approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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(verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
approbation | (noun) official recognition or approval | - |
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(noun) official approval | - |
approbative | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbatory, approving, plausive |
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approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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disapprobation | (noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable | Synonyms: condemnation |
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equiprobable | (adjective) equally probable | - |
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improbability | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbableness |
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improbable | (adjective) not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | Synonyms: unlikely |
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(adjective) having a probability too low to inspire belief | Synonyms: unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely |
(adjective) too improbable to admit of belief | Synonyms: marvellous, marvelous, tall |
improbableness | (noun) the quality of being improbable | Synonyms: improbability |
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improbably | (adverb) not easy to believe | Synonyms: implausibly, incredibly, unbelievably |
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meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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opprobrious | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, shameful |
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(adjective) expressing offensive reproach | Synonyms: abusive, scurrilous |
opprobrium | (noun) a state of extreme dishonor | Synonyms: infamy |
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(noun) state of disgrace resulting from public abuse | Synonyms: obloquy |
probabilism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action | - |
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(noun) a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable | - |
probabilistic | (adjective) of or relating to or based on probability | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism | - |
probabilistically | (adverb) by the use of probability theory | - |
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probability | (noun) the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event | - |
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(noun) a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | Synonyms: chance |
probable | (adjective) likely but not certain to be or become true or real | - |
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(adjective) apparently destined | - |
(noun) an applicant likely to be chosen | - |
probably | (adverb) with considerable certainty; without much doubt | Synonyms: belike, in all likelihood, in all probability, likely |
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(adverb) easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | Synonyms: believably, credibly, plausibly |
probate | (noun) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements | - |
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(noun) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | Synonyms: probate will |
(verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | - |
(verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | - |
probation | (noun) (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court | - |
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(noun) a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself | - |
(noun) a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership | - |
probationary | (adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon | Synonyms: provisional, provisionary, tentative |
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probationer | (noun) someone released on probation or on parole | Synonyms: parolee |
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(noun) a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period | Synonyms: student nurse |
probative | (adjective) tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | Synonyms: probatory |
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probatory | (adjective) tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation | Synonyms: probative |
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probe | (noun) an exploratory action or expedition | - |
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(noun) an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity | - |
(noun) a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities | - |
(noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities | Synonyms: investigation |
(verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: examine |
(verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe | Synonyms: dig into, poke into |
probenecid | (noun) a uricosuric drug that reduces the level of uric acid in the blood; used to treat gout | - |
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probing | (adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, searching |
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probiotic | (noun) a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant | Synonyms: probiotic bacterium, probiotic flora, probiotic microflora |
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(noun) A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora. | - |
probity | (noun) complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles | - |
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problem | (noun) a source of difficulty | Synonyms: trouble |
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(noun) a question raised for consideration or solution | - |
(noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | Synonyms: job |
problematic | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematical, tough |
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(adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematical |
problematical | (adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | Synonyms: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, tough |
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(adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: debatable, problematic |
problematically | (adverb) in such a way as to pose a problem | - |
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problematics | (noun) the uncertainties or difficulties inherent in a situation or plan. | - |
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proboscidean | (noun) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | Synonyms: proboscidian |
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proboscidian | (noun) massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk | Synonyms: proboscidean |
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proboscis | (noun) a long flexible snout as of an elephant | Synonyms: trunk |
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(noun) the human nose (especially when it is large) | - |
reprobate | (adjective) deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good | Synonyms: depraved, perverse, perverted |
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(noun) a person without moral scruples | Synonyms: miscreant |
(verb) reject (documents) as invalid | - |
(verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate |
(verb) abandon to eternal damnation | - |
reprobation | (noun) severe disapproval | - |
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(noun) rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell | - |
saprobe | (noun) an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water | - |
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saprobic | (adjective) living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen | - |
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unproblematic | (adjective) easy and not involved or complicated | Synonyms: elementary, simple, uncomplicated |
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unproblematicalness | (noun) The quality of not posing a problem; not being difficult to overcome or solve. | - |
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