621 lines
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621 lines
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{
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"pliantness":{
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"as in suppleness , pliancy":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ductility",
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"pliability",
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"pliableness",
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"pliancy",
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"suppleness",
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"adaptability",
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"elasticity",
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"flexibility",
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"limberness",
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"resilience",
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"workability",
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"workableness",
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"malleability",
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"plasticity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inflexibility",
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"rigidity",
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"stiffness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"plights":{
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"a very bad or difficult situation \u2014 usually singular":{
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"examples":[
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"The recent cut in funding will only contribute to the hospital's financial plight .",
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"the plight of the unemployed"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anxieties",
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"predicaments",
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"tribulations",
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"troubles",
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"aggravations",
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"aggros",
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"annoyances",
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"botherations",
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"bothers",
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"bugbears",
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"exasperations",
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"frustrations",
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"hair shirts",
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"hassles",
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"headaches",
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"inconveniences",
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"irks",
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"irritants",
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"nuisances",
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"peeves",
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"pests",
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"rubs",
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"ruffles",
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"thorns",
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"trials",
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"vexations",
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"discomforts",
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"fleabites",
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"pinpricks",
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"affronts",
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"insults",
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"offenses",
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"offences",
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"upsets",
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"worries",
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"afflictions",
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"albatross",
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"albatrosses",
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"burdens",
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"crosses",
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"curses",
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"menaces",
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"millstones",
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"plagues",
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"sores",
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"hang-ups",
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"pet peeves",
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"problems",
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"annoyers",
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"disturbers",
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"harassers",
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"mischiefs",
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"offenders",
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"pandora's boxes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delights",
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"joys",
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"pleasures"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in promises , vows":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affiances",
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"betroths",
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"promises",
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"swears",
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"vows",
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"commits",
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"engages",
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"mortgages",
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"pledges",
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"troths",
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"contracts",
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"enlists",
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"enrolls",
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"enrols",
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"signs on",
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"signs up",
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"overcommits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"reneges"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pliable":{
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"able to bend easily without breaking":{
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"examples":[
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"the wooden strips become more pliable if they are first soaked in water"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bendy",
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"flexible",
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"limber",
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"lissome",
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"lissom",
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"lithe",
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"lithesome",
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"pliant",
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"supple",
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"willowy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adaptable",
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"ductile",
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"elastic",
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"fluid",
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"kneadable",
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"malleable",
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"modifiable",
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"plastic",
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"variable",
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"yielding",
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"droopy",
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"flaccid",
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"floppy",
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"limp",
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"semiflexible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inelastic",
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"nonmalleable",
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"unyielding",
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"breakable",
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"brittle",
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"fragile"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"inflexible",
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"rigid",
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"stiff",
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"stiffened"
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]
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},
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"capable of being readily changed":{
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"examples":[
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"with such iffy weather, we had to keep our vacation schedule fairly pliable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adaptable",
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"adjustable",
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"alterable",
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"changeable",
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"elastic",
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"flexible",
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"fluid",
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"malleable",
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"modifiable",
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"variable"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"changing",
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"fluctuating",
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"inconstant",
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"labile",
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"unstable",
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"unsteady",
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"varying",
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"versatile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"constant",
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"stable",
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"steady",
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"unchanging",
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"uniform",
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"unvarying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"established",
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"fixed",
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"immutable",
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"inelastic",
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"inflexible",
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"invariable",
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"nonmalleable",
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"ramrod",
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"set",
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"unadaptable",
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"unalterable",
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"unbudgeable",
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"unchangeable"
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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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"pliancy":{
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"as in suppleness , pliability":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ductility",
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"pliability",
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"pliableness",
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"pliantness",
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"suppleness",
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"adaptability",
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"elasticity",
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"flexibility",
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"limberness",
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"resilience",
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"workability",
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"workableness",
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"malleability",
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"plasticity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inflexibility",
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"rigidity",
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"stiffness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"plinth":{
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"as in base , pedestal":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"base",
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"foot",
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"foundation",
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"pedestal",
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"stand",
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"dais",
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"platform",
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"podium",
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"rostrum",
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"stage",
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"tribune",
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"frame",
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"brace",
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"buttress",
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"mount",
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"mounting",
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"prop",
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"reinforcement",
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"shore",
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"spur",
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"stay",
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"support",
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"underpinning",
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"column",
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"pilaster",
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"pillar",
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"architrave",
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"capital",
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"cornice",
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"entablature",
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"frieze",
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"shaft",
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"socle",
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"shoring",
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"arch",
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"bolster",
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"bracket",
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"cantilever",
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"girder",
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"bearing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"plied":{
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"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
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"examples":[
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"she plied all of her charm and intelligence to convince everyone to volunteer as tutors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applied",
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"exercised",
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"exerted",
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"put out",
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"wielded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"employed",
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"used",
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"utilized",
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"abused",
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"misapplied",
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"misused"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to twine about one another":{
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"examples":[
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"two single yarns were plied together to get the fabric that smooth, firm feel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enlaced",
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"entwined",
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"implicated",
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"interlaced",
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"intertwined",
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"intertwisted",
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"interwove",
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"interweaved",
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"inwove",
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"inweaved",
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"laced",
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"twisted",
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"wove",
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"weaved",
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"wreathed",
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"writhed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braided",
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"plaited",
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"platted",
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"pleached",
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"blended",
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"blent",
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"fused",
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"joined",
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"linked",
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"mixed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disentangled",
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"uncoiled",
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"untangled",
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"untwined",
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"unwound"
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],
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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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"plink":{
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"as in peal , chime":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chime",
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"ding-dong",
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"knell",
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"peal",
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"ping",
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"ring",
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"tintinnabulation",
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"clang",
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"clangor",
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"clank",
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"clash",
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"whang",
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"chink",
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"clink",
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"clinkety-clank",
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"jangle",
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"jingle",
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"rattle",
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"tang",
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"tinkle",
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"twang",
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"clap",
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"clip-clop",
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"clop",
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"crack",
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"crash",
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"crunch",
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"clump",
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"clunk",
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"thump"
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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 plunk , clink":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chink",
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"clang",
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"clank",
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"clash",
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"clink",
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"ding",
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"ding-dong",
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"gong",
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"jangle",
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"jingle",
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"ping",
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"plunk",
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"plonk",
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"tang",
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"tingle",
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"tinkle",
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"bong",
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"chime",
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"knell",
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"peal",
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"ring",
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"toll",
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"echo",
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"resonate",
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"resound",
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"reverberate"
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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 snipe , potshot":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"potshot",
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"snipe",
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"blaze",
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"pepper",
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"blast",
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"discharge",
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"fire",
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"shoot"
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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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"plinking":{
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"as in plunking , clinking":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chinking",
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"clanging",
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"clanking",
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"clashing",
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"clinking",
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"ding-donging",
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"dinging",
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"gonging",
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"jangling",
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"jingling",
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"pinging",
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"plunking",
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"plonking",
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"tanging",
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"tingling",
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"tinkling",
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"bonging",
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"chiming",
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"knelling",
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"pealing",
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"ringing",
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"tolling",
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"echoing",
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"resonating",
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"resounding",
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"reverberating"
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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 sniping , potshotting":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"potshotting",
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"sniping",
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"blazing",
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"peppering",
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"blasting",
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"discharging",
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"firing",
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"shooting"
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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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"plied (with)":{
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"as in gave , handed over":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"administered",
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"allocated",
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"apportioned",
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"dealt (out)",
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"dispensed",
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"distributed",
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"doled out",
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"meted (out)",
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"parceled (out)",
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"parcelled (out)",
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"portioned",
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"prorated",
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"delivered",
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"fed",
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"furnished",
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"gave",
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"handed",
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"handed over",
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"provided",
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"supplied",
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"assigned",
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"ceded",
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"deeded",
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"made over",
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"transferred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"held (back)",
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"kept (back)",
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"reserved",
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"retained",
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"withheld",
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"conserved",
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"kept up",
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"maintained",
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"preserved",
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"saved"
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],
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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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"plighting":{
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"as in promising , vowing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affiancing",
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"betrothing",
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"promising",
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"swearing",
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"vowing",
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"committing",
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"engaging",
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"mortgaging",
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"pledging",
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"trothing",
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"contracting",
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"enlisting",
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"enrolling",
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"signing on",
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"signing up",
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"overcommitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"reneging"
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],
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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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} |