(v) report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

(r) despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all t

(s) of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"

(s) having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

(s) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"

(n) the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

(n) a large gathering of people

(n) a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"

(n) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

(v) pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

(s) free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"

(s) limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

(s) not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

(a) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

(a) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"

(s) free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

(s) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

(s) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

(n) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

(n) the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant

(s) being or affecting only a part; not total; "a partial description of the suspect"; "partial collapse"; "a partial eclipse"; "a partial monopoly"; "partial immunity"

(a) showing favoritism