| algebraist | (noun) a mathematician whose specialty is algebra | - |
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| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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| (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
| braising | (noun) cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture | - |
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| dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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| (noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
| overappraisal | (noun) an appraisal that is too high | Synonyms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation |
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| overpraise | (noun) excessive or undeserved praise. | - |
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| praise | (noun) an expression of approval and commendation | Synonyms: congratulations, extolment, kudos |
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| (noun) offering words of homage as an act of worship | - |
| praiseworthiness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudability, laudableness |
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| praisworthiness | (noun) the property of deserving praise | - |
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| raise | (noun) the act of raising something | Synonyms: heave, lift |
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| (noun) increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) | - |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade |
| raiser | (noun) someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil | Synonyms: agriculturalist, agriculturist, cultivator, grower |
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| (noun) a bridge partner who increases the partner's bid | - |
| raisin | (noun) dried grape | - |
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| raising | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: nurture, rearing |
| (noun) the event of something being raised upward | Synonyms: elevation, lift |
| reappraisal | (noun) a new appraisal or evaluation | Synonyms: reassessment, revaluation, review |
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