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