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carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

confess collapse: confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith; confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

pretended collapse

assert collapse: state categorically; insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

security collapse: measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising"; a guarantee that an obligation will be met; freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a feeling of security"; a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers; "the head of security was a former policeman"; defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"; property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security"; a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities"; the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support the armed services in the name of national security"

swear collapse: promise solemnly; take an oath; make a deposition; declare under oath

goody goody collapse

chimerical collapse: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush

principle collapse: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"; a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"; a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"; a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"; rule of personal conduct

glossy collapse: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper; (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen"; having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

calculating collapse: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

furtive collapse: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

thick collapse: abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"; (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"; not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"; relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"; in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick"

unsuspecting collapse: (often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely; "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader"; not suspicious; "deceiving the unsuspecting public"

simulated collapse: reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"

surreptitious collapse

impression collapse: the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"; an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"; (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"; an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"; all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

unscrupulous collapse: without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

crooked collapse: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"; not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

thin collapse: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare; (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry"; lacking spirit or sincere effort; "a thin smile"; of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"; relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"; make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"; lose thickness; become thin or thinner

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

outwit collapse: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

smugness collapse: an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction

spurious collapse

bugbear collapse: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

doubt collapse: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"; the state of being unsure of something; consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"; lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

specious collapse: plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

ostensible collapse: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

histrionics collapse: a deliberate display of emotion for effect

theatrics collapse

dud collapse: failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

undoubting collapse

lying collapse: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

frame up collapse

convict collapse: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence; find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

hoax collapse: subject to a playful hoax or joke

talk over collapse

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

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