| astute | (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: sharp, shrewd |
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| constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
| (verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
| destitute | (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, devoid, free, innocent |
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| (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
| institute | (noun) an association organized to promote art or science or education | - |
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| (verb) advance or set forth in court | Synonyms: bring |
| (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, establish, found, plant |
| prostitute | (noun) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | Synonyms: bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street, working girl |
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| (verb) sell one's body; exchange sex for money | - |
| reconstitute | (verb) construct or form anew or provide with a new structure | Synonyms: restructure |
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| restitute | (verb) restore to a previous or better condition | Synonyms: renovate |
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| (verb) give or bring back | Synonyms: restore |
| statute | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: codified |
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| (noun) an act passed by a legislative body | Synonyms: legislative act |
| substitute | (adjective) artificial and inferior | Synonyms: ersatz |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, alternative |
| (adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | Synonyms: utility |
| (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in |
| (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer |
| (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
| (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |