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elect

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(n) an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

(v) choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"

(v) select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board"

(s) selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

exposure

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(n) the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography"

(n) abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)

(n) presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking"

(n) the act of exposing film to light

(n) a picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

(n) vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";

(n) aspect re light or wind; "the studio had a northern exposure"

(n) the disclosure of something secret; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans"

(n) the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"

(n) the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation"; "his exposure to ridicule"

existence

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(n) everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

(n) the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"

error

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(n) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

(n) (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

(n) inadvertent incorrectness

(n) departure from what is ethically acceptable

(n) a misconception resulting from incorrect information

(n) part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"

(n) (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

enable

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(v) render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

existing

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(a) having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran"

(s) presently existing; "the existing system"

(s) existing in something specified; "depletion of the oxygen existing in the bloodstream"

expense

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(n) a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"

(n) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

(n) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

excellent

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(s) of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

emotion

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(n) any strong feeling

explanation

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(n) thought that makes something comprehensible

(n) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

(n) the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible; "I heard his explanation of the accident"

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"

either

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(r) after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

expose

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(n) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

(v) abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

(v) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

(v) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring

(v) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

(v) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

(v) expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"

(v) expose to light, of photographic film

(v) disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

(v) to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

engineer

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(n) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

(n) the operator of a railway locomotive

(v) plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

(v) design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"

enormous

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(s) extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Li

experiment

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(n) the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation

(n) a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

(n) the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"

(v) to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"

(v) try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style"

emphasize

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(v) to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

(v) give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

employ

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(n) the state of being employed or having a job; "they are looking for employment"; "he was in the employ of the city"

(v) put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied

(v) engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

essential

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(n) anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

(a) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"

(a) basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

(s) absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed

(s) of the greatest importance; "the all-important subject of disarmament"; "crucial information"; "in chess cool nerves are of the essence"

(s) absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"

(a) being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"

everywhere

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(r) to or in any or all places; "You find fast food stores everywhere"; "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem"; "he carried a gun everywhere he went"; "looked all over for a suitable gift"; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere')

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