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unveiling collapse: putting on display for the first time; "he attended the unveiling of the statue"

attainment collapse: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"; the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence"

curtain raiser collapse: any preliminary activity; a short play presented before the main play

haziness collapse: cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor; vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined

low profile collapse: a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided; "he was never one to keep a low profile"

epiphany collapse: a divine manifestation; twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

delusive collapse: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

phase collapse: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"; (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"; a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle; any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"; adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"; arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"

incarnation collapse: (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ; time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation"

zombie collapse: several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

incorrect collapse: not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

presence collapse: the act of being present; the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force"; the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"; an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby; the state of being present; current existence; "he tested for the presence of radon"

untrue collapse: not true to an obligation or trust; "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty"-Bruno Laske; not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"

artful collapse: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

aura collapse: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure

avatar collapse: the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"

demeanor collapse: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

banshee collapse: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

dybbuk collapse: (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

visionary collapse: a person with unusual powers of foresight; a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

inaccurate collapse: not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

occurrence collapse: an instance of something occurring; "a disease of frequent occurrence"; "the occurrence (or presence) of life on other planets"

deceptive collapse: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"; causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"

mystification collapse: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something designed to mystify or bewilder

sophistication collapse: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

larva collapse: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

spectral collapse: of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors"; "spectral analysis"

inauguration collapse: the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes"; the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration"

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