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494 lines
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{
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"lily-livered":{
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"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
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"examples":[
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"the pacifist was mistakenly accused of being a lily-livered coward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chicken",
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"chicken-livered",
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"chickenhearted",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"dastardly",
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"gutless",
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"milk-livered",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"recreant",
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"spineless",
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"unheroic",
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"yellow"
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],
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"related":[
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"diffident",
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"timid",
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"timorous",
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"afraid",
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"frightened",
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"scared",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"wary",
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"bashful",
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"coy",
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"shy",
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"feeble",
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"soft",
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"unmanly",
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"weak"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"audacious",
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"bold",
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"brazen",
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"cheeky",
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"nervy",
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"plucky",
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"spirited",
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"spunky",
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"determined",
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"resolute"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brave",
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"courageous",
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"daring",
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"dauntless",
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"doughty",
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"fearless",
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"gallant",
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"greathearted",
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"gutsy",
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"hardy",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"intrepid",
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"lionhearted",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"stouthearted",
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"valiant",
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"valorous"
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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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"lilted":{
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"as in crooned , warbled":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belted",
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"crooned",
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"harmonized",
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"hummed",
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"quavered",
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"scatted",
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"sharped",
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"slurred",
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"trilled",
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"trolled",
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"warbled",
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"yodeled",
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"yodelled",
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"caroled",
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"carolled",
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"chanted",
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"descanted",
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"sang",
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"sung",
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"vocalized",
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"serenaded"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lilts":{
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"the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern":{
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"examples":[
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"There was a charming lilt to her voice.",
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"a tune with a lilt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"movements",
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"sways",
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"swings",
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"beats",
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"cadences",
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"measures",
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"meters",
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"rhythms",
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"accents",
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"accentuations",
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"emphases",
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"stresses",
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"inflections",
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"intonations",
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"backbeats",
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"drums",
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"throbs",
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"hexameters",
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"pentameters",
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"tetrameters",
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"trimeters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in croons , warbles":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belts",
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"croons",
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"harmonizes",
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"hums",
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"quavers",
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"scats",
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"sharps",
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"slurs",
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"trills",
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"trolls",
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"warbles",
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"yodels",
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"carols",
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"chants",
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"descants",
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"sings",
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"vocalizes",
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"serenades"
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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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"Lilliputian":{
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"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
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"examples":[
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"to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"illiberal",
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"insular",
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"little",
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"narrow",
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"narrow-minded",
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"parochial",
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"petty",
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"picayune",
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"provincial",
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"sectarian",
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"small",
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"small-minded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inflexible",
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"ironbound",
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"obdurate",
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"obstinate",
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"rigid",
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"set",
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"stubborn",
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"unyielding",
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"wrongheaded",
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"bigoted",
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"intolerant",
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"biased",
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"discriminating",
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"discriminatory",
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"jaundiced",
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"one-sided",
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"partial",
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"partisan",
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"prejudiced",
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"brassbound",
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"hidebound",
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"old-fashioned",
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"reactionary",
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"stodgy",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"stuffy",
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"dogmatic",
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"dogmatical",
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"opinionated",
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"opinionative",
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"limited",
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"hick",
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"unsophisticated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"impartial",
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"nonpartisan",
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"objective",
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"unbiased",
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"unprejudiced",
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"freethinking"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"broad-minded",
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"catholic",
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"cosmopolitan",
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"liberal",
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"open",
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"open-minded",
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"receptive",
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"tolerant"
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]
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},
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"of a size that is less than average":{
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"examples":[
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"a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"diminutive",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"fine",
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"half-pint",
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"little",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"pocket",
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"pocket-size",
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"pocket-sized",
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"puny",
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"pygmy",
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"shrimpy",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"subnormal",
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"toylike",
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"undersized",
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"undersize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dwarf",
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"toy",
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"runtish",
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"runty",
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"scrubby",
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"stunted",
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"bitty",
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"inappreciable",
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"infinitesimal",
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"little bitty",
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"micro",
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"microscopic",
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"microscopical",
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"mini",
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"miniature",
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"miniaturized",
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"minikin",
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"minim",
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"minuscule",
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"minute",
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"pinpoint",
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"teensy",
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"teensy-weensy",
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"teeny",
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"teeny-weeny",
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"tiny",
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"wee",
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"weeny",
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"weensy",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"niggardly",
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"poor",
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"scant",
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"scanty",
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"scarce",
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"skimp",
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"skimpy",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"spare",
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"sparse",
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"stingy",
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"deficient",
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"inadequate",
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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"wanting",
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"bite-size",
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"bite-sized",
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"capsule"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bulky",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"massive",
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"voluminous",
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"boxcar",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"Bunyanesque",
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"cavernous",
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"colossal",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"gross",
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"Himalayan",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"monolithic",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"pharaonic",
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"prodigious",
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"staggering",
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"stupendous",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
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"vast",
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"abundant",
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"ample",
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"appreciable",
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"bountiful",
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"copious",
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"generous",
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"healthy",
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"liberal",
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"plenteous",
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"plentiful",
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"fat",
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"thick",
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"broad",
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"wide",
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"boundless",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"immeasurable",
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"incalculable",
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"infinite",
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"adequate",
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"enough",
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"sufficient"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"biggish",
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"considerable",
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"goodly",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"handsome",
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"husky",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"large",
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"largish",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overscale",
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"overscaled",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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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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"lilt":{
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"the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern":{
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"examples":[
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"There was a charming lilt to her voice.",
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"a tune with a lilt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"movement",
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"sway",
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"swing",
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"beat",
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"cadence",
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"measure",
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"meter",
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"rhythm",
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"accent",
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"accentuation",
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"emphasis",
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"stress",
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"inflection",
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"intonation",
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"backbeat",
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"drum",
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"throb",
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"hexameter",
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"pentameter",
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"tetrameter",
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"trimeter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in croon , warble":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belt",
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"croon",
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"harmonize",
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"hum",
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"quaver",
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"scat",
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"sharp",
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"slur",
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"trill",
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"troll",
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"warble",
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"yodel",
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"carol",
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"chant",
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"descant",
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"sing",
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"vocalize",
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"serenade"
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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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} |