adept | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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attempt | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: effort, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(noun) the act of attacking | Synonyms: attack |
bankrupt | (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: insolvent |
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concept | (noun) an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Synonyms: conception, construct |
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conscript | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: draftee, inductee |
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contempt | (noun) a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body | - |
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(noun) a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous | Synonyms: disrespect |
(noun) open disrespect for a person or thing | Synonyms: scorn |
(noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: despite, disdain, scorn |
crypt | (noun) a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) | - |
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etanercept | (noun) a genetically engineered anti-TNF compound (trade name Enbrel) consisting of receptors that bind TNF; it is injected twice a week in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: Enbrel |
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eucalypt | (noun) a tree of the genus Eucalyptus | Synonyms: eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree |
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excerpt | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerption, extract, selection |
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intercept | (noun) the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis | - |
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interrupt | (noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out | - |
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manuscript | (noun) the form of a literary work submitted for publication | Synonyms: ms |
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(noun) handwritten book or document | Synonyms: holograph |
nondescript | (noun) a person who is not easily classified and not very interesting | - |
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nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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percept | (noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept | Synonyms: perception, perceptual experience |
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playscript | (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: book, script |
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postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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(noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
precept | (noun) a doctrine that is taught | Synonyms: commandment, teaching |
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(noun) rule of personal conduct | Synonyms: principle |
preempt | (noun) a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding | Synonyms: pre-empt, preemptive bid |
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prescript | (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: rule |
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prompt | (noun) a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) | Synonyms: prompting |
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(noun) (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command | Synonyms: command prompt |
receipt | (noun) the act of receiving | Synonyms: reception |
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(noun) an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made | - |
rescript | (noun) something that has been written again | Synonyms: revision, rewrite |
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(noun) the act of rewriting something | Synonyms: revisal, revise, revision |
(noun) a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality | - |
(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, order |
script | (noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance | Synonyms: book, playscript |
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(noun) a particular orthography or writing system | - |
(noun) something written by hand | Synonyms: hand, handwriting |
sept | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry |
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subscript | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character | Synonyms: inferior |
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superscript | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character | Synonyms: superior |
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transcript | (noun) a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) | Synonyms: copy |
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(noun) something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech | - |
transept | (noun) structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles | - |
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typescript | (noun) typewritten matter especially a typewritten copy of a manuscript | - |
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