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evident
s
a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
capable of being seen or noticed
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"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
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"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
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"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
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[ "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
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"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
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[ "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
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"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
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"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
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"you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out" What is the definition of "actually"?
actually
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the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air
at the present moment
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"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
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"a crackle glaze" What is the definition of "crackle"?
atheist
a
atheist leanings
related to or characterized by or given to atheism
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"atheist leanings" What is the definition of "atheist"?
unhinge
v
unhinge the door
to remove the hinges from
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"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
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"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
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"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
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[ "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
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"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
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[ "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
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"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
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"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
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"flaky soap" What is the definition of "flaky"?
threadbare
s
threadbare rugs
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
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"threadbare rugs" What is the definition of "threadbare"?
threadbare
s
repeating threadbare jokes
repeated too often
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"repeating threadbare jokes" What is the definition of "threadbare"?
threadbare
s
repeating threadbare jokes
overfamiliar through overuse
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"repeating threadbare jokes" What is the definition of "threadbare"?
screaming
n
her screaming attracted the neighbors
sharp piercing cry
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[ "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
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[ "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
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"a screaming farce" What is the definition of "screaming"?
everlasting
s
life everlasting
continuing forever or indefinitely
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[ "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
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"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
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"he is his own boss now" What is the definition of "boss"?
boss
s
a boss hand at carpentry
exceptionally good
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"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
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"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
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"they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" What is the definition of "plant"?
plant
v
plant fish
to place into a river
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"even amoeba are sensible creatures" What is the definition of "sensible"?
sensible
a
a sensible choice
showing reason or sound judgment
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"a sensible choice" What is the definition of "sensible"?
sensible
s
the sensible universe
readily perceived by the senses
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"the sensible universe" What is the definition of "sensible"?
sensible
s
made sensible of his mistakes
aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed
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"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
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"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
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"a singular example" What is the definition of "singular"?
singular
s
such poise is singular in one so young
unusual or striking
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"tremendous sweeping plains" What is the definition of "tremendous"?
tremendous
s
a tremendous achievement
extraordinarily good or great
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"a tremendous achievement" What is the definition of "tremendous"?
tremendous
s
a tremendous achievement
used especially as intensifiers
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"a tremendous achievement" What is the definition of "tremendous"?
crate
v
crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum
to as for protection
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"the final answer" What is the definition of "final"?
final
s
the judge 's decision is final
not to be altered or undone
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"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
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"the final chapter" What is the definition of "final"?
lucid
s
a lucid moment in his madness
having a clear mind
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"a lucid moment in his madness" What is the definition of "lucid"?
lucid
s
lucid directions
transparently clear
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[ "limpid", "", "pellucid", "perspicuous" ]
"lucid directions" What is the definition of "lucid"?
lucid
s
lucid directions
easily understandable
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[ "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
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[ "coherent", "", "logical" ]
"a lucid thinker" What is the definition of "lucid"?
outlandish
s
the outlandish clothes of teenagers
conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
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"the outlandish clothes of teenagers" What is the definition of "outlandish"?
missing
s
missing in action
not able to be found
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"missing in action" What is the definition of "missing"?
lame
n
she wore a gold lame dress
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
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"she wore a gold lame dress" What is the definition of "lame"?
lame
s
a lame argument
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
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"a lame argument" What is the definition of "lame"?
equatorial
a
equatorial diameter
of or relating to or at an equator
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"equatorial diameter" What is the definition of "equatorial"?
equatorial
a
equatorial heat
of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
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"equatorial heat" What is the definition of "equatorial"?
equatorial
a
equatorial Africa
of or existing at or near the geographic equator
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"equatorial Africa" What is the definition of "equatorial"?
seminal
a
seminal fluid
pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"it was a hotbed of vice" What is the definition of "hotbed"?
bovine
s
showed a bovine apathy
dull and slow-moving and stolid
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"showed a bovine apathy" What is the definition of "bovine"?
bovine
s
showed a bovine apathy
like an ox
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"showed a bovine apathy" What is the definition of "bovine"?
nefarious
s
nefarious schemes
extremely wicked
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"nefarious schemes" What is the definition of "nefarious"?
signification
n
the signification of Chinese characters
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
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[ "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
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[ "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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"a handle attachable by two bolts" What is the definition of "attachable"?
producer
n
Maine is a leading producer of potatoes
something that produces
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"Maine is a leading producer of potatoes" What is the definition of "producer"?
celestial
a
celestial map
of or relating to the sky
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"celestial map" What is the definition of "celestial"?
celestial
a
celestial beings
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
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"celestial beings" What is the definition of "celestial"?
celestial
s
celestial peace
of heaven or the spirit
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"celestial peace" What is the definition of "celestial"?
deafen
v
deafen a room
to make soundproof
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[ "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
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"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
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"the road to fame" What is the definition of "road"?
additional
s
called for additional troops
further or added
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"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
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"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
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"shiny black patents" What is the definition of "shiny"?
shiny
s
shiny black patents
reflecting a sheen or glow
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"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
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"the plant needs a firm anchorage" What is the definition of "anchorage"?