LM-Lexicon/Wordnet huggingface dataset:
dense (s): permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Example: "dense smoke"
rune (n): any character from an ancient germanic alphabet used in scandinavia from the 3rd century to the middle ages
Example: "each rune had its own magical significance"
act (v): to perform an action , or work out or perform an action
Example: "think before you act"
Synonyms: repay, carry, anticipate, stoop, try, presume, deport, engaged, cope, deign, approach, engage, offering, evade, misbehave, manage, force, solicit, descend, maneuver, romance, behave, court, continued, forestall, foresee, pursue, surprising, grapple, seek, approaching, react, daring, exert, misconduct, counter, take, engaging, descending, rush, repeat, coping, woo, guard, play, surprise, reward, dispatch, offer, attempt, deal, perform, taking, conduct, interact, finishing, create, hurry, going, trying, keep, essay, comport, flirt, interrupt, prosecute, toy, acting, dealing, attack, race, volunteer, perpetrate, finish, reciprocate, begin, sneak, aggress, keeping, antagonize, alternate, acquit, hasten, participate, proceed
act (v): to behave in a certain manner
Example: "You should act like an adult"
Synonyms: make, swelling, freeze, toy, acting, play, swollen, presume, jesting, menace, joke, footless, wanton, bungling, swagger, bungle, swell, act, trifle, bluster, ramp, blustering, sauce, jest, behave
act (v): to show a certain behavior
Example: "You should act like an adult"
Synonyms: make, swelling, freeze, toy, acting, play, swollen, presume, jesting, menace, joke, footless, wanton, bungling, swagger, bungle, swell, act, trifle, bluster, ramp, blustering, sauce, jest, behave
act (v): to conduct or comport oneself
Example: "You should act like an adult"
Synonyms: make, swelling, freeze, toy, acting, play, swollen, presume, jesting, menace, joke, footless, wanton, bungling, swagger, bungle, swell, act, trifle, bluster, ramp, blustering, sauce, jest, behave
act (v): to play a role or part
Example: "She wants to act Lady Macbeth , but she is too young for the role"
Synonyms: impersonate, make, pretend, represent, acting, play, portray, parody, enact
glossy (s): superficially attractive and stylish
Example: "a glossy TV series"
dredge (v): to cover before cooking
Example: "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"
militia (n): the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service
Example: "their troops were untrained militia"
stater (n): a resident of a particular state or group of states
Example: "Keystone stater"
demonstrably (r): in an obvious and provable manner
Example: "his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong"
craftsman (n): a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
Example: "as an actor he was a consummate craftsman"
gravity (n): the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
Example: "the more remote the body the less the gravity"
Synonyms: gravitation, attraction
gravity (n): especially the attraction of the earths mass for bodies near its surface
Example: "the more remote the body the less the gravity"
Synonyms: gravitation, attraction
gush (n): a sudden rapid flow as of water
Example: "there was a little gush of blood"
Synonyms: flowing, flow, flush
defiant (a): boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
Example: "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"
terminable (s): capable of being terminated after a designated time
Example: "terminable employees"
cleavage (n): the state of being split or cleft
Example: "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"
flair (n): a natural talent
Example: "he has a flair for mathematics"
Synonyms: genius, endowment, talent, gift
provable (s): capable of being demonstrated or proved
Example: "practical truth provable to all men " - Walter Bagehot"
Synonyms: demonstrable
audit (n): a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation
Example: "he made an audit of all the plants on his property"
audit (v): to examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
Example: "audit accounts and tax returns"
Synonyms: canvass, analyze, inspect, studied, examine, canvas, study, scrutinize
mathematical (a): of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics
Example: "a mathematical textbook"
mathematical (a): relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers
Example: "a mathematical whiz"
mathematical (s): statistically possible though highly improbable
Example: "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs"
visibility (n): quality or fact or degree of being visible
Example: "low visibility caused by fog"
visibility (n): perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye
Example: "low visibility caused by fog"
visibility (n): degree of exposure to public notice
Example: "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election"
visibility (n): capability of providing a clear unobstructed view
Example: "a windshield with good visibility"
beggarly (s): marked by poverty befitting a beggar
Example: "a beggarly existence in the slums"
insert (v): to put or introduce into something
Example: "insert a picture into the text"
Synonyms: graft, imbed, grafting, transplant, connect, attach, implant, sandwich, instill, planting, planted, plant, enter
insert (v): to fit snugly into
Example: "insert your ticket into the slot"
Synonyms: enclose, tuck
venturesome (s): disposed to venture or take risks
Example: "a venturesome investor"
consequence (n): having important effects or influence
Example: "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"
Synonyms: moment, significance, matter, import
leap (n): an abrupt transition
Example: "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
leap (v): to pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
Example: "leap into fame"
Synonyms: switch, shift, change, jump, leaping
categorize (v): to place into or assign to a category
Example: "Children learn early on to categorize"
moodily (r): in a moody manner
Example: "in the bar , a youngish , sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic"
nil (n): a quantity of no importance
Example: "reduced to nil all the work we had done"
Synonyms: cipher, zero, nihil, nix
blandly (r): in a bland manner
Example: "his blandly incompetent attempts"
profitless (s): without profit or reward
Example: "let us have no part in profitless quarrels " - D.D.Eisenhower"
superfluous (s): more than is needed , desired , or required
Example: "delete superfluous ( or unnecessary ) words"
bumper (n): a glass filled to the brim especially as a toast
Example: "we quaffed a bumper of ale"
regrow (v): to grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption
Example: "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"
ride (v): to sit and travel on the back of animal , usually while controlling its motions
Example: "Did you ever ride a camel ?"
Synonyms: canter, travel, traveled, moving, outride, override, sit, going, prance, gallop
ride (v): to be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
Example: "I ride to work in a bus"
ride (v): to continue undisturbed and without interference
Example: "Let it ride"
hermetically (r): in an airtight manner
Example: "this bag is hermetically sealed"
largeness (n): large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
Example: "the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"
Synonyms: extensiveness, magnitude
largeness (n): the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
Example: "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"
Synonyms: comprehensiveness, intelligence, roominess, breadth
patrimonial (s): inherited or inheritable by established rules usually legal rules of descent
Example: "patrimonial estate"
Synonyms: ancestral, transmissible, hereditary
food (n): any solid substance as opposed to liquid that is used as a source of nourishment
Example: "food and drink"
administration (n): the persons or committees or departments etc. who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
Example: "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"
Synonyms: establishment, management, brass, body, governance, executive, judiciary
accept (v): to consider or hold as true
Example: "I can not accept the dogma of this church"
accept (v): to receive willingly something given or offered
Example: "Please accept my present"
Synonyms: welcome, adopted, adopt, borrow, honor, getting, accept, get, admit, take
accept (v): to give an affirmative reply to
Example: "I can not accept your invitation"
Synonyms: countenance, agree, consent, permit, react, succumb, undertake, yield, let, settle
accept (v): to respond favorably to
Example: "I can not accept your invitation"
Synonyms: countenance, agree, consent, permit, react, succumb, undertake, yield, let, settle
leisurely (s): not hurried or forced
Example: "at a leisurely ( or easygoing ) pace"
leisurely (r): in an unhurried way or at ones convenience
Example: "he traveled leisurely"
radical (s): arising from or going to the root or source
Example: "a radical flaw in the plan"
radical (a): of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
Example: "a radical verb form"
radical (a): especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
Example: "radical leaves"
elaborate (s): marked by complexity and richness of detail
Example: "an elaborate lace pattern"
elaborate (s): developed or executed with care and in minute detail
Example: "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion " - John Buchan"
divestiture (n): an order to an offending party to rid itself of property
Example: "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
divestiture (n): it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
Example: "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
zero (s): indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
Example: "a zero score"
zero (s): having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
Example: "the goal is zero population growth"
diaphragm (n): a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
Example: "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
Synonyms: iris, stop
wrong (n): that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
Example: "he feels that you are in the wrong"
wrong (a): contrary to conscience or morality or law
Example: "it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor"
wrong (a): based on or acting or judging in error
Example: "it is wrong to think that way"
wrong (a): not in conformity with fact or truth
Example: "the report in the paper is wrong"
wrong (s): used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward
Example: "socks worn wrong side out"
wrong (s): not appropriate for a purpose or occasion
Example: "said all the wrong things"
silken (s): having a smooth , gleaming surface reflecting light
Example: "silken eyelashes"
nastiness (n): the quality of being unpleasant
Example: "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound"
waggish (s): witty or joking
Example: "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer " - James Fenimore Cooper"
explosion (n): the act of exploding or bursting
Example: "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"
republican (s): having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government
Example: "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government " - United States Constitution"
windy (s): resembling the wind in speed , force , or variability
Example: "a windy dash home"
windy (s): abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
Example: "a windy bluff"
discourteous (a): showing no courtesy
Example: "a distant and at times discourteous young"
discourteous (a): rude
Example: "a distant and at times discourteous young"
material (n): the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Example: "coal is a hard black material"
Synonyms: conductor, builder, fill, ballast, ammunition, color, corpuscle, particulate, stone, litter, impregnation, rock, wad, wadding, mineral, detritus, paper, filling, abrasive, atom, packing, chemical, fiber, earth, emission, insulator, aggregate, thickening, bedding, ground, particle, substance, mote, contamination, molecule, sorbate, speck, dust, stuff, undercut, dielectric
material (n): information data or ideas or observations that can be used or reworked into a finished form
Example: "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
material (s): concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
Example: "material needs"
material (a): directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
Example: "his support made a material difference"
violent (a): acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
Example: "a violent attack"
violent (s): effected by force or injury rather than natural causes
Example: "a violent death"
violent (s): marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions
Example: "violent passions"
substance (n): the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Example: "DNA is the substance of our genes"
queenly (s): having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
Example: "queenly propriety"
fortnight (n): a period of fourteen consecutive days
Example: "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
burnt (s): ruined by overcooking
Example: "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits"
burnt (s): treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Example: "burnt sienna"
burnt (s): destroyed or badly damaged by fire
Example: "a charred bit of burnt wood"
separable (s): capable of being divided or dissociated
Example: "the siamese twins were not considered separable"
septic (a): containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
Example: "a septic sore throat"
septic (a): of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
Example: "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
wring (n): a twisting squeeze
Example: "gave the wet cloth a wring"
wring (v): to twist , squeeze , or compress in order to extract liquid
Example: "wring the towels"
summarize (v): to give a summary of
Example: "I will now summarize"
Synonyms: abstract, resume, iterate, docket, reiterate, repeat, repeating, recapitulate, retell
incidental (n): an expense not budgeted or not specified
Example: "he requested reimbursement of $ 7 for incidental expenses"
incidental (a): minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
Example: "incidental expenses"
incidental (s): following or accompanying as a consequence
Example: "snags incidental to the changeover in management"
straight (a): having no waves or curls
Example: "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
shortness (n): the property of being of short spatial extent
Example: "the shortness of the Channel crossing"
shortness (n): the condition of being short of something
Example: "there was no shortness of money"
specious (s): plausible but false
Example: "a specious claim"
Synonyms: spurious
causeless (s): having no justifying cause or reason
Example: "a senseless , causeless murder"
instinct (n): inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
Example: "the spawning instinct in salmon"
instinct (s): deeply filled or permeated
Example: "words instinct with love"
stale (a): lacking freshness , palatability , or showing deterioration from age
Example: "stale bread"
numeral (a): of or relating to or denoting numbers
Example: "a numeral adjective"
curvature (n): a curving or bending
Example: "curvature of the spine"
pun (n): a humorous play on words
Example: "I do it for the pun of it"
Synonyms: sport, wordplay, play, fun
burg (n): colloquial american term for a town
Example: "I 've lived in this burg all my life"
considerate (a): showing concern for the rights and feelings of others
Example: "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"
wrangle (v): to to quarrel noisily , angrily or disruptively
Example: "The bar keeper threw them out , but they continued to wrangle on down the street"
Synonyms: brawl, quarrel, dispute
faithful (a): steadfast in affection or allegiance
Example: "years of faithful service"
faithful (a): not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife , or your boyfriend or girlfriend
Example: "he remained faithful to his wife"
faithful (s): marked by fidelity to an original
Example: "a faithful copy of the portrait"
lusterless (s): lacking brilliance or vitality
Example: "a lusterless performance"
fairly (r): without favoring one party , in a fair evenhanded manner
Example: "deal fairly with one another"
fairly (r): in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
Example: "they played fairly"
fairly (r): to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
Example: "he is fairly clever with computers"
health (n): a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
Example: "physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
relinquish (v): to do without or cease to hold or adhere to
Example: "relinquish the old ideas"
Synonyms: forego, forgo, kick, waive
convivial (s): occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
Example: "a convivial atmosphere at the reunion"
collectible (s): subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
Example: "a collectible bill"
Synonyms: payable
clarification (n): an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
Example: "the professor 's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
Synonyms: interpretation, illumination
luminosity (n): the quality of being luminous
Example: "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
Synonyms: brightness, glow, illumination
luminosity (n): emitting or reflecting light
Example: "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
Synonyms: brightness, glow, illumination
efficacy (n): capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Example: "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
autonomous (s): existing as an independent entity
Example: "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"
purge (n): an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place
Example: "he died in a purge by Stalin"
propensity (n): a disposition to behave in a certain way
Example: "the propensity of disease to spread"
Synonyms: aptness, disposition
clastic (s): capable of being taken apart
Example: "the professor had a clastic model of the human brain"
pathetic (s): inspiring mixed contempt and pity
Example: "their efforts were pathetic"
delusory (s): causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
Example: "a delusory pleasure"
reliance (n): certainty based on past experience
Example: "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"
fatigue (n): temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
Example: "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"
Synonyms: exhaustion, tiredness, weariness
fatigue (n): used of materials especially metals in a weakened state caused by long stress
Example: "metal fatigue"
fatigue (n): boredom resulting from overexposure to something
Example: "he was suffering from museum fatigue"
quantify (v): to express as a number or measure or quantity
Example: "Can you quantify your results ?"
Synonyms: step, plumb, carry, weigh, measure, fathom, meter, express, scale, gauge, time, clock, convey, plumbing, measuring, measured, titrate
know (v): to be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information
Example: "I know that the President lied to the people"
Synonyms: recognize, cognize, known, knowing
know (v): to possess knowledge or information about
Example: "I know that the President lied to the people"
Synonyms: recognize, cognize, known, knowing
know (v): to be aware of the truth of something
Example: "I know that I left the key on the table"
Synonyms: anticipate, known, knowing, foresee
know (v): to have a belief or faith in something
Example: "I know that I left the key on the table"
Synonyms: anticipate, known, knowing, foresee
know (v): to regard as true beyond any doubt
Example: "I know that I left the key on the table"
Synonyms: anticipate, known, knowing, foresee
overwhelming (s): so strong as to be irresistible
Example: "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"
sparkle (n): merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
Example: "he had a sparkle in his eye"
Synonyms: face, spark, look, twinkle, verve, vitality
simple (s): apart from anything else
Example: "the simple passage of time was enough"
Synonyms: bare, mere
simple (s): without additions or modifications
Example: "the simple passage of time was enough"
Synonyms: bare, mere
reticulate (a): resembling or forming a network
Example: "the reticulate veins of a leaf"
habitual (s): commonly used or practiced
Example: "his habitual comment"
Synonyms: wonted, accustomed
habitual (s): usual
Example: "his habitual comment"
Synonyms: wonted, accustomed
perspicuous (s): transparently clear
Example: "a perspicuous argument"
Synonyms: limpid, pellucid, lucid
perspicuous (s): easily understandable
Example: "a perspicuous argument"
Synonyms: limpid, pellucid, lucid
modifiable (a): capable of being modified in form or character or strength especially by making less extreme
Example: "the rhythm of physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain fundamental processes " - Alexis Carrel"
occult (n): supernatural practices and techniques
Example: "he is a student of the occult"
occult (s): having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
Example: "occult lore"
oratorical (s): characteristic of an orator or oratory
Example: "oratorical prose"
foamy (s): emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
Example: "foamy ( or frothy ) beer"
labyrinthine (a): relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
Example: "labyrinthine deafness"
labyrinthine (s): resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
Example: "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
obliging (s): showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Example: "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
indulgently (r): in an indulgent manner
Example: "I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised"
drudge (v): to work hard
Example: "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Synonyms: labored, grind, grinding, laboring, digging, travail, wrought, fag, moil
quixotic (s): not sensible about practical matters
Example: "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"
quixotic (s): idealistic and unrealistic
Example: "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"
stoppage (n): the act of stopping something
Example: "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"
Synonyms: act, stop, deed
insufferable (s): used of persons or their behavior
Example: "insufferable insolence"
refutation (n): the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
Example: "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"
Synonyms: defense, rebuttal, answer
unseat (v): to remove from political office
Example: "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"
circumferential (s): lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
Example: "circumferential highways around cities"
mismanagement (n): management that is careless or inefficient
Example: "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"
Synonyms: management, misdirection
plume (n): anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
Example: "a plume of smoke"
session (n): a meeting for execution of a groups functions
Example: "it was the opening session of the legislature"
baby (n): a very young child birth to 1 year who has not yet begun to walk or talk
Example: "the baby began to cry again"
Synonyms: suckling, cherub, kid, godchild, newborn, babe, infant, papoose
baby (n): the youngest member of a group not necessarily young
Example: "the baby of the family"
baby (n): an unborn child
Example: "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"
baby (n): a human fetus
Example: "I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby"
pushing (n): the act of applying force in order to move something away
Example: "the pushing is good exercise"
Synonyms: propulsion, shove, nudge, actuation, boost, jog, press, pressure, push, pressing
pushing (v): to make publicity for
Example: "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"
Synonyms: agitate, plug, press, fight, advertise, push
pushing (v): to try to sell a product
Example: "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"
Synonyms: agitate, plug, press, fight, advertise, push
blandness (n): the trait of exhibiting no personal embarrassment or concern
Example: "the blandness of his confession enraged the judge"
augmentative (s): increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
Example: "` up ' is an augmentative word in ` hurry up '"
affix (v): to attach or become attached to a stem word
Example: "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"
smoothness (n): a texture without roughness
Example: "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"
smoothness (n): smooth to the touch
Example: "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"
smoothness (n): the quality of having a level and even surface
Example: "the water was a glassy smoothness"
smoothness (n): the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
Example: "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
sporadically (r): in a sporadic manner
Example: "he only works sporadically"
shakedown (n): initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state
Example: "the new industry 's economic shakedown"
shakedown (n): a very thorough search of a person or a place
Example: "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
shakedown (a): intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
Example: "a shakedown cruise"
sum (n): a quantity of money
Example: "he borrowed a large sum"
Synonyms: revenue, loss, gain, contribution, advance, amount, defalcation, red, gross, figure
sum (n): the final aggregate
Example: "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
Synonyms: congeries, summation, aggregate, conglomeration, assemblage
attainment (n): the act of achieving an aim
Example: "the attainment of independence"
attainment (n): arrival at a new stage
Example: "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"
smell (n): the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
Example: "she loved the smell of roses"
logarithmically (r): in a logarithmic manner
Example: "data plotted logarithmically with respect to time is shown in Figure 2"
literary (s): appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
Example: "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"
bacchanalian (s): used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Example: "a night of bacchanalian revelry"
cavalryman (n): a soldier mounted on horseback
Example: "a cavalryman always takes good care of his mount"
causative (a): producing an effect
Example: "poverty as a causative factor in crime"
iconography (n): the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
Example: "religious iconography"
tame (v): to adapt a wild plant or unclaimed land to the environment
Example: "tame the soil"
Synonyms: adapt, accommodate, cultivate, domesticate, naturalize
tame (a): brought from wildness into a domesticated state
Example: "tame animals"
pied (s): having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Example: "pied daisies"
Synonyms: painted, piebald, motley
attendance (n): the frequency with which a person is present
Example: "a student 's attendance is an important factor in her grade"
attendance (n): the number of people that are present
Example: "attendance was up by 50 per cent"
brash (s): offensively bold
Example: "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"
equivocal (a): open to two or more interpretations
Example: "an equivocal statement"
equivocal (a): or of uncertain nature or significance
Example: "an equivocal statement"
equivocal (a): or often intended to mislead
Example: "an equivocal statement"
equivocal (s): open to question
Example: "aliens of equivocal loyalty"
equivocal (s): uncertain as a sign or indication
Example: "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
spongy (s): resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility
Example: "spongy bread"
infinite (n): the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
Example: "the boundless regions of the infinite"
Synonyms: attribute, space
infinite (a): having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
Example: "the infinite ingenuity of man"
infinite (a): having neither person nor number nor mood as a participle or gerund or infinitive
Example: "infinite verb form"
tiptoe (s): walking on the tips of oness toes so as to make no noise
Example: "moving with tiptoe steps"
livelong (s): constituting the full extent or duration
Example: "all the livelong day"
hatchery (n): a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions especially fish eggs
Example: "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery"
transversely (r): in a transverse manner
Example: "they were cut transversely"
store (n): a supply of something available for future use
Example: "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Synonyms: provision, stock, base, fund, issue
store (v): to keep or lay aside for future use
Example: "store grain for the winter"
store (v): to find a place for and put away for storage
Example: "I could n't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
murky (s): clouded as with sediment
Example: "murky waters"
Synonyms: turbid, muddy, cloudy
tyrant (n): any person who exercises power in a cruel way
Example: "his father was a tyrant"
accident (n): anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Example: "winning the lottery was a happy accident"
Synonyms: break, hap, coincidence, fortuity, lottery, stroke
syndrome (n): a complex of concurrent things
Example: "every word has a syndrome of meanings"
intermittent (s): stopping and starting at irregular intervals
Example: "intermittent rain showers"
noisy (a): full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
Example: "a noisy cafeteria"
noisy (s): attracting attention by showiness or bright colors
Example: "a noisy sweater"
resurrection (n): a revival from inactivity and disuse
Example: "it produced a resurrection of hope"
apart (s): remote and separate physically or socially
Example: "existed over the centuries as a world apart"
apart (r): separated or at a distance in place or position or time
Example: "These towns are many miles apart"
norm (n): a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
Example: "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"
norm (n): a statistic describing the location of a distribution
Example: "it set the norm for American homes"
cumbersome (s): difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Example: "a cumbersome piece of machinery"
cumbersome (s): not elegant or graceful in expression
Example: "his cumbersome writing style"
twilight (n): the time of day immediately following sunset
Example: "he loved the twilight"
twilight (n): a condition of decline following successes
Example: "in the twilight of the empire"
street (n): the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks
Example: "be careful crossing the street"
street (n): the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
Example: "be careful crossing the street"
failure (n): an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
Example: "the surprise party was a complete failure"
failure (n): lack of success
Example: "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"
resistance (n): the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Example: "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"
Synonyms: lockout, action, opposition
resistance (n): the military action of resisting the enemys advance
Example: "the enemy offered little resistance"
impolitic (a): not politic
Example: "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"
refiner (n): one whose work is to refine a specific thing
Example: "he was a sugar refiner"
shock (n): the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
Example: "the armies met in the shock of battle"
Synonyms: fighting, fight, combat, impact
shock (n): bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells
Example: "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"
shock (n): characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
Example: "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"
shock (n): an instance of agitation of the earths crust
Example: "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch"
spicy (s): suggestive of sexual impropriety
Example: "spicy gossip"
thought (n): the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
Example: "19th century thought"
thought (n): the content of cognition
Example: "the thought never entered my mind"
Synonyms: misconception, motif, whimsy, program, idealization, suggestion, feeling, theorem, belief, figment, conception, ideal, concept, inspiration, keynote, theme, generality, preoccupation, whim, impression, substance, plan, cogitation, burden, idea, opinion, meaning
thought (n): the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
Example: "she paused for thought"
Synonyms: explanation, construction, consideration, mysticism, ideation, provision, cerebration, thinking, preparation, intellection
thought (v): to expect , believe , or suppose
Example: "I thought to find her in a bad state"
Synonyms: opine, suppose, guess, suspect, reckon, anticipate, expect
stalling (v): to deliberately delay an event or action
Example: "she does n't want to write the report , so she is stalling"
purchasable (s): capable of being corrupted
Example: "a purchasable senator"
unconscionable (s): greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Example: "unconscionable spending"
Synonyms: usurious, exorbitant, steeper, steep, outrageous
shop (n): a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
Example: "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
Synonyms: store, haberdashery, bakehouse, booth, canteen, florist, millinery, confectionery, salon, bookstore, pharmacy, outlet, bookshop, confectionary, perfumery, bakery, outfitter
shop (n): a course of instruction in a trade as carpentry or electricity
Example: "I built a birdhouse in shop"
parallel (a): being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
Example: "parallel lines never converge"
parallel (s): of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
Example: "parallel processing"
adjust (v): to adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Example: "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
Synonyms: readjust, adapt, square, assimilate, change, conform, acclimate, focus, acclimatize
meaning (n): the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Example: "what is the meaning of this sentence"
Synonyms: significance, subtlety, connotation, moral, sense, nuance, symbolization, signification, point, intension, shade, import, lesson, gist, nicety, substance, essence, refinement, burden
meaning (n): the idea that is intended
Example: "What is the meaning of this proverb ?"
Synonyms: implication, thought, tenor, significance, strain, connotation, import, undercurrent, extension, idea, reference, substance
meaning (s): rich in significance or implication
Example: "a meaning look"
Synonyms: pregnant, significant
civic (a): of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
Example: "civic duties"
ossified (v): to become bony
Example: "The tissue ossified"
Synonyms: turn, ossify
ossified (v): to make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
Example: "ossified teaching methods"
ossified (v): to cause to become hard and bony
Example: "The disease ossified the tissue"
Synonyms: modify, change, alter, ossify
ossified (s): set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior , habits , or beliefs
Example: "an ossified bureaucratic system"
feeble (s): pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
Example: "a feeble excuse"
hoary (s): showing characteristics of age , especially having grey or white hair
Example: "nodded his hoary head"
intelligence (n): secret information about an enemy or potential enemy
Example: "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"
hourly (s): occurring every hour or payable by the hour
Example: "hourly chimes"
requisition (n): an official form on which a request in made
Example: "first you have to fill out the requisition"
moment (n): a particular point in time
Example: "the moment he arrived the party began"
Synonyms: time, culmination, point, minute
moment (n): an indefinitely short time
Example: "wait just a moment"
Synonyms: jiffy, bit, twinkling, time, minute, flash, wink, trice
imperial (s): belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
Example: "golden age of imperial splendor"
Synonyms: regal, royal
splurge (n): any act of immoderate indulgence
Example: "a splurge of spending"
Synonyms: indulgence, orgy
partnership (n): a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
Example: "effective language learning is a partnership between school , teacher and student"
pronunciation (n): the manner in which someone utters a word
Example: "they are always correcting my pronunciation"
pronunciation (n): the way a word or a language is customarily spoken
Example: "the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"
assimilative (s): capable of mentally absorbing
Example: "assimilative processes " , " assimilative capacity of the human mind"
assimilative (s): capable of taking gas , light , or liquids into a solution
Example: "an assimilative substance"
pictorial (s): evoking lifelike images within the mind
Example: "pictorial poetry and prose"
redemptive (a): of or relating to or resulting in redemption
Example: "a redemptive theory about life " - E.K.Brown"
redemptive (s): bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
Example: "redemptive ( or redeeming ) love"
fruit (n): the consequence of some effort or action
Example: "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
nagging (v): to worry persistently
Example: "nagging concerns and doubts"
Synonyms: worry, nag
nagging (s): continually complaining or faultfinding
Example: "nagging parents"
hub (n): a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation
Example: "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"
hub (n): a focal point around which events revolve
Example: "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"
insatiable (a): impossible to satisfy
Example: "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"
yardstick (n): a measure or standard used for comparison
Example: "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment ?"
honeymoon (v): to spend a holiday after ones marriage
Example: "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i"
gaunt (s): very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Example: "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
Synonyms: haggard, skeletal, bony
program (n): a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
Example: "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"
program (n): an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
Example: "you ca n't tell the players without a program"
program (n): a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
Example: "the program required several hundred lines of code"
tender (a): given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Example: "a tender heart"
tender (s): hurting
Example: "the tender spot on his jaw"
Synonyms: raw, sensitive
pointed (v): to indicate a place , direction , person , or thing
Example: "He pointed to the empty parking space"
Synonyms: point, finger, designate, inform, reflect, show, indicate
pointed (v): to either spatially or figuratively
Example: "He pointed to the empty parking space"
Synonyms: point, finger, designate, inform, reflect, show, indicate
pointed (v): to be oriented
Example: "the dancers toes pointed outward"
Synonyms: orient, point, lie
going (n): advancing toward a goal
Example: "persuading him was easy going"
Synonyms: sledding, accomplishment
channel (n): a path over which electrical signals can pass
Example: "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
channel (n): a deep and relatively narrow body of water as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies that allows the best passage for vessels
Example: "the ship went aground in the channel"
vulgar (s): lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Example: "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"
Synonyms: uncouth, common
vulgar (s): of or associated with the great masses of people
Example: "a vulgar and objectionable person"
vulgar (s): being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Example: "the vulgar tongue of the masses"
Synonyms: commoner, common
tagger (n): someone who appends or joins one thing to another
Example: "a theory that was simply added on by some anonymous tagger"
existence (n): the state or fact of existing
Example: "laws in existence for centuries"
Synonyms: being, living, possibility, actuality, subsistence, presence, eternity, animation
existence (n): everything that exists anywhere
Example: "the biggest tree in existence"
Synonyms: nature, world, universe, macrocosm, creation, cosmos
macaroni (n): a british dandy in the 18th century who affected continental mannerisms
Example: "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"
consequent (s): following or accompanying as a consequence
Example: "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"
thorough (s): painstakingly careful and accurate
Example: "our accountant is thorough"
thorough (s): performed comprehensively and completely
Example: "made a thorough search"
sure (a): having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty
Example: "was sure ( or certain ) she had seen it"
sure (a): confident and assured
Example: "was sure ( or certain ) she had seen it"
sure (s): worthy of trust or confidence
Example: "a sure ( or trusted ) friend"
sure (s): infallible or unfailing
Example: "a sure ( or true ) sign of one 's commitment"
scrotal (a): relating to or having or lying within a scrotum
Example: "scrotal mammals"
extensiveness (n): large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
Example: "the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"
Synonyms: largeness, magnitude
ticklish (s): difficult to handle
Example: "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
Synonyms: touchy, delicate
ticklish (s): requiring great tact
Example: "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
Synonyms: touchy, delicate
solicit (v): to make a solicitation or petition for something desired
Example: "She is too shy to solicit"
rendition (n): a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. .
Example: "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert"
Synonyms: performance, rendering
rendition (n): the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
Example: "her rendition of Milton 's verse was extraordinarily moving"
Synonyms: performance, spin, interpretation, rendering
plot (n): a secret scheme to do something especially something underhand or illegal
Example: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"
Synonyms: cabal, strategy, game, conspiracy, machination, intrigue
plot (n): a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
Example: "a bean plot"
Synonyms: tract, garden, patch
plot (n): the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. .
Example: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
scandalously (r): in a scandalous manner
Example: "you behaved scandalously when you walked out of that meeting !"
traitorous (s): having the character of , or characteristic of , a traitor
Example: "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
compel (v): to force somebody to do something
Example: "We compel all students to fill out this form"
Synonyms: implement, imposing, make, force, oblige, impose, shame, coerce, hale, walk, thrust, get, condemn, stimulate, clamor, pressure, induce, obliging
edit (v): to cut and assemble the components of
Example: "edit film"
Synonyms: modify, cut, change, alter
nourishment (n): the act of nourishing
Example: "her nourishment of the orphans saved many lives"
magisterial (a): of or relating to a magistrate
Example: "official magisterial functions"
magisterial (s): offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example: "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"
magisterial (s): used of a persons appearance or behavior
Example: "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
magisterial (s): befitting an eminent person
Example: "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
uncut (a): not shaped by cutting or trimming
Example: "an uncut diamond"
uncut (a): having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge
Example: "a book with its leaves still uncut"
topless (s): having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
Example: "topless waitresses"
unitary (a): relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity
Example: "the unitary principles of nationalism"
unitary (a): of or pertaining to or involving the use of units
Example: "a unitary method was applied"
unitary (a): characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority
Example: "a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government"
unitary (s): having the indivisible character of a unit
Example: "a unitary action"
veneration (n): a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
Example: "his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
Synonyms: fear, reverence, emotion, awe
promissory (a): relating to or having the character of a promise
Example: "promissory note"
faithless (s): having the character of , or characteristic of , a traitor
Example: "the faithless Benedict Arnold"
soluble (a): susceptible of solution or of being solved or explained
Example: "the puzzle is soluble"
larval (s): especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
Example: "larval societies"
larval (a): relating to or typical of a larva
Example: "the larval eye"
partly (r): in part
Example: "I felt partly to blame"
Synonyms: partially
partly (r): in some degree
Example: "I felt partly to blame"
Synonyms: partially
partly (r): not wholly
Example: "I felt partly to blame"
Synonyms: partially
network (n): an interconnected system of things or people
Example: "he owned a network of shops"
network (v): to communicate with and within a group
Example: "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
uncover (v): to remove all or part of ones clothes to show ones body
Example: "uncover your belly"
Synonyms: unmask, expose, unclothed, unveil, undo, bare, unwrap
submissive (a): inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
Example: "submissive servants"
submissive (s): characteristic of a slave or servant
Example: "she has become submissive and subservient"
inclusion (n): the relation of comprising something
Example: "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"
Synonyms: involvement, comprehension
unequaled (s): radically distinctive and without equal
Example: "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"
pure (a): free of extraneous elements of any kind
Example: "pure air and water"
pure (a): having no faults
Example: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby " - Sylvia Plath"
pure (a): sinless
Example: "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby " - Sylvia Plath"
pure (s): in a state of sexual virginity
Example: "pure and vestal modesty"
Synonyms: vestal, virtuous, virgin, virginal
peripheral (a): on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
Example: "Russia 's peripheral provinces"
peripheral (s): related to the key issue but not of central importance
Example: "a peripheral interest"
migrate (v): to move periodically or seasonally
Example: "birds migrate in the Winter"