abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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abate | (verb) become less in amount or intensity | Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off |
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(verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: slack, slake |
abbreviate | (verb) shorten | - |
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(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
abdicate | (verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | Synonyms: renounce |
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aberrate | (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
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(verb) diverge from the expected | - |
ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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ablate | (verb) wear away through erosion or vaporization | - |
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(verb) remove an organ or bodily structure | - |
abnegate | (verb) deny or renounce | - |
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(verb) surrender (power or a position) | - |
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: deny |
abominate | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, execrate, loathe |
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abranchiate | (adjective) having no gills | Synonyms: abranchial, abranchious, gill-less |
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abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
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absorbate | (noun) a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed | - |
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absquatulate | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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acaudate | (adjective) lacking a tail or taillike appendage | Synonyms: acaudal |
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accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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(verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, stress |
acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
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(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile |
(verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
(verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
(verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
(verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
(verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: admit, hold |
acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
accurate | (adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy | - |
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(adjective) (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct | Synonyms: exact, precise |
acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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acetate | (noun) a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate | Synonyms: acetate rayon |
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(noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: ethanoate |
acetylate | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
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(verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
aciculate | (adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts | - |
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acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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acrylate | (noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid | Synonyms: propenoate |
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activate | (verb) make active or more active | - |
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(verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
(verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
(verb) make more adsorptive | - |
(verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
actuate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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(verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
acuate | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acute, needlelike, sharp |
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aculeate | (adjective) having or resembling a stinger or barb | Synonyms: aculeated |
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acuminate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point | - |
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(verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
adequate | (adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task | Synonyms: equal |
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(adjective) about average; acceptable | Synonyms: fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
(adjective) sufficient for the purpose | Synonyms: enough |
adjudicate | (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: decide, resolve, settle |
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(verb) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of | Synonyms: judge, try |
administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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adnate | (adjective) of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached | - |
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adsorbate | (adjective) capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid | Synonyms: adsorbable |
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(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed | - |
adulate | (verb) flatter in an obsequious manner | - |
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adulterate | (adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterated, debased |
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(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: debase, dilute, load, stretch |
adumbrate | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: outline, sketch |
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(verb) give to understand | Synonyms: insinuate, intimate |
advocate | (noun) a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | Synonyms: advocator, exponent, proponent |
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(noun) a lawyer who pleads cases in court | Synonyms: counsel, counsellor, counselor-at-law, counselor, pleader |
(verb) push for something | Synonyms: recommend, urge |
(verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: preach |
aerate | (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: activate |
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(verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
(verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: air, air out |
aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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affiliate | (noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization | - |
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(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization | - |
(verb) join in an affiliation | - |
(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: associate, assort, consort |
affricate | (noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') | Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative |
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agate | (noun) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
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agglomerate | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered |
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(noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
(noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together | - |
(verb) form into one cluster | - |
agglutinate | (adjective) united as if by glue | Synonyms: agglutinative |
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(verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
(verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
aggregate | (adjective) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets | - |
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(adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregated, aggregative, mass |
(noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
(noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
(verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
(verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
(verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
(verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
(verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
agnate | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnatic, paternal |
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(noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
aguacate | (noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed | Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear |
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alate | (adjective) (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | Synonyms: alated |
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alendronate | (noun) a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause | Synonyms: Fosamax |
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alienate | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: disaffect, estrange |
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(verb) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated | - |
(verb) transfer property or ownership | Synonyms: alien |
aliterate | (noun) a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources | Synonyms: aliterate person |
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alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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altercate | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap |
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alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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(adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
(adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
(adjective) every second one of a series | - |
(noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: replacement, surrogate |
(verb) do something in turns | Synonyms: take turns |
(verb) go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions | Synonyms: jump |
(verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: flip-flop, flip, interchange, switch, tack |
(verb) be an understudy or alternate for a role | Synonyms: understudy |
(verb) exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions | - |
aluminate | (noun) a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide | - |
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alveolate | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: cavitied, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted |
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amalgamate | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: commix, mingle, mix, unify |
ambulate | (verb) walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking | - |
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ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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(verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
ammoniate | (verb) treat with ammonia | - |
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amputate | (verb) remove surgically | Synonyms: cut off |
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angulate | (adjective) having angles or an angular shape | Synonyms: angular |
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(verb) make or become angular | - |
animate | (adjective) endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life | - |
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(adjective) belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings | - |
(adjective) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | Synonyms: sentient |
(verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
(verb) make lively | Synonyms: enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up |
(verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animise, animize |
(verb) heighten or intensify | Synonyms: enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate |
annihilate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
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annotate | (verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | Synonyms: comment, gloss |
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(verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: footnote |
annulate | (adjective) shaped like a ring | Synonyms: annular, annulated, circinate, doughnut-shaped, ring-shaped, ringed |
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annunciate | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, foretell, harbinger, herald |
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antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
antepenultimate | (adjective) third from last | - |
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(noun) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end | Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima |
anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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(verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
apiculate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip | - |
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apostate | (adjective) not faithful to religion or party or cause | - |
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(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
appellate | (adjective) of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) | Synonyms: appellant |
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appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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(verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
(verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
(verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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(verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
appropriate | (adjective) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc | - |
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(adjective) meant or adapted for an occasion or use | Synonyms: suitable, suited |
(verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
approximate | (adjective) located close together | Synonyms: close together |
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(adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: near |
(adjective) not quite exact or correct | Synonyms: approximative, rough |
(verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
(verb) be close or similar | Synonyms: come close |
arbitrate | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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archegoniate | (adjective) of or relating to an archegonium | Synonyms: archegonial |
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archidiaconate | (noun) office or position of an archdeacon | - |
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arcuate | (adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, bowed |
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areolate | (adjective) relating to or like or divided into areolae | Synonyms: areolar |
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arillate | (adjective) (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover | Synonyms: ariled |
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arrogate | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp |
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(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: assign |
(verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: claim, lay claim |
arsenate | (noun) a salt or ester of arsenic acid | - |
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articulate | (adjective) expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language | - |
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(adjective) consisting of segments held together by joints | Synonyms: articulated |
(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
(verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
asphyxiate | (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: stifle, suffocate |
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(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: smother, suffocate |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: choke, stifle, suffocate |