adversary | (noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister |
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ampersand | (noun) a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) | - |
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anniversary | (noun) the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) | Synonyms: day of remembrance |
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conversance | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity |
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conversancy | (noun) personal knowledge or information about someone or something | Synonyms: acquaintance, conversance, familiarity |
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conversation | (noun) the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | - |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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dispersal | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersion, dissemination |
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ersatz | (noun) an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation | - |
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haversack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack |
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interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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malversation | (noun) misconduct in public office | - |
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reversal | (noun) a change from one state to the opposite state | - |
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(noun) the act of reversing the order or place of | Synonyms: transposition |
(noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
(noun) a major change in attitude or principle or point of view | Synonyms: about-face, policy change, volte-face |
(noun) a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside | - |
(noun) a decision to reverse an earlier decision | Synonyms: change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround |
(noun) turning in an opposite direction or position | Synonyms: turn around |
(noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reverse, setback |
somersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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somersaulting | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somerset, summersault, summerset |
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summersault | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | Synonyms: flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summerset |
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tergiversation | (noun) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | Synonyms: equivocation |
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(noun) the act of abandoning a party for cause | Synonyms: apostasy |
tergiversator | (noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: equivocator, hedger |
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traversal | (noun) taking a zigzag path on skis | Synonyms: traverse |
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(noun) travel across | Synonyms: traverse |
universal | (noun) coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions | Synonyms: universal joint |
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(noun) a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings | - |
(noun) (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class | Synonyms: universal proposition |
(noun) (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | Synonyms: linguistic universal |
universalism | (noun) the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved | - |
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universality | (noun) the quality of being universal; existing everywhere | Synonyms: catholicity |
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versant | (noun) the side or slope of a mountain | Synonyms: mountainside |
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versatility | (noun) having a wide variety of skills | - |
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