LM-Lexicon/Wordnet huggingface dataset:
petrify (v): to make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Example: "slogans petrify our thinking"
Synonyms: ossify, stiffening, ossified
rampantly (r): in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
Example: "weeds grew rampantly around here"
province (n): the proper sphere or extent of your activities
Example: "it was his province to take care of himself"
lightness (n): the property of being comparatively small in weight
Example: "the lightness of balsa wood"
avail (v): to be of use to , be useful to
Example: "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
springboard (n): a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
Example: "he uses other people 's ideas as a springboard for his own"
god (n): a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people
Example: "he was a god among men"
god (n): a material effigy that is worshipped
Example: "money was his god"
Synonyms: joss, idol, simulacrum, juggernaut, effigy
clubbish (s): effusively sociable
Example: "a clubbish set"
navel (n): a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
Example: "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"
Synonyms: point, umbilicus
navel (n): the center point or middle of something
Example: "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
questionably (r): in a questionable and dubious manner
Example: "these were estates his father questionably acquired"
Synonyms: dubiously
translatable (a): capable of being put into another form or style or language
Example: "substances readily translatable to the American home table"
translatable (s): capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
Example: "ideas translatable into reality"
Synonyms: transformable, convertible
deliberative (s): involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination
Example: "a deliberative body"
flippantly (r): in a flippant manner
Example: "he answered the reporters ' questions flippantly"
predominate (v): to be larger in number , quantity , power , status or importance
Example: "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
Synonyms: override, reign, ruling, prevail, prevailing
concerned (a): feeling or showing worry or solicitude
Example: "concerned parents of youthful offenders"
concerned (s): involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in
Example: "a memorandum to those concerned"
concerned (s): culpably involved
Example: "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"
shunt (n): a passage by which a bodily fluid especially blood is diverted from one channel to another
Example: "an arteriovenus shunt"
domesticate (v): to adapt a wild plant or unclaimed land to the environment
Example: "domesticate oats"
Synonyms: adapt, tame, accommodate, cultivate, naturalize
impracticable (s): not capable of being carried out or put into practice
Example: "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"
fancied (s): formed or conceived by the imagination
Example: "a fancied wrong"
marvelous (s): extraordinarily good or great
Example: "a marvelous collection of rare books"
marvelous (s): used especially as intensifiers
Example: "a marvelous collection of rare books"
vestal (s): in a state of sexual virginity
Example: "pure and vestal modesty"
chivalric (s): characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the middle ages
Example: "chivalric rites"
restoration (n): some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed
Example: "the restoration looked exactly like the original"
demoralization (n): a state of disorder and confusion
Example: "his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff"
gray (s): of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
Example: "gray flannel suit"
doubtful (s): open to doubt or suspicion
Example: "the candidate 's doubtful past"
doubtful (s): fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Example: "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"
mock (s): constituting a copy or imitation of something
Example: "boys in mock battle"
delete (v): to remove or make invisible
Example: "Please delete my name from your list"
Synonyms: erase, strike, efface, expunge, remove, cancel, excise, take, removed
playbook (n): a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
Example: "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"
playbook (n): a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
Example: "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"
serpentine (s): resembling a serpent in form
Example: "a serpentine wall"
pursuance (n): a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
Example: "life is more than the pursuance of fame"
Synonyms: pursuit, search
writing (n): the work of a writer
Example: "the writing in her novels is excellent"
writing (n): anything expressed in letters of the alphabet especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect
Example: "the writing in her novels is excellent"
sly (s): marked by skill in deception
Example: "sly as a fox"
Synonyms: knavish, foxy, tricky, slick, tricksy, guileful, cunning
booked (v): to engage for a performance
Example: "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
Synonyms: book, schedule
booked (v): to arrange for and reserve something for someone else in advance
Example: "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"
Synonyms: hold, book, request, keep, bespeak, reserve
booked (v): to record a charge in a police register
Example: "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
Synonyms: book, record, enter, ticket
wriggle (v): to to move in a twisting or contorted motion , especially when struggling
Example: "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt 's embrace"
Synonyms: wrestle, writhe, twisted, twist, moving, squirm
virtual (s): being actually such in almost every respect
Example: "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
virtual (s): existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact
Example: "a virtual dependence on charity"
boarding (v): to live and take ones meals at or in
Example: "she rooms in an old boarding house"
Synonyms: dwell, room, populate, live
debauch (v): to corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example: "debauch the young people with wine and women"
Synonyms: corrupt, debased, bastardize, pervert, change, profane, debase, subvert, deprave, vitiate, infect, alter, modify, debauched, demoralize
diluted (a): reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity
Example: "diluted alcohol"
economize (v): to use cautiously and frugally
Example: "I try to economize my spare time"
Synonyms: conserve, preserve
economize (v): to spend sparingly , avoid the waste of
Example: "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
crop (n): a collection of people or things appearing together
Example: "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
suckling (v): to suck milk from the mothers breasts
Example: "the infant was suckling happily"
Synonyms: suckle, eat
restful (a): affording physical or mental rest
Example: "she spent a restful night at home"
regurgitation (n): recall after rote memorization
Example: "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"
priority (n): status established in order of importance or urgency
Example: "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
crispness (n): a pleasing firmness and freshness
Example: "crispness of new dollar bills"
crispness (n): an expressive style that is direct and to the point
Example: "the crispness of his reply"
definitive (s): supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
Example: "a definitive verdict"
definitive (s): of recognized authority or excellence
Example: "the definitive work on Greece"
clever (s): showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Example: "too clever to be sound"
Synonyms: canny
clever (s): mentally quick and resourceful
Example: "you are a clever man ... you reason well and your wit is bold " - Bram Stoker"
whiz (n): a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
Example: "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
prostration (n): an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
Example: "the commander 's prostration demoralized his men"
inherent (s): in the nature of something though not readily apparent
Example: "shortcomings inherent in our approach"
obedience (n): behavior intended to please your parents
Example: "their children were never very strong on obedience"
earthen (a): made of earth or baked clay
Example: "an earthen pot"
truculent (s): defiantly aggressive
Example: "a truculent speech against the new government"
careworn (s): showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Example: "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"
Synonyms: haggard
inversely (r): in an inverse or contrary manner
Example: "inversely related"
Synonyms: reciprocally
rigidly (r): in a rigid manner
Example: "the body was rigidly erect"
arbiter (n): someone with the power to settle matters at will
Example: "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion"
arbiter (n): someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
Example: "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"
Synonyms: arbitrator, judge, umpire
ineptly (r): with ineptitude
Example: "he performed his functions ineptly"
ineptly (r): in an incompetent manner
Example: "he performed his functions ineptly"
ineptly (r): in an infelicitous manner
Example: "this function is ineptly left to a small voice"
remuneration (n): the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
Example: "adequate remuneration for his work"
precede (v): to come before
Example: "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
Synonyms: predate, lie
keenness (n): a quick and penetrating intelligence
Example: "I admired the keenness of his mind"
Synonyms: acuteness, acuity, intelligence, sharpness
windward (a): on the side exposed to the wind
Example: "the windward islands"
oafish (s): ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Example: "her stupid oafish husband"
somatic (s): affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Example: "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
unblushing (s): feeling no shame
Example: "an unblushing apologist for fascism"
bye (n): you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
Example: "he had a bye in the first round"
linguistically (r): with respect to the science of linguistics
Example: "linguistically interesting data"
prolong (v): to lengthen or extend in duration or space
Example: "prolong the treatment of the patient"
Synonyms: continued, keep, preserve, retain, sustain, sustained
patriotism (n): love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
Example: "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"
Synonyms: nationalism, chauvinism, loyalty
melancholic (s): characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Example: "her melancholic smile"
intrude (v): to thrust oneself in as if by force
Example: "The colors do n't intrude on the viewer"
notch (n): a v-shaped indentation
Example: "mandibular notch"
polished (a): perfected or made shiny and smooth
Example: "his polished prose"
polished (s): showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Example: "his polished manner"
Synonyms: refined, urbane
polished (s): having the husk or outer layers removed
Example: "polished rice"
Synonyms: milled
tumescent (s): abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Example: "tumescent tissue"
Synonyms: turgid, puffy
smasher (n): a conspicuous success
Example: "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
Synonyms: smash, sleeper, strike, hit, success, bang
main (a): capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Example: "the main ( or independent ) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
profound (s): situated at or extending to great depth
Example: "the profound depths of the sea"
profound (s): too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
Example: "the profound depths of the sea"
ultimate (n): the finest or most superior quality of its kind
Example: "the ultimate in luxury"
ultimate (s): being the last or concluding element of a series
Example: "the ultimate sonata of that opus"
inaccessible (s): not capable of being obtained
Example: "a rare work , today almost inaccessible"
celluloid (n): a medium that disseminates moving pictures
Example: "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"
Synonyms: film, medium
celluloid (s): artificial as if portrayed in a film
Example: "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
clandestine (s): conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
Example: "clandestine intelligence operations"
greedy (s): wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
Example: "do n't be greedy with the cookies"
greedy (s): immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Example: "greedy for money and power"
greedy (s): ardently or excessively desirous
Example: "greedy for fame"
skin (n): a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
Example: "your skin is the largest organ of your body"
briskly (r): in a brisk manner
Example: "she walked briskly in the cold air"
roam (v): to move about aimlessly or without any destination , often in search of food or employment
Example: "The cattle roam across the prairie"
Synonyms: stray, rambling, roll, drift, cast, travel, gad, traveled, swan, moving, range, roving, tramp, going, rove
shore (v): to support by placing against something solid or rigid
Example: "shore and buttress an old building"
Synonyms: hold, shoring, prop, sustain, bolster, props
peaked (v): to to reach the highest point
Example: "That wild , speculative spirit peaked in 1929"
Synonyms: make, gain, peak, hit, crest, reach, attain
peaked (v): to attain maximum intensity , activity
Example: "That wild , speculative spirit peaked in 1929"
Synonyms: make, gain, peak, hit, crest, reach, attain
peaked (s): somewhat ill or prone to illness
Example: "you look a little peaked"
Synonyms: unwell, seedy, sickly
broody (s): physiologically ready to incubate eggs
Example: "a broody hen"
nonpareil (s): eminent beyond or above comparison
Example: "the team 's nonpareil center fielder"
ungracious (a): lacking charm and good taste
Example: "an ungracious industrial city"
telescope (v): to crush together or collapse
Example: "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
pertinacious (s): stubbornly unyielding
Example: "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
Synonyms: dogged, persistent, tenacious
extent (n): the point or degree to which something extends
Example: "the extent of the damage"
extent (n): the distance or area or volume over which something extends
Example: "the vast extent of the desert"
infernal (a): of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
Example: "infernal heat"
infernal (s): extremely evil or cruel
Example: "infernal instruments of war"
Synonyms: diabolic, fiendish, hellish, demonic, satanic
infernal (s): expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
Example: "infernal instruments of war"
Synonyms: diabolic, fiendish, hellish, demonic, satanic
infernal (s): expletives used informally as intensifiers
Example: "an infernal nuisance"
Synonyms: blame, damn, blessed
tiresome (s): so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Example: "the tiresome chirping of a cricket " - Mark Twain"
sedentary (s): requiring sitting or little activity
Example: "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
rough (a): causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
Example: "a rough ride"
Synonyms: jumpy, rocky
rough (s): lacking refinement or finesse
Example: "she was a diamond in the rough"
carousing (v): to engage in boisterous , drunken merrymaking
Example: "They were out carousing last night"
Synonyms: riot, revel, carouse, racket
carousing (s): used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example: "carousing bands of drunken soldiers"
inharmonious (s): lacking in harmony of parts
Example: "an inharmonious ( or incongruous ) mixture of architectural styles"
handiness (n): skillfulness with the hands
Example: "he can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity"
vaporous (s): so thin as to transmit light
Example: "vaporous silks"
impertinent (s): not pertinent to the matter under consideration
Example: "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
impertinent (s): improperly forward or bold
Example: "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"
shyly (r): in a shy or timid or bashful manner
Example: "he smiled shyly"
egregious (s): conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Example: "an egregious lie"
chemistry (n): the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object
Example: "the chemistry of soil"
chemistry (n): the way two individuals relate to each other
Example: "their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other"
libidinous (s): driven by lust
Example: "libidinous orgies"
Synonyms: lewd, lascivious, lustful
libidinous (s): preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Example: "libidinous orgies"
Synonyms: lewd, lascivious, lustful
rotate (v): to exchange on a regular basis
Example: "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
Synonyms: alternate, rotated
superior (a): having an orbit farther from the sun than the earths orbit
Example: "Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
country (n): an area outside of cities and towns
Example: "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"
pliability (n): adaptability of mind or character
Example: "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"
Synonyms: pliancy, suppleness, adaptability
timbered (a): furnished with or made of wood or timbers
Example: "timbered walls"
timbered (s): covered with growing timber
Example: "thickly timbered ridges clothed with loblolly pine and holly"
lesser (s): smaller in size or amount or value
Example: "the lesser powers of Europe"
compassionate (a): showing or having compassion
Example: "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
pressor (a): increasing or tending to increase blood pressure
Example: "pressor reflexes"
strained (s): showing signs of mental and emotional tension
Example: "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
grill (n): a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
Example: "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
Synonyms: framework, grille
sensory (s): of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Example: "sensory neurons"
sensory (a): relating to or concerned in sensation
Example: "the sensory cortex"
summon (v): to ask to come
Example: "summon a lawyer"
Synonyms: summons, call, paging, convoke, beckon, convene, buzz, page
firmly (r): with resolute determination
Example: "we firmly believed it"
Synonyms: firm, steadfastly
foil (n): a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
Example: "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
foil (v): to hinder or prevent the efforts , plans , or desires of
Example: "foil your opponent"
Synonyms: crossing, baffle, foiling, dash, ruin, frustrate, spoil, forbid, forestall, disappointed, baffling, queer, disappoint, preclude, cross, foreclose
intelligent (a): having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
Example: "is there intelligent life in the universe ?"
minister (v): to attend to the wants and needs of others
Example: "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
horizontally (r): in a horizontal direction
Example: "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
kith (n): your friends and acquaintances
Example: "all his kith and kin"
deep (n): the central and most intense or profound part
Example: "in the deep of night"
deep (a): having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center
Example: "a deep well"
deep (r): to a great depth
Example: "dug deep"
Synonyms: deeply
rightfully (r): by right
Example: "baseball rightfully is the nation 's pastime"
oleaginous (s): unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Example: "oleaginous hypocrisy"
oleaginous (s): containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
Example: "oleaginous seeds"
testing (n): an examination of the characteristics of something
Example: "there are laboratories for commercial testing"
redirect (v): to channel into a new direction
Example: "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists"
bruiser (n): a large and strong and heavyset man
Example: "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
Synonyms: man, men, bull, strapper
stress (n): special emphasis attached to something
Example: "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
Synonyms: accent, focus, emphasis
stress (n): difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
Example: "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger " - R.J.Samuelson"
Synonyms: strain, difficulty
coil (n): a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Example: "a coil of rope"
Synonyms: construction, helix, structure, spiral, whorl, hank
periodontal (a): of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
Example: "periodontal disease"
indefinitely (r): to an indefinite extent
Example: "this could go on indefinitely"
indefinitely (r): for an indefinite time
Example: "this could go on indefinitely"
order (n): a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
Example: "it was on the order of a mile"
order (n): established customary state especially of society
Example: "order ruled in the streets"
order (v): to make a request for something
Example: "order a work stoppage"
Synonyms: call, ordering, bespeak, place, request
attractive (a): pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
Example: "a remarkably attractive young man"
dryness (n): objectivity and detachment
Example: "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"
purchase (n): the acquisition of something for payment
Example: "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
purchase (n): a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
Example: "he could get no purchase on the situation"
iceberg (n): lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
Example: "iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"
courageous (a): possessing or displaying courage
Example: "a frank courageous heart ... triumphed over pain " - William Wordsworth"
courageous (a): able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
Example: "a frank courageous heart ... triumphed over pain " - William Wordsworth"
unfeeling (s): devoid of feeling or sensation
Example: "unfeeling trees"
unfeeling (s): devoid of feeling for others
Example: "an unfeeling wretch"
legitimation (n): the act of rendering a person legitimate
Example: "he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"
idiomatic (a): of or relating to or conforming to idiom
Example: "idiomatic English"
sexualize (v): to make sexual , endow with sex , attribute sex to
Example: "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender"
vagrant (s): continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Example: "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
archipelagic (a): relating to or part of an archipelago
Example: "an archipelagic war"
indirect (s): having intervening factors or persons or influences
Example: "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"
indirect (a): not direct in spatial dimension
Example: "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"
indirect (a): not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
Example: "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"
indirect (a): not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
Example: "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"
indirect (a): descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
Example: "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
terrible (s): intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
Example: "a terrible cough"
dogma (n): a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
Example: "he believed all the Marxist dogma"
textual (a): of or relating to or based on a text
Example: "textual analysis"
independence (n): the successful ending of the american revolution
Example: "they maintained close relations with England even after independence"
attempt (n): the act of attacking
Example: "they made an attempt on his life"
Synonyms: assault, offense, attack
folio (n): a book or manuscript consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
Example: "the first folio of Shakespeare 's plays"
epicurean (s): displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Example: "an epicurean banquet"
excision (n): the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
Example: "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
Synonyms: cut, redaction
bias (s): slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
Example: "a bias fold"
percipient (s): characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
Example: "a percipient author"
evade (v): to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling , answering , or performing duties , questions , or issues
Example: "They tend to evade their responsibilities"
Synonyms: skirting, avoid, quibble, dodge, parry, beg
coastal (a): located on or near or bordering on a coast
Example: "coastal marshes"
fulsome (s): unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Example: "gave him a fulsome introduction"
endowment (n): the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
Example: "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"
lidded (a): having or covered with a lid or lids
Example: "milk is left in a large lidded mug"
lidded (a): often used in combination
Example: "milk is left in a large lidded mug"
lidded (s): having a lid
Example: "milk in a heavy lidded mug"
needful (s): necessary for relief or supply
Example: "provided them with all things needful"
spew (v): to eject or send out in large quantities , also metaphorical
Example: "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
eversion (n): the position of being turned outward
Example: "the eversion of the foot"
humanistic (a): of or pertaining to renaissance humanism
Example: "the humanistic revival of learning"
humanistic (a): pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
Example: "humanistic studies"