| abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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| abstract | (adjective) existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment | - |
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| (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective |
| (adjective) dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | - |
| (noun) a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | Synonyms: abstraction |
| (noun) a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | Synonyms: outline, precis, synopsis |
| (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| act | (noun) something that people do or cause to happen | Synonyms: deed, human action, human activity |
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| (noun) a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet | - |
| (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) a short performance that is part of a longer program | Synonyms: bit, number, routine, turn |
| (noun) a manifestation of insincerity | - |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act as, play |
| (verb) discharge one's duties | - |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: play, represent |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: play, playact, roleplay |
| (verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: dissemble, pretend |
| (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) | Synonyms: move |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) be suitable for theatrical performance | - |
| artefact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artifact |
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| artifact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artefact |
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| attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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| (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
| autodidact | (noun) a person who has taught himself | - |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| bract | (noun) a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | - |
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| cataphract | (noun) armor that protects the wearer's whole body | Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
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| cataract | (noun) a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
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| (noun) an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye | - |
| coact | (verb) act together, as of organisms | - |
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| compact | (adjective) closely and firmly united or packed together | - |
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| (adjective) briefly giving the gist of something | Synonyms: compendious, succinct, summary |
| (adjective) having a short and solid form or stature | Synonyms: heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset |
| (noun) a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse | Synonyms: powder compact |
| (noun) a small and economical car | Synonyms: compact car |
| (noun) a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action | Synonyms: concordat, covenant |
| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, pack, wad |
| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compress, pack together |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: pack |
| contact | (noun) the act of touching physically | Synonyms: physical contact |
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| (noun) close interaction | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact | Synonyms: tangency |
| (noun) a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication | Synonyms: contact lens |
| (noun) a channel for communication between groups | Synonyms: inter-group communication, liaison, link |
| (noun) a communicative interaction | Synonyms: touch |
| (noun) the physical coming together of two or more things | Synonyms: impinging, striking |
| (noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | Synonyms: middleman |
| (noun) the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity | - |
| (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: get hold of, get through, reach |
| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: adjoin, meet, touch |
| contract | (noun) a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid | Synonyms: contract bridge |
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| (noun) a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law | - |
| (noun) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | Synonyms: declaration |
| (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: get, take |
| (verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: narrow |
| (verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: shrink |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: undertake |
| (verb) make smaller | - |
| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
| (verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up |
| counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
| detract | (verb) take away a part from; diminish | Synonyms: take away |
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| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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| distract | (verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: deflect |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
| enact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, reenact |
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| (verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree | Synonyms: ordain |
| exact | (adjective) marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact | - |
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| (adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: accurate, precise |
| (adjective) lacking compromising or mitigating elements | Synonyms: direct |
| (verb) claim as due or just | Synonyms: demand |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, take |
| extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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| (noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
| (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
| (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
| (verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
| (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
| (verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
| (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
| (verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
| fact | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | - |
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| (noun) a concept whose truth can be proved | - |
| (noun) a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened | - |
| (noun) an event known to have happened or something known to have existed | - |
| impact | (noun) influencing strongly | Synonyms: encroachment, impingement |
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| (noun) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | Synonyms: shock |
| (noun) the striking of one body against another | - |
| (noun) a forceful consequence; a strong effect | Synonyms: wallop |
| (verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
| (verb) press or wedge together; pack together | - |
| inexact | (adjective) not exact | - |
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| infract | (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, offend, transgress, violate |
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| intact | (adjective) (used of domestic animals) sexually competent | Synonyms: entire |
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| (adjective) undamaged in any way | - |
| (adjective) (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken | Synonyms: inviolate |
| (adjective) constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged | Synonyms: entire, integral |
| interact | (verb) act together or towards others or with others | - |
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| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overreact | (verb) show an exaggerated response to something | - |
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| pact | (noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: accord, treaty |
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| playact | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, roleplay |
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| protract | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, extend, prolong |
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| react | (verb) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions | - |
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| (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: respond |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: oppose |
| redact | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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| (verb) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting | Synonyms: edit |
| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, frame, put |
| reenact | (verb) act out; represent or perform as if in a play | Synonyms: act out, enact |
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| (verb) enact or perform again | - |
| (verb) enact again | - |
| refract | (verb) determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
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| (verb) subject to refraction | - |
| retract | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, resile |
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| (verb) pull inward or towards a center | Synonyms: draw in |
| (verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | Synonyms: draw back, pull back |
| (verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear | Synonyms: shrink back |
| semiabstract | (adjective) characterized by stylized but recognizable subject matter | - |
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| subcompact | (noun) a car smaller than a compact car | Synonyms: subcompact car |
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| subcontract | (noun) a contract assigning to another party some obligations of a prior contract | - |
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| (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
| subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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| (verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
| tact | (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | Synonyms: tactfulness |
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| tesseract | (noun) the four-dimensional analogue of a cube | - |
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| tocktact | (noun) steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | Synonyms: ticktock, tictac |
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| tract | (noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway |
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| (noun) a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose | - |
| (noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet | Synonyms: pamphlet |
| (noun) an extended area of land | Synonyms: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land |
| transact | (verb) conduct business | - |
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| underact | (verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underplay |
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