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Adamant

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  1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

2.
too hard to cut, break, or pierce.

  • son derece kararlı, kırılmaz
    1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.

—Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.

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Apartheid

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  1. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.

2.
any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.

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Asset

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  1. a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset.
  2. a single item of ownership having exchange value.
  3. assets,
    a.
    items of ownership convertible into cash; total resources of a person or business, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, inventories, goodwill, fixtures, machinery, or real estate ( opposed to liabilities).
    b.
    Accounting . the items detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to liabilities and capital.
    c.
    all property available for the payment of debts, especially of a bankrupt or insolvent firm or person.
    d.
    Law . property in the hands of an heir, executor, or administrator, that is sufficient to pay the debts or legacies of a deceased person.
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Balloon

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  1. to swell or puff out like a balloon.

2.
to multiply or increase at a rapid rate: Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations.

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Biased

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  1. having or showing bias or prejudice: They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.
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Broach

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  1. to enlarge and finish with a broach.

2.
to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.

  • delgi, bir konuyu açmak
    1. introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance.
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Chagrin

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  1. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  2. to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
  3. A feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed or been dissapointed; mortification

See shame

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Combustion

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  1. the act or process of burning.
  2. violent excitement; tumult.
    - yanma, arbede
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Consternation

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  1. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
  2. Great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewildered
    - dehşet, hayret
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Credulity

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  1. willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
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Deluge

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1.a great flood of water; inundation; flood.

2.
a drenching rain; downpour.
3.
anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.

  1. See flood. 3. cataclysm, catastrophe.
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Diatribe

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  1. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.

tirade, harangue.

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Dissolution

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  1. the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.

2.
the resulting state.
3.
the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.

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Ebullient

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1.overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited; exuberant: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

2.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid

-taşkın, içi içine sığmayan

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Endearment

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  1. An endearing or being endeared; affection
  2. A word or act expressing affection
    - affection: sevgi, etkileme, şefkat
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Equipoise

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  1. an equal distribution of weight; even balance; equilibrium.

2.
a counterpoise., a weight or force that balances another

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Exhort

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  1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.

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Fallacy

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  1. a deceptive, misleading, delusive or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.

2.
a misleading or unsound argument.
3.
deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness.

  1. misconception, delusion, misapprehension.
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Firebrand

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  1. a piece of burning wood or other material.

2.
a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker.

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Forfeit

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  1. a fine; penalty.

2.
an act of forfeiting; forfeiture.
3.
something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract.

  1. to lose or become liable to lose, as in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of engagement.
  2. surrender, yield, relinquish, forgo, waive.
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Garrulous

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  1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.

2.
wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

  1. prating, babbling. See talkative. 2. verbose, prolix.

—1. reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.

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Hack

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  1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down ): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
  2. to annoy or irritate

—Synonyms
1. mangle, haggle. See cut.

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Hubris

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  1. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

wanton insolence or arrogance resulting from excessive pride or passion

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Impenitent

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1.not feeling regret, remorse about one’s sin or sins; obdurate.

unrepentant, uncontrite, hardened.

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Indigent

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  1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
  2. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
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Insipid

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  1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.

2.

without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

-yavan

1, 2. flat, dull, uninteresting. 2. tasteless, bland.

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Irresolute

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  1. not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.

wavering in decision, indecisive, vacillating

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Loll

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  1. to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.

2.
to hang loosely; droop; dangle: The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.

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Mendicant

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  1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

2.
pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.

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Nebulous

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  1. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.

2.
cloudy or cloudlike.

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Odious

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  1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

2.
highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

  1. abominable, objectionable, despicable, execrable. See hateful. 2. loathsome, repellent, repulsive.

—1. attractive, lovable.

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Parsimonious

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  1. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous. See stingy.

— generous.

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Pertain

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  1. to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.

2.
to belong or be connected as a part, adjunct, possession, or attribute.
3.
to belong properly or fittingly; be appropriate.

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Plummet

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1 something that weighs down or depresses.

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3. to plunge.

  1. fall, dive, drop, swoop.

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Pristine

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1 having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

2.
of or pertaining to the earliest period or state; primitive.

  1. undefiled, unpolluted, untouched.

.

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Pugnacious

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1 inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

argumentative, contentious, bellicose.

— agreeable.

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Raucous

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1 harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.

2.
rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.
.- yüksek ve nahoş (ses)

  1. rough, jarring, raspy.

— 1. soft, mellow, dulcet.

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Reluctant

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1 unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.

2.
struggling in opposition.

  1. Reluctant, loath, averse
    - willing
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Rotund

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1 round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.

2.
plump; fat.
3.
full-toned or sonorous: rotund speeches.

  • sonorous: gür, dolgun ses
    2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.
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Sententious

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1 abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.

2.
given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3.
given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.

  1. expressing much in a few words
    - veciz, kısa ve özlü, tumturaklı
  2. preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic.
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Solicitous

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1 anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person’s health.

  1. anxiously desirous: solicitous of the esteem of others.
  2. eager (usually followed by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please.
  3. careful or particular: a solicitous housekeeper.
  4. mindful, regardful, attentive.

— 1. unconcerned, careless.

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Stipulate

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1 to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for ).

.

  1. to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement: to stipulate a price.
  2. to require as an essential condition in making an agreement: Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
  3. to promise, in making an agreement.

2, 3. specify, designate, indicate, cite.

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Suppliant

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1 Asking humbly, supplicating, entreating

  1. Expressing supplication
    - yalvaran, rica eden
44
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Thrift

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1 economical management; economy; frugality.

2.
Also called thrift institution. Banking . a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.

45
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Ulterior

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1 being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.

2.
coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further: ulterior action.
3.
lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote: a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion.

  1. hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged.
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Verisimilitude

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1 the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.

2.
something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
.-gerçeğe benzeme, ihtimal

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Wax

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1 to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.: Discord waxed at an alarming rate.

2.
(of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon. Compare wane ( def. 4 ) .
3.
to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation.

  1. extend, grow, lengthen, enlarge, dilate.
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  1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

2.
too hard to cut, break, or pierce.

  • son derece kararlı, kırılmaz
    1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.

—Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.

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  1. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.

2.
any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.

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  1. a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset.
  2. a single item of ownership having exchange value.
  3. assets,
    a.
    items of ownership convertible into cash; total resources of a person or business, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, inventories, goodwill, fixtures, machinery, or real estate ( opposed to liabilities).
    b.
    Accounting . the items detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to liabilities and capital.
    c.
    all property available for the payment of debts, especially of a bankrupt or insolvent firm or person.
    d.
    Law . property in the hands of an heir, executor, or administrator, that is sufficient to pay the debts or legacies of a deceased person.
51
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  1. to swell or puff out like a balloon.

2.
to multiply or increase at a rapid rate: Membership has ballooned beyond all expectations.

52
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  1. having or showing bias or prejudice: They gave us a biased report on immigration trends.
53
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  1. to enlarge and finish with a broach.

2.
to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.

  • delgi, bir konuyu açmak
    1. introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance.
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  1. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  2. to vex by disappointment or humiliation: The rejection of his proposal chagrined him deeply.
  3. A feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed or been dissapointed; mortification

See shame

55
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  1. the act or process of burning.
  2. violent excitement; tumult.
    - yanma, arbede
A

Combustion

56
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  1. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
  2. Great fear or shock that makes one feel helpless or bewildered
    - dehşet, hayret
A

Consternation

57
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  1. willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
58
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1.a great flood of water; inundation; flood.

2.
a drenching rain; downpour.
3.
anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.

  1. See flood. 3. cataclysm, catastrophe.
59
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  1. a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: repeated diatribes against the senator.

tirade, harangue.

60
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  1. the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.

2.
the resulting state.
3.
the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.

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Dissolution

61
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1.overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited; exuberant: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

2.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid

-taşkın, içi içine sığmayan

62
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  1. An endearing or being endeared; affection
  2. A word or act expressing affection
    - affection: sevgi, etkileme, şefkat
A

Endearment

63
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  1. an equal distribution of weight; even balance; equilibrium.

2.
a counterpoise., a weight or force that balances another

64
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  1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.

65
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  1. a deceptive, misleading, delusive or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.

2.
a misleading or unsound argument.
3.
deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness.

  1. misconception, delusion, misapprehension.
66
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  1. a piece of burning wood or other material.

2.
a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker.

67
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  1. a fine; penalty.

2.
an act of forfeiting; forfeiture.
3.
something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract.

  1. to lose or become liable to lose, as in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of engagement.
  2. surrender, yield, relinquish, forgo, waive.
68
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  1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.

2.
wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech.

  1. prating, babbling. See talkative. 2. verbose, prolix.

—1. reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed.

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  1. to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down ): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
  2. to annoy or irritate

—Synonyms
1. mangle, haggle. See cut.

70
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  1. excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

wanton insolence or arrogance resulting from excessive pride or passion

71
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1.not feeling regret, remorse about one’s sin or sins; obdurate.

unrepentant, uncontrite, hardened.

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Impenitent

72
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  1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
  2. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
73
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  1. without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.

2.

without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland: a rather insipid soup.

-yavan

1, 2. flat, dull, uninteresting. 2. tasteless, bland.

74
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  1. not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.

wavering in decision, indecisive, vacillating

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Irresolute

75
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  1. to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.

2.
to hang loosely; droop; dangle: The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.

76
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  1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

2.
pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.

77
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  1. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.

2.
cloudy or cloudlike.

78
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  1. deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

2.
highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.

  1. abominable, objectionable, despicable, execrable. See hateful. 2. loathsome, repellent, repulsive.

—1. attractive, lovable.

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  1. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous. See stingy.

— generous.

A

Parsimonious

80
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  1. to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.

2.
to belong or be connected as a part, adjunct, possession, or attribute.
3.
to belong properly or fittingly; be appropriate.

81
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1 something that weighs down or depresses.

.
3. to plunge.

  1. fall, dive, drop, swoop.

.

82
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1 having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

2.
of or pertaining to the earliest period or state; primitive.

  1. undefiled, unpolluted, untouched.

.

83
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1 inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

argumentative, contentious, bellicose.

— agreeable.

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Pugnacious

84
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1 harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.

2.
rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.
.- yüksek ve nahoş (ses)

  1. rough, jarring, raspy.

— 1. soft, mellow, dulcet.

85
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1 unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.

2.
struggling in opposition.

  1. Reluctant, loath, averse
    - willing
86
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1 round in shape; rounded: ripe, rotund fruit.

2.
plump; fat.
3.
full-toned or sonorous: rotund speeches.

  • sonorous: gür, dolgun ses
    2. obese, fleshy, corpulent, stout, portly.
87
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1 abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.

2.
given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3.
given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.

  1. expressing much in a few words
    - veciz, kısa ve özlü, tumturaklı
  2. preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic.
A

Sententious

88
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1 anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person’s health.

  1. anxiously desirous: solicitous of the esteem of others.
  2. eager (usually followed by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please.
  3. careful or particular: a solicitous housekeeper.
  4. mindful, regardful, attentive.

— 1. unconcerned, careless.

A

Solicitous

89
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1 to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for ).

.

  1. to arrange expressly or specify in terms of agreement: to stipulate a price.
  2. to require as an essential condition in making an agreement: Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
  3. to promise, in making an agreement.

2, 3. specify, designate, indicate, cite.

90
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1 Asking humbly, supplicating, entreating

  1. Expressing supplication
    - yalvaran, rica eden
91
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1 economical management; economy; frugality.

2.
Also called thrift institution. Banking . a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.

92
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1 being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.

2.
coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further: ulterior action.
3.
lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote: a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion.

  1. hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged.
93
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1 the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.

2.
something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
.-gerçeğe benzeme, ihtimal

A

Verisimilitude

94
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1 to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.: Discord waxed at an alarming rate.

2.
(of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon. Compare wane ( def. 4 ) .
3.
to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation.

  1. extend, grow, lengthen, enlarge, dilate.

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