LM-Lexicon/Wordnet huggingface dataset:
percolation (n): the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
Example: "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"
perennial (a): lasting three seasons or more
Example: "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant"
perennial (s): recurring again and again
Example: "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements"
imposing (s): impressive in appearance
Example: "an imposing residence"
Synonyms: stately, baronial, noble
imposing (s): used of a persons appearance or behavior
Example: "the monarch 's imposing presence"
imposing (s): befitting an eminent person
Example: "the monarch 's imposing presence"
painstaking (s): characterized by extreme care and great effort
Example: "painstaking research"
hardship (n): something that causes or entails suffering
Example: "I can not think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women " - James Boswell"
hardship (n): a state of misfortune or affliction
Example: "a life of hardship"
estimate (n): an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
Example: "an estimate of what it would cost"
Synonyms: reckoning, guesswork, credit, approximation, guess, estimation, idea, shot, underestimate, calculation, computation
estimate (n): a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
Example: "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"
Synonyms: assessment, appraisal, judgment, estimation
estimate (n): a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
Example: "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"
river (n): a large natural stream of water larger than a creek
Example: "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
hibernation (n): the act of retiring into inactivity
Example: "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
looking (n): the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
Example: "he gave it a good looking at"
Synonyms: perception, observance, view, observation, look, peek, glance, survey, scrutiny, glimpse, stare, sight, squint, lookout, peep
condition (n): a state at a particular time
Example: "a condition ( or state ) of disrepair"
Synonyms: laxness, exoneration, muteness, participation, serration, polarization, submission, purity, irradiation, guiltiness, disorderliness, guilt, curvature, demand, illumination, silence, dryness, malady, pureness, fruition, decline, celibacy, innocence, order, safety, impaction, anchorage, discomfort, despair, nudity, nakedness, identification, place, situation, mummification, brutalization, lubrication, ascendency, soundness, immunity, danger, fullness, disorder, tilth, subservience, wetness, diversification, status, resistance, improvement, atmosphere, niche, iniquity, involvement, facilitation, circumstance, impropriety, health, depilation, mode, preservation, virginity, laxity, difficulty, desperation, condemnation, frizz, dominance, protuberance, reinstatement, darkness, deification, astigmatism, mood, climate, control, encapsulation, susceptibility, way
condition (n): a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
Example: "the human condition"
condition (v): to apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
Example: "I condition my hair after washing it"
financially (r): from a financial point of view
Example: "this was financially unattractive"
stagger (v): to to arrange in a systematic order
Example: "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
Synonyms: distribute, arrange
psychoanalysis (n): a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders
Example: "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
psychoanalysis (n): based on the theories of sigmund freud
Example: "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
spartan (s): resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
Example: "spartan courage"
fiducial (a): used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
Example: "a fiducial point"
fiducial (a): relating to or of the nature of a legal trust i.e. the holding of something in trust for another
Example: "fiducial power"
hyperbolic (s): enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
Example: "a hyperbolic style"
hyperbolic (a): of or relating to a hyperbola
Example: "hyperbolic functions"
extrude (v): to form or shape by forcing through an opening
Example: "extrude steel"
worldliness (n): concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs
Example: "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him"
homing (s): orienting or directing homeward or to a destination
Example: "the homing instinct"
formless (s): having no definite form or distinct shape
Example: "an aggregate of formless particles"
durability (n): permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
Example: "they advertised the durability of their products"
Synonyms: strength, persistence, permanence, continuity
twofold (s): having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
Example: "the office of a clergyman is twofold"
twofold (s): public preaching and private influence - r.w.emerson
Example: "the office of a clergyman is twofold"
twofold (s): twice as great or many
Example: "a twofold increase"
twofold (r): by a factor of two
Example: "the price increased twofold last year"
emotional (a): determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
Example: "it was an emotional judgment"
emotional (s): excessively affected by emotion
Example: "he would become emotional over nothing at all"
verge (n): the limit beyond which something happens or changes
Example: "on the verge of tears"
Synonyms: bound, limit, brink, boundary
probable (a): likely but not certain to be or become true or real
Example: "he foresaw a probable loss"
probable (s): apparently destined
Example: "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"
proper (a): marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
Example: "proper medical treatment"
proper (s): having all the qualities typical of the thing specified
Example: "wanted a proper dinner"
proper (s): appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a persons character , needs
Example: "everything in its proper place"
caste (n): social status or position conferred by a system based on class
Example: "lose caste by doing work beneath one 's station"
bland (s): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: "a bland diet"
Synonyms: vapid, flat
study (n): applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject especially by reading
Example: "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
study (n): a state of deep mental absorption
Example: "she is in a deep study"
reception (n): the manner in which something is greeted
Example: "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
fleshly (s): marked by the appetites and passions of the body
Example: "fleshly desire"
barbarous (s): able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Example: "a barbarous crime"
contemplate (v): to look at thoughtfully
Example: "contemplate one 's navel"
contemplate (v): to observe deep in thought
Example: "contemplate one 's navel"
dendritic (a): of or relating to or resembling a dendrite
Example: "dendritic fiber"
decipher (v): to read with difficulty
Example: "Can you decipher this letter ?"
Synonyms: read, trace
item (n): a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
Example: "he noticed an item in the New York Times"
Synonyms: point, incidental, component, place, portion, constituent
item (r): also
Example: "a length of chain , item a hook " - Philip Guedalla"
fundus (n): the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
Example: "the uterine fundus"
proportionate (a): being in due proportion
Example: "proportionate representation of a minority group"
fragmented (v): to break or cause to break into pieces
Example: "The plate fragmented"
ruffle (v): to trouble or vex
Example: "ruffle somebody 's composure"
ruffle (v): to discompose
Example: "This play is going to ruffle some people"
neighbor (n): a nearby object of the same kind
Example: "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"
laborious (s): characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Example: "spent many laborious hours on the project"
Synonyms: arduous, heavy, toilsome
laborious (s): especially physical effort
Example: "spent many laborious hours on the project"
Synonyms: arduous, heavy, toilsome
mistake (n): a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Example: "he made a bad mistake"
Synonyms: stain, incursion, fault, omission, renege, oversight, smear, slip, imbecility, revoke, bungle, botch, skip, spot, blunder, confusion, lapse, folly, distortion, blot, foolishness
mistake (n): an understanding of something that is not correct
Example: "he was n't going to admit his mistake"
Synonyms: misapprehension, misconception
mistake (v): to identify incorrectly
Example: "Do n't mistake her for her twin sister"
Synonyms: identify, confuse, mistaken, confounded, confound
contagious (s): easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
Example: "a contagious grin"
flap (n): any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge
Example: "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
flap (n): hangs loose or projects freely
Example: "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
peculiar (s): markedly different from the usual
Example: "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"
peculiar (s): characteristic of one only
Example: "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S. " - R.B.Taney"
peculiar (s): distinctive or special
Example: "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S. " - R.B.Taney"
peculiar (s): beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Example: "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
brusque (s): marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Example: "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"
fraternal (a): of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
Example: "a fraternal order"
fraternal (a): derived from two separate fertilized ova
Example: "fraternal twins are biovular"
fraternal (a): like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
Example: "close fraternal ties"
reflex (s): without volition or conscious control
Example: "a reflex knee jerk"
eponym (n): the person for whom something is named
Example: "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople"
eponym (n): the name derived from a person real or imaginary
Example: "Down 's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down"
providential (s): peculiarly fortunate or appropriate
Example: "a providential recovery"
providential (a): relating to or characteristic of providence
Example: "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan " - M.R.Cohen"
indicative (a): relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
Example: "indicative mood"
indicative (s): pointing out or revealing clearly
Example: "actions indicative of fear"
Synonyms: suggestive, significative
acrimonious (s): marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Example: "an acrimonious dispute"
refreshment (n): activity that refreshes and recreates
Example: "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"
refreshment (n): activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation
Example: "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"
divergent (s): diverging from another or from a standard
Example: "a divergent opinion"
periodic (a): happening or recurring at regular intervals
Example: "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
periodic (s): recurring or reappearing from time to time
Example: "periodic feelings of anxiety"
pacification (n): the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined
Example: "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"
colonization (n): the act of colonizing
Example: "the British colonization of America"
Synonyms: establishment, population, settlement, formation, constitution
colonization (n): the establishment of colonies
Example: "the British colonization of America"
Synonyms: establishment, population, settlement, formation, constitution
pitcher (n): the person who does the pitching
Example: "our pitcher has a sore arm"
Synonyms: thrower, reliever, hurler, fireman
ionic (a): containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
Example: "ionic charge"
sentence (n): the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
Example: "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"
Synonyms: time, term
plenty (n): a full supply
Example: "there was plenty of food for everyone"
Synonyms: plenitude, abundance
plenty (n): a large number or amount or extent
Example: "it must have cost plenty"
Synonyms: mint, haymow, lot, deal, wad, batch, heap, mass, spate, mess, pile, raft, sight, flood, mountain
hardheaded (s): guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
Example: "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"
starless (a): having no stars or starlike objects
Example: "dark starless nights"
drunken (s): given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
Example: "a drunken binge"
bend (n): a circular segment of a curve
Example: "a bend in the road"
Synonyms: bight, turn, twist
bend (v): to form a curve
Example: "The stick does not bend"
Synonyms: cower, angled, grovel, bent, curling, stoop, arch, slant, arching, arched, bend, groveling, slanting, deform, angle, arc, tip, bow, doubling, creep, tilt, curl, fawn, crawl, leaning, angling, cringe
bend (v): to cause a plastic object to assume a crooked or angular form
Example: "bend the rod"
Synonyms: deform, dented, gnarl, twisted, crank, twist, dent, bent, turn, deformed, convoluted, gnarled
coagulated (v): to change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
Example: "coagulated blood"
Synonyms: clot, turn, coagulate
coagulated (s): transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass
Example: "coagulated blood"
payable (s): subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
Example: "a note payable on demand"
room (n): space for movement
Example: "room to pass"
Synonyms: clearance, way, seating, headway
strip (n): a relatively long narrow piece of something
Example: "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
strip (v): to remove the surface from
Example: "strip wood"
Synonyms: skin, tear, pluck, remove, paring, stripping, bark, take, removed
attribution (n): assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
Example: "the attribution of language to birds"
Synonyms: classification, ascription
attribution (n): assigning to a cause or source
Example: "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God 's wrath"
Synonyms: classification, ascription
ornateness (n): high-flown style
Example: "an excessive ornateness of language"
Synonyms: fustian, bombast, grandiloquence, grandiosity, flourish, claptrap
ornateness (n): excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Example: "an excessive ornateness of language"
Synonyms: fustian, bombast, grandiloquence, grandiosity, flourish, claptrap
adequately (r): in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree
Example: "he was adequately prepared"
facile (s): arrived at without due care or effort
Example: "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
facile (s): lacking depth
Example: "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
facile (s): performing adroitly and without effort
Example: "a facile hand"
facile (s): expressing yourself readily , clearly , effectively
Example: "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"
conceit (n): a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
Example: "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
conceit (n): an artistic device or effect
Example: "the architect 's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
gutter (n): misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
Example: "his career was in the gutter"
Synonyms: sewer, misfortune, toilet
gutter (v): to burn unsteadily , feebly , or low
Example: "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
gutter (v): to flicker
Example: "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
clammy (s): unpleasantly cool and humid
Example: "a clammy handshake"
facet (n): a distinct feature or element in a problem
Example: "he studied every facet of the question"
lavishly (r): in a rich and lavish manner
Example: "lavishly decorated"
nakedness (n): a bleak and desolate atmosphere
Example: "the nakedness of the landscape"
Synonyms: glumness, desolation, bareness, gloominess
augury (n): an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Example: "he hoped it was an augury"
Synonyms: omen, presage, sign, portent, prognostic, prodigy
emphasis (n): special importance or significance
Example: "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
Synonyms: accent, stress, focus, grandness, importance
emphasis (n): intensity or forcefulness of expression
Example: "his emphasis on civil rights"
Synonyms: vehemence, intensiveness
fecal (a): of or relating to feces
Example: "fecal matter"
mince (n): food chopped into small bits
Example: "a mince of mushrooms"
toleration (n): a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
Example: "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
Synonyms: acceptance, tolerance, sufferance
quadruple (s): having four units or components
Example: "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"
Synonyms: fourfold, quadruplex
distortion (n): a change usually undesired in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal
Example: "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
distortion (n): the difference between two measurements of a signal as between the input and output signal
Example: "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
attendant (s): following or accompanying as a consequence
Example: "an excessive growth of bureaucracy , with attendant problems"
sustained (v): to lengthen or extend in duration or space
Example: "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"
Synonyms: prolong, keep, preserve, retain, sustain
sustained (v): to provide with nourishment
Example: "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"
Synonyms: supply, carry, provide, nourish, cater, ply, nurture, sustain
cochlear (a): of or relating to the cochlea of the ear
Example: "cochlear implant"
borrow (v): to get temporarily
Example: "May I borrow your lawn mower ?"
contradictory (s): of words or propositions so related that both can not be true and both can not be false
Example: "` perfect ' and ` imperfect ' are contradictory terms"
toy (n): a nonfunctional replica of something else frequently used as a modifier
Example: "a toy stove"
toy (n): a device regarded as providing amusement
Example: "private airplanes are a rich man 's toy"
toy (v): to engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
Example: "toy with an idea"
Synonyms: act, behave, acting, play
flatness (n): a want of animation or brilliance
Example: "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway 's style"
flatness (n): a deficiency in flavor
Example: "it needed lemon juice to sharpen the flatness of the dried lentils"
physics (n): the science of matter and energy and their interactions
Example: "his favorite subject was physics"
physics (n): the physical properties , phenomena , and laws of something
Example: "he studied the physics of radiation"
passionless (s): unmoved by feeling
Example: "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine " - Margaret Deland"
camp (n): temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Example: "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
Synonyms: bivouac, lager, laager, cantonment, encampment
camp (n): temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
Example: "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
camp (v): to live in or as if in a tent
Example: "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
Synonyms: bivouac, tent, living, populate, dwell, live
camp (s): providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially and vulgarly mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
Example: "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"
confidently (r): with confidence
Example: "we have to do what is right confidently"
confidently (r): in a confident manner
Example: "we have to do what is right confidently"
seemly (s): according with custom or propriety
Example: "seemly behavior"
Synonyms: comely, decent, decorous
effeminacy (n): the trait of being effeminate derogatory of a man
Example: "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"
Synonyms: emasculation, softness, femininity
convenience (n): the state of being suitable or opportune
Example: "chairs arranged for his own convenience"
convenience (n): the quality of being useful and convenient
Example: "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"
rudiment (n): the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
Example: "Meckel 's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
loamy (a): consisting of or having the character of loam
Example: "richy loamy soil"
glow (n): a feeling of considerable warmth
Example: "the glow of new love"
glow (v): to be exuberant or high-spirited
Example: "Make the people 's hearts glow"
magnetic (a): having the properties of a magnet
Example: "the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material"
magnetic (a): i.e. of attracting iron or steel
Example: "the hard disk is covered with a thin coat of magnetic material"
cere (v): to wrap up in a cerecloth
Example: "cere a corpse"
derivation (n): the source or origin from which something derives i.e. comes or issues
Example: "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
shakiness (n): the quality of being unstable and insecure
Example: "the shakiness of the present regime"
permanent (a): continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
Example: "permanent secretary to the president"
permanent (s): not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
Example: "permanent brain damage"
conjugal (a): of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
Example: "conjugal visits"
Synonyms: connubial
cheerfully (r): in a cheerful manner
Example: "he cheerfully agreed to do it"
inductive (a): proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
Example: "inductive reasoning"
inductive (s): inducing or influencing
Example: "inductive to the sin of Eve " - John Milton"
inductive (s): leading on
Example: "inductive to the sin of Eve " - John Milton"
chilly (s): not characterized by emotion
Example: "a female form in marble -- a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues " - C.W.Cunningham"
mechanical (a): using or as if using mechanisms or tools or devices
Example: "a mechanical process"
mechanical (a): relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
Example: "a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance"
inevitable (n): an unavoidable event
Example: "do n't argue with the inevitable"
headfirst (s): with the head foremost
Example: "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"
suppleness (n): adaptability of mind or character
Example: "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"
Synonyms: pliability, pliancy, adaptability
comprehension (n): an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something or the knowledge acquired as a result
Example: "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"
quarrel (n): an angry dispute
Example: "they had a quarrel"
Synonyms: altercation, wrangle, squabble, fuss, dispute, spat, conflict, tiff, affray
extraction (n): the action of taking out something especially using effort or force
Example: "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"
barrage (n): the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication spoken or written
Example: "a barrage of questions"
barrage (n): the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Example: "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"
Synonyms: battery, fire, firing, shelling
jurisdiction (n): the right and power to interpret and apply the law
Example: "courts having jurisdiction in this district"
prodigal (s): recklessly wasteful
Example: "prodigal in their expenditures"
tolerate (v): to recognize and respect rights and beliefs of others
Example: "We must tolerate the religions of others"
tolerate (v): to have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
Example: "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
tolerate (v): to put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Example: "he learned to tolerate the heat"
Synonyms: suffer, countenance, abiding, born, abide, brook, endure, permit, accept, bearing, digest, stand, swallow, pay, let
vicinity (n): a surrounding or nearby region
Example: "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"
Synonyms: section, neighborhood, place, proximity, locality, scenery
gravitation (n): movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction
Example: "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"
gravitation (n): a figurative movement toward some attraction
Example: "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
gravitation (n): the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
Example: "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"
Synonyms: gravity, attraction
gravitation (n): especially the attraction of the earths mass for bodies near its surface
Example: "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"
Synonyms: gravity, attraction
shipwreck (n): an irretrievable loss
Example: "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
studio (n): workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
Example: "she ran a dance studio"
tee (n): the starting place for each hole on a golf course
Example: "they were waiting on the first tee"
boreal (a): toward or located in the north
Example: "the boreal signs of the Zodiac"
travel (n): the act of going from one place to another
Example: "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"
sloppy (s): lacking neatness or order
Example: "a sloppy room"
sloppy (s): wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
Example: "a sloppy floor"
lineal (a): in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Example: "lineal ancestors"
militant (s): showing a fighting disposition
Example: "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"
binary (a): of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
Example: "a binary digit"
binary (s): consisting of two units or components or elements or terms
Example: "a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around each other"
flood (v): to supply with an excess of
Example: "flood the market with tennis shoes"
Synonyms: provide, rendering, furnish, flooding, oversupply, supply
distant (a): separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
Example: "distant villages"
distant (a): far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Example: "a distant cousin"
riparian (a): of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
Example: "riparian land"
abusive (s): characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
Example: "abusive punishment"
dun (n): a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
Example: "she wore dun"
dun (s): of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
Example: "the dun and dreary prairie"
toe (v): to drive obliquely
Example: "toe a nail"
Synonyms: ram, toed, force
semiotic (a): of or relating to semiotics
Example: "semiotic analysis"
engaged (v): to carry out or participate in an activity
Example: "They engaged in a discussion"
Synonyms: engage, pursue, practice, prosecute, act, close
engaged (v): to be involved in
Example: "They engaged in a discussion"
Synonyms: engage, pursue, practice, prosecute, act, close
engaged (s): involved in military hostilities
Example: "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
hew (v): to make or shape as with an axe
Example: "hew out a path in the rock"
Synonyms: carve, hewn
hew (v): to strike with an axe
Example: "hew an oak"
Synonyms: strike, striking, hewn
hew (v): to cut down , strike
Example: "hew an oak"
Synonyms: strike, striking, hewn
brahman (n): a member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an old new england family
Example: "a Boston brahman"
tropical (s): relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics the region on either side of the equator
Example: "tropical islands"
tropical (a): of or relating to the tropics , or either tropic
Example: "tropical year"
infirm (s): lacking firmness of will or character or purpose
Example: "infirm of purpose"
infirm (s): give me the daggers - shakespeare
Example: "infirm of purpose"
right (n): an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Example: "a right is not something that somebody gives you"
right (n): it is something that nobody can take away
Example: "a right is not something that somebody gives you"
right (n): i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
Example: "he stood on the right"
right (v): to make reparations or amends for
Example: "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
Synonyms: compensate, expiate, atone, correct, change, alter, modify, abyss, redress
right (a): being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
Example: "my right hand"
right (a): in conformance with justice or law or morality
Example: "do the right thing and confess"
right (s): in or into a satisfactory condition
Example: "things are right again now"
right (s): having the axis perpendicular to the base
Example: "a right angle"
resourceful (s): having inner resources
Example: "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"
resourceful (s): adroit or imaginative
Example: "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"
trembling (v): to move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
Example: "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
Synonyms: tremble, agitate, shiver, quiver, shudder, palpitate, quake, thrill, throb
trembling (s): as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
Example: "trembling hands"
propulsive (a): having the power to propel
Example: "propulsive coefficient"
propulsive (s): tending to or capable of propelling
Example: "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"
neighborhood (n): an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features especially one forming a community
Example: "an ethnic neighborhood"
neighborhood (n): a surrounding or nearby region
Example: "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"
Synonyms: section, place, vicinity, proximity, locality, scenery
frump (n): a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
Example: "she got a reputation as a frump"
refill (n): a prescription drug that is provided again
Example: "he got a refill of his prescription"
refill (v): to fill something that had previously been emptied
Example: "refill my glass , please"
Synonyms: fill, replenish, filling
discursive (s): tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
Example: "a rambling discursive book"
answerable (s): morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
Example: "parents are answerable for their child 's acts"
pacific (s): disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
Example: "the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"
pacific (s): promoting peace
Example: "the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up"
blow (n): a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
Example: "a blow on the head"
blow (n): forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
Example: "he gave his nose a loud blow"
blow (v): to exhale hard
Example: "blow on the soup to cool it down"
Synonyms: expire, heave, gasp, blown
issue (n): an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
Example: "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"
issue (n): one of a series published periodically
Example: "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist 's waiting room"
Synonyms: periodical, edition, number
issue (n): the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes usually in quantity
Example: "a new issue of stamps"
Synonyms: provision, supply, issuance
issue (v): to circulate or distribute or equip with
Example: "issue a new uniform to the children"
Synonyms: free, release, distribute, reissue, supply
eating (v): to take in solid food
Example: "She was eating a banana"
Synonyms: fill, nibble, dip, piece, pig, wolf, consume, gobble, pick, ingest, raven, devour, eat, finish, take, fare
undivided (s): not parted by conflict of opinion
Example: "presented an undivided front"
undivided (s): not shared by or among others
Example: "undivided responsibility"
undivided (s): not separated into parts or shares
Example: "an undivided interest in the property"
sinful (s): having committed unrighteous acts
Example: "a sinful person"
sinful (s): characterized by iniquity
Example: "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"
sinful (s): wicked because it is believed to be a sin
Example: "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"
ripen (v): to grow ripe
Example: "The plums ripen in July"
Synonyms: mature, grow, ripeness
redoubtable (s): worthy of respect or honor
Example: "born of a redoubtable family"
redoubtable (s): inspiring fear
Example: "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking , jackbooted fanatic " - G.H.Johnston"
device (n): an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Example: "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"
device (n): any clever maneuver
Example: "he would stoop to any device to win a point"
Synonyms: trick, maneuver, twist
yielding (s): lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure
Example: "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
yielding (s): tending to give in or surrender or agree
Example: "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments " - V.I.Parrington"
twinkle (n): merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
Example: "there 's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
Synonyms: face, spark, sparkle, look, verve, vitality
twinkle (v): to emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Example: "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star ?"
Synonyms: winkle, shine, beaming, twinkling, beam
ceremony (n): a formal event performed on a special occasion
Example: "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
Synonyms: function, observance, funeral, dedication, pageantry, wedding, circumstance, initiation, opening, pageant, induction, commemoration, ceremonial
ceremony (n): any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
Example: "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"
ceremony (n): the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
Example: "an inaugural ceremony"
dialectically (r): in a dialectic manner
Example: "his religiousness is dialectically related to his sinfulness"
offspring (n): the immediate descendants of a person
Example: "she was the mother of many offspring"
Synonyms: relative, progeny, bastard, kid, heir, successor, relation, issue, baby, grandchild, illegitimate
offspring (n): something that comes into existence as a result
Example: "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution 's various socialistic offspring"
crib (v): to line with beams or planks
Example: "crib a construction hole"
lie (v): to be and remain in a particular state or condition
Example: "lie dormant"
marine (s): native to or inhabiting the sea
Example: "marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales"
voice (n): the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a persons speech
Example: "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
voice (n): the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
Example: "a singer takes good care of his voice"
Synonyms: vox, phonation, communication, vocalism, vocalization
voice (n): a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
Example: "the noisy voice of the waterfall"
limpid (s): transparently clear
Example: "writes in a limpid style"
Synonyms: lucid, pellucid, perspicuous
limpid (s): easily understandable
Example: "writes in a limpid style"
Synonyms: lucid, pellucid, perspicuous
limpid (s): transmitting light
Example: "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"
limpid (s): able to be seen through with clarity
Example: "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"
terror (n): a person who inspires fear or dread
Example: "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Synonyms: individual, scourge, person, soul
terror (n): the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people especially for political reasons
Example: "he used terror to make them confess"
impartial (a): showing lack of favoritism
Example: "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
impartial (a): free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
Example: "the impartial eye of a scientist"
boost (n): the act of giving a push
Example: "he gave her a boost over the fence"
boost (v): to increase or raise
Example: "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
Synonyms: advanced, advance, supercharge, increase
plummy (s): affectedly mellow and rich
Example: "the radio announcer 's plummy voice"
sensibly (r): with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner
Example: "he acted sensibly in the crisis"
surmountable (a): capable of being surmounted or overcome
Example: "situations of measurable and surmountable danger"
retrospective (a): concerned with or related to the past
Example: "retrospective self-justification"
defective (s): having a defect
Example: "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
defective (s): markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
Example: "defective speech"
token (s): a matter of form only tokenish is informal
Example: "a token gesture of resistance"
splint (n): a thin sliver of wood
Example: "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
processional (a): of or relating to or characteristic of a procession
Example: "in good processional order"
sticky (s): moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
Example: "felt sticky and chilly at the same time"
coarsely (r): in coarse pieces
Example: "the surfaces were coarsely granular"
yard (n): the enclosed land around a house or other building
Example: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
Synonyms: curtilage, garden, playground
yard (n): a tract of land enclosed for particular activities sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings
Example: "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
threefold (s): three times as great or many
Example: "a threefold increase"
threefold (r): by a factor of three
Example: "our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
doting (s): extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
Example: "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"
bate (v): to soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments
Example: "bate hides and skins"
Synonyms: drench, soaking, soak, bated, sop, souse, dowse
wilderness (n): a state of disfavor
Example: "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
wilderness (n): a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Example: "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
Synonyms: frontier, wild, bush, barren
seared (s): having the surface burned quickly with intense heat
Example: "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising"
hereafter (r): in a future life or state
Example: "hope to win salvation hereafter"
hereafter (r): following this in time or order or place
Example: "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"
hereafter (r): after this
Example: "hereafter you will no longer receive an allowance"
incriminatory (s): charging or suggestive of guilt or blame
Example: "incriminatory testimony"
bow (n): front part of a vessel or aircraft
Example: "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
Synonyms: stem, fore, prow
vociferous (s): conspicuously and offensively loud
Example: "a vociferous mob"
vociferous (s): given to vehement outcry
Example: "a vociferous mob"
unarmed (a): not having or using arms
Example: "went alone and unarmed"
election (n): a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
Example: "the results of the election will be announced tonight"
election (n): the act of selecting someone or something
Example: "her election of medicine as a profession"
election (n): the exercise of deliberate choice
Example: "her election of medicine as a profession"
scalp (n): the skin that covers the top of the head
Example: "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"
foot (n): the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
Example: "armored from head to foot"
foot (n): the lower part of anything
Example: "curled up on the foot of the bed"
foot (v): to pay for something
Example: "foot the bill"
Synonyms: pick, pay, footed
saddled (v): to load or burden
Example: "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
Synonyms: saddle, burden, weight
saddled (v): to encumber
Example: "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
Synonyms: saddle, burden, weight
saddled (s): subject to an imposed burden
Example: "left me saddled with the bill"
reverent (a): feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Example: "maintained a reverent silence"
ineffectively (r): in an ineffective manner
Example: "he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively"
timeless (s): unaffected by time
Example: "Helen 's timeless beauty"
replacement (n): an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Example: "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
Synonyms: switch, permutation, fluctuation, transposition, variation, substitution
menstruation (n): the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example: "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
Synonyms: period, flow, menses, emission
approaching (v): to move towards
Example: "We were approaching our destination"
Synonyms: approach, crowd, come, close, push
unfrequented (s): devoid of creatures
Example: "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
meticulous (s): marked by precise accordance with details
Example: "meticulous research"
meticulous (s): marked by extreme care in treatment of details
Example: "a meticulous craftsman"
knockabout (s): suitable for rough use
Example: "a knockabout overcoat"
knockabout (s): full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
Example: "knockabout comedy"
churning (v): to be agitated
Example: "the sea was churning in the storm"
Synonyms: churn, roil, boil, roll, moil
churning (s): moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
Example: "winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses"
obstinate (s): resistant to guidance or discipline
Example: "an obstinate child with a violent temper"
integrate (v): to become one
Example: "The students at this school integrate immediately , despite their different backgrounds"
niggardly (s): petty or reluctant in giving or spending
Example: "a niggardly tip"
shadowy (s): lacking in substance
Example: "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds " - W.A.Butler"
shadowy (s): filled with shade
Example: "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"
Synonyms: shady
shadowy (s): lacking clarity or distinctness
Example: "shadowy figures in the gloom"
equitable (a): fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
Example: "equitable treatment of all citizens"
approve (v): to give sanction to
Example: "I approve of his educational policies"
Synonyms: approving, authorize, visa, confirm, clear, authorized, back, backing
orbit (n): the usually elliptical path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
Example: "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
orbit (n): a particular environment or walk of life
Example: "he 's out of my orbit"
Synonyms: distaff, province, lap, kingdom, sphere, environment, area, land, preserve, arena
bated (v): to moderate or restrain
Example: "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"
Synonyms: hold, bate, control, moderate, contain
bated (v): to lessen the force of
Example: "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"
Synonyms: hold, bate, control, moderate, contain
nervously (r): in an anxiously nervous manner
Example: "we watched the stock market nervously"
nervously (r): with nervous excitement
Example: "our bodies jumped nervously away at the slightest touch"
guise (n): an artful or simulated semblance
Example: "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Synonyms: semblance, pretext, color, gloss, pretense
colorless (a): lacking in variety and interest
Example: "a colorless and unimaginative person"
dexterous (s): skillful in physical movements
Example: "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
dexterous (s): especially of the hands
Example: "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"
unaccustomed (a): not habituated to
Example: "unaccustomed to wearing suits"
unaccustomed (a): unfamiliar with
Example: "unaccustomed to wearing suits"
unaccustomed (s): not customary or usual
Example: "an unaccustomed pleasure"
ceiling (n): the overhead upper surface of a covered space
Example: "he hated painting the ceiling"
ceiling (n): an upper limit on what is allowed
Example: "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"
Synonyms: cap, control
dispirited (s): marked by low spirits
Example: "a dispirited and divided Party"
dispirited (s): showing no enthusiasm
Example: "a dispirited and divided Party"
dispirited (s): filled with melancholy and despondency
Example: "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
Synonyms: downcast, gloomy, downhearted, blue, depressed, low
loftily (r): in a lofty manner
Example: "she bore herself loftily"
personification (n): a person who represents an abstract quality
Example: "she is the personification of optimism"
glottal (a): of or relating to or produced by the glottis
Example: "glottal stops"
intercommunicate (v): to be interconnected , afford passage
Example: "These rooms intercommunicate"
shuffling (v): to walk by dragging ones feet
Example: "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
Synonyms: drag, shamble, walk, shuffle, scuffle, scuff
seasonable (a): in keeping with the season
Example: "a hard but seasonable frost"
seasonable (s): done or happening at the appropriate or proper time
Example: "a seasonable time for discussion"
precociously (r): in a precocious manner
Example: "her child behaves precociously"
mark (n): the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
Example: "it was in London that he made his mark"
thereunder (r): under that
Example: "the headings and the items listed thereunder"
incendiary (a): involving deliberate burning of property
Example: "an incendiary fire"
incendiary (s): capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
Example: "an incendiary agent"
sanctimonious (s): excessively or hypocritically pious
Example: "a sickening sanctimonious smile"
break (n): an unexpected piece of good luck
Example: "he finally got his big break"
break (n): an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice as at puberty or due to emotion
Example: "then there was a break in her voice"
encapsulation (n): the condition of being enclosed as in a capsule
Example: "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths"
cultural (a): of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors
Example: "cultural events"
cultural (a): of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
Example: "cultural roots"
cultural (s): denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people
Example: "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties " - J.F.Kennedy"
dramatic (a): suitable to or characteristic of drama
Example: "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"
dramatic (a): used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style
Example: "a dramatic tenor"
dramatic (s): sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
Example: "a dramatic sunset"
juggle (v): to manipulate by or as if by moving around components
Example: "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
juggle (v): to deal with simultaneously
Example: "She had to juggle her job and her children"
interconnection (n): a state of being connected reciprocally
Example: "an interconnection between the two buildings"