| cure | (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, remedy, therapeutic |
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| (verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, heal |
| (verb) prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve | - |
| (verb) be or become preserved | - |
| (verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability | - |
| epicure | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicurean, foodie, gastronome, gourmet |
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| insecure | (adjective) lacking self-confidence or assurance | - |
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| (adjective) lacking in security or safety | Synonyms: unsafe |
| (adjective) not firm or firmly fixed; likely to fail or give way | - |
| (adjective) not safe from attack | Synonyms: unsafe |
| manicure | (noun) professional care for the hands and fingernails | - |
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| (verb) care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
| (verb) trim carefully and neatly | - |
| obscure | (adjective) difficult to find | Synonyms: hidden |
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| (adjective) marked by difficulty of style or expression | Synonyms: dark |
| (adjective) not drawing attention | Synonyms: unnoticeable |
| (adjective) not famous or acclaimed | Synonyms: unknown, unsung |
| (adjective) not clearly expressed or understood | Synonyms: vague |
| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: apart, isolated |
| (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, overcloud |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, veil |
| (verb) reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | - |
| (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obnubilate |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate |
| pedicure | (noun) professional care for the feet and toenails | - |
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| (verb) care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
| procure | (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pander, pimp |
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| (verb) get by special effort | Synonyms: secure |
| secure | (adjective) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind | Synonyms: unafraid, untroubled |
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| (adjective) free from danger or risk | - |
| (adjective) not likely to fail or give way | - |
| (adjective) immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with | Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable |
| (adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: dependable, good, safe |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure |
| (verb) cause to be firmly attached | Synonyms: fasten, fix |
| (verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | Synonyms: plug, stop up |
| (verb) furnish with battens | Synonyms: batten, batten down |
| (verb) get by special effort | Synonyms: procure |
| (verb) assure payment of | - |
| sinecure | (noun) an office that involves minimal duties | - |
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| (noun) a benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached | - |