a valued friend"
malpractice (n): professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
Example: "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"
copious (s): large in number or quantity especially of discourse
Example: "she took copious notes"
Synonyms: voluminous
copious (s): affording an abundant supply
Example: "copious provisions"
Synonyms: rich, ample, plenteous, plentiful
patent (s): clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Example: "patent advantages"
maund (n): a unit of weight used in asia
Example: "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
maund (n): has different values in different countries
Example: "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois"
promise (n): grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
Example: "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Synonyms: expectation, prospect, rainbow, hope
odorous (a): having odor or a characteristic odor
Example: "odorous jasmine flowers"
odorous (s): emitting an odor
Example: "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
odorous (s): having a natural fragrance
Example: "the odorous air of the orchard"
slouchy (s): lacking stiffness in form or posture
Example: "a slouchy sweater"
wallow (n): an indolent or clumsy rolling about
Example: "a good wallow in the water"
wallow (v): to devote oneself entirely to something
Example: "wallow in your sorrows"
wallow (v): to indulge in to an immoderate degree , usually with pleasure
Example: "wallow in your sorrows"
flying (n): an instance of traveling by air
Example: "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
Synonyms: sailing, glide, air, flight
flying (s): hurried and brief
Example: "paid a flying visit"
Synonyms: quick, fast
bust (n): an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Example: "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
Synonyms: bout, tear, revel
pragmatically (r): in a realistic manner
Example: "we want to build a democratic society , but we must act pragmatically"
define (v): to show the form or outline of
Example: "The camera could define the smallest object"
Synonyms: delineate, show
molten (s): reduced to liquid form by heating
Example: "a mass of molten rock"
ineffable (s): too sacred to be uttered
Example: "the ineffable name of the Deity"
arch (n): a passageway under a curved masonry construction
Example: "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"
Synonyms: archway, entrance, entry
rum (s): beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Example: "what a rum fellow"
Synonyms: peculiar, singular, rummy, funny, queer, curious
brave (a): possessing or displaying courage
Example: "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring " - Herman Melville"
brave (a): able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Example: "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring " - Herman Melville"
brave (s): brightly colored and showy
Example: "girls decked out in brave new dresses"
evaporate (v): to lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue
Example: "evaporate milk"
Synonyms: transpire, vaporize
outgoing (a): leaving a place or a position
Example: "an outgoing steamship"
fun (n): activities that are enjoyable or amusing
Example: "I do it for the fun of it"
Synonyms: diversion, merriment
fun (n): verbal wit or mockery often at anothers expense but not to be taken seriously
Example: "he became a figure of fun"
Synonyms: drollery, comedy, wordplay, humor, pun, witticism, play, sport
fun (n): violent and excited activity
Example: "she asked for money and then the fun began"
anxious (s): eagerly desirous
Example: "anxious to see the new show at the museum"
anxious (s): causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example: "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"
end (n): either extremity of something that has length
Example: "the end of the pier"
end (n): the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
Example: "the end was exciting"
string (n): a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
Example: "a string of islands"
infelicitous (a): not appropriate in application
Example: "an infelicitous remark"
infelicitous (a): defective
Example: "an infelicitous remark"
infelicitous (s): marked by or producing unhappiness
Example: "infelicitous circumstances"
reference (n): the act of referring or consulting
Example: "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
shortly (r): for a short time
Example: "he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive"
shortly (r): at a short distance
Example: "the hem fell shortly below her knees"
shortly (r): in the near future
Example: "the book will appear shortly"
Synonyms: presently
ternary (s): having three units or components or elements
Example: "a ternary operation"
theater (n): a region in which active military operations are in progress
Example: "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
obtain (v): to come into possession of
Example: "How did you obtain the visa ?"
build (v): to improve the cleansing action of
Example: "build detergents"
gullible (s): easily tricked because of being too trusting
Example: "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"
gullible (s): naive and easily deceived or tricked
Example: "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
tonic (a): of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
Example: "a tonic reflex"
tonic (a): used of syllables
Example: "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"
tonic (s): relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
Example: "tonic harmony"
brighten (v): to make lighter or brighter
Example: "The paint will brighten the room"
Synonyms: modify, lighten, change, alter
really (r): in accordance with truth or fact or reality
Example: "they do n't really listen to us"
blithe (s): lacking or showing a lack of due concern
Example: "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"
blithe (s): carefree and happy and lighthearted
Example: "was loved for her blithe spirit"
devoutly (r): in a devout and pious manner
Example: "she was devoutly Catholic"
Synonyms: piously
twinned (v): to duplicate or match
Example: "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"
Synonyms: parallel, agree, tally, duplicate, fit, jibe, twin
trying (s): extremely irritating to the nerves
Example: "a trying day at the office"
polish (n): a highly developed state of perfection
Example: "they performed with great polish"
polish (n): having a flawless or impeccable quality
Example: "they performed with great polish"
polish (v): to make a surface shine
Example: "polish my shoes"
Synonyms: shine, burnish, slick, sleek, gloss, polished, beautify
polish (v): to bring to a highly developed , finished , or refined state
Example: "polish your social manners"
Synonyms: hone, polished
angular (a): measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
Example: "angular momentum"
sordid (s): meanly avaricious and mercenary
Example: "sordid avarice"
sordid (s): morally degraded
Example: "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils " - James Joyce"
sordid (s): unethical or dishonest
Example: "a sordid political campaign"
Synonyms: dirty
interfacial (a): relating to or situated at an interface
Example: "an interfacial layer"
wire (v): to provide with electrical circuits
Example: "wire the addition to the house"
Synonyms: fit, wiring, outfit, equip
quadruplex (s): having four units or components
Example: "quadruplex wire"
Synonyms: fourfold, quadruple
mousy (s): of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Example: "a mousy brownish-grey color"
bloodthirsty (s): marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Example: "bloodthirsty yells"
unseasonable (a): not in keeping with and usually undesirable for the season
Example: "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"
unseasonable (s): badly timed
Example: "you think my intrusion unseasonable"
colloquial (s): characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Example: "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"
separative (s): referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
Example: "whereas ` each , ' ` every , ' ` either , ' ` neither , ' and ` none ' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group , ` which ' in ` which of the men ' is separative"
separative (s): serving to separate or divide into parts
Example: "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
stiff (n): the dead body of a human being
Example: "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"
Synonyms: body, clay, cadaver, corpse
stiff (s): rigidly formal
Example: "the letter was stiff and formal"
stiff (a): having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Example: "a potent cup of tea " , " a stiff drink"
fitness (n): the quality of being suitable
Example: "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
point (n): a geometric element that has position but no extension
Example: "a point is defined by its coordinates"
point (n): the precise location of something
Example: "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
point (n): a spatially limited location
Example: "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
point (n): a brief version of the essential meaning of something
Example: "get to the point"
meet (s): being precisely fitting and right
Example: "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
complaisant (s): showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Example: "to close one 's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"
repose (n): freedom from activity work or strain or responsibility
Example: "took his repose by the swimming pool"
Synonyms: dormancy, rest, relaxation, laziness, ease, leisure, inactivity, quiescence
leadership (n): the activity of leading
Example: "his leadership inspired the team"
Synonyms: leading, lead, activity, helm
leadership (n): the body of people who lead a group
Example: "the national leadership adopted his plan"
leadership (n): the status of a leader
Example: "they challenged his leadership of the union"
lacing (v): to do lacework
Example: "The Flemish women were lacing in front of the cathedral"
Synonyms: tissue, lace, weave
topical (s): pertaining to the surface of a body part
Example: "a drug for topical ( or local ) application"
topical (a): of or relating to or arranged by topics
Example: "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
royal (a): of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
Example: "the royal party"
royal (s): belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
Example: "treated with royal acclaim"
Synonyms: regal, imperial
foreboding (n): a feeling of evil to come
Example: "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"
Synonyms: boding, presage, shadow, dread, presentiment, premonition, apprehension, apprehensiveness
explore (v): to travel to or penetrate into
Example: "explore unknown territory in biology"
aim (n): the action of directing something at an object
Example: "he took aim and fired"
aim (n): an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Example: "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"
Synonyms: sake, end, design, goal, mind, idea, purpose, view
aim (v): to point or cause to go blows , weapons , or objects such as photographic equipment towards
Example: "Please do n't aim at your little brother !"
Synonyms: point, pointed, hold, swing, leveling, target, place, direct, aim, turn, sight, sighted, charge, take, level
aim (v): to propose or intend
Example: "I aim to arrive at noon"
Synonyms: purpose, propose, intend, mean
aim (v): to direct a remark toward an intended goal
Example: "She wanted to aim a pun"
rationality (n): the state of having good sense and sound judgment
Example: "his rationality may have been impaired"
Synonyms: reasonableness, reason, sanity
union (n): an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Example: "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
union (n): the state of being joined or united or linked
Example: "there is strength in union"
Synonyms: conjunction, coalition, association, connection, conjugation, fusion, link, syncretism, unification, junction, marriage
intimately (r): in a close manner
Example: "the two phenomena are intimately connected"
quell (v): to overcome or allay
Example: "quell my hunger"
Synonyms: meet, fill, stay, satisfy
playbill (n): a theatrical program
Example: "he could n't find her name on the playbill"
operation (n): the state of being in effect or being operative
Example: "that rule is no longer in operation"
operation (n): a business especially one run on a large scale
Example: "a large-scale farming operation"
operation (n): a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
Example: "they organized a rescue operation"
planetary (a): of or relating to or characteristic of the planet earth or its inhabitants
Example: "planetary rumblings and eructations " - L.C.Eiseley"
planetary (a): of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
Example: "planetary motion"
planetary (s): involving the entire earth
Example: "neither national nor continental but planetary"
Synonyms: world
planetary (s): not limited or provincial in scope
Example: "neither national nor continental but planetary"
Synonyms: world
deficit (n): the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Example: "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Synonyms: shortage, deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy
deficit (n): a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
Example: "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"