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accrue
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accumulate
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achieve success
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advance
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ameliorate
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amend
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appreciate
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arrive
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balloon
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be a success
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bloat
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boom
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break through
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breed
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broaden
,
come along
,
come on
,
come through
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cover ground
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crescendo
,
cut a swath
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develop
,
do well
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enjoy prosperity
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farewell
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gain
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gain ground
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gain strength
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gather head
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gather way
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get along
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get on
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get on swimmingly
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get on well
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get there
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go
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go ahead
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go along
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go far
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go fast
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go forward
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go on
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go places
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go up
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go well
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graduate
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grow
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grow better
,
have it made
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improve
,
increase
,
intensify
,
look up
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make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make the scene
,
make up leeway
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
mount
,
move
,
move forward
,
multiply
,
pass along
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pass on
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
proceed
,
progress
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proliferate
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prosper
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rise
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roll
,
run up
,
shape up
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shoot up
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show improvement
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skyrocket
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snowball
,
spread
,
stem
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step forward
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strengthen
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succeed
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swell
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take off
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travel
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turn out well
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wax
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widen
necessarily
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in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred"
as a highly likely consequence; "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"
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accordingly
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and so
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as a consequence
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as a result
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certainly
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come what may
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compulsorily
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consequently
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fatefully
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finally
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from necessity
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inconsequence
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indefeasibly
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ineluctably
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inescapably
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inevasibly
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inevitably
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inexorably
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inflexibly
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irrevocably
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it follows that
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naturally
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naturellement
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need
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needfully
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needs
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nolens volens
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of course
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of necessity
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perforce
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relentlessly
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requisitely
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surely
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therefore
,
unavoidably
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uncontrollably
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unpreventably
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unyieldingly
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willy-nilly
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without choice
scrape along
collapse
manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
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clear
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clear the hurdle
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come along
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come on
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contrive
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cope
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cut the mustard
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eke out
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engineer
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get along
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get by
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get on
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go on
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hack it
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keep afloat
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make ends meet
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make it
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make out
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make the grade
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manage
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manage somehow
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muddle through
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negotiate
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put over
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put through
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subsist
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succeed in
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survive
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swing
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swing the deal
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worry along
requite
collapse
make repayment for or return something
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alternate
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amend
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atone
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avenge
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bandy
,
be quits with
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change
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commute
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compensate
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compensate for
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content
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cooperate
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correct
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counterchange
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emend
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exchange
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get back at
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get even with
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get satisfaction
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give and take
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give satisfaction
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indemnify
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interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
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make all square
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make amends
,
make good
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make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make right
,
make up for
,
make up to
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pay
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pay back
,
pay damages
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pay in kind
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pay off
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pay reparations
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permute
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put right
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put straight
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put to rights
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quit
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reciprocate
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recompense
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recoup
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rectify
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redress
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refund
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reimburse
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remedy
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remunerate
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repay
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respond
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respond to
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retaliate
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return
,
return the compliment
,
revenge
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reward
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right
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satisfy
,
set right
,
set straight
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set to rights
,
set up
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
dessert
collapse
a dish served as the last course of a meal
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ambrosia
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antepast
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bonne bouche
,
cate
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choice morsel
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course
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cover
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dainty
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delicacy
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dish
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entree
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entremets
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goody
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help
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helping
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kickshaw
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manna
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morsel
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nectar
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place
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plate
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portion
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pudding
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savory
,
second helping
,
service
,
serving
,
sweet
,
tidbit
,
titbit
,
treat
sleep with
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related words >
ball
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be intimate
,
cohabit
,
come together
,
commit adultery
,
copulate
,
couple
,
cover
,
diddle
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fornicate
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frig
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have sex
,
have sexual relations
,
lay
,
lie with
,
make it with
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make love
,
make out
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mate
,
mount
,
screw
,
serve
,
service
tidbit
collapse
related words >
ambrosia
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bonne bouche
,
cate
,
character assassination
,
choice morsel
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dainty
,
delicacy
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dessert
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dirt
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goody
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gossip column
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juicy morsel
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kickshaw
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malicious gossip
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manna
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morsel
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nectar
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savory
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scandal
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scandalmongering
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slander
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titbit
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treat
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whispering campaign
parlance
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a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
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choice of words
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composition
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grammar
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verbiage
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wordage
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wordage
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verbiage
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vocabulary
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wordhoard
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wording
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words
higher
collapse
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a cut above
,
above
,
ahead
,
ascendant
,
better
,
capping
,
chosen
,
distinguished
,
eclipsing
,
eminent
,
exceeding
,
excellent
,
excelling
,
finer
,
greater
,
highest
,
in ascendancy
,
in the ascendant
,
major
,
marked
,
of choice
,
one up on
,
outstanding
,
over
,
overlying
,
rare
,
rivaling
,
super
,
superincumbent
,
superior
,
surpassing
,
topping
,
transcendent
,
transcendental
,
transcending
,
upmost
,
upper
,
uppermost
greater
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greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles"
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a cut above
,
above
,
ahead
,
ascendant
,
better
,
capping
,
chosen
,
distinguished
,
eclipsing
,
eminent
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exceeding
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excellent
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excelling
,
finer
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higher
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highest
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in ascendancy
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in the ascendant
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major
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marked
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most
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of choice
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one up on
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outstanding
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over
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overlying
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rare
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rivaling
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super
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superincumbent
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superior
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surpassing
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topping
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transcendent
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transcendental
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transcending
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upmost
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upper
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uppermost
pick
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a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
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abuse
,
accelerate
,
accost
,
accumulate
,
acquire
,
adz
,
aggravate
,
alternativity
,
amass
,
annoy
,
apprehend
,
arrest
,
assemble
,
ax
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
beak
,
become acquainted with
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
best
,
bother
,
bread knife
,
bring in
,
bring together
,
bristle
,
browbeat
,
brown off
,
brush
,
bug
,
bully
,
bullyrag
,
bunt
,
burn up
,
bushwhacker
,
bust
,
butcher knife
,
buy
,
call for
,
carp at
,
carving knife
,
catch
,
champion
,
chaser
,
chisel
,
chivy
,
choice
,
choose
,
choose out
,
choosing
,
chosen
,
chuck
,
clean up
,
cleaver
,
clipper
,
clippers
,
co-optation
,
co-option
,
collar
,
collect
,
come by
,
come down with
,
contract
,
cream
,
criticize
,
crop
,
crop herbs
,
cull
,
cut
,
dab
,
dagger
,
decide between
,
decision
,
devil
,
dig
,
dig up
,
discern
,
discompose
,
discriminate
,
distemper
,
distinguish
,
disturb
,
dog
,
elect
,
election
,
elite
,
exasperate
,
excerpt
,
exclusive
,
exercise
,
extract
,
fash
,
fat
,
filling
,
fillip
,
find
,
first choice
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flower
,
foment
,
free choice
,
free will
,
fret at
,
fuss at
,
gain
,
garner
,
gather
,
gather in
,
get
,
get better
,
get hold of
,
get in
,
get together
,
glean
,
go to get
,
gouge
,
grabble
,
graze
,
gripe
,
grub
,
grub up
,
hack
,
handpick
,
harass
,
harry
,
harvest
,
hassle
,
hatchet
,
hay
,
heckle
,
hector
,
heft
,
henpeck
,
hoe
,
hoist
,
hound
,
hunting knife
,
improve
,
incite
,
increase
,
initiate
,
intimidate
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jackknife
,
jest
,
kill
,
knife
,
lance
,
lancet
,
learn
,
letter-opener
,
lift up
,
machete
,
make a comeback
,
make a selection
,
make headway
,
make out
,
make progress
,
mark
,
master
,
mattock
,
meet
,
miff
,
molest
,
mow
,
nab
,
nag
,
nag at
,
neaten
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nibble
,
nibble at
,
nick
,
niggle
,
nippers
,
nonesuch
,
nonpareil
,
nosh
,
nudzh
,
nut
,
obtain
,
opt for
,
optimum
,
option
,
paper cutter
,
paper knife
,
paragon
,
paring knife
,
pat
,
peck
,
peck at
,
peeve
,
penknife
,
perk up
,
persecute
,
pester
,
pick and choose
,
pick at
,
pick off
,
pick on
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pickax
,
picked
,
pinch
,
pique
,
plague
,
plectron
,
plectrum
,
plowshare
,
pluck
,
pluck the beard
,
plunk
,
pother
,
prefer
,
preference
,
preoption
,
pride
,
prime
,
prize
,
provoke
,
pull in
,
purchase
,
queen
,
quintessence
,
raise up
,
rake up
,
rally
,
rap
,
razor
,
razor blade
,
reap
,
reap and carry
,
recognize
,
recoup
,
recover
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
round up
,
ruffle
,
run in
,
saw knife
,
sax
,
scalpel
,
scare up
,
scissors
,
scoop
,
scrape together
,
scrape up
,
scraper
,
screen out
,
scuffle hoe
,
scythe
,
select
,
selected
,
selection
,
separate
,
settle on
,
settle upon
,
share
,
shears
,
sheath knife
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
sickle
,
sidecutters
,
sift
,
sift out
,
single out
,
snack
,
snap
,
snips
,
sort out
,
spear
,
speed up
,
spokeshave
,
start
,
stir up
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
strum
,
superlative
,
surgical knife
,
sweep the strings
,
sword
,
table knife
,
take
,
take in
,
take into custody
,
take up
,
tap
,
taunt
,
tease
,
tell apart
,
the best
,
the best ever
,
the pick
,
the tops
,
the very best
,
thrum
,
tickle
,
tidy up
,
tip
,
top
,
torment
,
touch
,
try the patience
,
twang
,
tweak the nose
,
vex
,
volition
,
warp
,
wedge
,
weft
,
whisk
,
will
,
winnow
,
woof
,
work up
,
worry
,
yap at
pretend
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put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
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act
,
act a part
,
adopt
,
affect
,
aim to
,
allege
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
attempt
,
attempt to
,
avow
,
bluff
,
challenge
,
claim
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dare
,
dare to
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
encroach
,
endeavor
,
fake
,
feign
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
hazard
,
histrionize
,
infringe
,
invade
,
lay claim to
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make bold
,
make free
,
make like
,
make out
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play God
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
presume
,
pretend to
,
pretext
,
profess
,
protest too much
,
purport
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
represent
,
seek to
,
seize
,
sham
,
simulate
,
strive to
,
study to
,
take over
,
take the liberty
,
trespass
,
try
,
try and
,
try to
,
tug the heartstrings
,
undertake
,
usurp
,
venture
,
venture to
,
wear
underestimate
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an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
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belittle
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
disparage
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minimize
,
miscalculate
,
misestimate
,
misjudge
,
misprize
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
make advances
collapse
related words >
act on
,
answer
,
approach
,
bear upon
,
break the ice
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
importune
,
interrogate
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make a pass
,
make an overture
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
overture
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
proposition
,
pull strings
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
,
run after
,
shine up to
,
solicit
,
suck up to
,
throw a pass
,
wire-pull
,
work on
obligatory
collapse
morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"
required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
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absolute
,
binding
,
choiceless
,
compulsory
,
conclusive
,
de rigueur
,
decisive
,
decretory
,
demanded
,
dictated
,
entailed
,
essential
,
exigent
,
final
,
hard-and-fast
,
imperative
,
imperious
,
importunate
,
imposed
,
incumbent
,
indispensable
,
inevitable
,
involuntary
,
irrevocable
,
mandated
,
mandatory
,
must
,
necessary
,
necessitous
,
peremptory
,
prescript
,
prescriptive
,
required
,
requisite
,
ultimate
,
urgent
,
without appeal
,
without choice
tops
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champion
,
choice
,
chosen
,
cream
,
elect
,
elite
,
fat
,
first-chop
,
first-class
,
first-rate
,
flower
,
nonesuch
,
nonpareil
,
optimum
,
paragon
,
pick
,
prime
,
prize
,
queen
,
quintessence
,
select
,
superlative
,
the best
,
the best ever
,
the tops
,
the very best
,
tip-top
,
top-drawer
,
top-hole
,
top-notch
,
topflight
,
topping
whistle for
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
beg leave
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
wish
beg leave
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
whistle for
,
wish
come to terms
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
acknowledge defeat
,
agree
,
agree on
,
agree to
,
agree with
,
bargain for
,
be a bargain
,
be a deal
,
be a go
,
be on
,
beg a truce
,
capitulate
,
cede
,
come around to
,
come round
,
come together
,
covenant
,
cry pax
,
cry quits
,
forgive and forget
,
get together
,
give over
,
implore mercy
,
make a bargain
,
make a deal
,
make a dicker
,
make matters up
,
make up
,
pray for quarter
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
say uncle
,
shake hands
,
shake hands on
,
shake on it
,
strike a bargain
,
surrender
,
yield the palm
rivaling
collapse
related words >
a cut above
,
above
,
ahead
,
ascendant
,
better
,
capping
,
chosen
,
competing
,
competitive
,
cutthroat
,
distinguished
,
eclipsing
,
eminent
,
emulous
,
exceeding
,
excellent
,
excelling
,
finer
,
greater
,
higher
,
in ascendancy
,
in competition
,
in rivalry
,
in the ascendant
,
major
,
marked
,
of choice
,
one up on
,
outstanding
,
over
,
rare
,
rival
,
super
,
superior
,
surpassing
,
topping
,
transcendent
,
transcendental
,
transcending
,
upper
,
vying
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
voluntarily
collapse
out of your own free will; "he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting"
related words >
advisedly
,
by choice
,
by design
,
calculatedly
,
consciously
,
contemplatedly
,
deliberately
,
designedly
,
electively
,
freely
,
gratis
,
gratuitously
,
in cold blood
,
independently
,
intentionally
,
knowingly
,
meditatedly
,
on purpose
,
optionally
,
pointedly
,
premeditatedly
,
purposefully
,
purposely
,
purposively
,
spontaneously
,
willfully
,
willingly
,
with full intent
,
with intent
,
with malice aforethought
,
with purpose
,
without coercion
,
wittingly
leaning
collapse
the act of deviating from a vertical position
an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"
related words >
a thing for
,
affinity
,
an ear for
,
an eye for
,
angularity
,
animus
,
aptitude
,
aptness
,
aslant
,
aslope
,
atilt
,
bag
,
bent
,
bevel
,
beveled
,
bias
,
biased
,
cant
,
canted
,
canting
,
capacity for
,
careening
,
cast
,
character
,
chosen kind
,
conatus
,
conduciveness
,
constitution
,
cup of tea
,
delight
,
diathesis
,
discrimination
,
disposition
,
druthers
,
eagerness
,
eccentricity
,
fancy
,
fascination
,
favor
,
favoritism
,
feeling for
,
felicity
,
flair
,
forejudgment
,
genius for
,
gift for
,
grain
,
heeling
,
idiosyncrasy
,
ill-balanced
,
inclination
,
inclinational
,
inclinatory
,
inclined
,
inclining
,
individualism
,
inequality
,
innate aptitude
,
interest
,
involvement
,
jaundice
,
jaundiced eye
,
kidney
,
lean
,
leaning tower
,
liability
,
liking
,
list
,
listing
,
lopsided
,
make
,
makeup
,
mental set
,
mettle
,
mind
,
mind-set
,
mold
,
mutual affinity
,
mutual attraction
,
nature
,
nepotism
,
off-balance
,
one-sidedness
,
out of plumb
,
out of square
,
overbalanced
,
parti pris
,
partialism
,
partiality
,
particular choice
,
partisanism
,
partisanship
,
penchant
,
personal choice
,
pitch
,
pitched
,
preconception
,
predilection
,
predisposition
,
preference
,
preferential treatment
,
prejudgment
,
prejudice
,
prepossession
,
probability
,
proclivity
,
proneness
,
propensity
,
rake
,
raking
,
readiness
,
recumbent
,
sensitivity to
,
set
,
shelving
,
shelvy
,
sideling
,
sidelong
,
slant
,
slanted
,
slanting
,
slantways
,
slantwise
,
slope
,
sloped
,
sloping
,
soft spot
,
stamp
,
strain
,
streak
,
stripe
,
style
,
susceptibility
,
swag
,
sway
,
sympathy
,
taste
,
temper
,
temperament
,
tendency
,
tendent
,
tendential
,
tendentious
,
tending
,
thing
,
tilt
,
tilted
,
tilting
,
tip
,
tipped
,
tipping
,
tipsy
,
top-heavy
,
tower of Pisa
,
tropism
,
turn
,
turn for
,
turn of mind
,
twist
,
type
,
unbalanced
,
undetachment
,
undispassionateness
,
unneutrality
,
unstable
,
unsteady
,
warp
,
weakness
,
willingness
cash in on
collapse
take advantage of or capitalize on
related words >
benefit from
,
capitalize on
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
capitalize on
collapse
related words >
benefit from
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
cash in on
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
make fun of
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
deride
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
play on words
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put one on
,
quip
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smile at
,
snicker at
,
snigger at
,
sparkle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
compulsory
collapse
required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
related words >
absolute
,
binding
,
choiceless
,
coactive
,
compelling
,
compulsatory
,
compulsive
,
conclusive
,
constraining
,
decisive
,
decretory
,
dictated
,
driving
,
entailed
,
exigent
,
final
,
hard-and-fast
,
imperative
,
imperious
,
importunate
,
imposed
,
inevitable
,
involuntary
,
irresistible
,
irrevocable
,
mandated
,
mandatory
,
must
,
necessary
,
necessitous
,
obligatory
,
peremptory
,
prescript
,
prescriptive
,
pressing
,
required
,
restraining
,
ultimate
,
urgent
,
without appeal
,
without choice
delectable
collapse
capable of arousing desire; "the delectable Miss Haynes"
extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
related words >
adorable
,
agreeable
,
ambrosial
,
choice
,
dainty
,
darling
,
delicate
,
delicious
,
delightful
,
exquisite
,
flavorsome
,
good
,
good to eat
,
good-tasting
,
gustable
,
gusty
,
heavenly
,
juicy
,
likable
,
luscious
,
lush
,
nectareous
,
nectarous
,
nice
,
of gourmet quality
,
palatable
,
pleasing
,
rare
,
sapid
,
savorous
,
savory
,
scrumptious
,
succulent
,
tasty
,
toothsome
,
yummy
ascertain
collapse
learn or discover with certainty
related words >
afford proof of
,
appraise
,
ask
,
assure
,
be informed
,
become acquainted with
,
bring home to
,
broaden the mind
,
catch on
,
certify
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
cram the mind
,
decide
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
discover
,
dismiss all doubt
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find
,
find out
,
find out about
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
gain knowledge
,
get
,
get at
,
get hold of
,
have a case
,
hear
,
hold good
,
hold water
,
inquire
,
inspect
,
insure
,
interrogate
,
learn
,
learn about
,
load the mind
,
make a decision
,
make certain
,
make good
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make out
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
nail down
,
observe
,
pick up information
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
query
,
question
,
reassure
,
remove all doubt
,
resolve
,
see
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
sort out
,
study
,
survey
,
tumble
,
unearth
,
view
,
weigh
snicker at
collapse
related words >
deride
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make fun of
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
pan
,
pillory
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
put one on
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
smile at
,
snigger at
make do
collapse
related words >
beget
,
breed
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
call into being
,
change
,
change for
,
coin
,
commute
,
compound for
,
conceive
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
cope
,
design
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
do with
,
dream up
,
dub in
,
engender
,
evolve
,
exchange
,
fabricate
,
frame
,
generate
,
get along on
,
get by on
,
give being to
,
give place to
,
give rise to
,
hatch
,
improvise
,
invent
,
make do with
,
make out
,
make up
,
make way for
,
makeshift
,
manage
,
manage with
,
mature
,
mint
,
offer in exchange
,
originate
,
plan
,
procreate
,
put up with
,
redeem
,
ring in
,
shift with
,
spawn
,
strike out
,
substitute
,
switch
,
take in exchange
,
think out
,
think up
phrasing
collapse
the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
related words >
adaptation
,
arrangement
,
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
harmonization
,
idiom
,
instrumentation
,
intonation
,
language
,
locution
,
modulation
,
orchestration
,
parlance
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
preparation
,
resolution
,
rhetoric
,
setting
,
solution
,
speech
,
suspension
,
talk
,
tone painting
,
transcription
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
wordage
,
wording
make nothing of
collapse
related words >
be at sea
,
be lost
,
belittle
,
de-emphasize
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
disparage
,
downplay
,
give up
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
not understand
,
pass
,
play down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
handpicked
collapse
related words >
accepted
,
adopted
,
appointed
,
approved
,
best
,
carried
,
champion
,
choice
,
chosen
,
designated
,
elect
,
elected
,
elected by acclamation
,
elite
,
embraced
,
espoused
,
for the best
,
greatest
,
matchless
,
named
,
nominated
,
optimal
,
optimum
,
paramount
,
passed
,
peerless
,
picked
,
prime
,
prize
,
quintessential
,
ratified
,
select
,
selected
,
supreme
,
surpassing
,
unanimously elected
,
unmatchable
,
unmatched
,
unparalleled
,
unsurpassed
,
very best
intention
collapse
an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; "my intention changed once I saw her"
(usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable"
related words >
aim
,
ambition
,
animus
,
appetence
,
appetency
,
appetite
,
approach
,
arrangement
,
aspiration
,
attack
,
basis
,
blueprint
,
blueprinting
,
calculation
,
calling
,
cause
,
charting
,
choice
,
command
,
conation
,
conatus
,
conception
,
consideration
,
contrivance
,
decision
,
design
,
desire
,
determination
,
device
,
discretion
,
disposition
,
end
,
enterprise
,
envisagement
,
fancy
,
figuring
,
foresight
,
forethought
,
free choice
,
free will
,
game
,
goal
,
graphing
,
ground
,
ground plan
,
guidelines
,
guiding light
,
guiding star
,
hope
,
idea
,
ideal
,
inclination
,
inspiration
,
intendment
,
intent
,
layout
,
liking
,
lineup
,
lodestar
,
long-range plan
,
lust
,
mainspring
,
mapping
,
master plan
,
matter
,
meaning
,
method
,
methodology
,
mind
,
motive
,
object
,
objective
,
operations research
,
organization
,
passion
,
plan
,
planning
,
planning function
,
pleasure
,
prearrangement
,
principle
,
procedure
,
program
,
program of action
,
project
,
purpose
,
rationalization
,
reason
,
resolution
,
sake
,
schedule
,
schema
,
schematism
,
schematization
,
scheme
,
scheme of arrangement
,
score
,
setup
,
sexual desire
,
source
,
spring
,
strategic plan
,
strategy
,
system
,
systematization
,
tactical plan
,
tactics
,
target
,
the big picture
,
the picture
,
ulterior motive
,
velleity
,
vocation
,
volition
,
way
,
will
,
will power
,
wish
,
working plan
interrogate
collapse
pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"
transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
related words >
answer
,
approach
,
ask
,
be curious
,
burn with curiosity
,
catechize
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
dig around for
,
dig up
,
establish connection
,
examine
,
gape
,
gawk
,
get to
,
inquire
,
interview
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
nose around for
,
nose out
,
peer
,
pump
,
query
,
question
,
quiz
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
,
rubber
,
rubberneck
,
seek
,
stare
,
test
,
want to know
,
worm out of
underrate
collapse
related words >
belittle
,
decry
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
disparage
,
lower
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underestimate
,
underprize
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
write down
,
write off
make a point of
collapse
related words >
attach a condition
,
conclude
,
condition
,
contend for
,
decide
,
determine
,
fight for
,
fix
,
have a catch
,
have a joker
,
insist upon
,
make conditional
,
make contingent
,
purpose
,
resolve
,
seal
,
settle
,
stickle for
,
stipulate
,
stipulate for
,
strive for
,
struggle for
,
take a resolution
,
vie for
,
will
undervalue
collapse
esteem lightly
assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price"
related words >
belittle
,
decry
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
disparage
,
lower
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underestimate
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
write down
,
write off
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