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esteem
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(n) an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"

(n) a feeling of delighted approval and liking

(n) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"

(v) look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"

(v) regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

credible
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(s) appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"; "a plausible story"

(a) capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

(s) a common but incorrect usage where `credulous' would be appropriate; "she was not the...credible fool he expected"

provoke
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(v) provide the needed stimulus for

(v) call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

(v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

(v) annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

tread
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(n) a step in walking or running

(n) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step

(n) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground

(n) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire

(v) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center

(v) mate with; "male birds tread the females"

(v) crush as if by treading on; "tread grapes to make wine"

(v) tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled across the fields"

(v) put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"

(v) apply (the tread) to a tire

ascertain
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(v) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"

(v) learn or discover with certainty

(v) after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

(v) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

fare
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(n) an agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"

(n) the food and drink that are regularly consumed

(n) a paying (taxi) passenger

(n) the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

(v) eat well

(v) proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

cede
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(v) relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

(v) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

perpetual
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(s) occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"

(s) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standar

(s) continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"

decree
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(n) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

(v) decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"

(v) issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

contrive
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(v) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

(v) put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

(v) make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

derived
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(s) determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value"

(a) formed or developed from something else; not original; "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey

elaborate
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(v) work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"

(v) make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

(v) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

(v) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"

(s) developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

(s) marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

substantial
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(s) fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"

(a) having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

(s) being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"

(s) of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"

(s) providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"

frontier
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(n) an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"

(n) an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

(n) a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"

facile
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(s) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

(s) performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand"

(s) arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

cite
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(v) call in an official matter, such as to attend court

(v) advance evidence for

(v) commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"

(v) repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"

(v) refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"

(v) make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

(v) refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

warrant
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(n) a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

(n) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

(n) formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

(n) a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income

(v) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"

(v) show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

sob
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(n) convulsive gasp made while weeping

(n) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

(n) a dyspneic condition

(v) weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"

rider
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(n) a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

(n) a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

(n) a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

(n) a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

dense
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(s) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials mak

(s) closely crowded together; "a compact shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"

(s) having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead"

(s) hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods"

(s) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"

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