| incongruent | (adjective) not congruent | - |
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| inconsequent | (adjective) lacking worth or importance | Synonyms: inconsequential |
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| inconsistent | (adjective) displaying a lack of consistency | - |
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| (adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: discrepant |
| (adjective) not capable of being made consistent or harmonious | - |
| incontinent | (adjective) not having control over urination and defecation | - |
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| inconvenient | (adjective) not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs | - |
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| (adjective) not conveniently timed | - |
| increment | (noun) the amount by which something increases | Synonyms: increase |
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| (noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: growth, increase |
| incumbent | (adjective) currently holding an office | - |
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| (adjective) necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding | - |
| (adjective) lying or leaning on something else | - |
| (noun) the official who holds an office | Synonyms: officeholder |
| indecent | (adjective) offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters | - |
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| (adjective) offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance | - |
| (adjective) not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | Synonyms: indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward |
| indehiscent | (adjective) (of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
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| indent | (noun) an order for goods to be exported or imported | - |
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| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indentation, indention, indenture |
| (verb) bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant | Synonyms: indenture |
| (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: dent |
| (verb) cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication | - |
| (verb) notch the edge of or make jagged | - |
| (verb) set in from the margin | - |
| independent | (adjective) free from external control and constraint | - |
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| (adjective) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | Synonyms: main |
| (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: autonomous, self-governing, sovereign |
| (adjective) not controlled by a party or interest group | - |
| (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person |
| (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: fencesitter, mugwump |
| indictment | (noun) a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense | Synonyms: bill of indictment |
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| (noun) an accusation of wrongdoing | - |
| indifferent | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed | Synonyms: deaf |
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| (adjective) characterized by a lack of partiality | Synonyms: unbiased, unbiassed |
| (adjective) fairly poor to not very good | - |
| (adjective) neither too great nor too little | - |
| (adjective) being neither good nor bad | Synonyms: so-so |
| (adjective) showing no care or concern in attitude or action | - |
| (adjective) (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other | Synonyms: immaterial |
| (adjective) marked by a lack of interest | Synonyms: apathetic |
| (adjective) having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive | Synonyms: inert, neutral |
| (adjective) marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another | - |
| indigent | (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
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| indolent | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| (adjective) (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless | - |
| indorsement | (noun) the act of endorsing | Synonyms: endorsement |
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| (noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, imprimatur, sanction, warrant |
| (noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: blurb, endorsement |
| (noun) a speech seconding a motion | Synonyms: endorsement, second, secondment |
| (noun) a signature that validates something | Synonyms: endorsement |
| inducement | (noun) act of bringing about a desired result | Synonyms: inducing |
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| (noun) a positive motivational influence | Synonyms: incentive, motivator |
| indulgent | (adjective) characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone | - |
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| (adjective) being favorably inclined | - |
| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: lenient, soft |
| indument | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indumentum |
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| inefficient | (adjective) not producing desired results; wasteful | - |
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| (adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate | Synonyms: ineffective |
| inexpedient | (adjective) not suitable or advisable | - |
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| (adjective) not appropriate to the purpose | Synonyms: unwise |
| inexperient | (adjective) lacking practical experience or training | Synonyms: inexperienced |
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| influent | (adjective) flowing inward | Synonyms: inflowing |
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| infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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| infrequent | (adjective) not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals | - |
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| infringement | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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| (noun) an act that disregards an agreement or a right | Synonyms: violation |
| ingredient | (noun) a component of a mixture or compound | - |
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| (noun) an abstract part of something | Synonyms: component, constituent, element, factor |
| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: fixings |
| inherent | (adjective) in the nature of something though not readily apparent | Synonyms: implicit in, underlying |
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| (adjective) existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | Synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral |
| innocent | (adjective) free from evil or guilt | Synonyms: clean-handed, guiltless |
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| (adjective) lacking intent or capacity to injure | Synonyms: innocuous |
| (adjective) lacking in sophistication or worldliness | Synonyms: ingenuous |
| (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, free |
| (adjective) (used of things) lacking sense or awareness | - |
| (adjective) not knowledgeable about something specified | Synonyms: unacquainted |
| (adjective) free from sin | Synonyms: impeccant, sinless |
| (noun) a person who lacks knowledge of evil | Synonyms: inexperienced person |
| inpatient | (noun) a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated | Synonyms: inmate |
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| insentient | (adjective) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation | Synonyms: insensate |
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| insistent | (adjective) repetitive and persistent | Synonyms: repetitive |
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| (adjective) demanding attention | Synonyms: clamant, crying, exigent, instant |
| insolent | (adjective) marked by casual disrespect | Synonyms: flip, impudent, snotty-nosed |
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| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or propriety | Synonyms: audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen-faced, brazen |
| insolvent | (adjective) unable to meet or discharge financial obligations | - |
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| (noun) someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | Synonyms: bankrupt |
| installment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, instalment |
| (noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: instalment |
| (noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals | - |
| instalment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, installment |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, installment |
| (noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: installment |
| instillment | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillation, instilment |
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| instilment | (noun) the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop | Synonyms: instillation, instillment |
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| instrument | (noun) the means whereby some act is accomplished | Synonyms: tool |
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| (noun) a device that requires skill for proper use | - |
| (noun) any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds | Synonyms: musical instrument |
| (noun) (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | Synonyms: legal document, legal instrument, official document |
| (noun) the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process | Synonyms: instrumental role |
| (noun) a person used by another to gain an end | Synonyms: cat's-paw, pawn |
| (verb) address a legal document to | - |
| (verb) write an instrumental score for | Synonyms: instrumentate |
| (verb) equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling | - |
| insufficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: deficient |
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| insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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| (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
| (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
| integument | (noun) an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell | - |
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| intelligent | (adjective) having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree | - |
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| (adjective) endowed with the capacity to reason | Synonyms: reasoning, thinking |
| (adjective) exercising or showing good judgment | Synonyms: healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound |
| (adjective) possessing sound knowledge | Synonyms: well-informed |
| intent | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, rapt, wrapped |
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| (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, design, intention, purpose |
| (noun) the intended meaning of a communication | Synonyms: purport, spirit |
| interdependent | (adjective) mutually dependent | Synonyms: mutualist, mutually beneficial |
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| interment | (noun) the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave | Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture |
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| intermittent | (adjective) stopping and starting at irregular intervals | - |
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| internment | (noun) the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison) | Synonyms: imprisonment |
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| (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, poundage |
| (noun) confinement during wartime | - |
| intransigent | (adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
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| intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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| intumescent | (adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | Synonyms: bloated, distended, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid |
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| invent | (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate |
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| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture |
| investment | (noun) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | Synonyms: investing |
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| (noun) the act of putting on robes or vestments | - |
| (noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | Synonyms: investiture |
| (noun) outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism | - |
| (noun) the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result | - |
| (noun) money that is invested with an expectation of profit | Synonyms: investment funds |
| involvement | (noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group | Synonyms: engagement, involution, participation |
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| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: interest |
| (noun) a connection of inclusion or containment | - |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, affaire, amour, intimacy, liaison |
| (noun) the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | Synonyms: participation |
| iridescent | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent |
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| (adjective) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles | Synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, shot |
| 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 |
| judgement | (noun) (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it | Synonyms: judgment, judicial decision |
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| (noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: assessment, judgment |
| (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgment, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment |
| (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judging, judgment |
| (noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity |
| (noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgment, mind |
| (noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgment, legal opinion, opinion |
| judgment | (noun) (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it | Synonyms: judgement, judicial decision |
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| (noun) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event | Synonyms: assessment, judgement |
| (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment |
| (noun) the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judging |
| (noun) the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | Synonyms: discernment, judgement, sagaciousness, sagacity |
| (noun) an opinion formed by judging something | Synonyms: judgement, mind |
| (noun) the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision | Synonyms: judgement, legal opinion, opinion |
| jument | (noun) an animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work | Synonyms: beast of burden |
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| lambent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lucent, luminous |
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| lament | (noun) a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | Synonyms: elegy |
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| (noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: coronach, dirge, requiem, threnody |
| (noun) a cry of sorrow and grief | Synonyms: lamentation, plaint, wail |
| (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, deplore |
| (verb) express grief verbally | Synonyms: keen |
| latent | (adjective) (pathology) not presently active | - |
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| (adjective) potentially existing but not presently evident or realized | - |
| lenient | (adjective) characterized by tolerance and mercy | - |
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| (adjective) tolerant or lenient | Synonyms: indulgent, soft |
| (adjective) not strict | Synonyms: easy |
| ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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| (noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
| lineament | (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: feature |
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| (noun) a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | Synonyms: character, quality |
| liniment | (noun) a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain | Synonyms: embrocation |
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| liquescent | (adjective) becoming liquid | Synonyms: melting |
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| lodgement | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodging, lodgment |
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| lodgment | (noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily | Synonyms: lodgement, lodging |
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| loment | (noun) seedpods that are constricted between the seeds and that break apart when mature into single-seeded segments | - |
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| lucent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lambent, luminous |
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| luculent | (adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, perspicuous |
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| luminescent | (adjective) emitting light not caused by heat | - |
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| macroelement | (noun) a chemical element required in relatively large quantities for the normal physiologic processes of the body. | Synonyms: major mineral |
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| magnificent | (adjective) characterized by grandeur | Synonyms: brilliant, glorious, splendid |
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| magniloquent | (adjective) lofty in style | Synonyms: grandiloquent, tall |
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| maladjustment | (noun) the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability | - |
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| malcontent | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: disaffected, ill-affected, rebellious |
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| (noun) a person who is discontented or disgusted | - |
| maleficent | (adjective) harmful or evil in intent or effect | - |
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| malevolent | (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: evil, malefic, malign |
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| (adjective) wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred | - |
| malignment | (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: smear, vilification |
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| malnourishment | (noun) not having enough food to develop or function normally | Synonyms: undernourishment |
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| maltreatment | (noun) cruel or inhumane treatment | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treatment, ill-usage |
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| management | (noun) the act of managing something | Synonyms: direction |
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| (noun) those in charge of running a business | - |
| maturement | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, ripening |
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| measurement | (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measure, measuring, mensuration |
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| medicament | (noun) (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease | Synonyms: medication, medicinal drug, medicine |
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| merriment | (noun) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | Synonyms: fun, playfulness |
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| (noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: gaiety |
| micronutrient | (noun) a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals) | - |
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| militainment | (noun) entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated | - |
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| milliequivalent | (noun) one-thousandth of an equivalent | Synonyms: meq |
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| misalignment | (noun) the spatial property of things that are not properly aligned | - |
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| misgovernment | (noun) government that is inefficient or dishonest | Synonyms: misrule |
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| mismanagement | (noun) management that is careless or inefficient | Synonyms: misdirection |
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| misplacement | (noun) faulty position | Synonyms: malposition |
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| misrepresent | (verb) represent falsely | Synonyms: belie |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, wangle |
| misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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| mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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| moment | (noun) having important effects or influence | Synonyms: consequence, import |
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| (noun) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value | - |
| (noun) a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) | - |
| (noun) a particular point in time | Synonyms: instant, minute, second |
| (noun) an indefinitely short time | Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, second |
| (noun) at this time | Synonyms: here and now, present moment |
| monovalent | (adjective) having a valence of 1 | Synonyms: univalent |
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| (adjective) containing only one kind of antibody | - |