| achiever | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: succeeder, success, winner |
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| asseverate | (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, maintain |
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| asseveration | (noun) a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) | Synonyms: assertion, averment |
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| asseverator | (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, avower, declarer |
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| believer | (noun) a person who has religious faith | Synonyms: worshiper, worshipper |
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| (noun) a supporter who accepts something as true | Synonyms: truster |
| beverage | (noun) any liquid suitable for drinking | Synonyms: drink, drinkable, potable |
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| cantilever | (noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | - |
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| (verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | - |
| (verb) project as a cantilever | - |
| clever | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: cunning, ingenious |
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| (adjective) mentally quick and resourceful | Synonyms: apt |
| (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, cagy, canny |
| cleverly | (adverb) in a clever manner | Synonyms: smartly |
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| cleverness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity |
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| (noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty | Synonyms: brightness, smartness |
| (noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
| dissever | (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, divide, separate, split, split up |
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| ever | (adverb) at all times; all the time and on every occasion | Synonyms: always, e'er |
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| (adverb) at any time | Synonyms: of all time |
| (adverb) (intensifier for adjectives) very | Synonyms: ever so |
| evergreen | (adjective) (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year | - |
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| (noun) a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year | Synonyms: evergreen plant |
| everlasting | (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, eternal, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
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| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (noun) any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color | Synonyms: everlasting flower |
| everlastingly | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, evermore, forever |
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| everlastingness | (noun) the property of lasting forever | - |
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| evermore | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, everlastingly, forever |
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| (adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: forevermore |
| eversion | (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: everting, inversion |
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| (noun) the position of being turned outward | - |
| evert | (verb) turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward | - |
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| everting | (noun) the act of turning inside out | Synonyms: eversion, inversion |
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| every | (adjective) (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception | - |
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| (adjective) each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified | - |
| everyday | (adjective) commonplace and ordinary | - |
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| (adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | Synonyms: casual, daily |
| (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday |
| everydayness | (noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | Synonyms: commonness, commonplaceness |
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| everyman | (noun) the ordinary person | - |
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| everyplace | (adverb) to or in any or all places; pronoun, location; quantifier: universal | Synonyms: all over, everywhere |
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| everything | (noun) all things that are of importance to a person | - |
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| everywhere | (adverb) to or in any or all places; pronoun, location; quantifier: universal | Synonyms: all over, everyplace |
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| fever | (noun) a state of nervous excitement | - |
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| (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, feverishness, pyrexia |
| fevered | (adjective) highly or nervously excited | - |
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| feverfew | (noun) bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Chrysanthemum parthenium, Tanacetum parthenium |
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| feverish | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by fever | Synonyms: febrile |
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| (adjective) marked by intense agitation or emotion | Synonyms: hectic |
| (adjective) having or affected by a fever | Synonyms: feverous |
| feverishly | (adverb) in a feverish manner | - |
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| feverishness | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, fever, pyrexia |
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| (noun) A state of wildly excited activity or emotion. | - |
| feverous | (adjective) having or affected by a fever | Synonyms: feverish |
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| feverroot | (noun) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers | Synonyms: horse gentian, tinker's root, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
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| forever | (adverb) for a limitless time | Synonyms: eternally, everlastingly, evermore |
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| (adverb) for a very long or seemingly endless time | Synonyms: forever and a day |
| (adverb) invariably | Synonyms: always, constantly, incessantly, perpetually |
| forevermore | (adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: evermore |
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| griever | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: lamenter, mourner, sorrower |
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| however | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | Synonyms: all the same, at the same time, even so, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet |
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| (adverb) in whatever way or manner | - |
| (adverb) to whatever degree or extent | - |
| (adverb) by contrast; on the other hand | - |
| irreverence | (noun) a disrespectful act | Synonyms: violation |
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| (noun) an irreverent mental attitude | - |
| irreverent | (adjective) showing lack of due respect or veneration | - |
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| (adjective) not revering god | Synonyms: godless |
| (adjective) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality | Synonyms: impertinent, pert, saucy |
| irreverently | (adverb) without respect | - |
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| (adverb) in an irreverent manner | - |
| irreversibility | (noun) the quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) | - |
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| irreversible | (adjective) incapable of being reversed | - |
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| irreversibly | (adverb) in an irreversible manner | - |
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| lever | (noun) a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum | - |
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| (noun) a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock | Synonyms: lever tumbler |
| (noun) a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum | - |
| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry |
| leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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| (noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
| (noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
| (verb) provide with leverage | - |
| (verb) supplement with leverage | - |
| leveraging | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leverage |
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| leveret | (noun) a young hare especially one in its first year | - |
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| misbeliever | (noun) a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: heretic, religious outcast |
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| never | (adverb) not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future | Synonyms: ne'er |
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| nevermore | (adverb) at no time hereafter | Synonyms: never again |
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| nevertheless | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | Synonyms: all the same, at the same time, even so, however, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, withal, yet |
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| nonachiever | (noun) a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates | Synonyms: underachiever, underperformer |
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| nonbeliever | (noun) someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) | - |
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| nonreversible | (adjective) not reversible or capable of having either side out | Synonyms: one-sided |
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| overachiever | (noun) a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated | - |
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| perseverance | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseveration, persistence |
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| (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
| perseverate | (verb) repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus | - |
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| perseveration | (noun) the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence |
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| (noun) the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it | - |
| persevere | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persist |
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| persevering | (adjective) quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness | Synonyms: diligent |
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| perseveringly | (adverb) with perseverance | - |
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| reliever | (noun) a pitcher who does not start the game | Synonyms: fireman, relief pitcher |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, comforter |
| retriever | (noun) a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game | - |
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| reverberance | (noun) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | Synonyms: plangency, resonance, ringing, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy |
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| reverberant | (adjective) having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected | - |
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| reverberate | (verb) treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace | - |
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| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, resound, ring |
| (verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | Synonyms: reflect |
| (verb) be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves | - |
| (verb) have a long or continuing effect | - |
| reverberating | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberative |
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| reverberation | (noun) the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves | Synonyms: echo, replication, sound reflection |
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| (noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: repercussion |
| reverberative | (adjective) characterized by resonance | Synonyms: resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating |
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| revere | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revers |
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| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, reverence, venerate |
| (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, idolize, worship |
| revered | (adjective) profoundly honored | Synonyms: august, venerable |
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| reverence | (noun) an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) | - |
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| (noun) a reverent mental attitude | - |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, fear, veneration |
| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: fear, revere, venerate |
| reverend | (adjective) worthy of adoration or reverence | Synonyms: sublime |
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| (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: clergyman, man of the cloth |
| reverent | (adjective) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration | - |
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| (adjective) showing great reverence for god | Synonyms: godly, worshipful |
| reverential | (adjective) feeling or manifesting veneration | Synonyms: respectful, venerating |
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| reverentially | (adverb) with reverence; in a reverent manner | Synonyms: reverently |
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| reverently | (adverb) with reverence; in a reverent manner | Synonyms: reverentially |
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| reverie | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption | Synonyms: revery |
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| (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, revery |
| revers | (noun) a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side | Synonyms: revere |
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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 |
| reverse | (adjective) of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle | - |
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| (adjective) directed or moving toward the rear | Synonyms: rearward |
| (adjective) reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect | Synonyms: inverse |
| (noun) (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | - |
| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reversion, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed | Synonyms: reverse gear |
| (noun) the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design | Synonyms: verso |
| (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, setback |
| (noun) a relation of direct opposition | Synonyms: contrary, opposite |
| (verb) change to the contrary | Synonyms: change by reversal, turn |
| (verb) turn inside out or upside down | Synonyms: invert, turn back |
| (verb) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of | Synonyms: invert |
| (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overthrow, overturn |
| (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, revoke, vacate |
| reversed | (adjective) turned about in order or relation | Synonyms: converse, transposed |
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| (adjective) turned inside out and resewn | - |
| reversely | (adverb) in an opposite way; so as to be reversed | - |
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| reversibility | (noun) the quality of being reversible in either direction | - |
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| reversible | (adjective) capable of reversing or being reversed | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being reversed or used with either side out | Synonyms: two-sided |
| (adjective) capable of assuming or producing either of two states | - |
| (adjective) capable of being reversed | - |
| (noun) a garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) | - |
| reversibly | (adverb) in a reversible manner | - |
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| reversion | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting |
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| (noun) turning in the opposite direction | Synonyms: reversal, reverse, turnabout, turnaround |
| (noun) returning to a former state | Synonyms: regress, regression, retrogression, retroversion |
| (noun) (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) | - |
| (noun) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic | Synonyms: atavism, throwback |
| (noun) (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) | - |
| reversionary | (adjective) of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion) | - |
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| reversioner | (noun) (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion | - |
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| reversionist | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: backslider, recidivist |
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| reversive | (adjective) tending to be turned back | Synonyms: returning |
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| revert | (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: regress, retrovert, return, turn back |
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| (verb) undergo reversion, as in a mutation | - |
| revertible | (adjective) to be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs | - |
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| reverting | (adjective) tending to return to an earlier state | Synonyms: returning |
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| (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion |
| revery | (noun) an abstracted state of absorption | Synonyms: reverie |
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| (noun) absentminded dreaming while awake | Synonyms: air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie |
| sever | (verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: discerp, lop |
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| (verb) set or keep apart | Synonyms: break up |
| severable | (adjective) capable of being divided or dissociated | Synonyms: dissociable, separable |
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| several | (adjective) distinct and individual | - |
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| (adjective) considered individually | Synonyms: respective, various |
| (adjective) (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many | - |