1658 lines
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1658 lines
33 KiB
JSON
{
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"eddy":{
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"a circular movement of air or water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The boat was caught in a powerful eddy ."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in swirl , purl":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"edge":{
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"a harsh or sharp quality":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mildness",
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"softness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the teacher's voice had a sarcastic edge as she welcomed the tardy student to class"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gentleness",
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"kindliness"
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],
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"related":[
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"ginger",
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"punch",
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"spice",
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"tang",
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"raucousness",
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"severeness",
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"severity",
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"shrillness",
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"virulence",
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"vitriol",
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"cattiness",
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"maliciousness",
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"pointedness",
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"thorniness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acerbity",
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"acidity",
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"acidness",
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"acridity",
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"acridness",
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"acrimoniousness",
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"acrimony",
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"acuteness",
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"asperity",
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"bite",
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"bitterness",
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"harshness",
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"keenness",
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"poignance",
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"poignancy",
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"pungency",
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"roughness",
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"sharpness",
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"tartness"
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]
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},
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"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the nation's economy was on the edge of collapse when the Federal Reserve took exceptionally bold action"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"nick"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brink",
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"cusp",
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"point",
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"threshold",
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"verge"
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]
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},
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"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the design along the edge of the plate is badly worn"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"center",
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"core",
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"heart",
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"inner",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"middle",
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"within"
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],
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"related":[
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"ambit",
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"brink",
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"crest",
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"curb",
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"cusp",
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"lip",
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"ceiling",
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"maximum",
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"demarcation",
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"extent",
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"limitation",
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"measure",
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"mere",
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"restriction",
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"termination",
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"borderland",
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"frontier",
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"march",
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"outskirts",
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"pale",
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"selvage",
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"lap",
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"shore"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"border",
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"borderline",
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"bound",
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"boundary",
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"brim",
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"circumference",
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"compass",
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"confines",
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"edging",
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"end",
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"frame",
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"fringe",
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"hem",
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"margin",
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"perimeter",
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"periphery",
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"rim",
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"skirt",
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"skirting",
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"verge"
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]
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},
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"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disadvantage",
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"drawback",
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"handicap",
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"liability",
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"minus",
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"penalty",
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"strike"
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],
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"examples":[
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"my big feet give me something of an edge in swimming"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detriment",
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"stranglehold",
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"disparity",
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"imbalance",
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"inequality",
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"unevenness",
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"disability",
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"failing",
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"impairment",
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"shortcoming",
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"bar",
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"catch",
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"check",
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"clog",
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"crimp",
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"embarrassment",
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"hindrance",
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"hitch",
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"hurdle",
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"impediment",
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"interference",
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"let",
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"manacle",
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"obstacle",
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"obstruction",
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"rub",
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"shackle",
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"stop",
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"trammel",
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"lurch",
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"setback"
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],
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"related":[
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"allowance",
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"head start",
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"lead",
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"leg up",
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"margin",
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"odds",
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"start",
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"ascendancy",
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"ascendency",
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"command",
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"dominance",
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"mastery",
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"predominance",
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"superiority",
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"supremacy",
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"transcendence",
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"transcendency",
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"precedence",
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"preference",
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"prerogative",
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"privilege",
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"seniority",
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"break",
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"foothold",
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"opportunity",
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"benefit",
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"blessing",
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"boon",
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"felicity",
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"godsend",
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"manna",
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"windfall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantage",
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"better",
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"bulge",
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"catbird seat",
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"drop",
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"high ground",
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"inside track",
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"jump",
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"pull",
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"stead",
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"upper hand",
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"vantage",
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"whip hand"
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]
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},
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"the power to produce a desired result":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ineffectiveness",
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"ineffectuality",
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"ineffectualness",
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"inefficiency"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the utter lack of enforcement provisions totally blunts the edge of the law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inability",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"incompetence",
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"incompetency"
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],
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"related":[
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"ability",
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"capability",
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"capacity",
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"potency",
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"puissance",
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"strength"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"effectiveness",
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"effectualness",
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"efficaciousness",
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"efficacity",
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"efficacy",
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"efficiency",
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"productiveness"
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]
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},
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"to make sharp or sharper":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blunt",
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"dull"
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],
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"examples":[
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"if you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"buff",
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"burnish",
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"gloss",
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"polish",
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"round",
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"smooth"
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],
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"related":[
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"file"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grind",
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"hone",
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"sharpen",
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"stone",
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"strop",
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"whet"
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]
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},
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"to serve as a border for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"pavement edging the flower bed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hem",
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"trim",
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"circumscribe",
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"define",
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"delineate",
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"demarcate",
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"outline",
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"silhouette",
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"sketch",
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"trace",
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"circle",
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"compass",
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"encircle",
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"enclose",
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"inclose",
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"environ",
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"girdle",
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"girth",
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"loop",
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"ring",
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"round",
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"surround",
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"wall",
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"check",
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"confine",
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"control",
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"curb",
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"limit",
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"restrain",
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"restrict"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"border",
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"bound",
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"frame",
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"fringe",
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"margin",
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"rim",
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"skirt"
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]
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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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"edge in":{
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"to put among or between others":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"although she likes to profess journalistic impartiality when covering a story, she seldom refrains from edging in her personal observations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"eject",
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"eliminate",
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"exclude",
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"expel",
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"extract",
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"withdraw",
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"deduct",
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"detach",
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"subtract",
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"reject"
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],
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"related":[
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"cut in",
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"inlay",
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"inset",
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"install",
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"interfile",
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"interline",
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"lard",
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"weave",
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"cram",
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"shove",
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"thrust",
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"wedge",
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"add",
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"append",
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"attach"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fit (in or into)",
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"inject",
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"insert",
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"insinuate",
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"intercalate",
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"interject",
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"interpolate",
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"interpose",
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"intersperse",
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"introduce",
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"sandwich (in or between)",
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"work in"
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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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"edged (out)":{
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"as in nosed out , pipped":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"edging (out)":{
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"as in nosing out , pipping":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"edgy":{
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"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
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"antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"collected",
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"cool",
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"easy",
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"happy-go-lucky",
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"nerveless",
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"relaxed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"with an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"confident",
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"self-assured",
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"self-confident",
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"sure",
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"controlled",
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"self-controlled"
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],
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"related":[
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"aggrieved",
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"bothered",
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"concerned",
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"disquieted",
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"distraught",
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"distressed",
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"disturbed",
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"freaked",
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"freaked-out",
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"shook-up",
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"apprehensive",
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"foreboding",
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"hesitant",
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"misgiving",
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"fretful",
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"fretting",
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"stewing",
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"vexed",
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"qualmish",
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"qualmy",
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"flustered",
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"twittered",
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"undone",
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"unnerved",
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"unstrung",
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"obsessed",
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"preoccupied",
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"restless",
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"fidgety",
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"flighty",
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"fluttery",
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"high-strung",
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"hypertense",
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"skittish",
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"spooky"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aflutter",
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"antsy",
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"anxious",
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"atwitter",
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"dithery",
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"goosey",
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"het up",
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"hinky",
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"hung up",
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"ill at ease",
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"insecure",
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"jittery",
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"jumpy",
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"nervous",
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"nervy",
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"perturbed",
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"queasy",
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"queazy",
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"tense",
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"troubled",
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"uneasy",
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"unquiet",
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"upset",
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"uptight",
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"worried"
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]
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},
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"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"blunt",
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"blunted",
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"dull",
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"dulled",
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"obtuse"
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],
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"examples":[
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"be careful as you walk along the beach\u2014those broken clam shells are edgy enough to cut your feet"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rounded",
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"smooth",
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"soft",
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"even",
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"flat",
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"level",
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"slick"
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],
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"related":[
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"clawlike",
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"daggerlike",
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"knifelike",
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"jabbing",
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"jagged",
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"lacerating",
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"piercing",
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"scratching",
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"stabbing",
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"pointed",
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"pointy",
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"spiky",
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"spikey"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutting",
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"edged",
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"ground",
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"honed",
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"keen",
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"sharp",
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"sharpened",
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"stropped",
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"trenchant",
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"whetted"
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]
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},
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"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
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"antonyms":[
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"noninflammatory"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a director known for his edgy , over-the-top satires on modern life"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"subduing"
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],
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"related":[
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"explosive",
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"fiery",
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"incendiary",
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"inflammatory",
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"triggering",
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"inducing",
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"inspirational",
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"inspiring",
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"motivating",
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"motivational",
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"motivative",
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"jeering",
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"taunting",
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"teasing",
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"activating",
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"energizing",
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"galvanizing",
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"quickening",
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"vitalizing",
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"angering",
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"enraging",
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"maddening",
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"upsetting",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"bothersome",
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"exasperating",
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"galling",
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"irksome",
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"irritating",
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"pesky",
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"vexatious",
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"vexing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charged",
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"exciting",
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"inciting",
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"instigating",
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"instigative",
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"piquing",
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"provocative",
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"provoking",
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"stimulating"
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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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"editorialize":{
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"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"commentate",
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"articulate",
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"express",
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"say",
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"speak",
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"state",
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"talk",
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"tell",
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"utter",
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"verbalize",
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"vocalize",
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"conjecture",
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"daresay",
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"guess",
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"speculate",
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"suppose",
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"surmise"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"weigh in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"editorialized":{
|
|
"to make a statement of one's opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day\u2014even the ones she knows nothing about"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"daresaid",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"weighed in"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educated":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"educated people are often more aware and tolerant of cultural and ethnic diversity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a violinist caressing the instrument with an educated touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"moralized",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"imparted (to)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"reeducated",
|
|
"reschooled",
|
|
"retaught",
|
|
"retrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"lessoned",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"ensouled",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"transfigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educates":{
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"catechizes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"moralizes",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"instils",
|
|
"homeschools",
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"imparts (to)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"reeducates",
|
|
"reschools",
|
|
"reteaches",
|
|
"retrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"ensouls",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edifies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educational":{
|
|
"of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonacademic",
|
|
"noneducational",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the community college strives to meet the educational needs of the residents of its urban location"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cocurricular",
|
|
"extracurricular",
|
|
"noncollegiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy",
|
|
"pedagogical",
|
|
"pedagogic",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"tweedy",
|
|
"curricular",
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"instructive",
|
|
"collegiate",
|
|
"graduate",
|
|
"postgraduate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"scholastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unenlightening",
|
|
"unilluminating",
|
|
"uninformative",
|
|
"uninstructive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we found the talk on easy ways for families to recycle household products very educational"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"communicatory",
|
|
"edifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"newsy",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"serviceable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educative",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"informational",
|
|
"informative",
|
|
"informatory",
|
|
"instructional",
|
|
"instructive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"eduction":{
|
|
"an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the policeman's eduction was that there was more than one murderer involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"induction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"sequitur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"educationist":{
|
|
"a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"educationists around the U.K. were largely in support of the reforms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educator",
|
|
"instructor",
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
|
"pedagog",
|
|
"preceptor",
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
|
"teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headmaster",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"rector",
|
|
"schoolmaster",
|
|
"headmistress",
|
|
"instructress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"schoolmarm",
|
|
"schoolma'am",
|
|
"schoolmistress",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"preparer",
|
|
"trainer",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"tutoress",
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"inculcator",
|
|
"dean",
|
|
"docent",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"don",
|
|
"prof",
|
|
"professor",
|
|
"regius professor",
|
|
"academe",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academician",
|
|
"didact",
|
|
"pedant",
|
|
"governess",
|
|
"homeschooler",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"interne",
|
|
"practice teacher",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"student teacher",
|
|
"catechist",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"moralizer",
|
|
"preacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edifies":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"educates",
|
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"enlightens",
|
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"illumes",
|
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"illuminates",
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"illumines",
|
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"inspires",
|
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"nurtures"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"elevates",
|
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"ennobles",
|
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"enriches",
|
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"ensouls",
|
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"lifts",
|
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"uplifts",
|
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"betters",
|
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"improves",
|
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"regenerates",
|
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"renews",
|
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"transforms",
|
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"exalts",
|
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"glorifies",
|
|
"transfigures"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
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"obscures"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"edifice":{
|
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"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"cathedral",
|
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"hall",
|
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"palace",
|
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"tower"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
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"manor",
|
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"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
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"showplace",
|
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"villa",
|
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"mausoleum",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"summerhouse",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"skyscraper",
|
|
"tower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"architecture",
|
|
"armature",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"fabric",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"structure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"lattice",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"chassis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edit":{
|
|
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the publisher edited a new version of its best-selling school dictionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"copyedit",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"subedit",
|
|
"reedit",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"fact-check",
|
|
"anthologize",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"recopy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant chef has edited several of his gourmet dishes for preparation by the home cook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimate",
|
|
"acclimatize",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readapt",
|
|
"readjust",
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"attune",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"familiarize",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"orientate",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"inure",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen",
|
|
"alter",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaim",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"redesign",
|
|
"redevelop",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"reengineer",
|
|
"refashion",
|
|
"refigure",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refocus",
|
|
"reinvent",
|
|
"rejigger",
|
|
"remake",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"accustom",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"habituate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fiddle (with)",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"edify":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family-oriented show that tried to edify the television audience as well as entertain it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educate",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"ensoul",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"transform",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"transfigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |