adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
adust | (adjective) burned brown by the sun | - |
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(adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked |
antitrust | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antimonopoly |
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august | (adjective) profoundly honored | Synonyms: revered, venerable |
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(adjective) of or befitting a lord | Synonyms: grand, lordly |
bloodlust | (noun) a desire for bloodshed | - |
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bust | (adjective) lacking funds | Synonyms: broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke |
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(noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, tear |
(noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | - |
(noun) the chest of a woman | Synonyms: female chest |
(noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: fizzle, flop |
(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, fall apart, wear, wear out |
(verb) ruin completely | Synonyms: break |
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: rupture, snap, tear |
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: raid |
combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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(verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
(verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
(verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
crust | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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(noun) the outer layer of the Earth | Synonyms: Earth's crust |
(noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: encrustation, incrustation |
(verb) form a crust or form into a crust | - |
degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
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disgust | (noun) strong feelings of dislike | - |
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(verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken |
(verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: gross out, repel, revolt |
distrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrustfulness, mistrust |
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(noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: misgiving, mistrust, suspicion |
(verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: mistrust, suspect |
dust | (noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air | - |
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(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble |
(noun) free microscopic particles of solid material | - |
(verb) remove the dust from | - |
(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
(verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | - |
(verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance | - |
encrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: incrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: incrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, incrust |
entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
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(verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
exhaust | (noun) system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged | Synonyms: exhaust system |
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(noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | Synonyms: exhaust fumes, fumes |
(verb) wear out completely | Synonyms: beat, tucker, tucker out, wash up |
(verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, expel, release |
(verb) use up the whole supply of | - |
(verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
(verb) deplete | Synonyms: play out, run down, sap, tire |
gust | (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, blow |
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holocaust | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | - |
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incrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: encrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: encrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, encrust |
intrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, trust |
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joust | (noun) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | Synonyms: tilt |
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(verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | - |
just | (adjective) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | - |
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(adjective) fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience | Synonyms: equitable |
(adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: fair |
(adjective) of moral excellence | Synonyms: good, upright |
(adverb) and nothing more | Synonyms: but, merely, only, simply |
(adverb) only a moment ago | Synonyms: just now |
(adverb) (used for emphasis) absolutely | Synonyms: simply |
(adverb) only a very short time before | Synonyms: barely, hardly, scarce, scarcely |
(adverb) indicating exactness or preciseness | Synonyms: exactly, precisely, properly |
(adverb) exactly at this moment or the moment described | - |
(adverb) possibly (indicating a slight chance of something being true) | - |
(adverb) by a little | Synonyms: barely |
locust | (noun) migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | - |
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(noun) any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: locust tree |
(noun) hardwood from any of various locust trees | - |
lust | (noun) self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: luxuria |
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(noun) a strong sexual desire | Synonyms: lecherousness, lustfulness |
(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, starve, thirst |
mistrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, distrustfulness |
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(noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicion |
(verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
must | (adjective) highly recommended | - |
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(noun) the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy | Synonyms: moldiness, mustiness |
(noun) grape juice before or during fermentation | - |
(noun) a necessary or essential thing | - |
oust | (verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, throw out |
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(verb) remove and replace | - |
outthrust | (noun) an outcropping of rock that extends outward | - |
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readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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(verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
robust | (adjective) sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction | - |
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(adjective) strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity | - |
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor | Synonyms: full-bodied, racy, rich |
(adjective) rough and crude | - |
rust | (adjective) of the brown color of rust | Synonyms: rust-brown, rusty |
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(noun) A strong reddish brown color. | - |
(noun) any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants | Synonyms: rust fungus |
(noun) the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | Synonyms: rusting |
(noun) a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi | - |
(noun) a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture | - |
(verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: corrode |
(verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: corrode, eat |
(verb) become coated with oxide | - |
sawdust | (noun) fine particles of wood made by sawing wood | - |
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stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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thrust | (noun) the act of applying force to propel something | Synonyms: drive, driving force |
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(noun) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | Synonyms: knife thrust, stab |
(noun) a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) | Synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting |
(noun) verbal criticism | - |
(noun) the force used in pushing | Synonyms: push |
(verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: force |
(verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: pierce |
(verb) place or put with great energy | Synonyms: throw |
(verb) push forcefully | - |
(verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge |
(verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff |
(verb) push violently in a specified direction | Synonyms: push up |
(verb) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | - |
trust | (noun) the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others | Synonyms: trustfulness, trustingness |
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(noun) certainty based on past experience | Synonyms: reliance |
(noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: faith |
(noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service | Synonyms: cartel, combine, corporate trust |
(noun) something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary) | - |
(noun) a trustful relationship | Synonyms: confidence |
(verb) have confidence or faith in | - |
(verb) be confident about something | Synonyms: believe |
(verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, hope |
(verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, intrust |
(verb) (chiefly archaic) extend credit to | - |
(verb) allow without fear | - |
unjust | (adjective) violating principles of justice | - |
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(adjective) not equitable or fair | Synonyms: inequitable |
(adjective) not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception | Synonyms: unfair |
upthrust | (noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building) | Synonyms: upheaval, uplift, upthrow |
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wanderlust | (noun) very strong or irresistible impulse to travel | Synonyms: itchy feet |
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