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enormous

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Adjective: enormous i’nor-mus

Extraordinarily large in size, extent, amount, power or degree
"an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses";
- tremendous, ginormous [Brit]
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mediocrity

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Noun: mediocrity ,mee-dee’ó-kri-tee

Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
- averageness

A person of second-rate ability or value
"shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him";
- second-rater
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indefinable

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Adjective: indefinable ,in-du’fI-nu-bul

Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words
"an abstract concept that seems indefinable"; "an indefinable feeling of terror";
- undefinable

Defying expression or description
"indefinable yearnings";
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clientele

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Noun: clientele ,klee-un’tel or ,klI-un’tel or ,klee,ón’tel

Customers collectively
"they have an upper class clientele";
- patronage, business
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excavated

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erb: excavate ‘ek-sku,veyt

Recover through digging
"Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold";
- unearth

Find by digging in the ground
"I excavated an old box in the garden";
- dig up, turn up
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theropods

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Noun: theropod ‘theer-u,pód

Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs
- theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur
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contemporaries

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Noun: contemporaries kun’tem-pu,re-reez [N. Amer], kun’tem-pu-(ru-)reez [Brit]

All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
- coevals, generation

Noun: contemporary kun’tem-pu,re-ree [N. Amer], kun’tem-pu-(ru-)ree [Brit]

A person of nearly the same age as another
- coeval
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shoddy

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Adjective: shoddy (shoddier,shoddiest) shó-dee

Cheap and shoddy
"shoddy moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob";
- cheapjack [N. Amer], tawdry

Of inferior workmanship and materials
"mean little shoddy houses";
- jerry-built

Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
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ecological

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Adjective: ecological ,ee-ku’ló-ji-kul

Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment
"an ecological disaster";
- ecologic

(biology) of or relating to the science of ecology
"ecological research";
- ecologic, bionomical, bionomic
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unsettling

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Verb: unsettle ,ún’se-t(u)l

Disturb the composure of
"The kids are so comfortably settled, isn't it a pity to unsettle them?";
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abjure

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Verb: abjure ub’jûr or ab’jûr

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"She abjured her beliefs";
- recant, forswear, retract, resile
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pragmatic

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Adjective: pragmatic prag’ma-tik

Concerned with practical matters
"a pragmatic approach to the problem";
- matter-of-fact, pragmatical

Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
- pragmatical

Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
"not ideology but pragmatic politics";
- hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical
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crave

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Verb: crave kreyv

Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- hunger, thirst, starve, lust

Plead or ask for earnestly
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calming

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Noun: calming kaa(l)-ming

The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
- appeasement

Verb: calm kaa(l)m

Make calm or still
"calm the dragons of worry and fear";
- calm down, quiet, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillize, tranquillise [Brit], quieten [Brit], lull, still
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dissuade

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Verb: dissuade di’sweyd

Turn away from by persuasion
"Negative campaigning will only dissuade people";
- deter

Derived forms: dissuades, dissuaded, dissuading

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dearth

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Noun: dearth durth

An acute insufficiency
- famine, shortage

An insufficient quantity or number
- paucity

Derived forms: dearths

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barren

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Adjective: barren (barrener,barrenest) ber-un [N. Amer], ba-run [Brit]

Providing no shelter or sustenance
"barren lands";
- bare, bleak, desolate, stark

Not bearing offspring
"a barren woman"

Completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight";
- destitute, devoid, free, innocent, empty
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conducive

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Adjective: conducive kun’d(y)oo-siv

Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
"working conditions are not conducive to productivity
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indecisive

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Adjective: indecisive ,in-di’sI-siv

Characterized by lack of decision and firmness
"an indecisive manager brought the enterprise to a standstill";
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substantial

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Adjective: substantial sub’stan-shul

Fairly large
"won by a substantial margin";
- significant

Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
"substantial equivalents";
- substantive

Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
"a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"; "the substantial world";
- real, material
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vogue

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Noun: vogue vowg

The popular taste at a given time
"leather is the latest vogue";
- trend, style
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propagated

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Verb: propagate ‘pró-pu,geyt

Transmit from one generation to the next
"propagate these characteristics"

Travel through the air
"sound and light propagate in this medium"

Transmit
"propagate sound or light through air"
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diverse

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Adjective: diverse dI’vurs or ‘dI,vurs

Many and different
"a person of diverse talents";
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credence

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The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
“he gave credence to the gossip”;

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entropy

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(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

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wrought

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Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

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wreak

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Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

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tenet

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A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

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resilience

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The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
- resiliency

An occurrence of rebounding or springing back
- resiliency

Derived forms: resiliences

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avalanche

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snow slide

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avarice

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greed

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onslaught

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against / violent attack

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intent

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strong intention/interest

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accede

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agree with

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probe

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something into

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devious

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dishonest, deceitful, underhand

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