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arrange
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(v) arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"

(v) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

(v) make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

(v) put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

(v) plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

(v) adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

(v) set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

album
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(n) a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc

(n) one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc

Arab
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(n) a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia

(n) a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa

alcohol
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(n) a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"

(n) any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

abandon
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(n) the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"

(n) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"

(v) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations"

(v) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

(v) leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"

(v) give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

(v) forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

arrest
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(n) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

(n) the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

(v) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

(v) take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

(v) attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"

(v) cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"

agenda
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(n) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

(n) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

airline
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(n) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

(n) a hose that carries air under pressure

asset
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(n) a useful or valuable quality

association
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(n) the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"

(n) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

(n) (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species

(n) a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"

(n) (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding

(n) a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"

(n) a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"

(n) the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"

assistance
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(n) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading"

(n) a resource; "visual aids in teaching"; "economic assistance to depressed areas"

alternative
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(n) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"

(s) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"

(s) pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"

(s) allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

acquire
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(v) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

(v) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

(v) gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"

(v) acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

(v) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

(v) win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

(v) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

approve
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(v) judge to be right or commendable; think well of

(v) give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

addition
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(n) the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"

(n) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"

(n) a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinammon improved the flavor"

(n) a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

(n) something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"

(n) a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"

assess
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(v) place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

(v) estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"

(v) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

(v) charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

accuse
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(v) bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse"

(v) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference"

achievement
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(n) the action of accomplishing something

AIDS
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(n) a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles

apart
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(r) not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"

(r) into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"

(r) separated or at a distance in place or position or time; "These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart"

(r) one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"

(r) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"

(r) away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"

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