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oewn-00064738-a | advantageous | a contract advantageous to our country | giving an advantage |
oewn-00064738-a | advantageous | socially advantageous to entertain often | giving an advantage |
oewn-00065107-s | beneficial | an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries | promoting or enhancing well-being |
oewn-00065107-s | beneficial | the beneficial effects of a temperate climate | promoting or enhancing well-being |
oewn-00065107-s | good | the experience was good for her | promoting or enhancing well-being |
oewn-00065384-s | plus | a plus (or positive) factor | involving advantage or good |
oewn-00065384-s | positive | a plus (or positive) factor | involving advantage or good |
oewn-00065808-a | disadvantageous | a disadvantageous outcome | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness |
oewn-00065808-a | disadvantageous | a well-known study from the 1970's showed that gender stereotyping placed women in a disadvantageous position | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness |
oewn-00065808-a | unfavorable | made an unfavorable impression | involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness |
oewn-00066276-s | minus | minus (or negative) factors | involving disadvantage or harm |
oewn-00066276-s | negative | minus (or negative) factors | involving disadvantage or harm |
oewn-00066400-a | adventurous | adventurous pioneers | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
oewn-00066400-a | adventuresome | the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy | willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises |
oewn-00066755-s | audacious | audacious visions of the total conquest of space | disposed to venture or take risks |
oewn-00066755-s | audacious | an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas | disposed to venture or take risks |
oewn-00066755-s | daring | the most daring of contemporary fiction writers | disposed to venture or take risks |
oewn-00066755-s | venturesome | a venturesome investor | disposed to venture or take risks |
oewn-00066755-s | venturous | a venturous spirit | disposed to venture or take risks |
oewn-00067174-s | sporting | a sporting chance | involving risk or willingness to take a risk |
oewn-00067174-s | sporting | sporting blood | involving risk or willingness to take a risk |
oewn-00067647-a | advisable | such action is neither necessary nor advisable | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise |
oewn-00067647-a | advisable | extreme caution is advisable | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise |
oewn-00067647-a | advisable | it is advisable to telephone first | worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise |
oewn-00068247-s | well | it would be well to start early | wise or advantageous and hence advisable |
oewn-00068376-a | inadvisable | running on the ice is inadvisable | not prudent or wise; not recommended |
oewn-00068575-a | advised | a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan | having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel |
oewn-00068887-a | unadvised | took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations | without careful prior deliberation or counsel |
oewn-00069175-a | aerobic | aerobic fermentation | depending on free oxygen or air |
oewn-00069347-s | aerobiotic | aerobiotic bacteria | living or active only in the presence of oxygen |
oewn-00069492-s | oxidative | oxidative glycolysis | taking place in the presence of oxygen |
oewn-00069492-s | oxidative | oxidative rancidity | taking place in the presence of oxygen |
oewn-00069669-a | anaerobic | anaerobic bacteria | living or active in the absence of free oxygen |
oewn-00069826-a | aerobic | aerobic dance | based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency |
oewn-00069826-a | aerobic | running is very aerobic | based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing respiratory and circulatory efficiency |
oewn-00070036-a | anaerobic | isometric exercises are anaerobic | not aerobic |
oewn-00070140-a | aesthetic | the aesthetic faculties | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | esthetic | the aesthetic faculties | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | aesthetic | an aesthetic person | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | esthetic | an aesthetic person | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | aesthetic | aesthetic feeling | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | esthetic | aesthetic feeling | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | aesthetic | the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070140-a | esthetic | the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success | concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste |
oewn-00070557-s | artistic | artistic workmanship | satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities |
oewn-00070720-s | cosmetic | cosmetic surgery | serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body |
oewn-00071036-s | sensuous | the sensuous joy from all things fair | taking delight in beauty |
oewn-00071192-a | inaesthetic | inaesthetic and quite unintellectual | violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty |
oewn-00071192-a | inaesthetic | peered through those inaesthetic spectacles | violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty |
oewn-00071850-s | smitten | conscience-smitten | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming |
oewn-00071850-s | struck | awe-struck | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming |
oewn-00072167-s | subject | the bond is subject to taxation | likely to be affected by something |
oewn-00072167-s | subject | he is subject to fits of depression | likely to be affected by something |
oewn-00072347-s | taken | the child was taken ill | be affected with an indisposition |
oewn-00072347-s | taken | couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk | be affected with an indisposition |
oewn-00072600-a | unaffected | entirely unaffected by each other's writings | undergoing no change when acted upon |
oewn-00072600-a | unaffected | fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment | undergoing no change when acted upon |
oewn-00072889-s | immune | immune to persuasion | (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence |
oewn-00073044-s | superior | he is superior to fear | (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by |
oewn-00073044-s | superior | an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades | (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by |
oewn-00073281-s | unimpressed | trying to appear unimpressed | not moved to serious regard |
oewn-00073398-s | unswayed | unswayed by personal considerations | not influenced or affected |
oewn-00073966-s | agonistic | agonistic poses | struggling for effect |
oewn-00074369-s | constrained | a constrained smile | lacking spontaneity; not natural |
oewn-00074369-s | strained | a constrained smile | lacking spontaneity; not natural |
oewn-00074369-s | forced | forced heartiness | lacking spontaneity; not natural |
oewn-00074369-s | strained | a strained smile | lacking spontaneity; not natural |
oewn-00074543-s | elocutionary | an elocutionary Oxonian delivery | (used of style of speaking) overly embellished |
oewn-00074702-s | mannered | brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom | having unnatural mannerisms |
oewn-00074824-s | plummy | the radio announcer's plummy voice | (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich |
oewn-00074954-a | unaffected | an unaffected grace | free of artificiality; sincere and genuine |
oewn-00075202-s | lifelike | a lifelike pose | free from artificiality |
oewn-00075202-s | natural | a natural reaction | free from artificiality |
oewn-00075349-s | unmannered | the doctor's quiet unmannered entry | without artificiality; natural |
oewn-00075627-s | unstilted | unstilted conversation | flowing naturally and continuously |
oewn-00075743-a | affirmative | an affirmative decision | affirming or giving assent |
oewn-00075743-a | affirmative | affirmative votes | affirming or giving assent |
oewn-00075997-s | assenting | an assenting nod | expressing agreement or consent |
oewn-00076560-a | acceptive | she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions | inclined to accept rather than reject |
oewn-00076735-s | accepting | always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates | tolerating without protest |
oewn-00076735-s | accepting | the atmosphere was judged to be more supporting and accepting | tolerating without protest |
oewn-00076949-a | rejective | rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents | rejecting or tending to reject |
oewn-00077188-s | dismissive | they took dismissive action after the third violation | stopping to associate with |
oewn-00077347-s | repudiative | a veto is a repudiative act | rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning |
oewn-00077667-s | adrift | after the storm the boats were adrift | afloat on the surface of a body of water |
oewn-00077804-s | floating | the ship is still floating | borne up by or suspended in a liquid |
oewn-00077804-s | floating | floating logs | borne up by or suspended in a liquid |
oewn-00077804-s | floating | floating seaweed | borne up by or suspended in a liquid |
oewn-00077962-s | waterborne | waterborne craft | supported by water |
oewn-00078057-a | aground | a ship aground offshore | stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float |
oewn-00078057-a | aground | a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it | stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float |
oewn-00079659-s | apprehensive | apprehensive for one's life | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
oewn-00079659-s | apprehensive | apprehensive of danger | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm |
oewn-00080075-s | fearful | a fearful glance | experiencing or showing fear |
oewn-00080075-s | fearful | fearful of criticism | experiencing or showing fear |
oewn-00080219-s | frightened | the frightened child cowered in the corner | made afraid |
oewn-00080219-s | scared | too shocked and scared to move | made afraid |
oewn-00080486-s | hunted | the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face | reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted |
oewn-00080486-s | hunted | a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes | reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted |
oewn-00080947-s | panicky | became panicky as the snow deepened | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |