| crisis | (noun) a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something | - |
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| (noun) an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty | - |
| derision | (noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt | Synonyms: ridicule |
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| (noun) contemptuous laughter | - |
| enterprisingness | (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprise, go-ahead, initiative |
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| matrisib | (noun) one related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib |
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| patrisib | (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib |
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| risibility | (noun) a disposition to laugh | - |
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| rising | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising |
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| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
| surprisingness | (noun) extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected | Synonyms: unexpectedness |
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| uprising | (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising |
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| verisimilitude | (noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true | - |
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