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spanking | s | a spanking breeze | quick and energetic | wordnet | [] | "a spanking breeze" What is the definition of "spanking"? |
sadly | r | sadly he died before he could see his grandchild | in an unfortunate way | wordnet | [] | "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" What is the definition of "sadly"? |
sadly | r | ` She died last night , ' he said sadly | with sadness | wordnet | [] | "` She died last night , ' he said sadly" What is the definition of "sadly"? |
sadly | r | ` She died last night , ' he said sadly | in a sad manner | wordnet | [] | "` She died last night , ' he said sadly" What is the definition of "sadly"? |
sadly | r | he was sadly neglected | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | wordnet | [] | "he was sadly neglected" What is the definition of "sadly"? |
prepositional | a | prepositional phrase | of or relating to or formed with a preposition | wordnet | [] | "prepositional phrase" What is the definition of "prepositional"? |
breath | n | he took a deep breath and dived into the pool | the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing | wordnet | [] | "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool" What is the definition of "breath"? |
breath | n | his sour breath offended her | the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration | wordnet | [] | "his sour breath offended her" What is the definition of "breath"? |
evanescent | s | evanescent beauty | tending to vanish like vapor | wordnet | [] | "evanescent beauty" What is the definition of "evanescent"? |
appropriately | r | he was appropriately dressed | in an appropriate manner | wordnet | [] | "he was appropriately dressed" What is the definition of "appropriately"? |
corner | n | he tripled to the rightfield corner | a place off to the side of an area | wordnet | [] | "he tripled to the rightfield corner" What is the definition of "corner"? |
corner | n | a piano was in one corner of the room | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | wordnet | [
"area",
"nook"
] | "a piano was in one corner of the room" What is the definition of "corner"? |
corner | v | corner the gold market | to gain control over | wordnet | [
"cornered",
"control"
] | "corner the gold market" What is the definition of "corner"? |
breathless | a | breathless at thought of what I had done | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | wordnet | [] | "breathless at thought of what I had done" What is the definition of "breathless"? |
breathless | s | a breathless flight | tending to cause suspension of regular breathing | wordnet | [] | "a breathless flight" What is the definition of "breathless"? |
positively | r | it was positively monumental | extremely | wordnet | [] | "it was positively monumental" What is the definition of "positively"? |
positively | r | she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively | so as to be positive | wordnet | [] | "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively" What is the definition of "positively"? |
positively | r | she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively | in a positive manner | wordnet | [] | "she intended her remarks to be interpreted positively" What is the definition of "positively"? |
employment | n | they are looking for employment | the state of being employed or having a job | wordnet | [] | "they are looking for employment" What is the definition of "employment"? |
employment | n | he is looking for employment | the occupation for which you are paid | wordnet | [] | "he is looking for employment" What is the definition of "employment"? |
indispensable | a | foods indispensable to good nutrition | not to be dispensed with | wordnet | [] | "foods indispensable to good nutrition" What is the definition of "indispensable"? |
indispensable | a | foods indispensable to good nutrition | essential | wordnet | [] | "foods indispensable to good nutrition" What is the definition of "indispensable"? |
indispensable | s | the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state | unavoidable | wordnet | [] | "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state" What is the definition of "indispensable"? |
indispensable | s | an indispensable worker | absolutely necessary | wordnet | [] | "an indispensable worker" What is the definition of "indispensable"? |
indispensable | s | an indispensable worker | vitally necessary | wordnet | [] | "an indispensable worker" What is the definition of "indispensable"? |
loosely | r | his hands lay loosely | in a relaxed manner | wordnet | [
"slackly",
""
] | "his hands lay loosely" What is the definition of "loosely"? |
loosely | r | his hands lay loosely | not rigid | wordnet | [
"slackly",
""
] | "his hands lay loosely" What is the definition of "loosely"? |
loosely | r | a union of loosely federated states | in a loose manner | wordnet | [] | "a union of loosely federated states" What is the definition of "loosely"? |
loosely | r | loosely knit | knitted in a loose manner | wordnet | [] | "loosely knit" What is the definition of "loosely"? |
jumper | n | as the jumper neared the ground he lost control | a person who jumps | wordnet | [] | "as the jumper neared the ground he lost control" What is the definition of "jumper"? |
jumper | n | he is one hell of a jumper | an athlete who competes at jumping | wordnet | [] | "he is one hell of a jumper" What is the definition of "jumper"? |
elongate | s | an elongate tail tapering to a point | having notably more length than width | wordnet | [] | "an elongate tail tapering to a point" What is the definition of "elongate"? |
elongate | s | an elongate tail tapering to a point | being long and slender | wordnet | [] | "an elongate tail tapering to a point" What is the definition of "elongate"? |
kosher | s | kosher meat | conforming to dietary laws | wordnet | [] | "kosher meat" What is the definition of "kosher"? |
recount | v | We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made | to count again | wordnet | [] | "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" What is the definition of "recount"? |
sunlit | s | the sunlit slopes of the canyon | lighted by sunlight | wordnet | [] | "the sunlit slopes of the canyon" What is the definition of "sunlit"? |
manual | a | manual dexterity | of or relating to the hands | wordnet | [] | "manual dexterity" What is the definition of "manual"? |
manual | a | a manual transmission | requiring human effort | wordnet | [] | "a manual transmission" What is the definition of "manual"? |
manual | s | manual labor | doing or requiring physical work | wordnet | [] | "manual labor" What is the definition of "manual"? |
plastically | r | he used the clay plastically | in a plastic manner | wordnet | [] | "he used the clay plastically" What is the definition of "plastically"? |
positive | a | a positive attitude | characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. . | wordnet | [] | "a positive attitude" What is the definition of "positive"? |
positive | a | a positive pregnancy test | indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen | wordnet | [] | "a positive pregnancy test" What is the definition of "positive"? |
positive | a | positive increase in graduating students | reckoned , situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion | wordnet | [] | "positive increase in graduating students" What is the definition of "positive"? |
positive | s | positive laws | formally laid down or imposed | wordnet | [] | "positive laws" What is the definition of "positive"? |
positive | s | positive numbers | greater than zero | wordnet | [] | "positive numbers" What is the definition of "positive"? |
proposition | n | securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition | a task to be dealt with | wordnet | [] | "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" What is the definition of "proposition"? |
philosophic | s | a philosophic attitude toward life | characterized by the attitude of a philosopher | wordnet | [] | "a philosophic attitude toward life" What is the definition of "philosophic"? |
philosophic | s | a philosophic attitude toward life | meeting trouble with level-headed detachment | wordnet | [] | "a philosophic attitude toward life" What is the definition of "philosophic"? |
preaching | n | your preaching is wasted on him | a moralistic rebuke | wordnet | [
"sermon",
"speech"
] | "your preaching is wasted on him" What is the definition of "preaching"? |
preaching | v | The minister is not preaching this Sunday | to deliver a sermon | wordnet | [
"prophesy",
"preach",
"talk",
"evangelize"
] | "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" What is the definition of "preaching"? |
eventual | s | hope of eventual ( or ultimate ) rescue | expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating | wordnet | [] | "hope of eventual ( or ultimate ) rescue" What is the definition of "eventual"? |
wrongdoing | n | he denied any wrongdoing | activity that transgresses moral or civil law | wordnet | [
"shabbiness",
"dereliction",
"trespass",
"maintenance",
"falsification",
"encroachment",
"infliction",
"violation",
"infringement",
"intrusion",
"misbehavior",
"knavery",
"usurpation",
"injustice",
"malpractice",
"transgression",
"misconduct",
"misfeasance",
"misrepresentation",
... | "he denied any wrongdoing" What is the definition of "wrongdoing"? |
peradventure | n | this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent | doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case | wordnet | [] | "this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent" What is the definition of "peradventure"? |
peradventure | r | it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time | by chance | wordnet | [] | "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" What is the definition of "peradventure"? |
remediable | a | remediable problems | capable of being remedied or redressed | wordnet | [] | "remediable problems" What is the definition of "remediable"? |
facilitation | n | social facilitation is an adaptive condition | the condition of being made easy or easier | wordnet | [] | "social facilitation is an adaptive condition" What is the definition of "facilitation"? |
hereditary | s | hereditary monarchy | inherited or inheritable by established rules usually legal rules of descent | wordnet | [
"ancestral",
"transmissible",
"patrimonial",
""
] | "hereditary monarchy" What is the definition of "hereditary"? |
sparse | s | trees were sparse | not dense | wordnet | [] | "trees were sparse" What is the definition of "sparse"? |
armorer | n | a sword made by a famous English armorer | a worker skilled in making armor or arms | wordnet | [] | "a sword made by a famous English armorer" What is the definition of "armorer"? |
bountiful | s | the bountiful earth | producing in abundance | wordnet | [] | "the bountiful earth" What is the definition of "bountiful"? |
bountiful | s | bountiful compliments | given or giving freely | wordnet | [] | "bountiful compliments" What is the definition of "bountiful"? |
corpse | n | the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse | the dead body of a human being | wordnet | [
"stiff",
"body",
"clay",
"cadaver"
] | "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse" What is the definition of "corpse"? |
compulsive | s | compulsive drinking | caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion | wordnet | [] | "compulsive drinking" What is the definition of "compulsive"? |
paradox | n | ` I always lie ' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false | a statement that contradicts itself | wordnet | [] | "` I always lie ' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" What is the definition of "paradox"? |
eminence | n | a scholar of great eminence | high status importance owing to marked superiority | wordnet | [
"distinction",
"note",
"king"
] | "a scholar of great eminence" What is the definition of "eminence"? |
spiritual | s | a spiritual approach to life | concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul | wordnet | [] | "a spiritual approach to life" What is the definition of "spiritual"? |
spiritual | s | spiritual beings | lacking material body or form or substance | wordnet | [] | "spiritual beings" What is the definition of "spiritual"? |
spiritual | s | lords temporal and spiritual | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | wordnet | [] | "lords temporal and spiritual" What is the definition of "spiritual"? |
ghost | n | he looked like he had seen a ghost | a mental representation of some haunting experience | wordnet | [
"phantasm",
"spook",
"shadow",
"shade",
"wraith",
"phantom",
"apparition",
"specter"
] | "he looked like he had seen a ghost" What is the definition of "ghost"? |
truncation | n | it is an obvious truncation of the verse | the act of cutting short | wordnet | [] | "it is an obvious truncation of the verse" What is the definition of "truncation"? |
ordinate | v | ordinate similar parts | to bring components or parts into proper or desirable coordination correlation | wordnet | [
"adjust",
"align",
"set",
"correct"
] | "ordinate similar parts" What is the definition of "ordinate"? |
probability | n | the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5 | a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur | wordnet | [
"quantity",
"amount",
"measure",
"chance"
] | "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" What is the definition of "probability"? |
probability | n | the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5 | a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | wordnet | [
"quantity",
"amount",
"measure",
"chance"
] | "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" What is the definition of "probability"? |
probability | n | for a while mutiny seemed a probability | the quality of being probable | wordnet | [] | "for a while mutiny seemed a probability" What is the definition of "probability"? |
probability | n | for a while mutiny seemed a probability | a probable event or the most probable event | wordnet | [] | "for a while mutiny seemed a probability" What is the definition of "probability"? |
heedful | a | heedful of the warnings | taking heed | wordnet | [] | "heedful of the warnings" What is the definition of "heedful"? |
heedful | a | heedful of the warnings | giving close and thoughtful attention | wordnet | [] | "heedful of the warnings" What is the definition of "heedful"? |
heedful | s | heedful of his father 's advice | cautiously attentive | wordnet | [] | "heedful of his father 's advice" What is the definition of "heedful"? |
imposition | n | he listened but resented the imposition | an uncalled-for burden | wordnet | [] | "he listened but resented the imposition" What is the definition of "imposition"? |
purposeless | s | a life essentially purposeless | serving no useful purpose | wordnet | [] | "a life essentially purposeless" What is the definition of "purposeless"? |
purposeless | s | a life essentially purposeless | having no excuse for being | wordnet | [] | "a life essentially purposeless" What is the definition of "purposeless"? |
nasty | a | in a nasty mood | offensive or even of persons malicious | wordnet | [] | "in a nasty mood" What is the definition of "nasty"? |
nasty | s | a nasty problem | exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent | wordnet | [] | "a nasty problem" What is the definition of "nasty"? |
nasty | s | a nasty pigsty of a room | disgustingly dirty | wordnet | [] | "a nasty pigsty of a room" What is the definition of "nasty"? |
nasty | s | a nasty pigsty of a room | filled or smeared with offensive matter | wordnet | [] | "a nasty pigsty of a room" What is the definition of "nasty"? |
scheming | s | a scheming wife | concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | wordnet | [] | "a scheming wife" What is the definition of "scheming"? |
daintily | r | she nibbled daintily at her cake | in a refined manner | wordnet | [] | "she nibbled daintily at her cake" What is the definition of "daintily"? |
daintily | r | the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold | in a delicate manner | wordnet | [] | "the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold" What is the definition of "daintily"? |
pandemic | s | a pandemic outbreak of malaria | epidemic over a wide geographical area | wordnet | [] | "a pandemic outbreak of malaria" What is the definition of "pandemic"? |
pandemic | s | pandemic fear of nuclear war | existing everywhere | wordnet | [] | "pandemic fear of nuclear war" What is the definition of "pandemic"? |
developmental | a | developmental psychology | of or relating to or constituting development | wordnet | [] | "developmental psychology" What is the definition of "developmental"? |
ovulate | v | women ovulate about once every month | to produce and discharge eggs | wordnet | [] | "women ovulate about once every month" What is the definition of "ovulate"? |
voluptuous | s | a voluptuous woman | having strong sexual appeal | wordnet | [] | "a voluptuous woman" What is the definition of "voluptuous"? |
voluptuous | s | Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | wordnet | [] | "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence" What is the definition of "voluptuous"? |
silly | n | do n't be a silly | a word used for misbehaving children | wordnet | [] | "do n't be a silly" What is the definition of "silly"? |
silly | s | a silly idea | ludicrous , foolish | wordnet | [] | "a silly idea" What is the definition of "silly"? |
silly | s | silly giggles | lacking seriousness | wordnet | [] | "silly giggles" What is the definition of "silly"? |
silly | s | silly giggles | given to frivolity | wordnet | [] | "silly giggles" What is the definition of "silly"? |
silly | s | how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years " - Dashiell Hammett | inspiring scornful pity | wordnet | [] | "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years " - Dashiell Hammett" What is the definition of "silly"? |
alone | s | could be alone in a crowded room | isolated from others | wordnet | [] | "could be alone in a crowded room" What is the definition of "alone"? |
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