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pretension collapse: a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

pharisee collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions; a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

fund collapse: a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"; accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"; invest money in government securities; provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest; place or store up in a fund for accumulation; convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

loser collapse: a gambler who loses a bet; a contestant who loses the contest

avail collapse: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"; use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"; take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"; be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"

affidavit collapse: written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath

equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

firsthand collapse: received directly from a source; "firsthand information"; at first hand or directly; "I heard this story firsthand"

predate collapse: establish something as being earlier relative to something else; be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

symptomatic collapse: relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases"

goad collapse: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"; stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick; urge with or as if with a goad

yaw collapse: an erratic deflection from an intended course; swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"; deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

sidle collapse: move sideways; move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"

balk collapse: an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base; the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

litter collapse: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers; the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal; rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places); give birth to a litter of animals; make a place messy by strewing garbage around; strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"

ram collapse: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"; a tool for driving or forcing something by impact; strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"

pantheism collapse: the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God; (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods

juggle collapse: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously; the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression; hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"; throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously; deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children"; manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"; influence by slyness

prod collapse: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion; urge on; cause to act; "They other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

squeal collapse: a high-pitched howl; utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs

habituate collapse: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

monitor collapse: any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles; a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble; electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions; display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor; an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac; keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

afford collapse: be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"; afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"; have the financial means to do something or buy something; "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

probate collapse: the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements; a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate; establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents); put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

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