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corporal n : a noncommissioned officer ranking above a private in the army or above lance corporal in the marine corps po£ra£tion n : a business or organization authorized by law to carry on an activity the rights and duties of a single person po£re£al adj : having, consisting of, or relating to a physical body
n, pl corps 1 : an organized branch country's military forces 2 : a group of persons acting under one authority corpse n : a dead body
pu£lent adj : very fat pus£cle n : a very small cell (as a red blood cell) that floats freely in the blood ral n : an enclosure for keeping or capturing animals
corral vb cor£ralled; cor£ral£ling 1 : to confine in or as if in an enclosure 2 : to gather or get control over rect vb cor£rect£ed; cor£rect£ing 1 : to or set right 2 : to change or adjust so bring to some standard or to a required condition 3 : to punish in order to improve show how a thing can be improved or right correct adj 1 : free from mistakes : accurate 2 : meeting or agreeing with some standard : appropriate ó cor£rect£ly adv
cor£rect£ness n
rec£tion n 1 : the act of making someagree with what is right or standard change that makes something right 3 punishment 1 ó cor£rec£tion£al adj
£spond vb cor£re£spond£ed; cor£respond£ing 1 : to be alike : agree 2 : to compare closely 3 : to communicate with a person by exchanging letters
£spon£dence n 1 : communication means of letters or email : the letters or
weaken, or wear away little by little
cor£ru£gat£ed adj : having a wavy surface
1cor£rupt vb cor£rupt£ed; cor£rupt£ing 1 : to change (as in morals, manners, or actions) from good to bad 2 : to influence a public official in an improper way (as by a bribe)
2corrupt adj 1 : behaving in a bad or improper way 2 : morally bad : evil
cor£rup£tion n 1 : dishonest or illegal behavior 2 : the process of causing someone else to do something wrong 3 : the act of changing or damaging something
cor£sage n : a small bouquet of flowers usually worn on the shoulder
corse£let or cors£let n : the body armor worn by a knight especially on the upper part of the body
cor£set n : a tight undergarment worn to support or give shape to waist and hips
cos£met£ic n : a material (as a cream, lotion, or powder) used to improve a person's appearance
cos£mic adj : of or relating to the whole universe
cosmic ray n : a stream of very penetrating particles that enter the earth's atmosphere from outer space at high speed
cos£mo£naut n : a Russian or Soviet astronaut
cos£mos n 1 : the universe especially as thought of as an orderly system 2 : a tall garden plant related to the daisies that has showy white, pink, or rosecolored flower heads
1cost vb cost; cost£ing 1 : to have a price of 2 : to cause the payment, spending, or loss of
2cost n 1 : the amount paid or charged for something : price 2 : loss or penalty involved in gaining something
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cost£ly adj cost£li£er; cost£li£est 1 : having a high price or value : expensive 2 : causing loss or suffering
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cot£ton£seed from which cooking and stock feed
cot£ton£tail n cot£ton£wood with bunches couch n : a long son can sit or couch potato of time watching cou£gar n : a imal of North the domestic 1cough vb coughed force air from sharp short noise get rid of by 2cough n 1 severe or frequent sound of coughing could past of verb in the past instead of can is possible couldnút : could coun£cil n : a elected to make coun£cil£lor or group of people laws or give
1coun£sel n : a lawyer representing 2counsel vb Brit coun£selled Can and Brit vice to : advise mend coun£sel£or or sel£lor n 1
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am£bi£tion n 1 : a desire for success, honor, or power 2 : something a person hopes to do or achieve 3 : the drive to do things and be active
am£bi£tious adj 1 : possessing a desire for success, honor, or power 2 : not easily done or achieved ó am£bi£tious£ly adv
am£ble vb am£bled; am£bling : to walk at a slow easy pace
am£bu£lance n : a vehicle used to carry a sick or injured person
1am£bush vb am£bushed; am£bush£ing : to attack by surprise from a hidden place
2ambush n 1 : a hidden place from which a surprise attack can be made 2 : a surprise attack made from a hidden place
am£me£ter electric current am£mo£nia pound of nitrogen smell and by cold and ing products explosives water am£mu£ni£tion
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amen interj 1 ó used at the end of a prayer
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ame£na£ble adj : readily giving in or agreeing amend vb amend£ed; amend£ing 1 : to change for the better : improve 2 : to change the wording or meaning of : alter amend£ment n : a change in wording or meaning especially in a law, bill, or motion amends n pl : something done or given by a person to make up for a loss or injury he or she has caused ó used as singular, but more common as plural ame£ni£ty n, pl ame£ni£ties 1 : the quality or characteristic of being pleasant or agreeable
2 amenities pl : something that makes life easier or more pleasant
Amer. abbr 1 America 2 American
1Amer£i£can n 1 : a citizen of the United States 2 : a person born or living in North or South America
2American adj 1 : of or relating to the United States or its citizens 2 : of or relating to North or South America or their residents
American Indian n : a member of any of the first groups of people to live in North and South America
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am£ne£sia n loss of memory amoe£ba n, tiny water flows about amok or amuck trolled manner
ªrun amokº among also the middle 3 : through each of 5 considered 1amount vb add up 2 : 2amount n am£pere n of an electric am£per£sand the word and am£phet£amine nervous system
am£phib£i£an blooded vertebrate toads) that vae but breathe designed to land or water
am£phib£i£ous land and in both land and air forces
am£phi£the in curved
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sociable 1 Syn convivial, boon, companionable, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, social Ant antisocial, introverted, reclusive, unsociable 2 Syn gracious, affable, cordial, genial Ant ungracious
social Syn convivial, boon, companionable, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, sociable Ant antisocial, introverted, reclusive, unsociable
socialize £ to take part in social activities Syn associate, fraternize, hobnob, mingle, mix society 1 Syn aristocracy, county, elite, gentry, nobility Ant people, proletariat 2 Syn association, club, order 3 Syn companionship, camaraderie, company, comradeship, fellowship
sofa Syn couch, chesterfield, davenport, divan, lounge, settee
soft £ free from all harshness, roughness, or intensity Syn balmy, bland, gentle, lenient, mild, smooth Rel moderated, tempered Ant hard, stern
soften 1 Syn cushion, buffer, gentle 2 Syn weaken, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap soft-soap Syn coax, blandish, blarney, cajole, wheedle
soil Syn dirty, befoul, begrime, besmirch, blacken, foul, grime, mire, muddy, smirch, smudge, stain, sully Ant clean, cleanse
sojourn Syn reside, dwell, live, lodge, put up, stay, stop solace Syn comfort, console Ant afflict, bother
solar plexus Syn stomach, abdomen, belly, gut, tummy
sole 1 Syn only, alone, lone, singular, solitary, special, unique 2 Syn single, lone, particular, separate, solitary, unique Ant accompanied, conjugal, supported solecism 1 Syn barbarism, corruption, impropriety, vernacularism, vulgarism 2 Syn impropriety (sense 1), familiarity, gaffe, indiscretion Ant amenity, civility, courtesy, formality, gesture
concerned
solicitude Syn care, anxiety, concern, worry solid 1 Syn dependable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, steady, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty Ant irresponsible, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy 2 Syn firm, hard Ant flabby, loose
solidarity Syn unity, integrity, union solidify Syn harden (sense 1), cake, indurate, petrify Ant soften solitariness Syn isolation, insulation, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitude solitary 1 Syn alone, desolate, forlorn, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn Ant accompanied 2 Syn only, alone, lone, singular, sole, special, unique 3 Syn single, lone, particular, separate, sole, unique Ant accompanied, conjugal, supported
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solitude Syn isolation, insulation, secludedness, seclusion, segregation, separateness, sequestration, solitariness soluble Syn solvable, answerable, explainable, explicable, resolvable Ant inexplicable, insoluble, unexplainable, unsolvable solution Syn answer (sense 2), result solvable £ capable of having the reason for or cause of determined Syn answerable, explainable, explicable, resolvable, soluble Rel analyzable, decipherable Ant inexplicable, insoluble, unexplainable, unsolvable solve £ to find an answer for through reasoning Syn answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), resolve, riddle, unravel, work, work out Rel clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie somatic Syn bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical somber Syn serious, earnest, grave, sedate, sober, solemn, staid Ant flippant, light some Syn almost, about, more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, virtually, well-nigh something Syn very, awful, awfully, beastly, deadly, especially, exceedingly, extra, extremely, far, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, jolly, mightily, mighty, mortally, most, much, particularly,
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Syn shortly, anon, soothe Syn calm, compose, eten, settle, still, tranquilize soothsayer Syn prophet forecaster, foreseer, futurist, prognosticator, soothsaying Syn prediction forecast, forecasting, presaging, prognosis, nostication, prophecy sop Syn soak, drench, steep, waterlog sophisticate vb Syn load, weight Ant refine sophisticate n Syn politan Ant bumpkin, yokel sophisticated 1 smooth, urbane Ant ish, loutish, uncouth cosmopolitan, smart, innocent, naive, unsophisticated, wide-eyed soppy Syn sentimental mushy, romantic, slushy sorcerer Syn magician conjurer (or conjuror), cer, voodoo, witch, sorcery Syn magic witchcraft, witchery, sordid Syn mean, abject, sore Syn angry, raged, foaming, fuming, indignant, inflamed, mad, outraged, rabid, wrathful, wroth Ant sorrow n £ distress grief, heartache, heartbreak, grieving, mourning sorrow vb Syn grieve sorrowful Syn sad kenhearted, crestfallen, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, heartbroken, sore, inconsolable,
embankment Syn dam, dike, levee
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science) basic, essential, underlying Ant
the simplest Syn basic, elerudimentary, prime Ant Brobdingnagian, cogargantuan, giHerculean, immense, diminutive, midget, minteeny, teeny-
enrapture, exhilarate, 2 Syn lift, lower preferment, reduction (in altitude (also pixy), extract blackball, debar, suspend Ant admit, selected as best, choice, prime, upper establishment, top, upper county, gentry, proletariat
lengthen, prolong, 1), extended, lengthy Ant brief, fluent, wellexpressive, pregnant, revealing, another, farther, clarify, clear explicate, exinterpret, spell avoid, eschew, empyreal, empyrean, infernal derive, flow, isdischarge, liberate, (sense 1), alter, fertilize
: to come, arrive, or act before 6 : 1throb 2, pulsate 7 : to flap against 8 : to move with an up and down motion : flap 9 : to do or be better than 10 : to find hard to figure out 11 : to make by walking or riding over ó beat£er n ó beat it : to go away quickly
2beat n 1 : a blow or a stroke made again and again 2 : a single pulse (as of the heart)
3 : a sound produced by or as if by beating 4 : a measurement of time in music : an accent or regular pattern of accents in music or poetry 5 : an area or place regularly visited or traveled through as part of a job
embargo Syn prohibition (sense 2), ban, interdict, interdiction, proscription, veto Ant prescription embark (on or upon) Syn begin (sense 2), commence, enter (into or upon), get off, kick off, launch, open, start, strike (into) Ant conclude, end, finish, terminate embarrass £ to distress by confusing or confounding Syn abash, discomfit, disconcert, faze, rattle Rel discompose, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb Ant facilitate, relieve embarrassment Syn encumbrance, bar, block, chain, clog, crimp, deterrent, drag, fetter, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, inhibition, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, shackles, stop, stumbling block, trammel Ant aid, assistance, benefit, help
3beat adj : very tired
bed£bug n : a small wingless insect that sucks blood and is sometimes found in houses and especially in beds
bed£clothes n pl : coverings (as sheets and blankets) for a bed
eminent £ standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement Syn distinguished, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious, signal, star, superior Rel celebrated, famed, famous, glorious, honored, renowned, reputable emissary Syn ambassador, delegate, envoy, legate, minister, representative emolument Syn wage, fee, hire, pay, salary, stipend
bed£ding n 1 : bedclothes 2 : material for a bed
emotion Syn feeling, affection, passion, sentiment
be£deck vb be£decked; be£deck£ing : to dress up or decorate with showy things
be£dev£il vb be£dev£iled; be£dev£ils : to trouble or annoy again and again
bed£lam n : a place, scene, or state of uproar and confusion
be£drag£gled adj : limp, wet, or dirty from or as if from rain or mud
beat£box n : an electronic device that adds a steady rhythm, alters sounds, and mimics
musical instruments
beat£en adj 1 : worn smooth by passing feet 2 : having lost all hope or spirit
beatñup adj : badly worn or damaged by use or neglect
beau£te£ous adj : beautiful
beau£ti£cian n : a person who gives beauty treatments (as to skin and hair)
beau£ti£ful adj 1 : having qualities of beauty : giving pleasure to the mind or senses 2 : very good : excellent ó beau£ti£ful£ly adv
beau£ti£fy vb beau£ti£fied; beau£ti£fy£ing : to make beautiful beau£ty n, pl beauties 1 : the qualities of a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or to the mind 2 : a beautiful or excellent person or thing
beauty mark n : a small dark mark (as a mole) on the skin especially of the face
bed£rid£den adj : forced to stay in bed by sickness or weakness
bed£rock n : the solid rock found under surface materials (as soil)
bed£room n : a room used for sleeping
bed£side n : the place next to a bed
bed£spread n : a decorative top covering for a bed
bed£stead n : the framework of a bed
bed£time n : time to go to bed
bee n 1 : an insect with four wings that is related to the wasps, gathers pollen and nectar from flowers from which it makes beebread and honey for food, and usually lives in large colonies 2 : a gathering of people to do something together or engage in a competition
bee£bread n : a bitter yellowish brown food material prepared by bees from pollen and stored in their honeycomb
beech n : a tree with smooth gray bark, deep green leaves, and small edible nuts
emotional 1 Syn demonstrative, effusive, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestrained Ant inhibited, reserved, restrained, undemonstrative, unemotional 2 Syn fervent, ardent, blazing, burning, charged, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, red-hot, vehement, warm, warm-blooded Ant cold, cool, dispassionate, impassive, unemotional 3 Syn moving, affecting, impressive, poignant, stirring, touching Ant unemotional, unimpressive empathy Syn sympathy, commiseration, compassion, condolence, pity, ruth emphasis £ exerted force or special stress that gives impressiveness or importance to something Syn accent, accentuation, stress emphasize £ to indicate the importance of by giving prominent display Syn accent, accentuate, feature, highlight, play (up), point (up), stress, underline, underscore Rel focus, identify, pinpoint, spotlight Ant play (down) employ Syn use, apply, avail, utilize employment 1 Syn occupation, calling, line, profession, trade, vocation, work 2 Syn work (sense 2), business, calling, occupation, pursuit
1beef n, pl beefs or beeves 1 : the meat of a steer, cow, or bull 2 : a steer, cow, or bull especially when fattened for food 3 pl beefs : complaint 2
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emporium Syn store, bazaar, shop emptiness 1 Syn vacancy (sense 1), blank, blankness, vacuity, void Ant fullness 2 Syn vacancy (sense 2), bareness, vacuity Ant fullness
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be£cause conj : for the reason that ó because of : for the reason of beck£on vb beck£oned; beck£on£ing 1 : to call or signal by a motion (as a wave or nod) 2 : to appear inviting
2beef vb beefed; beef£ing : complain ó beef up : to add weight, strength, or power to
bee£hive n : hive
bee£line n : a straight direct course been past participle of be
1beep n : a sound that signals or warns
embellish Syn adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, garnish, ornament Ant disfigure embellishment Syn exaggeration, caricature, coloring, elaboration, embroidering, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching Ant understatement embers Syn ash, cinders, clinkers emblem Syn symbol, attribute, type embodiment £ a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) Syn epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification Rel exemplification, incorporation, substantiation embody 1 £ to make a part of a body or system Syn assimilate, incorporate, integrate Rel amalgamate, blend, combine, commingle, fuse, intermingle, merge, mingle 2 £ to represent in visible form Syn epitomize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, personalize, personify, substantiate Rel actualize, realize 3 Syn realize, actualize, externalize, hypostatize, incarnate, materialize, objectify, reify embolden Syn encourage, cheer, hearten, inspirit, nerve, steel Ant discourage embrace 1 Syn adopt, espouse Ant discard, repudiate 2 Syn include, comprehend, imply, involve, subsume Ant exclude embroidering Syn exaggeration, caricature, coloring, elaboration, embellishment, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching Ant understatement emend Syn correct, amend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, revise emerge Syn appear, loom Ant disappear, vanish
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be£come vb be£came; become; be£com£ing 1 : to come or grow to be 2 : to be suitable to especially in a pleasing way ó become of : to happen to
2beep vb beeped; beep£ing : to make or cause to make a sound that signals or warns
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beer n : an alcoholic drink made from malt and flavored with hops
bees£wax n : wax made by bees and used by them in building honeycomb
1bed n 1 : a piece of furniture on which a person sleeps or rests 2 : a place for sleeping or resting 3 : sleep or a time for sleeping 4 : a piece of ground prepared for growing plants
5 : the bottom of something 6 : 1layer 1
emergency Syn juncture, contingency, crisis, exigency, pass, pinch, strait emigrant £ a person who leaves one country in order to settle in another Syn immigrant, migrant Rel alien, emigrÈ, exile, expatriate, foreigner, fugitive, refugee emigrate Syn migrate, immigrate
2bed vb bed£ded; bed£ding : to put or go to bed
ÈmigrÈ Syn stranger, alien, foreigner, immigrant, outlander, outsider
beet n 1 : a leafy plant with a thick juicy root that is used as a vegetable or as a source of sugar 2 : the root of a beet plant
bee£tle n 1 : any of a group of insects with four wings the outer pair of which are stiff cases that cover the others when folded 2 : an insect that looks like a beetle
empty adj 1 £ lacking the contents that could or should be present Syn blank, vacant, vacuous, void Rel destitute, devoid, void Ant full 2 Syn meaningless, inane, pointless, senseless Ant meaningful 3 Syn vain, hollow, idle, nugatory, otiose empty vb £ to remove the contents of Syn clear, evacuate, vacate, void Rel deplete, drain, eliminate, exhaust Ant fill, load empyreal Syn celestial, Elysian, empyrean, heavenly, supernal Ant hellish, infernal empyrean Syn celestial, Elysian, empyreal, heavenly, supernal Ant hellish, infernal emulate Syn rival, compete, vie enact £ to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action Syn lay down, legislate, make, pass Rel bring about, effect Ant repeal, rescind, revoke encapsulate Syn summarize, abstract, digest,
adj 1: filled to overflowing 2: of a reddish
healthy color 3: smooth or level 4: abutting
ó flush adv
flus£ter vb : upset ó fluster n
flute n 1: pipelike musical instrument 2
withstand
food n : material
fool n 1: stupid : waste time
ery n ó fool
fool£ish£ness
fool£har£dy adj
: groove ó flut£ed adj ó flut£ing n ó flutist n
withstand Syn resist, contest, oppose, fight, combat, conflict, antagonize witness n Syn spectator, observer, beholder, looker-on, onlooker, eyewitness, bystander, kibitzer witness vb Syn certify, attest, vouch witticism Syn joke, jest, jape, quip, wisecrack, crack, gag witty ♦ provoking or intended to provoke laughter Syn humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose wizard Syn expert, adept, artist, artiste, virtuoso
wizardry Syn magic, witchcraft, witchery, sorcery, alchemy, thaumaturgy
wizen Syn wither, shrivel
wobble Syn shake, teeter, totter, shimmy, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, quake, tremble, dither
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flut£ter vb 1: flap the wings rapidly 2: move with quick wavering or flapping motions 3
: behave in an agitated manner ¶ n 1: a fluttering 2: state of confusion ó flut£tery adj
flux n : state of continuous change
word ♦ a pronounceable sound or combination of sounds that expresses and symbolizes an idea Syn vocable, term wordy ♦ using or marked by the use of more words than are necessary to express the thought Syn verbose, prolix, diffuse, redundant work n 1 ♦ strenuous activity that involves difficulty and effort and usually affords nopleasure Syn labor, travail, toil, drudgery, grind Ant play 2 ♦ a sustained activitythat affords one a livelihood Syn employment, occupation, calling, pursuit, business 3 ♦ something brought into being by the exertion of effort and the exercise ofskill Syn product, production, opus, artifact
1fly vb (flew;flown) 1: move through the air with wings 2: float or soar 3: flee 4: move or pass swiftly 5: operate an airplane
2fly n : garment closure
3fly n : winged insect
fly£er var of flier
foam n 1: mass of bubbles on top of a liquid
2: material of cellular form ¶ vb : form foam
ó foamy adj
fo£cus n 1: point at which reflected or refracted rays meet 2: adjustment (as of eyeglasses) for clear vision 3: central point ¶ vb
: bring to a focus ó fo£cal adj ó fo£cal£ly adv
foe n : enemy
fog n 1: fine particles of water suspended near the ground 2: mental confusion ¶ vb : obscure or be obscured with fog ó fog£gy adj
ó fog£horn n
foot n (feet)
length equal to 4: bottom ó
foot£print n ó
foot£step n ó
foot£age n : size
foot£ball n : ball
rectangular field
foot£hill n : hill
foot£hold n : support
foot£ing n 1:
foot£lock£er n
foot£loose adj
foot£note n : note
foot£stool n : for prep 1 ó pose 2: because ient 4: in support help cure 6: ing 8: through for£bear vb 1: for£bear£ance
woe Syn sorrow, grief, anguish, heartache, heartbreak, regret woebegone Syn downcast, disconsolate, dispirited, dejected, depressed woman Syn female, lady womanish Syn female, womanlike,womanly, ladylike, feminine Ant mannish
foil n 1: thin sheet of metal 2: one that sets off another by contrast
1fold n 1: enclosure for sheep 2: group with a common interest
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2fold vb 1: lay one part over another 2: embrace ¶ n : part folded
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fold£er n 1: one that folds 2: circular 3 : folded cover or envelope for papers
fo£liage n : plant leaves
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womanlike Syn female, womanly, womanish, ladylike, feminine womanly Syn female, womanlike, ladylike, womanish, feminine Ant unwomanly, manly
wonder1 ♦ something that causes astonishment or admiration Syn marvel, prodigy, miracle, phenomenon 2 ♦ the complex emotion aroused by the incomprehensible and esp. the awe-inspiring Syn wonderment, amazement, admiration
wonderment Syn wonder, amazement, admiration wont Syn habit, habitude, practice, usage, custom, use
work vb Syn act, operate, function, behave, react worker ♦ one who earns his living by labor, esp. by manual labor Syn workman, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, hand, operative, roustabout Ant idler workingman Syn worker, workman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, operative, hand, roustabout workman Syn worker, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, operative, hand, roustabout world Syn earth, globe, planet worldly1 Syn earthly, mundane, terrestrial, earthy, sublunary 2 Syn sophisticated, worldly-wise, blasÈ, disillusioned worldly-wise Syn sophisticated, worldly, blasÈ, disillusioned worn Syn haggard, careworn, pinched, wasted, cadaverous
folk n 1: people in general 2 pl : one∫s family
¶ adj : relating to the common people
folk£lore n : customs and traditions of a people
ó folk£lor£ist n
folksy adj : friendly and informal
fol£low vb 1: go or come after 2: pursue 3
: obey 4: proceed along 5: keep one∫s attention fixed on 6: result from ó fol£low£er n
ó fol£low£ing adj or prep
fol£ly n : foolishness
fond adj 1: strongly attracted 2: affectionate
3: dear ó fond£ly adv ó fond£ness n
fon£dle vb : touch lovingly
worried ♦ distressed or troubled usu. about something anticipated Syn anxious, concerned, careful, solicitous worry vb ♦ to disturb one or destroy one∫s peace of mind by repeated or persistent
for£bid vb 1: something for£bid£ding adj force n 1: exceptional : military strength available for a ence (as a push vb 1: compel : break open ó adv ó in force
forc£ible adj force ó forc£ ford n : place : wade across fore adv : in or or coming before : front fore£arm n : part and the wrist fore£bear n : ancestor fore£bod£ing fore£bod£ing
fore£cast vb : cast£er n
steer Rel accompany, chaperon, conduct, convoy, escort Ant misguide guide n Syn escort, attendant, companion, guard
guile Syn deceit, cunning, dissimulation, duplicity
guileful Syn sly, artful, crafty, cunning, foxy, insidious, tricky, wily guilelessly Syn naturally (sense 3), artlessly, ingenuously, innocently, naively, sincerely, unaffectedly, unfeignedly, unpretentiously Ant affectedly, artificially, hypocritically, insincerely, pretentiously, unnaturally guilt Syn blame, culpability, fault guilty 1 £ suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing Syn ashamed, contrite, hangdog, penitent, remorseful, repentant, shamed, shamefaced Rel apologetic, sorry Ant impenitent, remorseless, shameless, unashamed, unrepentant 2 Syn blameworthy, culpable Ant blameless
habit 1 £ a usual manner of behaving or doing Syn custom, fashion, pattern, practice, trick, way, wont Rel addiction 2 Syn physique, build, constitution habitant Syn inhabitant, denizen, dweller, occupant, resident, resider Ant transient habitat £ the place in which a particular kind of organism lives or grows Syn biotope, range, station habitation £ the place where one lives Syn abode, domicile, dwelling, home, house, residence
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force Syn jet, pour, rush, squirt Rel cascade, issue, dribble, drip, drop, trickle aggerated display of Syn enthuse, fuss, rave, dote (on), fawn 3 Syn gut Syn stomach, abdomen, plexus, tummy guts 1 Syn courage ness, daring, dauntlessness, fearlessness, gallantry, dihood, heart, heroism, ness, nerve, stoutness, cowardliness, cravenness, spinelessness, yellowness backbone, grit, pluck, guy Syn man (sense gentleman, male gyrate Syn turn (sense ette, revolve, rotate, spin, whirl
habitual Syn usual, accustomed, wonted habituate £ to make used custom, addict, inure teach, train habituated Syn accustomed wont Ant unaccustomed, habituÈ Syn addict, devotee, hacienda Syn mansion tryseat, estate, hall, manor, ace, villa hack Syn mercenary,
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Webster's Rhyming Dictionary
eau \ã\see OW1 eaucracy \‰k-rÑ-sá\see OCRACY eauteous \¸t-á-Ñs\see UTEOUS eautiful \¸t-i-fÑl\see UTIFUL eauty \¸t-á\see OOTY1 eaux \ã\see OW1 eavable \á-vÑ-bÑl\see EIVABLE eaval \á-vÑl\see IEVAL eave1 \áv\eve, Eve, grieve, heave, leave, peeve, sheave, sleeve, Steve, thieve, weave, we∫ve achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, conceive, deceive, frost heave, Maldive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unweave basket weave, disbelieve, Genevieve, interleave, interweave, makebelieve, misconceive, on one∫s sleeve, preconceive, Tel Aviv, up one∫s sleeve overachieve, Saint Agnes∫ Eve, underachieve absent without leave
ua \‰\see A1 uable \¸-Ñ-bÑl\chewable, doable, viewable renewable, undoable nonrenewable ual \¸-Ñl\see UEL1 uan \¸-Ñn\bruin, ruin, yuan uancy \¸-Ñn-sá\see UENCY uant \¸-Ñnt\see UENT uart \òrt\see URT1
ub \Ñb\chub, club, cub, drub, dub, flub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, schlub, scrub, shrub, snub, stub, sub, tub bathtub, book club, brew pub, glee club, health club, hot tub, hubbub, nightclub, war club, washtub, yacht club billy club, country club, overdub, service club, syllabub Beelzebub uba \¸-bÑ\Cuba, scuba, tuba Aruba, saxtuba ubal \¸-bÑl\nubile, ruble, tubal uban \¸-bÑn\see EUBEN ubbard \Ñb-Ñrd\cupboard
eave2 \iv\see IVE2
eaved \ávd\leaved, sleeved aggrieved, bereaved, broad-leaved, relieved also -ed forms of verbs listed at EAVE1
eavement \áv-mÑnt\see EVEMENT
eaven \ev-Ñn\Devon, Evan, heaven, Kevin, leaven, seven eleven, hog heaven seventh heaven
Mother Hubbard ubber \Ñb-Ñr\blubber, rubber, scrubber foam rubber, landlubber, nightclubber moneygrubber ubbery \Ñb-rá\blubbery, rubbery, shrubbery ubbily \Ñb-Ñ-lá\bubbly, grubbily ubbing \Ñb-iä\drubbing, rubbing also -ing forms of verbs listed at UB ubble \Ñb-Ñl\bubble, double, Hubble, rubble, stubble, trouble abubble, redouble, soap bubble body double, borrow trouble, daily double, on the double
eaver \á-vÑr\see IEVER eaward \á-wÑrd\see EEWARD eaze1 \áz\see EZE eaze2 \Üz\see AZE1 eazo \á-zã\see IZO eazy \á-zá\see EASY1 eb \eb\deb, ebb, reb, web celeb, cobweb, Horeb, subdeb, Zagreb cause cÈlËbre, Johnny Reb, spiderweb, World Wide Web eba \á-bÑ\Reba, Sheba amoeba, Beersheba
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troubled redoubled, ubbly1 \Ñb-lá\bubbly, stubbly ubbly2 \Ñb-Ñ-lá\see ubby \Ñb-á\chubby, grubby, hubby, scrubby, stubby, tubby ube \¸b\boob, cube, tube boob tube, flashcube, jujube, bouillon cube, down the tube, inner uben \¸-bÑn\see ubens \¸-bÑnz\Rubens also -s, -∫s, and nouns listed at EUBEN uber \¸-bÑr\goober, uberance \¸-brÑns\exuberance, protuberance uberant \¸-brÑnt\exuberant, tuberant overexuberant uberous \¸-brÑs\see ubic \¸-bik\cubic ubile \¸-bÑl\see UBAL uble \¸-bÑl\see UBAL ubric \¸-brik\Kubrick, ubrious \¸-brá-Ñs\lugubrious, salubrious ubris \¸-brÑs\hubris, ubtile \Ñt-´l\see UTTLE uby \¸-bá\see OOBY uca \¸-kÑ\see OOKA ucat \Ñk-Ñt\see UCKET ucca1 \¸-kÑ\see OOKA ucca2 \Ñk-Ñ\see UKKA uccal \Ñk-Ñl\see
ucci \¸-chá\see
uccor \Ñk-Ñr\see ucculence \Ñk-yÑ-lÑns\see LENCE
ebate \ab-Ñt\see ABIT ebb \eb\see EB ebbie \eb-á\see EBBY ebble \eb-Ñl\pebble, rebel, treble ebby \eb-á\Debbie, webby cobwebby ebe1 \á-bá\BB, freebie, Phoebe, Seabee ebe2 \áb\plebe sahib ebel \eb-Ñl\see EBBLE eber \Ü-bÑr\see ABOR ebes \ábz\Thebes also -s, -∫s, and -s∫ forms of nouns listed at EBE2 eble \eb-Ñl\see EBBLE ebo \á-bã\see IBO ebral \á-brÑl\cerebral, vertebral ebs \eps\see EPS ebt \et\see ET1 ebted \et-Ñd\see ETID ebtor \et-Ñr\see ETTER ec1 \ek\see ECK ec2 \ets\see ETS eca \á-kÑ\see IKA1 ecan \ek-Ñn\see ECKON ecca \ek-Ñ\Decca, mecca, Mecca Rebecca eccable \ek-Ñ-bÑl\see ECKABLE eccan \ek-Ñn\see ECKON ecce \ek-á\see ECKY ecco \ek-ã\see ECHO ecency \ás-´n-sá\decency, recency indecency ecent \ás-´nt\decent, recent indecent ech1 \ek\see ECK ech2 \Ñk\see UCK1 ech3 \esh\see ESH1 eche1 \Üsh\crËche Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh eche2 \esh\see ESH1 eche3 \á-chá\see EACHY Íche \esh\see ESH1 Ëche \esh\see ESH1 eched \echt\see ETCHED echie \ek-á\see ECKY
ensordecer {53} vt : deafen — vi : go deaf
ensordecedor, -dora adj : deafening ensortijar vt : curl
ensuciar vt : soil — ensuciarse vr : get dirty
