Word Definitions

Consistent Word Definitions are the Key to Clarity.

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Abound: to be present in large numbers or in great quantity: be prevalent: to be copiously supplied
Abundant: marked by great plenty: amply supplied: abounding: occurring in abundance: ample: plentiful
Acceptable: capable or worthy of being accepted: welcome, pleasing: barely satisfactory
Accepting: to receive willingly: to be able or designed to take or hold: to give admittance or approval to: to endure without protest or reaction: to regard as proper, normal, or inevitable: to recognize as true: to make a favorable response to: to agree to undertake: to assume an obligation to pay: also: to take in payment: to receive officially
Accommodating: helpful: obliging
Accompany: to go with as an associate or companion: to perform an accompaniment to or for: to cause to be in association: to be in association with: to perform an accompaniment
Accord: to bring into agreement: reconcile: to grant or give: to be consistent or in harmony: agree: grant
Ace: a die face marked with one spot: a playing card marked in its center with one pip: a domino end marked with one spot: a very small amount or degree: particle: a point scored especially on a service that an opponent fails to touch: a golf score of one stroke on a hole: a hole made in one stroke: a combat pilot who has brought down at least five enemy airplanes: one that excels at something
Action: the initiating of a proceeding in a court of justice by which one demands or enforces one's right: a function of the body or one of its parts: an act of will: a thing done: combat in war: the movement of incidents in a plot: an operating mechanism: the manner in which a mechanism or instrument operates: the process of betting: an opportunity for financial gain: the most vigorous, productive, or exciting activity in a particular field, area, or group
Active: characterized by action rather than by contemplation or speculation: producing or involving action or movement: asserting that the person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb: expressing action as distinct from mere existence or state: lively: busy: requiring vigorous action or exertion: having practical operation or results: energetic
Activity: the quality or state of being active: vigorous or energetic action: natural or normal function: as a process that an organism carries on or participates in by virtue of being alive: a similar process actually or potentially involving mental function: an active force: a pursuit in which a person is active: a form of organized, supervised, often extracurricular recreation
Advantageous: giving an advantage: favorable
Advice: recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct: information or notice given: an official notice concerning a business transaction
Advocate: one that pleads the cause of another: one that pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court: one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal
Affable: being pleasant and at ease in talking to others: characterized by friendliness: gracious
Affair: commercial, professional, public, or personal business: matter: concern: a procedure, action, or occasion only vaguely specified: an object or collection of objects only vaguely specified: a romantic or passionate attachment typically of limited duration: liaison: a matter occasioning public anxiety, controversy, or scandal: case
Affecting: to make a display of liking or using: cultivate: to put on a pretense of: feign: to tend toward: frequent: assume
Affirmative: asserting a predicate of a subject: asserting that the fact is so: positive: favoring or supporting a proposition or motion
Affluent: flowing in abundance: having a generously sufficient and typically increasing supply of material possessions: rich
Agreement: the act or fact of agreeing: harmony of opinion, action, or character: concord: an arrangement as to a course of action: compact, treaty: a contract duly executed and legally binding: the language or instrument embodying such a contract
Agriculture: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products: farming
Aid: to provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end: to give assistance
Alert: watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency: quick to perceive and act: active, brisk: watchful, intelligent
Amass: to collect for oneself: accumulate: to collect into a mass: gather: to come together: assemble
Amiable: generally agreeable: being friendly, sociable, and congenial: good-natured: obliging: complaisant
Ample: generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity: generously sufficient to satisfy a requirement or need: buxom: portly: spacious: plentiful
Anticipation: a prior action that takes into account or forestalls a later action: the act of looking forward: visualization of a future event or state: an object or form that anticipates a later type: the early sounding of one or more tones of a succeeding chord to form a temporary dissonance
Apportion: to divide and share out according to a plan: to make a proportionate division or distribution of
Appraise: an act or instance of appraising: a valuation of property by the estimate of an authorized person
Approve: to have or express a favorable opinion of: to accept as satisfactory: to give formal or official sanction to: ratify: to take a favorable view: endorse: sanction: accredit: certify
Arresting: to bring to a stop: check: slow: to make inactive: seize: capture: to take or keep in custody by authority of law: to catch suddenly and engagingly
Assist: to give support or aid: to be present as a spectator
Association: the act of associating: the state of being associated: combination, relationship: an organization of persons having a common interest: society: something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person: the process of forming mental connections or bonds between sensations, ideas, or memories: the aggregation of chemical species to form loosely bound complexes: a major unit in ecological community organization characterized by essential uniformity and usually by two or more dominant species
Atmosphere: the gaseous envelope of a celestial body: the whole mass of air surrounding the earth: the air of a locality: a surrounding influence or environment: a unit of pressure equal to the pressure of the air at sea level or approximately 14.7 pounds per square inch (101,325 pascals): the overall aesthetic effect of a work of art: a dominant aesthetic or emotional effect or appeal
Attentive: mindful, observant: heedful of the comfort of others: solicitous: offering attentions in or as if in the role of a suitor
Attractive: having or relating to the power to attract: arousing interest or pleasure: charming
Auspicious: affording a favorable auspice: propitious: attended by good auspices: prosperous: favorable
Authenticate: to prove or serve to prove the authenticity of: confirm
Autocracy: the authority or rule of an autocrat: government in which one person possesses unlimited power: a community or state governed by autocracy
Autonomy: the quality or state of being self-governing; especially: the right of self-government: self-directing freedom and especially moral independence: a self-governing state
Avoid: to make legally void: annul: to keep away from: shun: to prevent the occurrence or effectiveness of: to refrain from: leave: escape

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Back: the rear part of the human body especially from the neck to the end of the spine: the body considered as the wearer of clothes: capacity for labor, effort, or endurance: the back considered as the seat of one's awareness of duty or failings: the part of a lower animal corresponding to the human back: spinal column: backbone: the side or surface opposite the front or face: the rear part: the farther or reverse side: something at or on the back for support: a place away from the front: a position in some games behind the front line of players: a player in this position
Background: the scenery or ground behind something: the part of a painting representing what lies behind objects in the foreground: the conditions that form the setting within which something is experienced: information essential to understanding of a problem or situation: the total of a person's experience, knowledge, and education: intrusive sound or radiation that interferes with received or recorded electronic signals: a more or less steady level of noise above which the effect being measured by an apparatus is detected: a somewhat steady level of radiation in the natural environment: background: setting: environment
Backing: something forming a back: endorsement especially of a warrant by a magistrate
Bear: carry: buck: convey: ferry: lug: pack: tote: transport: shoulder: to have attached to one: possess: display: exhibit: show: attend: companion: to give birth to offspring: birth: bring forth: deliver: beget: breed: generate: multiply: produce: reproduce: to bring forth a product: turn out: yield: to put up with something trying or difficult
Behaviour: the way one conducts oneself: manners: the treatment of others: moral conduct: the way in which a ship, machine, chemical substance, etc., acts or works: the response to a stimulus
Believe: to have a firm religious faith: to accept as true, genuine, or real: to have a firm conviction as to the goodness, efficacy, or ability of something: to hold an opinion: to consider to be true or honest: to accept the word or evidence of: to hold as an opinion
Benefit: something that promotes well-being: advantage: useful aid: help: financial help in time of sickness, old age, or unemployment: a payment or service provided for under an annuity, pension plan, or insurance policy: an entertainment or social event to raise funds for a person or cause
Benevolent: marked by or disposed to doing good: organized for the purpose of doing good: marked by or suggestive of goodwill
Big: large or great in dimensions, bulk, extent, quantity, number, or amount: operating on a large scale: pregnant: nearly ready to give birth: full to bursting: swelling: full and resonant: chief, preeminent: outstandingly worthy or able: of great importance or significance: imposing, pretentious: magnanimous, generous: popular: full-bodied and flavorful
Bitter: being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, or disagreeable and suggestive of an infusion of hops: sour: distasteful or distressing to the mind: galling: marked by intensity or severity: accompanied by severe pain or suffering: being relentlessly determined: vehement: exhibiting intense animosity: harshly reproachful: marked by cynicism and rancor: intensely unpleasant especially in coldness or rawness: expressive of severe pain, grief, or regret
Boastful: the act or an instance of boasting: brag: a cause for pride
Boldness: fearless before danger: intrepid: showing or requiring a fearless daring spirit: impudent: presumptuous: sheer: steep: adventurous: free: standing out prominently: being or set in boldface
Bountiful: liberal in bestowing gifts or favors: given or provided abundantly: liberal
Brightness: the quality or state of radiating or reflecting light: having a high saturation or brilliance: intelligence: cleverness: brilliance: radiance
Bring: to convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with one toward the place from which the action is being regarded: to cause to be, act, or move in a special way: attract: persuade: induce: force: compel: to cause to come into a particular state or condition: escort: accompany: to cause to exist or occur: to be the occasion of: to result in: institute: adduce: prefer: to procure in exchange: yield: produce
Brisk: keenly alert: lively: pleasingly tangy: fresh: invigorating: sharp in tone or manner: energetic: quick
Broad-Minded: tolerant of varied views: inclined to condone minor departures from conventional behavior
Bulging: to jut out: swell: to bend outward: to become swollen or protuberant: to be filled to overflowing
Business: an immediate task or objective: a particular field of endeavor: a commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood: a commercial or industrial enterprise: economic dealings: stage business: personal concern: serious activity requiring time and effort and usually the avoidance of distractions: maximum effort: a damaging assault

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Cautious: marked by or given to caution: circumspect: wary
Champion: warrior: fighter: a militant advocate or defender: one that does battle for another's rights or honor: a winner of first prize or first place in competition: one who shows marked superiority
Chance: something that happens unpredictably without discernible human intention or observable cause: luck: the fortuitous or incalculable element in existence: contingency: a situation favoring some purpose: opportunity: a fielding opportunity in baseball: the possibility of a particular outcome in an uncertain situation: the degree of likelihood of such an outcome: the more likely indications: risk: in the haphazard course of events
Charitable: full of love for and goodwill toward others: benevolent: liberal in benefactions to the needy: generous: of or relating to charity: merciful or kind in judging others: lenient
Chief: accorded highest rank or office: of greatest importance or influence
Chit: a short letter or note: a signed voucher of a small debt: a small slip of paper with writing on it
Circulation: orderly movement through a circuit: the movement of blood through the vessels of the body induced by the pumping action of the heart: flow: passage or transmission from person to person or place to place: the interchange of currency: the extent of dissemination: the average number of copies of a publication sold over a given period: the total number of items borrowed from a library
Circumspect: careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences
Circumstances: a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another: an essential or inevitable concomitant: a subordinate or accessory fact or detail: a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event: the sum of essential and environmental factors: state of affairs: situation with regard to wealth
Clan: a group of people with a common ancestor: a large family as a social group: a group with a strong common interest: a genus, species, or class: a family or group of animals
Clarity: the quality or state of being clear: lucidity
Cleared: to free from accusation or blame: exonerate: vindicate: to give insight to: enlighten: to make intelligible: explain: to free from what obstructs or is unneeded: open: to remove unwanted growth or items from: to rid or make a rasping noise as if ridding of phlegm: to erase stored or displayed data from: to empty of occupants: disentangle: to remove from an area or place: transmit: dispatch: to submit for approval: authorize: approve: to certify as trustworthy: to permit to proceed usually with a specified action: to free from obligation or encumbrance: settle: discharge: to free by payment of duties or harbor fees: to pass through: to gain without deduction: net: to put through a clearinghouse: to go over, under, or by without touching: pass: to become clear: to go away: vanish: sell: to obtain permission to discharge cargo: to conform to regulations or pay requisite fees prior to leaving port: to go to an authority before becoming effective
Climate: a region of the earth having specified climatic conditions: the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation: the prevailing set of conditions indoors: the prevailing influence or environmental conditions characterizing a group or period
Close: to move so as to bar passage through something: to block against entry or passage: to deny access to: screen: exclude: to suspend or stop the operations of: to bring to an end or period: to conclude discussion or negotiation about: to consummate by performing something previously agreed: to terminate access to: to bring or bind together the parts or edges of: to fill up: to make complete by circling or enveloping or by making continuous: to reduce to nil: to contract, fold, swing, or slide so as to leave no opening: to cease operation: to draw near: to engage in a struggle at close quarters: grapple: to come together: meet: to draw the free foot up to the supporting foot in dancing: to enter into or complete an agreement: to come to an end or period: to reduce a gap: end: conclude: finish: complete: terminate
Clue: something that guides through an intricate procedure or maze of difficulties; specifically: a piece of evidence that leads one toward the solution of a problem
Coarse: of ordinary or inferior quality or value: common: composed of relatively large parts or particles: loose or rough in texture: adjusted or designed for heavy, fast, or less delicate work: not precise or detailed with respect to adjustment or discrimination: crude or unrefined in taste, manners, or language: harsh, raucous, or rough in tone: of or relating to coarse fish: vulgar: gross: obscene: ribald
Coincide: to occupy the same place in space or time: to occupy exactly corresponding or equivalent positions on a scale or in a series: to correspond in nature, character, or function: to be in accord or agreement: concur: agree
Collect: to bring together into one body or place: to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources: infer: deduce: to gain or regain control of: to claim as due and receive payment for: to get and bring with one: PICK UP: to come together in a band, group, or mass: gather: to collect objects: to receive payment
Comfort: to give strength and hope to: cheer: to ease the grief or trouble of: console
Commendatory: serving to commend
Commerce: social intercourse: interchange of ideas, opinions, or sentiments: the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place: business
Commonplace: an obvious or trite comment: truism: something commonly found
Communication: a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior: exchange of information: an act or instance of transmitting: a verbal or written message: information communicated: personal rapport
Communion: an act or instance of sharing: a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death or as symbols for the realization of a spiritual union between Christ and communicant or as the body and blood of Christ: the act of receiving Communion: the part of a Communion service in which the sacrament is received: intimate fellowship or rapport: communication: a body of Christians having a common faith and discipline
Competence: a sufficiency of means for the necessities and conveniences of life: the quality or state of being competent: the properties of an embryonic field that enable it to respond in a characteristic manner to an organizer: readiness of bacteria to undergo genetic transformation: the knowledge that enables a person to speak and understand a language: performance
Complete: having all necessary parts, elements, or steps: having all four sets of floral organs: including modifiers, complements, or objects: brought to an end: conclude: highly proficient: fully carried out: thorough: total: absolute: full
Comprehensive: covering completely or broadly: inclusive: having or exhibiting wide mental grasp
Concern: to relate to: be about: to bear on: to have an influence on: involve: to be the business or affair of: to be a care, trouble, or distress to: engage: occupy: matter
Conclude: to bring to an end in a particular way or with a particular action: to reach as a logically necessary end by reasoning: infer on the basis of evidence: to make a decision about: decide: to come to an agreement on: effect: to bring about as a result: complete: end: to form a final judgment: to reach a decision or agreement
Concoction: to prepare by combining raw materials: devise: fabricate
Concur: to act together to a common end or single effect: to express agreement
Condition: a premise upon which the fulfillment of an agreement depends: something essential to the appearance or occurrence of something else: an environmental requirement: the subordinate clause of a conditional sentence: a restricting or modifying factor: an unsatisfactory academic grade that may be raised by doing additional work: a state of being: social status: a usually defective state of health: a state of physical fitness or readiness for use: attendant circumstances
Conduct: the act, manner, or process of carrying on: management: a mode or standard of personal behavior especially as based on moral principles Connection: the act of connecting: the state of being connected: contextual relation or association: relationship in fact: a relation of personal intimacy: something that connects: a political, social, professional, or commercial relationship: a set of persons associated together
Conquer: to gain or acquire by force of arms: subjugate: to overcome by force of arms: vanquish: to gain mastery over or win by overcoming obstacles or opposition: to overcome by mental or moral power: surmount: to be victorious: defeat: subdue: reduce: overcome: overthrow
Conservation: a careful preservation and protection of something; especially: planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect: the preservation of a physical quantity during transformations or reactions
Considerate: given to careful consideration: thoughtful of the rights and feelings of others
Conspicuous: obvious to the eye or mind: attracting attention: striking: marked by a noticeable violation of good taste: noticeable
Contact: union or junction of surfaces: the apparent touching or mutual tangency of the limbs of two celestial bodies or of the disk of one body with the shadow of another during an eclipse, transit, or occultation: the junction of two electrical conductors through which a current passes: an establishing of communication with someone: a person serving as a go-between, messenger, connection, or source of special information
Convoy: accompany: to escort for protection
Cooperate: to act or work with another or others: act together: to associate with another or others for mutual benefit
Copious: yielding something abundantly: plentiful in number: full of thought, information, or matter: profuse or exuberant in words, expression, or style: present in large quantity
Corroborate: to support with evidence or authority: make more certain: confirm
Covenant: a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement: compact: a written agreement or promise usually under seal between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action: the common-law action to recover damages for breach of such a contract
Creation: the act of creating: the act of bringing the world into ordered existence: the act of making, inventing, or producing: the act of investing with a new rank or office: the first representation of a dramatic role: something that is created: world: creatures singly or in aggregate: an original work of art: a new usually striking article of clothing
Crispness: state of being hard but brittle: quality of being lively, brisk and decisive: neat and clear-cut: stiff and crackling: closely curling: quality of a thing overdone in roasting etc.

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Decide: to arrive at a solution that ends uncertainty or dispute about: to select as a course of action: to bring to a definitive end: to induce to come to a choice: to make a choice or judgment: decide: determine: settle: rule: resolve
Deed: something that is done: Illustrious act or action: a signed and sealed instrument containing some legal transfer, bargain or contract: to convey or tranfer by deed
Deliberative: describes the following -- the act of deliberating: a discussion and consideration by a group of persons of the reasons for and against a measure: the quality or state of being deliberate
Deliver: to set free: to take and hand over to or leave for another: convey: hand over: surrender: to assist in giving birth: to aid in the birth of: to give birth to: to cause to produce as if by giving birth: speak: sing: utter: to send to an intended target or destination: to bring to the support of a candidate or cause: to come through with: produce: to produce the promised: desired: or expected results: come through: rescue
Deliverance: the act of delivering someone or something: the state of being delivered; especially: liberation: rescue: something delivered: an opinion or decision expressed publicly
Denomination: a Church or religious sect: a class of units within a range or sequence of numbers, weights, money, etc.: a name or designation: a characteristic or class name: a class or kind having a specific name: the rank of a playing-card within a suit, or of a suit relative to others
Disinterested: not having the mind or feelings engaged: not interested: no longer interested: free from selfish motive or interest: unbiased: indifferent
Distend: extend: to enlarge from internal pressure: swell: to become expanded: expand
Distinguished: to perceive a difference in: mentally separate: to mark as separate or different: to separate into kinds, classes, or categories: to give prominence or distinction to: characterize: discern: to single out: take special notice of: to perceive a difference
Diversion: the act or an instance of diverting from a course, activity, or use: deviation: something that diverts or amuses: pastime: an attack or feint that draws the attention and force of an enemy from the point of the principal operation

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Ease: the state of being comfortable: freedom from pain or discomfort: freedom from care: freedom from labor or difficulty: freedom from embarrassment or constraint: naturalness: an easy fit: relief from discomfort or obligation: facility: effortlessness: free from pain or discomfort: free from restraint or formality: standing silently with the feet apart, the right foot in place, and one or both hands behind the body: used as a command
Economy: thrifty and efficient use of material resources: frugality in expenditures: efficient and concise use of nonmaterial resources: the structure of economic life in a country, area, or period: an economic system
Effect: purport: intent: basic meaning: essence: something that inevitably follows an antecedent: an outward sign: appearance: accomplishment, fulfillment: power to bring about a result: influence: movable property: goods: a distinctive impression: the creation of a desired impression: something designed to produce a distinctive or desired impression: special effects: the quality or state of being operative: operation
Efficacy: the power to produce a desired effect: producing or sure to produce the desired effect
Efficiency: the state or quality of being efficient: the ratio of useful work performed to the total energy expended or heat taken in
Effort: conscious exertion of power: hard work: a serious attempt: try: something produced by exertion or trying: effective force as distinguished from the possible resistance called into action by such a force: the total work done to achieve a particular end
Eminent: standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted: conspicuous: jutting out: projecting: exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position: prominent: famous
Emotion: the effective aspect of consciousness: feeling: a state of feeling: a psychic and physical reaction subjectively experienced as strong feeling and physiologically involving changes that prepare the body for immediate vigorous action
End: the part of an area that lies at the boundary: a point that marks the extent of something: the point where something ceases to exist: the extreme or last part lengthwise: the terminal unit of something spatial that is marked off by units: a player stationed at the extremity of a line: cessation of a course of action, pursuit, or activity: death, destruction: the ultimate state: result, issue: something incomplete, fragmentary, or undersized: remnant: an outcome worked toward: purpose: the object by virtue of or for the sake of which an event takes place: a share in an undertaking: a particular operation or aspect of an undertaking or organization: something that is extreme: ultimate: a period of action or turn in any of various sports events: intention
Endeavor: to attempt by exertion of effort: to work with set purpose: attempt
Energy: dynamic quality: the capacity of acting or being active: vigorous exertion of power: the capacity for doing work: usable power; also: the resources for producing such power
Engrossed: to copy or write in a large hand: to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of: to purchase large quantities of: to take or engage the whole attention of: occupy completely
Enjoyable: to have for one's use, benefit, or lot: experience: to take pleasure or satisfaction in: to have a good time
Enterprise: a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky: readiness to engage in daring action: initiative: a unit of economic organization or activity: a business organization: a systematic purposeful activity
Environment: the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded: the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival: the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community
Establish: to institute permanently by enactment or agreement: to make firm or stable: to introduce and cause to grow and multiply: to bring into existence: found: bring about: effect: to put on a firm basis: set up: to put into a favorable position: to gain full recognition or acceptance of: to make a national or state institution: to put beyond doubt: prove
Ether: the rarefied element formerly believed to fill the upper regions of space: the upper regions of space: heavens: a medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves: airwaves: a light volatile flammable liquid C4H10O used chiefly as a solvent and anesthetic: any of various organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom attached to two carbon atoms
Eventuality: a possible event or outcome: possibility
Example: one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated: a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others: an individual so punished: one that is representative of all of a group or type: a parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model: an instance serving to illustrate a rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of a rule: instance: model
Excessive: exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal: excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme
Exemplar: one that serves as a model or example: an ideal model: a typical or standard specimen: a copy of a book or writing: idea: model
Exorbitant: not coming within the scope of the law: exceeding in intensity, quality, amount, or size the customary or appropriate limits: excessive
Expert: having, involving, or displaying special skill or knowledge derived from training or experience: proficient
Extravagant: exceeding the limits of reason or necessity: lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint: extremely or excessively elaborate: spending much more than necessary: profuse: lavish: unreasonably high in price: excessive
Extreme: existing in a very high degree: going to great or exaggerated lengths: radical: exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected: situated at the farthest possible point from a center: most advanced or thoroughgoing: maximum: of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk: involved in an extreme sport: excessive

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Facility: the quality of being easily performed: ease in performance: aptitude: readiness of compliance: something that makes an action, operation, or course of conduct easier: lavatory: something that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose
Familiarity: the quality or state of being familiar: a state of close relationship: intimacy: absence of ceremony: informality: an unduly informal act or expression: impropriety: a sexual liberty: close acquaintance with something
Famous: widely known: honored for achievement: excellent: first-rate: renowned: celebrated: noted: notorious: distinguished: eminent: illustrious
Favorable: disposed to favor: partial: expressing approval: commendatory: giving a result that is in one's favor: affirmative: winning approval: pleasing: tending to promote or facilitate: advantageous: marked by success: auspicious, propitious
Feat: act: deed: a deed notable especially for courage: an act or product of skill, endurance, or ingenuity: exploit: achievement
Feeling: the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic: sensation experienced through this sense: generalized bodily consciousness or sensation: an emotional state or reaction: susceptibility to impression: the overall quality of one's awareness: conscious recognition: often unreasoned opinion or belief: capacity to respond emotionally especially with the higher emotions: the quality of a work of art that conveys the emotion of the artist
Fellowship: companionship, company: community of interest, activity, feeling, or experience: the state of being a fellow or associate: a company of equals or friends: association: the quality or state of being comradely: the position of a fellow: the stipend of a fellow: a foundation for the providing of such a stipend
Fertile: producing or bearing fruit in great quantities: productive: characterized by great resourcefulness of thought or imagination: inventive: capable of sustaining abundant plant growth: affording abundant possibilities for development: capable of growing or developing: capable of producing fruit: containing pollen: developing spores or spore-bearing organs: capable of breeding or reproducing: capable of being converted into fissionable material: fecund: fruitful: prolific
Firm: securely or solidly fixed in place: not weak or uncertain: vigorous: having a solid or compact structure that resists stress or pressure: not subject to change or revision: not subject to price weakness: steady: not easily moved or disturbed: steadfast: well-founded: indicating firmness or resolution
Focus: a the point at which rays or waves meet after reflection or refraction: focal point: the adjustment of the eye or a lens necessary to produce a clear image: a state of clear definition: the center of interest or activity: the place of origin of an earthquake: concentrate or be concentrated on: converge or make converge to a focus
Forgiving: willing or able to forgive: allowing room for error or weakness
Franchise: freedom or immunity from some burden or restriction vested in a person or group: a special privilege granted to an individual or group: the right to be and exercise the powers of a corporation: the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory: a business granted such a right or license: the right of membership in a professional sports league: a team having such membership
Free: having the legal and political rights of a citizen: enjoying civil and political liberty: enjoying personal freedom: not subject to the control or domination of another: choosing or capable of choosing for itself: made, done, or given voluntarily or spontaneously: not bound, confined, or detained by force: having no trade restrictions: not subject to government regulation of foreign exchange: having no obligations or commitments: having a scope not restricted by qualification: clear: not being used or occupied: not fastened: not confined to a particular position or place: not having a specific opponent to cover in football: performed without apparatus: not parsimonious: outspoken: availing oneself of something without stint: frank: open: overly familiar or forward in action or attitude: licentious: not costing or charging anything: separate: freestanding: chemically uncombined: not permanently attached but able to move about: capable of being used alone as a meaningful linguistic form: not literal or exact: not restricted by or conforming to conventional forms: not allowing slavery: open to all comers without charge: independent: sovereign: autonomous
Freedom: the quality or state of being free: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action: liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another: the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous: the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken: boldness of conception or execution: a political right
Free-Flowing: characterized by easy freedom in movement, progression, or style
Frugality: characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
Full: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal: complete especially in detail, number, or duration: lacking restraint, check, or qualification: having all distinguishing characteristics: enjoying all authorized rights and privileges: not lacking in any essential: perfect: being at the highest or greatest degree: maximum: being at the height of development: rounded in outline: possessing or containing a great number or amount: having an abundance of material especially in the form of gathered, pleated, or flared parts: rich in experience: satisfied especially with food or drink: large enough to satisfy: having both parents in common: having volume or depth of sound: completely occupied especially with a thought or plan: possessing a rich or pronounced quality: complete: plenary: replete
Function: professional or official position: occupation: the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists: purpose: any of a group of related actions contributing to a larger action: the normal and specific contribution of a bodily part to the economy of a living organism: an official or formal ceremony or social gathering: a mathematical correspondence that assigns exactly one element of one set to each element of the same or another set: characteristic behavior of a chemical compound due to a particular reactive unit: a computer subroutine: one that performs a calculation with variables provided by a program and supplies the program with a single result: office: duty: province

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Generous: a characterized by a noble or forbearing spirit: liberal in giving: marked by abundance
Get: to gain possession of: to receive as a return: to become affected by: catch: to seek out and obtain: to obtain and bring where wanted or needed: beget: to cause to come or go: to cause to be in a certain position or condition: to make ready: prepare: to be subjected to: to achieve as a result of military activity: to obtain or receive by way of benefit or advantage: seize: overcome: to have an emotional effect on: kill: hit: to prevail on: to have as an obligation or necessity: to find out by calculation: memorize: hear: understand: to establish communication with: to put out in baseball: deliver: to bring or move oneself: to reach or enter into a certain condition: to make progress: to acquire wealth: to be able: to come to be: to succeed in becoming: to leave immediately
Good: of a favorable character or tendency: bountiful, fertile: handsome, attractive: suitable, fit: free from injury or disease: profitable, advantageous: agreeable, pleasant: salutary, wholesome: amusing, clever: considerable: full: well-founded, cogent: deserving of respect: honorable: adequate, satisfactory: conforming to a standard: choice, discriminating: virtuous, right, commendable: kind, benevolent: competent, skillful: loyal: close: well-behaved: very, entirely
Gracious: marked by kindness and courtesy: graceful: marked by tact and delicacy: urbane: characterized by charm, good taste, generosity of spirit, and the tasteful leisure of wealth and good breeding: merciful: compassionate: cordial: affable, genial: sociable
Grateful: appreciative of benefits received: expressing gratitude: affording pleasure or contentment: pleasing: pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated
Guidance: the act or process of guiding: the direction provided by a guide: advice on vocational or educational problems given to students: the process of controlling the course of a projectile by a built-in mechanism

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Handsome: appropriate: suitable: moderately large: sizable: marked by skill or cleverness: adroit: marked by graciousness or generosity: liberal: having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance: beautiful
Heartfelt: deeply felt: earnest: sincere
Heed: to pay attention: to give consideration or attention to
Help: to give assistance or support to: to make more pleasant or bearable: to be of use to: to further the advancement of: to serve with food or drink especially at a meal: to appropriate something for (oneself)
Hero: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability: an illustrious warrior: a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities: one that shows great courage: the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work: the central figure in an event, period, or movement: submarine: an object of extreme admiration and devotion: idol
Hump: a rounded protuberance: humpback: a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal: mound: hummock: mountain: range: a fit of depression or sulking: a difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle
Hunch: an act or instance of hunching: a thick piece: a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result
Husbandry: the control or judicious use of resources: the cultivation or production of plants and animals: the scientific control and management of a branch of farming especially domestic animals

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Ideal: existing as an archetypal idea: existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination only: lacking practicality: relating to or constituting mental images, ideas, or conceptions: of, relating to, or embodying an ideal: conforming exactly to an ideal, law, or standard: perfect: real: of or relating to philosophical idealism
Immoderate: exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds: excessive
Implementation: performance of an obligation: completion of a contract, project etc.: filling up: supplementing
Imposing: to establish or apply by authority: to establish or bring about as if by force: place: set: to arrange in the proper order for printing: pass off: to force into the company or on the attention of another: to take unwarranted advantage of something
Impressive: making or tending to make a marked impression: having the power to excite attention, awe, or admiration: moving
Improve: to enhance in value or quality: make better: to increase the value of by making it more useful for humans: to grade and drain and apply surfacing material other than pavement: to use to good purpose: to advance or make progress in what is desirable: to make useful additions or amendments: better: help: ameliorate
Improvident: not provident: not foreseeing and providing for the future
Independence: the quality or state of being independent: not subject to control by others: self-governing: the condition of not being affiliated with a larger controlling unit: not requiring or relying on something else: not contingent: the condition of not looking to others for one's opinions or for guidance in conduct: showing a desire for freedom: freedom
Indifferent: marked by impartiality: unbiased: that does not matter one way or the other: of no importance or value one way or the other: marked by no special liking for or dislike of something: marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something: apathetic: being neither excessive nor inadequate: moderate: being neither good nor bad: mediocre: being neither right nor wrong: characterized by lack of active quality: neutral: not differentiated: capable of development in more than one direction: not yet embryologically determined: unconcerned: incurious: aloof: detached: disinterested
Indolence: inclination to laziness: sloth
Industry: diligence in an employment or pursuit: steady or habitual effort: systematic labor especially for some useful purpose or the creation of something of value: a department or branch of a craft, art, business, or manufacture: one that employs a large personnel and capital especially in manufacturing: a distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises: manufacturing activity as a whole: work devoted to the study of a particular subject or author: business
Infer: to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises: guess: surmise: to involve as a normal outcome of thought: to point out: indicate: suggest: hint: to draw inferences: deduce: conclude: judge: gather
Initiative: an introductory step: energy or aptitude displayed in initiation of action: enterprise: the right to initiate legislative action: a procedure enabling a specified number of voters by petition to propose a law and secure its submission to the electorate or to the legislature for approval: referendum: at one's own discretion: independently of outside influence or control
Inordinate: exceeding reasonable limits: immoderate: excessive
Intelligent: having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity: revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought: skillful: possessing intelligence: guided or directed by intellect: rational: guided or controlled by a computer: using a built-in microprocessor for automatic operation, for processing of data, or for achieving greater versatility: able to produce printed material from digital signals: clever: alert: quick-witted
Intense: existing in an extreme degree: having or showing a characteristic in extreme degree: marked by or expressive of great zeal, energy, determination, or concentration: exhibiting strong feeling or earnestness of purpose: deeply felt
Intercourse: connection or dealings between persons or groups; exchange especially of thoughts or feelings: physical sexual contact between individuals
Introduce: to lead or bring in especially for the first time: to bring into play: to bring into practice or use: institute: to lead to or make known by a formal act, announcement, or recommendation: to cause to be acquainted: to present formally at court or into society: to present or announce formally or officially or by an official reading: to make preliminary explanatory or laudatory remarks about: to bring before the public for the first time: place: insert: to bring to a knowledge of something: insinuate: interpolate: intercalate: interpose: interject
Introspective: a reflective looking inward: an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
Intuition: quick and ready insight: immediate apprehension or cognition: knowledge or conviction gained by intuition: the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference

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Judgment: a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion: an opinion so pronounced: a formal decision given by a court: an obligation created by the decree of a court: a certificate evidencing such a decree: the final judging of mankind by God: a divine sentence or decision: a calamity held to be sent by God: the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing: an opinion or estimate so formed: the capacity for judging: discernment: the exercise of this capacity: a proposition stating something believed or asserted: sense
Justify: to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable: to show to have had a sufficient legal reason: to qualify as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property: to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation: to space so that the lines come out even at the margin: to make even by justifying: to show a sufficient lawful reason for an act done: to qualify as bail or surety: to justify lines of text: maintain

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Kindly: of an agreeable or beneficial nature: of a sympathetic or generous nature

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Large: having more than usual power, capacity, or scope: comprehensive: exceeding most other things of like kind especially in quantity or size: big: dealing in great numbers or quantities: loose: favorable: extravagant, boastful
Lavish: expending or bestowing profusely: prodigal: expended or produced in abundance b: marked by profusion or excess: profuse
Leading: to guide on a way especially by going in advance: to direct on a course or in a direction: to serve as a channel for: to go through: live: to direct the operations, activity, or performance of: to have charge of: to suggest to the answer desired by asking leading questions: to go at the head of: to be first in or among: to have a margin over: to bring to some conclusion or condition: to begin play with: to aim in front of: to pass a ball or puck just in front of: to guide someone or something along a way: to lie, run, or open in a specified place or direction: to guide a dance partner through the steps of a dance: to be first: begin: open: to play the first card of a trick, round, or game: to tend toward or have a result: to direct the first of a series of blows at an opponent in boxing: guide
Lenient: exerting a soothing or easing influence: relieving pain or stress: of mild and tolerant disposition: indulgent
Letter: a symbol usually written or printed representing a speech sound and constituting a unit of an alphabet: a direct or personal written or printed message addressed to a person or organization: a written communication containing a grant: literature: learning: the strict or outward sense or significance: a single piece of type: a style of type: the initial of a school awarded to a student for achievement usually in athletics
Liberal: of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts: marked by generosity: openhanded: given or provided in a generous and openhanded way: ample, full: not literal or strict: not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms: of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism: of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives
Liberty: the quality or state of being free: the power to do as one pleases: freedom from physical restraint: freedom from arbitrary or despotic control: the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges: the power of choice: an action going beyond normal limits: a violation of rules or a deviation from standard practice: a short authorized absence from naval duty usually for less than 48 hours
License: permission to act: freedom of action: a permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful: a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted: freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility: disregard for standards of personal conduct: licentiousness: deviation from fact, form, or rule by an artist or writer for the sake of the effect gained: freedom
Licentious: lacking legal or moral restraints: disregarding sexual restraints: marked by disregard for strict rules of correctness
Line: thread: string: cord: rope: a comparatively strong slender cord: clothesline: a rope used on shipboard: a device for catching fish consisting of a cord with hooks and other fishing gear: scope for activity: a length of material used in measuring and leveling: piping for conveying a fluid: a wire or pair of wires connecting one telegraph or telephone station with another: a telephone connection: the principal circuits of an electric power system: a horizontal row of written or printed characters: a blank row in lieu of such characters: an often numbered section of a computer program containing a single command or a small number of commands: a short letter: the words making up a part in a drama: something that is distinct, elongated, and narrow: a narrow crease: wrinkle: the track and roadbed of a railway: a field of activity or interest: a glib often persuasive way of talking: limit: family: lineage: a strain produced and maintained especially by selective breeding or biological culture: a military formation in which the different elements are abreast of each other: naval ships arranged in a regular order: a group of public conveyances plying regularly under one management over a route: a system of transportation together with its equipment, routes, and appurtenances: a succession of musical notes especially considered in melodic phrases: an arrangement of operations in manufacturing permitting sequential occurrence on various stages of production: a narrow elongated mark drawn or projected: equator: a marked or imaginary line across a playing area parallel to the end line: line of scrimmage: merchandise or services of the same general class for sale or regularly available: a source of information
Liveliness: briskly alert and energetic: vigorous: animated: active: intense: brilliant: fresh: imparting spirit or vivacity: stimulating: quick to rebound: resilient: responding readily to the helm: full of life, movement, or incident: lively: animated: vivacious: sprightly: gay
Loitering: to delay an activity with aimless idle stops and pauses: dawdle: to remain in an area for no obvious reason: hang around: to lag behind: delay
Loose: not rigidly fastened or securely attached: having worked partly free from attachments: having relative freedom of movement: produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus: not tight-fitting: free from a state of confinement, restraint, or obligation: not brought together in a bundle, container, or binding: not dense, close, or compact in structure or arrangement: lacking in restraint or power of restraint: lacking moral restraint: unchaste: not tightly drawn or stretched: slack: being flexible or relaxed: lacking in precision, exactness, or care: permitting freedom of interpretation: not in the possession of either of two competing teams
Lucidity: clearness of thought or style: a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously: clairvoyance
Lump: a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape: aggregate: totality: majority: protuberance: an abnormal swelling: a person who is heavy and awkward: one who is stupid or dull: beatings: bruises: defeat: loss: a constriction of the throat caused by emotion
Luxuriant: yielding abundantly: fertile, fruitful: characterized by abundant growth: lush: abundantly and often extravagantly rich and varied: prolific: characterized by luxury: luxurious: profuse

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Magnanimous: showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit: showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
Maintain: to keep in an existing state: preserve from failure or decline: to sustain against opposition or danger: uphold and defend: to continue or persevere in: carry on: keep up: to support or provide for: to affirm in or as if in argument: assert: defend: vindicate: justify
Maintenance: the act of maintaining: the state of being maintained: something that maintains: the upkeep of property or equipment: an officious or unlawful intermeddling in a legal suit by assisting either party with means to carry it on
Master: a male teacher: a person holding an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctor's: a revered religious leader: a worker or artisan qualified to teach apprentices: an artist, performer, or player of consummate skill: a great figure of the past whose work serves as a model or ideal: one having authority over another: ruler: governor: one that conquers or masters: victor: superior: a person licensed to command a merchant ship: one having control: an owner especially of a slave or animal: the employer especially of a servant: husband: the male head of a household: a youth or boy too young to be called mister: the eldest son of a Scottish viscount or baron: a presiding officer in an institution or society: any of several officers of court appointed to assist a judge: a master mechanism or device: an original from which copies can be made: a master phonograph record or magnetic tape
Matter: a subject under consideration: a subject of disagreement or litigation: the subject or substance of a discourse or writing: something to be proved in law: a source especially of feeling or emotion: problem: difficulty: the substance of which a physical object is composed: material substance that occupies space, has mass, and is composed predominantly of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons, and electrons, that constitutes the observable universe, and that is interconvertible with energy material discharged from the living body: material discharged by suppuration: the formless substratum of all things which exists only potentially and upon which form acts to produce realities: a more or less definite amount or quantity
Meditate: to focus one's thoughts on: reflect on or ponder over: to plan or project in the mind: intend: purpose: ponder
Meditative: disposed or given to meditation: marked by or conducive to meditation
Medium: something in a middle position: a middle condition or degree: mean: a means of effecting or conveying something: a substance regarded as the means of transmission of a force or effect: a surrounding or enveloping substance: the tenuous material in space that exists outside large agglomerations of matter: a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment: a publication or broadcast that carries advertising: a mode of artistic expression or communication: something on which information may be stored: go-between: intermediary: an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits: material or technical means of artistic expression: a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish: a nutrient system for the artificial cultivation of cells or organisms and especially bacteria: a fluid or solid in which organic structures are placed: a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Meet: to come into the presence of: find: to come together with especially at a particular time or place: to come into contact or conjunction with: join: to appear to the perception of: to encounter as antagonist or foe: oppose: to enter into conference, argument, or personal dealings with: to conform to especially with exactitude and precision: to pay fully: settle: to cope with: to provide for: to become acquainted with: encounter: experience: to receive or greet in an official capacity: to come face-to-face: to come together for a common purpose: assemble: to come together as contestants, opponents, or enemies: to form a junction or confluence: to occur together
Memorandum: an informal record: a written reminder: an informal written note of a transaction or proposed instrument: an informal diplomatic communication: a usually brief communication written for interoffice circulation: a communication that contains directive, advisory, or informative matter
Message: a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals: a messenger's errand or function: an underlying theme or idea
Milieu: the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops
Mindful: bearing in mind: aware: inclined to be aware
Minute: a 60th part of an hour of time or of a degree: 60 seconds: the distance one can traverse in a minute: a short space of time: moment: a brief note: memorandum, draft: the official record of the proceedings of a meeting
Mission: a ministry commissioned by a religious organization to propagate its faith or carry on humanitarian work: assignment to or work in a field of missionary enterprise: a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support: organized missionary work: a course of sermons and services given to convert the unchurched or quicken Christian faith: a group sent to a foreign country to conduct diplomatic or political negotiations: a permanent embassy or legation: a team of specialists or cultural leaders sent to a foreign country: a specific task with which a person or a group is charged: a definite military, naval, or aerospace task: a flight operation of an aircraft or spacecraft in the performance of a mission: calling: vocation
Model: copy: image: structural design: a usually miniature representation of something: a pattern of something to be made: an example for imitation or emulation: a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist: one who poses for an artist: archetype: an organism whose appearance a mimic imitates: one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise: mannequin: a type or design of clothing: a type or design of product: a description or analogy used to help visualize something that cannot be directly observed: a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs: version: example: pattern: exemplar: ideal
Mold: distinctive nature or character: type: the frame on or around which an object is constructed: a cavity in which a substance is shaped: a matrix for casting metal: a form in which food is given a decorative shape: a molded object: molding: prototype: a fixed pattern: design
Moving: marked by or capable of movement: of or relating to a change of residence: involving a motor vehicle that is in motion: producing or transferring motion or action: stirring deeply in a way that evokes a strong emotional response
Munificent: very liberal in giving or bestowing: lavish: characterized by great liberality or generosity: liberal
Muse: to become absorbed in thought: to turn something over in the mind meditatively and often inconclusively: to think or say reflectively: ponder