achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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(verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
believe | (verb) accept as true; take to be true | - |
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(verb) follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer | - |
(verb) credit with veracity | - |
(verb) be confident about something | Synonyms: trust |
(verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: conceive, consider, think |
breve | (noun) a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound | - |
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champleve | (adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | Synonyms: cloisonne |
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disbelieve | (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: discredit |
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eve | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: even, evening, eventide |
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(noun) the day before | - |
(noun) the period immediately before something | - |
grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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(verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
misbelieve | (verb) hold a false or unorthodox belief | - |
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neve | (noun) the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice | - |
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overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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pareve | (adjective) containing no meat or milk (or their derivatives) and thus eatable with both meat and dairy dishes according to the dietary laws of Judaism | Synonyms: parve |
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peeve | (noun) an annoyed or irritated mood | - |
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(verb) cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful | - |
reeve | (noun) female ruff | - |
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(verb) fasten by passing through a hole or around something | - |
(verb) pass through a hole or opening | - |
(verb) pass a rope through | - |
relieve | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, palliate |
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(verb) provide relief for | Synonyms: remedy |
(verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: lighten |
(verb) relieve oneself of troubling information | Synonyms: unbosom |
(verb) grant exemption or release to | Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off |
(verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: allay, ease, still |
(verb) take by stealing | - |
(verb) free from a burden, evil, or distress | - |
(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: salvage, salve, save |
(verb) free someone temporarily from his or her obligations | Synonyms: take over |
(verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | Synonyms: exempt, free |
reprieve | (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment | Synonyms: respite |
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(noun) a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) | - |
(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, respite, suspension |
(noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort | Synonyms: respite |
(verb) relieve temporarily | - |
(verb) postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution | Synonyms: respite |
retrieve | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, think |
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(verb) run after, pick up, and bring to the master | - |
(verb) go for and bring back | - |
(verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, recover, regain |
semibreve | (noun) a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) | Synonyms: whole note |
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shirtsleeve | (noun) the sleeve of a shirt | - |
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sieve | (noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | Synonyms: screen |
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(verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sift |
(verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sift, strain |
(verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sift |
(verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen, screen out, sort |
sleeve | (noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | Synonyms: arm |
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(noun) small case into which an object fits | - |
thieve | (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch |
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underachieve | (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underperform |
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