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exploit
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(n) a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

(v) use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"

(v) draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

(v) work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

encouraging
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(s) tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"

(a) giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"

(s) furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"

elephant
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(n) five-toed pachyderm

(n) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

experienced
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(a) having become knowledgeable or skillful from observation or participation

equivalent
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(n) the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

(n) a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

(s) being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"

(a) equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"

expected
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(a) considered likely or probable to happen or arrive; "prepared for the expected attack"

(s) expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income"

(s) looked forward to as probable

entrepreneur
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(n) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it

eleven
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(n) a team that plays football

(n) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

(s) being one more than ten

earthquake
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(n) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

(n) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

edit
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(v) prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

(v) cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"

(v) cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"

(v) supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"

ease
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(n) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool"

(n) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"

(n) freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers"

(n) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

(n) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"

(v) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

(v) make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

(v) lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

(v) move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

execution
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(n) the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"

(n) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

(n) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

(n) putting a condemned person to death

(n) a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

(n) (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

(n) (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

exam
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(n) a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions"

empire
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(n) an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

(n) a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"

(n) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

(n) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

(n) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress

exotic
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(s) strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

(s) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

exchange
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(n) (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

(n) (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange"

(n) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

(n) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

(n) the act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"

(n) the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an exchange of prisoners"

(n) (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"

(n) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

(n) a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

(n) a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"

(n) chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

(v) change over, change around, or switch over

(v) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

(v) exchange a penalty for a less severe one

(v) give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

(v) hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

equip
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(v) provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

(v) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

escape
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(n) the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

(n) a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"

(n) an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"

(n) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"

(n) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

(n) a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

(n) the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"

(n) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

(v) issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"

(v) fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

(v) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

(v) run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

(v) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

(v) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

(v) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

extended
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(s) great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"

(s) large in spatial extent or range; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"

(s) beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"

(a) fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"

(s) drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

(s) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

elder
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(n) a person who is older than you are

(n) any of various church officers

(n) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

(a) older brother or sister; "big sister"

(s) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."

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