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1206 lines
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{
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"gaffe":{
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"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"attention",
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"civility",
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"courtesy",
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"formality",
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"gesture",
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"pleasantry"
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],
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"examples":[
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"committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"form",
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"manners",
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"mores",
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"proprieties"
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],
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"related":[
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"blunder",
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"error",
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"flub",
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"fumble",
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"goof",
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"lapse",
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"miscue",
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"misstep",
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"mistake",
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"oversight",
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"slip",
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"slipup",
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"stumble",
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"discourtesy",
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"incivility",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"boner",
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"howler",
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"foul-up",
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"muff",
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"misapprehension",
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"miscalculation",
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"misconception",
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"misjudgment",
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"misstatement",
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"misunderstanding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"familiarity",
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"faux pas",
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"gaff",
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"impropriety",
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"indiscretion",
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"solecism"
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]
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},
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"so-called debates, which seemed to be mainly about seeing which candidate made the most gaffes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accuracy",
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"correctness",
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"exactitude",
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"exactness",
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"preciseness",
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"precision",
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"strictness",
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"inerrancy",
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"infallibility",
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"perfection"
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],
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"related":[
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"bloomer",
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"blooper",
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"boner",
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"howler",
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"pratfall",
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"foul-up",
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"snafu",
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"misapprehension",
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"miscalculation",
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"miscomprehension",
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"misconception",
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"misconstruction",
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"misdescription",
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"misimpression",
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"misinterpretation",
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"misjudgment",
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"misreading",
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"misstatement",
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"misunderstanding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bobble",
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"boo-boo",
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"boob",
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"brick",
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"clanger",
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"clinker",
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"error",
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"fault",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"fumble",
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"gaff",
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"goof",
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"inaccuracy",
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"lapse",
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"miscue",
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"misstep",
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"mistake",
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"oversight",
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"screwup",
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"slip",
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"slipup",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gaffer":{
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"as in patriarch , graybeard":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"graybeard",
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"patriarch",
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"whitebeard",
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"ancient",
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"elder",
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"geriatric",
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"golden-ager",
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"oldster",
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"old-timer",
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"senior",
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"senior citizen",
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"beldam",
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"beldame",
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"dowager",
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"grandam",
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"grandame",
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"adult",
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"grown-up",
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"dotard"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"youngster",
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"youth",
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"adolescent",
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"minor",
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"child",
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"cub",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in ganger":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ganger",
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"leadman",
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"manager",
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"overseer",
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"principal",
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"skipper",
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"standard-bearer",
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"steward",
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"straw boss",
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"superintendent",
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"superior",
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"supervisor",
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"overlord",
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"potentate",
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"ruler",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"boss",
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"boss man",
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"captain",
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"chief",
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"foreman",
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"forewoman",
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"head",
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"headman",
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"helmsman",
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"honcho",
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"jefe",
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"kingpin",
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"leader",
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"master",
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"mistress",
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"taskmaster",
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"taskmistress",
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"figurehead",
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"administrator",
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"commander",
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"director",
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"employer",
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"executive",
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"general",
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"governor",
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"hierarch",
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"higher-up",
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"baron",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"czarina",
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"tsarina",
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"tzarina",
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"king",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"president",
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"prince",
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"princess",
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"queen",
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"big cheese",
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"big gun",
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"bigwig",
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"top dog",
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"top gun",
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"cohead",
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"coleader",
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"micromanager"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gaffs":{
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"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
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"examples":[
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"you can expect to make some amusing gaffs until you get more familiar with the language"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"familiarities",
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"faux pas",
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"gaffes",
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"improprieties",
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"indiscretions",
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"solecisms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"errors",
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"flubs",
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"fumbles",
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"goofs",
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"lapses",
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"miscues",
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"missteps",
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"mistakes",
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"oversights",
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"slips",
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"slipups",
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"stumbles",
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"discourtesies",
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"incivilities",
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"offenses",
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"offences",
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"boners",
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"howlers",
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"foul-ups",
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"muffs",
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"misapprehensions",
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"miscalculations",
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"misconceptions",
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"misjudgments",
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"misstatements",
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"misunderstandings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forms",
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"manners",
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"mores",
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"proprieties"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"amenities",
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"attentions",
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"civilities",
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"courtesies",
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"formalities",
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"gestures",
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"pleasantries"
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]
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},
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"double-check the new writer's grammar, as it's typically riddled with gaffs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"bobbles",
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"boo-boos",
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"boobs",
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"bricks",
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"clangers",
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"clinkers",
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"errors",
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"faults",
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"flubs",
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"fluffs",
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"fumbles",
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"gaffes",
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"goofs",
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"inaccuracies",
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"lapses",
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"miscues",
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"missteps",
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"mistakes",
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"oversights",
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"screwups",
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"slips",
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"slipups",
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"stumbles",
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"trips"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bloomers",
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"bloopers",
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"boners",
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"howlers",
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"pratfalls",
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"foul-ups",
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"snafus",
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"misapprehensions",
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"miscalculations",
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"miscomprehensions",
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"misconceptions",
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"misconstructions",
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"misdescriptions",
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"misimpressions",
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"misinterpretations",
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"misjudgments",
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"misreadings",
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"misstatements",
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"misunderstandings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accuracies",
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"exactitudes",
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"precisions",
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"inerrancies",
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"infallibilities",
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"perfections"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"examples":[
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"a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozles",
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"beguiles",
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"bluffs",
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"buffaloes",
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"burns",
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"catches",
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"cons",
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"cozens",
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"deceives",
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"deludes",
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"dupes",
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"fakes out",
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"fools",
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"gammons",
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"gulls",
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"has",
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"has on",
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"hoaxes",
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"hoodwinks",
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"hornswoggles",
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"humbugs",
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"juggles",
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"misguides",
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"misinforms",
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"misleads",
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"snookers",
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"snows",
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"spoofs",
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"strings along",
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"suckers",
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"sucks in",
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"takes in",
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"tricks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kids",
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"puts on",
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"teases",
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"bleeds",
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"cheats",
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"chisels",
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"defrauds",
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"diddles",
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"euchres",
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"fleeces",
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"flimflams",
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"hustles",
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"mulcts",
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"rooks",
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"shortchanges",
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"skins",
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"squeezes",
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"sticks",
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"stings",
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"swindles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunks",
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"exposes",
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"reveals",
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"shows up",
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"uncloaks",
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"uncovers",
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"unmasks",
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"discloses",
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"divulges",
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"tells",
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"unveils",
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"disabuses",
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"disenchants",
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"disillusions"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceives"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bilks",
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"bleeds",
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"cheats",
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"chisels",
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"chouses",
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"cons",
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"cozens",
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"defrauds",
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"diddles",
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"does",
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"does in",
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"euchres",
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"fiddles",
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"fleeces",
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"flimflams",
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"hoses",
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"hustles",
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"mulcts",
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"nobbles",
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"plucks",
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"reams",
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"rips off",
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"rooks",
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"screws",
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"shakes down",
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"shortchanges",
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"shorts",
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"skins",
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"skunks",
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"squeezes",
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"sticks",
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"stiffs",
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"stings",
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"suckers",
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"swindles",
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"thimblerigs",
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"victimizes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorts",
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"wrenches",
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"wrests",
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"wrings",
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"clips",
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"gouges",
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"nicks",
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"overcharges",
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"soaks",
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"exploits",
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"milks",
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"deceives",
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"dupes",
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"fools",
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"gulls",
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"tricks",
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"ropes (in)",
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"betrays",
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"bitches",
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"double-crosses",
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"bamboozles",
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"fast-talks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gaffes":{
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"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
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"examples":[
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"committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"familiarities",
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"faux pas",
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"gaffs",
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"improprieties",
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"indiscretions",
|
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"solecisms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"errors",
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"flubs",
|
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"fumbles",
|
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"goofs",
|
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"lapses",
|
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"miscues",
|
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"missteps",
|
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"mistakes",
|
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"oversights",
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"slips",
|
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"slipups",
|
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"stumbles",
|
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"discourtesies",
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"incivilities",
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"offenses",
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"offences",
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"boners",
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"howlers",
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"foul-ups",
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"muffs",
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"misapprehensions",
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"miscalculations",
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"misconceptions",
|
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"misjudgments",
|
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"misstatements",
|
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"misunderstandings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forms",
|
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"manners",
|
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"mores",
|
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"proprieties"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"amenities",
|
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"attentions",
|
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"civilities",
|
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"courtesies",
|
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"formalities",
|
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"gestures",
|
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"pleasantries"
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]
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},
|
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"so-called debates, which seemed to be mainly about seeing which candidate made the most gaffes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"bobbles",
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"boo-boos",
|
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"boobs",
|
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"bricks",
|
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"clangers",
|
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"clinkers",
|
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"errors",
|
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"faults",
|
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"flubs",
|
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"fluffs",
|
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"fumbles",
|
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"gaffs",
|
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"goofs",
|
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"inaccuracies",
|
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"lapses",
|
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"miscues",
|
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"missteps",
|
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"mistakes",
|
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"oversights",
|
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"screwups",
|
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"slips",
|
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"slipups",
|
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"stumbles",
|
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"trips"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bloomers",
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"bloopers",
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"boners",
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"howlers",
|
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"pratfalls",
|
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"foul-ups",
|
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"snafus",
|
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"misapprehensions",
|
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"miscalculations",
|
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"miscomprehensions",
|
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"misconceptions",
|
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"misconstructions",
|
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"misdescriptions",
|
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"misimpressions",
|
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"misinterpretations",
|
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"misjudgments",
|
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"misreadings",
|
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"misstatements",
|
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"misunderstandings"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"accuracies",
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"exactitudes",
|
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"precisions",
|
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"inerrancies",
|
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"infallibilities",
|
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"perfections"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"gaff":{
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"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
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"examples":[
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"you can expect to make some amusing gaffs until you get more familiar with the language"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"familiarity",
|
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"faux pas",
|
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"gaffe",
|
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"impropriety",
|
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"indiscretion",
|
|
"solecism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
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"error",
|
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"flub",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"double-check the new writer's grammar, as it's typically riddled with gaffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaffing":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaffers":{
|
|
"as in patriarchs , graybeards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graybeards",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"whitebeards",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"geriatrics",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors",
|
|
"beldams",
|
|
"beldames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
"dotards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gangers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gangers",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"forewomen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"taskmasters",
|
|
"taskmistresses",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czarinas",
|
|
"tsarinas",
|
|
"tzarinas",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"micromanagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |