1332 lines
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1332 lines
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{
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"necessary":{
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"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elective",
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"optional",
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"voluntary"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chosen",
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"discretionary",
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"dispensable",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"nonessential",
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"unimportant"
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],
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"related":[
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"all-important",
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"essential",
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"indispensable",
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"needed",
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"requisite",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent",
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"demanded",
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"enforced",
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"coercive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"compulsory",
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"forced",
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"imperative",
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"incumbent",
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"involuntary",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"peremptory",
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"required"
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]
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},
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"impossible to avoid or evade":{
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"antonyms":[
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"avoidable",
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"evadable",
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"uncertain",
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"unsure"
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],
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"examples":[
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"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"preventable",
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"preventible",
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"doubtful",
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"dubious",
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"questionable",
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"shaky",
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"unclear",
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"undecided",
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"unsettled",
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"undependable",
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"unreliable",
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"improbable",
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"unlikely"
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],
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"related":[
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"decided",
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"definite",
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"settled",
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"likely",
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"possible",
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"probable",
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"destined",
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"fated",
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"foreordained",
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"predestined",
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"predetermined",
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"preordained",
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"inexorable",
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"relentless",
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"unremitting",
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"unstoppable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"certain",
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"ineluctable",
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"ineludible",
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"inescapable",
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"inevitable",
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"sure",
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"unavoidable",
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"unescapable"
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]
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},
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"impossible to do without":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"inessential",
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"needless",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"food and water are necessary for survival"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undesired",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"unimportant",
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"excess",
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"external",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"superfluous",
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"surplus"
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],
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"related":[
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"prerequisite",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"consequential",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"basic",
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"central",
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"fundamental",
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"key",
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"organic",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"critical",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"must-have",
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"necessitous",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital"
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]
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},
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"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonessential",
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"nonnecessity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"comfort",
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"extra",
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"extravagance",
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"frill",
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"indulgence",
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"luxury",
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"superfluity",
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"surplus",
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"surplusage"
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],
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"related":[
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"precondition",
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"prerequisite",
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"advantage",
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"edge",
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"plus",
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"desideration",
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"desideratum",
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"wish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"demand",
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"essential",
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"must",
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"must-have",
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"necessity",
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"need",
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"needful",
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"requirement",
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"requisite",
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"sine qua non"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"necessitating":{
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"to have as a requirement":{
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"examples":[
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"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearing",
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"challenging",
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"claiming",
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"demanding",
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"needing",
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"requiring",
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"taking",
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"wanting",
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"warranting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entailing",
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"involving",
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"asking",
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"begging",
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"clamoring (for)",
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"crying (for)",
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"hurting (for)",
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"lacking",
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"commanding",
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"enjoining",
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"exacting",
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"insisting",
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"pressing",
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"questing",
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"stipulating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"owning",
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"possessing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"having",
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"holding"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"necessitous":{
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"impossible to do without":{
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"examples":[
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"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"critical",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"must-have",
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"necessary",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"prerequisite",
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"compulsory",
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"mandatory",
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"nonelective",
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"obligatory",
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"consequential",
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"crucial",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"basic",
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"central",
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"fundamental",
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"key",
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"organic",
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"insistent",
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"persistent",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undesired",
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"unwanted",
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"inconsequential",
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"insignificant",
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"unimportant",
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"excess",
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"external",
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"extra",
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"extraneous",
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"superfluous",
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"surplus"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dispensable",
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"inessential",
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"needless",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary",
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"unneeded"
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]
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},
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"examples":[
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"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
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"penniless",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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]
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},
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"needing immediate attention":{
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"examples":[
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"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acute",
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"burning",
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"clamant",
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"compelling",
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"critical",
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"crying",
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"dire",
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"emergent",
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"exigent",
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"imperative",
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"imperious",
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"importunate",
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"instant",
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"pressing",
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"urgent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"demanding",
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"extreme",
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"immediate",
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"insistent",
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"intense",
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"overriding",
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"crucial",
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"desperate",
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"grave",
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"life-and-death",
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"life-or-death",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"vital",
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"dangerous",
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"explosive",
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"hazardous",
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"perilous",
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"precarious",
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"unstable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"incidental",
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"low-pressure",
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"minor",
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"negligible",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant",
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"nonthreatening",
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"safe",
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"stable"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"noncritical",
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"nonurgent"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"necessarily":{
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"because of necessity":{
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"examples":[
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"the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ineluctably",
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"inescapably",
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"inevitably",
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"ipso facto",
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"needs",
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"perforce",
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"unavoidably"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"involuntarily"
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"necks":{
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"a broad geographical area":{
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"examples":[
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"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belts",
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"corridors",
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"lands",
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"parts",
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"regions",
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"tracts",
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"zones"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"districts",
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"domains",
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"latitudes",
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"ranges",
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"realms",
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"terrains",
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"territories",
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"neighborhoods",
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"vicinities"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
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"examples":[
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"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"channels",
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"narrows",
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"sounds",
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"straits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arms",
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"bays",
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"gulfs",
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"inlets",
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"roads",
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"roadsteads",
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"reaches",
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"stretches"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a very small distance or degree":{
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"examples":[
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"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aces",
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"hairbreadths",
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"hairsbreadths",
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"hairlines",
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"hairs",
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"inches",
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"steps",
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"stone's throws"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bits",
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"crumbs",
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"dabs",
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"iotas",
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"jots",
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"minims",
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"mites",
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"particles",
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"smidgens",
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"smidgeons",
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"smidgins",
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"smidges",
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"traces",
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"trifles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"infinities",
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"light-years"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"country miles",
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"long hauls",
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"miles"
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]
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},
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"as in noses , cuddles":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bills",
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"canoodles",
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"cuddles",
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"nestles",
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"noses",
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"nuzzles",
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"snuggles",
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"spoons",
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"caresses",
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"fondles",
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"gentles",
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"loves",
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"pats",
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"pets",
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"strokes",
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"feels up",
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"paws",
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"cradles",
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"embraces",
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"enfolds",
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"hugs",
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"bounces",
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"dandles",
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"kneads",
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"massages",
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"babies",
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"coddles",
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"indulges",
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"mollycoddles",
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"pampers",
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"spoils"
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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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"nectars":{
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"as in drinks , beverages":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beverages",
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"drinkables",
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"drinks",
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"libations",
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"potables",
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"quenchers",
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"alcohols",
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"brews",
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"intoxicants",
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"liquors",
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"spirits",
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"pops",
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"soda pops",
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"sodas",
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"soft drinks",
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"mixers",
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"mixes",
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"potions"
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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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"necklace":{
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"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
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"examples":[
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"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choker",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"dog collar",
|
|
"lei"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"torque",
|
|
"torc",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"carcanet",
|
|
"rivi\u00e8re",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"strand",
|
|
"bangle",
|
|
"lavaliere",
|
|
"lavalliere",
|
|
"locket",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necking":{
|
|
"as in nosing , cuddling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"canoodling",
|
|
"cuddling",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"snuggling",
|
|
"spooning",
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"petting",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"feeling up",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"cradling",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neck":{
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"narrows",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small distance or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"hair",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"hairsbreadth",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"hop, skip, and jump",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"shouting distance",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"stone's throw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"light-year"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"country mile",
|
|
"long haul",
|
|
"mile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nose , cuddle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"canoodle",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"snuggle",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"feel up",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"knead",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necklaces":{
|
|
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chokers",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"dog collars",
|
|
"leis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"torques",
|
|
"torcs",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"carcanets",
|
|
"rivi\u00e8res",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"strands",
|
|
"bangles",
|
|
"lavalieres",
|
|
"lavallieres",
|
|
"lockets",
|
|
"pendants",
|
|
"pendents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necromancers":{
|
|
"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in ancient times any kind of natural disaster was apt to be regarded as the work of some evil-minded necromancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"conjurers",
|
|
"conjurors",
|
|
"enchanters",
|
|
"mages",
|
|
"magi",
|
|
"Magians",
|
|
"magicians",
|
|
"sorcerers",
|
|
"voodooists",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witches",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"sorceresses",
|
|
"warlocks",
|
|
"occultists",
|
|
"thaumaturges",
|
|
"thaumaturgists",
|
|
"theurgists",
|
|
"wonder-workers",
|
|
"medicine men",
|
|
"shamanists",
|
|
"shamans",
|
|
"witch doctors",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"exorcisers",
|
|
"exorcists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necrologies":{
|
|
"a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the club's founder recently died, and this month's newsletter includes a lengthy necrology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"obits",
|
|
"obituaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"memorials",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"epitaphs",
|
|
"hic jacets",
|
|
"inscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necropolises":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyards",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"God's acres",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"memorial parks",
|
|
"potter's fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"sepulchres",
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necropoles":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyards",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"God's acres",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"memorial parks",
|
|
"potter's fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"sepulchres",
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necropoleis":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyards",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"God's acres",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"memorial parks",
|
|
"potter's fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"sepulchres",
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necromancy":{
|
|
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the conjuring of the souls of the dead, necromancy seemed to offer human beings a means of exerting some control over an uncertain world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"crystal gazing",
|
|
"divination",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"sortilege",
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"spiritualism",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"alchemy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessitate":{
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"ask",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"cry (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"stipulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"neck and neck":{
|
|
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a neck and neck finish in which only a fraction of a second separated the winner from the runner-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"down-to-the-wire",
|
|
"hairbreadth",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"nip and tuck",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"necessity":{
|
|
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"must-have",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"sine qua non"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precondition",
|
|
"prerequisite",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"desideration",
|
|
"desideratum",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"surplusage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"nonnecessity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"luxury",
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"prosperity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"affluence",
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"opulence",
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"richness",
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"wealth",
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"wealthiness"
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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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} |