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| canard |
(Cookery) a duck intended or used for food. |
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| canard |
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor. |
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| calumny |
the act of uttering calumnies |
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| calumny |
a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something |
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| autonomy |
a self-governing community. |
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| autonomy |
independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual. |
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| auspicious |
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate. |
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| auspicious |
promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. |
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| assimilate |
to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like: The new arrivals assimilated easily and quickly. |
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| assimilate |
to be or become absorbed |
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| assimilate |
to compare; liken (usually fol. by to or with) |
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| assimilate |
to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust: to assimilate the new immigrants. |
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| assiduous |
constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student. |
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| assiduous |
constant; unremitting |
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| ascertain |
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts. |
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| artifact |
a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation. |
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| artifact |
any object made by human beings, esp. with a view to subsequent use. |
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| arsenal |
a collection or supply of anything; store |
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| arsenal |
a government establishment where military equipment or munitions are manufactured. |
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| arsenal |
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service. |
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| armistice |
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce |
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| arid |
lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic. |
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| arid |
barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland. |
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| arid |
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate. |
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| aptitude |
readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence |
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| aptitude |
capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics. |
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| appraise |
to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc. |
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| appraise |
to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it. |
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| aperture |
an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc |
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| antiquity |
the peoples, nations, tribes, or cultures of ancient times. |
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| antiquity |
the quality of being ancient; ancientness |
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| anarchy |
a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society. |
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| anarchy |
political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control |
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| anarchy |
a state of society without government or law. |
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| amorphous |
of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized: an amorphous style; an amorphous personality. |
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| amorphous |
lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds. |
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| anachronism |
an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one: To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism. |
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| anachronism |
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare. |
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| amenable |
capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc. |
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| amenable |
liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible |
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| amenable |
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable |
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| ameliorate |
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. |
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| ambivalent |
uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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| affront |
an offense to one's dignity or self-respect. |
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| affront |
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king. |
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