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evident | s | a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript | capable of being seen or noticed | wordnet | [] | "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript" What is the definition of "evident"? |
conducive | s | working conditions are not conducive to productivity | tending to bring about | wordnet | [] | "working conditions are not conducive to productivity" What is the definition of "conducive"? |
conducive | s | working conditions are not conducive to productivity | being partly responsible for | wordnet | [] | "working conditions are not conducive to productivity" What is the definition of "conducive"? |
utility | s | a utility infielder | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | wordnet | [
"substitute",
""
] | "a utility infielder" What is the definition of "utility"? |
stagnate | v | Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy | to stand still | wordnet | [] | "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" What is the definition of "stagnate"? |
tamp | v | tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso | to press down tightly | wordnet | [
"compact",
"pack",
"compressed",
"compress"
] | "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso" What is the definition of "tamp"? |
actually | r | to be nominally but not actually independent | in actual fact | wordnet | [] | "to be nominally but not actually independent" What is the definition of "actually"? |
actually | r | you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out | used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated | wordnet | [] | "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out" What is the definition of "actually"? |
actually | r | you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out | surprisingly | wordnet | [] | "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out" What is the definition of "actually"? |
actually | r | the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air | at the present moment | wordnet | [] | "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air" What is the definition of "actually"? |
crackle | s | a crackle glaze | having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks , as in crackleware | wordnet | [] | "a crackle glaze" What is the definition of "crackle"? |
atheist | a | atheist leanings | related to or characterized by or given to atheism | wordnet | [] | "atheist leanings" What is the definition of "atheist"? |
unhinge | v | unhinge the door | to remove the hinges from | wordnet | [] | "unhinge the door" What is the definition of "unhinge"? |
watershed | n | the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | wordnet | [] | "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations" What is the definition of "watershed"? |
props | n | I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem | proper respect | wordnet | [] | "I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem" What is the definition of "props"? |
props | n | before every scene he ran down his checklist of props | any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie | wordnet | [
"prop",
"object",
"property"
] | "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" What is the definition of "props"? |
sadness | n | she tired of his perpetual sadness | the state of being sad | wordnet | [] | "she tired of his perpetual sadness" What is the definition of "sadness"? |
job | n | estimates of the city 's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars | a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | wordnet | [
"chore",
"stint",
"duty"
] | "estimates of the city 's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars" What is the definition of "job"? |
job | n | he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right | an object worked on | wordnet | [] | "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" What is the definition of "job"? |
job | n | he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right | a result produced by working | wordnet | [] | "he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right" What is the definition of "job"? |
flaky | a | flaky soap | made of or resembling flakes | wordnet | [] | "flaky soap" What is the definition of "flaky"? |
threadbare | s | threadbare rugs | having the nap worn away so that the threads show through | wordnet | [] | "threadbare rugs" What is the definition of "threadbare"? |
threadbare | s | repeating threadbare jokes | repeated too often | wordnet | [] | "repeating threadbare jokes" What is the definition of "threadbare"? |
threadbare | s | repeating threadbare jokes | overfamiliar through overuse | wordnet | [] | "repeating threadbare jokes" What is the definition of "threadbare"? |
screaming | n | her screaming attracted the neighbors | sharp piercing cry | wordnet | [
"call",
"scream",
"shout",
"yell",
"outcry",
"crying",
"cry",
"shriek",
"screech"
] | "her screaming attracted the neighbors" What is the definition of "screaming"? |
screaming | v | Fighter planes are screaming through the skies | to make a loud , piercing sound | wordnet | [
"noise",
"scream",
"resound"
] | "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" What is the definition of "screaming"? |
screaming | s | a screaming farce | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | wordnet | [] | "a screaming farce" What is the definition of "screaming"? |
everlasting | s | life everlasting | continuing forever or indefinitely | wordnet | [
"ageless",
"",
"eternal",
"perpetual"
] | "life everlasting" What is the definition of "everlasting"? |
boss | n | the boss hired three more men for the new job | a person responsible for hiring workers | wordnet | [] | "the boss hired three more men for the new job" What is the definition of "boss"? |
boss | n | he is his own boss now | a person who exercises control and makes decisions | wordnet | [] | "he is his own boss now" What is the definition of "boss"? |
boss | s | a boss hand at carpentry | exceptionally good | wordnet | [] | "a boss hand at carpentry" What is the definition of "boss"? |
station | n | he started looking for a gas station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose | wordnet | [] | "he started looking for a gas station" What is the definition of "station"? |
plant | n | they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles | buildings for carrying on industrial labor | wordnet | [] | "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" What is the definition of "plant"? |
plant | v | plant fish | to place into a river | wordnet | [] | "plant fish" What is the definition of "plant"? |
plant | v | plant bugs in the dissident 's apartment | to place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive | wordnet | [] | "plant bugs in the dissident 's apartment" What is the definition of "plant"? |
sale | n | he has just made his first sale | a particular instance of selling | wordnet | [] | "he has just made his first sale" What is the definition of "sale"? |
sale | n | laws limit the sale of handguns | the general activity of selling | wordnet | [] | "laws limit the sale of handguns" What is the definition of "sale"? |
sale | n | they held a sale to reduce their inventory | an occasion usually brief for buying at specially reduced prices | wordnet | [] | "they held a sale to reduce their inventory" What is the definition of "sale"? |
sensible | a | even amoeba are sensible creatures | able to feel or perceive | wordnet | [
"sensitive",
""
] | "even amoeba are sensible creatures" What is the definition of "sensible"? |
sensible | a | a sensible choice | showing reason or sound judgment | wordnet | [] | "a sensible choice" What is the definition of "sensible"? |
sensible | s | the sensible universe | readily perceived by the senses | wordnet | [] | "the sensible universe" What is the definition of "sensible"? |
sensible | s | made sensible of his mistakes | aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed | wordnet | [] | "made sensible of his mistakes" What is the definition of "sensible"? |
singular | s | can the singular person be understood apart from his culture ? | being a single and separate person or thing | wordnet | [] | "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture ?" What is the definition of "singular"? |
singular | s | a singular example | the single one of its kind | wordnet | [] | "a singular example" What is the definition of "singular"? |
singular | s | such poise is singular in one so young | unusual or striking | wordnet | [] | "such poise is singular in one so young" What is the definition of "singular"? |
falsely | r | a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise , bathe and dress , chat falsely about this and that , and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened | in an insincerely false manner | wordnet | [] | "a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise , bathe and dress , chat falsely about this and that , and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened" What is the definition of "falsely"? |
falsely | r | to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely | in an incorrect manner | wordnet | [] | "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely" What is the definition of "falsely"? |
stateliness | n | she served coffee with great stateliness | an elaborate manner of doing something | wordnet | [] | "she served coffee with great stateliness" What is the definition of "stateliness"? |
tremendous | s | tremendous sweeping plains | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | wordnet | [] | "tremendous sweeping plains" What is the definition of "tremendous"? |
tremendous | s | tremendous sweeping plains | that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology - walter lippman | wordnet | [] | "tremendous sweeping plains" What is the definition of "tremendous"? |
tremendous | s | a tremendous achievement | extraordinarily good or great | wordnet | [] | "a tremendous achievement" What is the definition of "tremendous"? |
tremendous | s | a tremendous achievement | used especially as intensifiers | wordnet | [] | "a tremendous achievement" What is the definition of "tremendous"? |
crate | v | crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum | to as for protection | wordnet | [] | "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" What is the definition of "crate"? |
sympathy | n | the two of them were in close sympathy | a relation of affinity or harmony between people | wordnet | [] | "the two of them were in close sympathy" What is the definition of "sympathy"? |
sympathy | n | the two of them were in close sympathy | whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other | wordnet | [] | "the two of them were in close sympathy" What is the definition of "sympathy"? |
subjective | a | a subjective judgment | taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias | wordnet | [] | "a subjective judgment" What is the definition of "subjective"? |
nakedly | r | they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill | in an exposed manner | wordnet | [] | "they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill" What is the definition of "nakedly"? |
nakedly | r | they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill | without protection or defense | wordnet | [] | "they were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill" What is the definition of "nakedly"? |
nakedly | r | Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised | without clothing | wordnet | [] | "Henriette saw the weaving figure of an Apache warrior reel nakedly on a pony and rush by with a rifle raised" What is the definition of "nakedly"? |
final | s | the final answer | conclusive in a process or progression | wordnet | [] | "the final answer" What is the definition of "final"? |
final | s | the judge 's decision is final | not to be altered or undone | wordnet | [] | "the judge 's decision is final" What is the definition of "final"? |
final | s | the final chapter | occurring at or forming an end or termination | wordnet | [] | "the final chapter" What is the definition of "final"? |
lucid | s | a lucid moment in his madness | having a clear mind | wordnet | [] | "a lucid moment in his madness" What is the definition of "lucid"? |
lucid | s | lucid directions | transparently clear | wordnet | [
"limpid",
"",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous"
] | "lucid directions" What is the definition of "lucid"? |
lucid | s | lucid directions | easily understandable | wordnet | [
"limpid",
"",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous"
] | "lucid directions" What is the definition of "lucid"? |
lucid | s | a lucid thinker | capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner | wordnet | [
"coherent",
"",
"logical"
] | "a lucid thinker" What is the definition of "lucid"? |
outlandish | s | the outlandish clothes of teenagers | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | wordnet | [] | "the outlandish clothes of teenagers" What is the definition of "outlandish"? |
missing | s | missing in action | not able to be found | wordnet | [] | "missing in action" What is the definition of "missing"? |
lame | n | she wore a gold lame dress | a fabric interwoven with threads of metal | wordnet | [] | "she wore a gold lame dress" What is the definition of "lame"? |
lame | s | a lame argument | pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | wordnet | [] | "a lame argument" What is the definition of "lame"? |
equatorial | a | equatorial diameter | of or relating to or at an equator | wordnet | [] | "equatorial diameter" What is the definition of "equatorial"? |
equatorial | a | equatorial heat | of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator | wordnet | [] | "equatorial heat" What is the definition of "equatorial"? |
equatorial | a | equatorial Africa | of or existing at or near the geographic equator | wordnet | [] | "equatorial Africa" What is the definition of "equatorial"? |
seminal | a | seminal fluid | pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen | wordnet | [] | "seminal fluid" What is the definition of "seminal"? |
seminal | s | seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another | containing seeds of later development | wordnet | [] | "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" What is the definition of "seminal"? |
birch | n | my father never spared the birch | used to hit people as punishment | wordnet | [] | "my father never spared the birch" What is the definition of "birch"? |
hotbed | n | it was a hotbed of vice | a situation that is ideal for rapid development especially of something bad | wordnet | [] | "it was a hotbed of vice" What is the definition of "hotbed"? |
bovine | s | showed a bovine apathy | dull and slow-moving and stolid | wordnet | [] | "showed a bovine apathy" What is the definition of "bovine"? |
bovine | s | showed a bovine apathy | like an ox | wordnet | [] | "showed a bovine apathy" What is the definition of "bovine"? |
nefarious | s | nefarious schemes | extremely wicked | wordnet | [] | "nefarious schemes" What is the definition of "nefarious"? |
signification | n | the signification of Chinese characters | the message that is intended or expressed or signified | wordnet | [
"significance",
"subtlety",
"connotation",
"moral",
"sense",
"nuance",
"symbolization",
"point",
"intension",
"shade",
"import",
"lesson",
"gist",
"nicety",
"substance",
"essence",
"refinement",
"burden",
"meaning"
] | "the signification of Chinese characters" What is the definition of "signification"? |
stew | n | do n't get in a stew | agitation resulting from active worry | wordnet | [
"agitation",
"lather",
"fret",
"sweat"
] | "do n't get in a stew" What is the definition of "stew"? |
spur | v | The Academy was formed to spur research | to incite or stimulate | wordnet | [] | "The Academy was formed to spur research" What is the definition of "spur"? |
tempter | n | Satan is the great tempter of mankind | a person who tempts others | wordnet | [] | "Satan is the great tempter of mankind" What is the definition of "tempter"? |
nowadays | r | it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished " - Nancy Mitford | in these times | wordnet | [] | "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished " - Nancy Mitford" What is the definition of "nowadays"? |
aural | a | an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus | of or pertaining to hearing or the ear | wordnet | [] | "an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus" What is the definition of "aural"? |
aural | a | various aural effects that precede a migraine headache | relating to or characterized by an aura | wordnet | [] | "various aural effects that precede a migraine headache" What is the definition of "aural"? |
attachable | a | a handle attachable by two bolts | capable of being fastened or added to something else | wordnet | [] | "a handle attachable by two bolts" What is the definition of "attachable"? |
producer | n | Maine is a leading producer of potatoes | something that produces | wordnet | [] | "Maine is a leading producer of potatoes" What is the definition of "producer"? |
celestial | a | celestial map | of or relating to the sky | wordnet | [] | "celestial map" What is the definition of "celestial"? |
celestial | a | celestial beings | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | wordnet | [] | "celestial beings" What is the definition of "celestial"? |
celestial | s | celestial peace | of heaven or the spirit | wordnet | [] | "celestial peace" What is the definition of "celestial"? |
deafen | v | deafen a room | to make soundproof | wordnet | [
"break",
"weaken",
"dampen",
"deafening",
"damp"
] | "deafen a room" What is the definition of "deafen"? |
overdrive | n | Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given | the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration | wordnet | [] | "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given" What is the definition of "overdrive"? |
road | n | the road to fame | a way or means to achieve something | wordnet | [] | "the road to fame" What is the definition of "road"? |
additional | s | called for additional troops | further or added | wordnet | [] | "called for additional troops" What is the definition of "additional"? |
shiny | s | saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet | reflecting light | wordnet | [] | "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet" What is the definition of "shiny"? |
shiny | s | shiny black patents | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing | wordnet | [] | "shiny black patents" What is the definition of "shiny"? |
shiny | s | shiny black patents | reflecting a sheen or glow | wordnet | [] | "shiny black patents" What is the definition of "shiny"? |
anchorage | n | the plant needs a firm anchorage | the condition of being secured to a base | wordnet | [] | "the plant needs a firm anchorage" What is the definition of "anchorage"? |
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