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"pursued", "sought", "welcomed", "caught", "contracted", "incurred" ], "related":[ "missed", "averted", "deflected", "diverted", "obviated", "parried", "prevented", "warded (off)", "banned", "barred", "debarred", "eliminated", "excepted", "excluded", "precluded", "ruled out", "bypassed", "circumvented", "skirted", "foiled", "foxed", "frustrated", "outfoxed", "outsmarted", "outwitted", "overreached", "thwarted" ], "synonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "ducked", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "finessed", "got around", "scaped", "shirked", "shook", "shuffled (out of)", "shunned", "weaseled (out of)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "elvish":{ "tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with elvish glee the children jumped into all the carefully raked leaf piles" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "grim", "sedate", "sober", "solemn", "staid", "stern" ], "related":[ "antic", "coltish", "coy", "frisky", "frolicsome", "kittenish", "playful", "sportful", "sportive", "gay", "happy", "lighthearted", "whimsical", "energetic", "lively", "spirited", "sprightly", "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "trickish", "tricky", "wily", "misbehaving", "naughty", "troublemaking", "pestering", "riling", "teasing" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "devilish", "espi\u00e8gle", "impish", "knavish", "leprechaunish", "mischievous", "pixie", "pixy", "pixieish", "prankish", "puckish", "rascally", "roguish", "scampish", "sly", "tricksy", "waggish", "wicked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "elongations":{ "the act of making longer":{ "examples":[ "the elongation of artificial fibers in the manufacturing process" ], "synonyms":[ "extensions", "prolongations" ], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "abbreviations", "abridgments", "abridgements", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "shortenings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "elbow grease":{ "the active use of energy in producing a result":{ "examples":[ "with a little polish and a lot of elbow grease , I was able to make the old silver teapot shine 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"second-class", "second-rate", "deficient", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "elevateds":{ "as in els , elevated railroads":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "elation":{ "a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{ "examples":[ "most people can't imagine the kind of elation that comes with winning a super lottery's grand prize, but they're dying to find out" ], "synonyms":[ "cloud nine", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "heaven", "high", "intoxication", "paradise", "rapture", "rhapsody", "seventh heaven", "swoon", "transport" ], "related":[ "exaltation", "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "delight", "enchantment", "felicity", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "pleasure", "reverie", "trance", "inspiration", "fervor", "frenzy", "madness", "passion", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "exuberance", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jubilance", "jubilation", "lightheartedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "misery", "sadness", "unhappiness", "woe", "wretchedness", "blues", "dejection", "desolation", "despair", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "disheartenment", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "heartsickness", "melancholy", "mopes" ], "antonyms":[ "depression" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "elites":{ "individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{ "examples":[ "the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools" ], "synonyms":[ "A-lists", "aristocracies", "best", "choices", "corps d'elite", "creams", "cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me", "elect", "fat", "flowers", "illuminati", "picks", "pinks", "prides", "priesthoods", "primes", "royalties", "upper crusts" ], "related":[ "establishments", "gentries", "nobilities", "qualities", "societies", "top 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