3. Strong
adj –1. (58) strong – (having strength or power greater than average
or expected; ”a strong radio signal”; ”strong medicine”; ”a strong
man”)
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4. Delighted
verb –1. (5) please, delight – (give pleasure to or be pleasing to;
”These colors please the senses”; ”a pleasing sensation”)
adj –1. (3) delighted – (greatly pleased)
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5. Ebullient
adj –. (1) ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited – (joyously unrestrained)
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6. Ecstatic
adj –. (2) ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic – (feeling
great rapture or delight)
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7. Elated
verb –. (1) elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate – (fill with high
spirits; fill with optimism; ”Music can uplift your spirits”)
adj –1. elated – (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; ”the
elated winner”; ”felt elated and excited”)
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8. Energetic
adj –1. (4) energetic – (possessing or exerting or displaying energy;
”an energetic fund raiser for the college”; ”an energetic group of
hikers”; ”it caused an energetic chemical reaction”)
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9. Enthusiastic
adj –. (9) enthusiastic – (having or showing great excitement and
interest; ”enthusiastic crowds filled the streets”; ”an enthusiast ic
response”; ”was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons”)
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10. Euphoric
adj –. (1) euphoric – (exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation)
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11. Excited
verb –1. (8) excite – (arouse or elicit a feeling)
adj –1. (4) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up – ((of persons)
excessively affected by emotion; ”he would become emotional over
nothing at all”; ”she was worked up about all the noise”)
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12. Exhilarated
verb –. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify – (fill
with sublime emotion; ”The children were thrilled at the prospect of
going to the movies”; ”He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”)
adj –. gladdened, exhilarated – (made joyful; ”the sun and the wind
on his back made him feel exhilarated–happy to be alive”)
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13. Overjoyed
verb –. overjoy – (cause to feel extremely joyful or happy; ”the
economic growth overjoyed the German industry”)
adj –. overjoyed – (extremely joyful)
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14. Thrilled
verb –1. (2) thrill – (cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input;
”The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow”)
adj –. thrilled – (feeling intense pleasurable excitement)
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15. Vibrant
adj –1. (2) vibrant, vivacious – (vigorous and animated; ”a vibrant
group that challenged the system”; ”a charming and vivaciou s
hostess”; ”a vivacious folk dance”)
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16. Zippy
adj –1. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy –
(quick and energetic; ”a brisk walk in the park”; ”a lively gait”; ”a
merry chase”; ”traveling at a rattling rate”; ”a snappy pace”; ”a
spanking breeze”)
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18. Aglow
adj –. aglow, lambent, lucent, luminous – (softly bright or radiant; ”a
house aglow with lights”; ”glowing embers”; ”lambent tongues of
flame”; ”the lucent moon”; ”a sky luminous with stars”)
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19. Buoyant
adj –1. (1) buoyant, floaty – (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air
or gas; ”buoyant balloons”; ”buoyant balsawood boats”; ”a floaty
scarf”)
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20. Cheerful
adj –1. (4) cheerful – (being full of or promoting cheer; having or
showing good spirits; ”her cheerful nature”; ”a cheerful greeting”; ”a
cheerful room”; ”as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed
could be”)
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21. Elevated
noun –. elevated railway, elevated railroad, elevated, el, overhead
railway – (a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a
track that is raised above the street level)
verb –1. (3) promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
– (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; ”John was
kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”; ”Women tend not to
advance in the major law firms”; ”I got promoted after many years of
hard work”)
adj –1. (1) elevated – (raised above the ground; ”an elevated
platform”)
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22. Gleeful
adj –. (3) elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant – (full of high-spi rited
delight; ”a joyful heart”)
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23. Happy
adj –1. (37) happy – (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or
pleasure; ”a happy smile”; ”spent many happy days on the beach”; ”a
happy marriage”)
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24. Jovial
adj –. (2) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful – (full of or
showing high-spirited merriment; ”when hearts were young and gay”;
”a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”-
Wordsworth; ”the jolly crowd at the reunion”; ”jolly old Saint Nick”;
”a jovial old gentleman”; ”have a merry Christmas”; ”peals of merry
laughter”; ”a mirthful laugh”)
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25. Lively
adj –1. (7) lively – (full of life and energy; ”a lively discussion”;
”lively and attractive parents”; ”a lively party”)
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26. Merry
adj –1. (4) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful – (full of or
showing high-spirited merriment; ”when hearts were young and gay”;
”a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”-
Wordsworth; ”the jolly crowd at the reunion”; ”jolly old Saint Nick”;
”a jovial old gentleman”; ”have a merry Christmas”; ”peals of merry
laughter”; ”a mirthful laugh”)
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27. Sparkling
noun –. twinkle, scintillation, sparkling – (a rapid change in
brightness; a brief spark or flash)
verb –1. (1) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate – (reflect brightly ;
”Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside”)
adj –1. (2) sparkling – (shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
”sparkling snow”; ”sparkling eyes”)
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28. Up
verb –. (2) up – (raise; ”up the ante”)
adj –1. (8) up – (being or moving higher in position or greater in
some value; being above a former position or level; ”the anchor is
up”; ”the sun is up”; ”he lay face up”; ”he is up by a pawn”; ”the
market is up”; ”the corn is up”)
adv –1. (79) up, upwards, upward, upwardly – (spatially or
metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; ”look up!”; ”the
music surged up”; ”the fragments flew upwards”; ”prices soared
upwards”; ”upwardly mobile”)
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30. Contented
verb –1. (3) content – (satisfy in a limited way; ”He contented
himself with one glass of beer per day”)
adj –. (3) contented, content – (satisfied or showing satisfacti on
with things as they are; ”a contented smile”)
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31. Cool
noun –1. cool – (the quality of being at a refreshingly low
temperature; ”the cool of early morning”)
verb –1. (15) cool, chill, cool down – (make cool or cooler; ”Chill the
food”)
adj –1. (25) cool – (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from
heat; ”a cool autumn day”; ”a cool room”; ”cool summer dresses”;
”cool drinks”; ”a cool breeze”)
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32. Fine
noun –. fine, mulct, amercement – (money extracted as a penalty)
verb –. ticket, fine – (issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; ”I was
fined for parking on the wrong side of the street”; ”Move your car or
else you will be ticketed!”)
adj –1. (4) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory – (being
satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; ”an all-right movie”; ”the
passengers were shaken up but are all right”; ”is everything all
right?”; ”everything’s fine”; ”things are okay”; ”dinner and the
movies had been fine”; ”another minute I’d have been fine”)
adv –1. (3) very well, fine, alright, all right, OK – (an expression of
agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence)
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33. Genial
adj –1. (3) affable, amiable, cordial, genial – (diffusing warmth and
friendliness; ”an affable smile”; ”an amiable gathering”; ”cordial
relations”; ”a cordial greeting”; ”a genial host”)
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34. Glad
noun –. gladiolus, gladiola, glad, sword lily – (any of numerous plants
of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa
having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored
funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated)
adj –1. (11) glad – (showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially
made happy; ”glad you are here”; ”glad that they succeeded” ; ”gave
a glad shout”; ”a glad smile”; ”heard the glad news”; ”a glad
occasion”)
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35. Gratified
verb –1. (2) satisfy, gratify – (make happy or satisfied)
adj –. (1) gratified – (having received what was desired)
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36. Keen
noun –. keen – (a funeral lament sung with loud wailing)
verb –. lament, keen – (express grief verbally; ”we lamented the
death of the child”)
adj –1. (3) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike,
penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp – (having or demonstrating
ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; ”an acute observer of
politics and politicians”; ”incisive comments”; ”icy knifelike
reasoning”; ”as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang”; ”penetrat
ing insight”; ”frequent penetrative observations”)
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37. Pleasant
adj –1. (9) pleasant – (affording pleasure; being in harmony with
your taste or likings; ”we had a pleasant evening together”; ”a
pleasant scene”; ”pleasant sensations”)
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38. Pleased
verb –1. (15) please, delight – (give pleasure to or be pleasing to;
”These colors please the senses”; ”a pleasing sensation”)
adj –1. (9) pleased – (experiencing or manifesting pleasure)
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39. Satisfied
verb –1. (13) satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to – (meet the requirements
or expectations of)
adj –1. (11) satisfied – (filled with satisfaction; ”a satisfied
customer”)
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40. Serene
adj –1. calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil – (not agitated; without
losing self-possession; ”spoke in a calm voice”; ”remained calm
throughout the uproar”; ”he remained serene in the midst of
turbulence”; ”a serene expression on her face”; ”she became more
tranquil”; ”tranquil life in the country”)
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41. Sunny
adj –. (2) cheery, gay, sunny – (bright and pleasant; promoting a
feeling of cheer; ”a cheery hello”; ”a gay sunny room”; ”a sunny
smile”)
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43. Adoring
verb –. (1) adore – (love intensely; ”he just adored his wife”)
adj –1. adoring, worshipful – (showing adoration)
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44. Ardent
adj –1. (1) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervi d,
torrid – (characterized by intense emotion; ”ardent love”; ”an ardent
lover”; ”a fervent desire to change society”; ”a fervent admirer”;
”fiery oratory”; ”an impassioned appeal”; ”a torrid love affair”)
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45. Cherishing
verb –. (13) care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure – (be fond of; be
attached to)
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46. Compassionate
verb –. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with –
(share the suffering of)
adj –. compassionate – (showing or having compassion; ”heard the
soft and compassionate voices of women”)
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47. Devoted
verb –1. (30) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote – (give
entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; ”She committe d
herself to the work of God”; ”give one’s talents to a good cause”;
”consecrate your life to the church”)
adj –1. (6) devoted – (zealous in devotion or affection; ”a devoted
husband and father”; ”devoted friends”)
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48. Doting
verb –1. dote – (be foolish or senile due to old age)
adj –. adoring, doting, fond – (extravagantly or foolishly loving and
indulgent; ”adoring grandparents”; ”deceiving her preoccupi ed and
doting husband with a young captain”; ”hopelessly spoiled by a fond
mother”)
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49. Fervent
adj –1. (3) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervi d,
torrid – (characterized by intense emotion; ”ardent love”; ”an ardent
lover”; ”a fervent desire to change society”; ”a fervent admirer”;
”fiery oratory”; ”an impassioned appeal”; ”a torrid love affair”)
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50. Idolizing
verb –. (1) idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere – (love
unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol;
”Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”)
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51. Infatuated
verb –. infatuate – (arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause
to behave in an irrational way; ”His new car has infatuated him”;
”love has infatuated her”)
adj –. enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on, taken
with – (marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; ”gaga over the
rock group’s new album”; ”he was infatuated with her”)
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52. Passionate
adj –. (7) passionate – (having or expressing strong emotions)
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53. Worshipful
adj –1. adoring, worshipful – (showing adoration)
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54. Zealous
adj –. avid, zealous – (marked by active interest and enthusiasm ;
”an avid sports fan”)
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56. Admiring
verb –1. (13) admire, look up to – (feel admiration for)
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57. Affectionate
adj –. (2) affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm – (having or
displaying warmth or affection; ”affectionate children”; ”a fond
embrace”; ”fond of his nephew”; ”a tender glance”; ”a warm
embrace”)
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58. Attached
verb –1. (22) attach – (cause to be attached)
adj –1. (1) affiliated, attached, connected – (being joined in close
association; ”affiliated clubs”; ”all art schools whether independent or
attached to universities”)
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59. Fond
adj –1. (3) affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm – (having or
displaying warmth or affection; ”affectionate children”; ”a fond
embrace”; ”fond of his nephew”; ”a tender glance”; ”a warm
embrace”)
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60. Kind
noun –. (126) kind, sort, form, variety – (a category of things
distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; ”sculpture is
a form of art”; ”what kinds of desserts are there?”)
adj –1. (4) kind – (having or showing a tender and considerate and
helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; ”kind to
sick patients”; ”a kind master”; ”kind words showing understa nding
and sympathy”; ”thanked her for her kind letter”)
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61. Loving
verb –1. (43) love – (have a great affection or liking for; ”I love
French food”; ”She loves her boss and works hard for him”)
adj –. (3) loving – (feeling or showing love and affection; ”loving
parents”; ”loving glances”)
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62. Partial
noun –1. partial derivative, partial – (the derivative of a function of
two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other
variables are considered to be constant)
adj –1. (5) partial – (being or affecting only a part; not total; ”a
partial description of the suspect”; ”partial collapse”; ”a partial
eclipse”; ”a partial monopoly”; ”partial immunity”)
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63. Sympathetic
adj –1. (13) sympathetic – (of or relating to the sympathetic nervous
system; ”sympathetic neurons”; ”sympathetic stimulation”)
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64. Tender
noun –1. tender, legal tender, stamp – (something that can be used
as an official medium of payment)
verb –1. (1) tender – (offer or present for acceptance)
adj –1. (2) tender – (given to sympathy or gentleness or
sentimentality; ”a tender heart”; ”a tender smile”; ”tender loving
care”; ”tender memories”; ”a tender mother”)
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66. Appreciative
adj –1. (1) appreciative – (feeling or expressive of gratitude; ”was
appreciative of his efforts”; ”an appreciative word”)
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67. Attentive
adj –1. (2) attentive – ((often followed by ‘to’) giving care or
attention; ”attentive to details”; ”the nurse was attentive to her
patient”; ”an attentive suitor”)
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68. Considerate
adj –. (2) considerate – (showing concern for the rights and feelings
of others; ”friends considerate enough to leave us alone”)
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69. Friendly
noun –. friendly – (troops belonging to or allied with your own
military forces; ”friendlies came to their rescue”)
adj –1. (25) friendly – (characteristic of or befitting a friend;
”friendly advice”; ”a friendly neighborhood”; ”the only friendly
person here”; ”a friendly host and hostess”)
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70. Kind
noun –. (126) kind, sort, form, variety – (a category of things
distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; ”sculpture is
a form of art”; ”what kinds of desserts are there?”)
adj –1. (4) kind – (having or showing a tender and considerate and
helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; ”kind to
sick patients”; ”a kind master”; ”kind words showing understa nding
and sympathy”; ”thanked her for her kind letter”)
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71. Like
noun –1. like, the like, the likes of – (a similar kind; ”dogs, foxes, and
the like”, ”we don’t want the likes of you around here”)
verb –1. (76) wish, care, like – (prefer or wish to do something ; ”Do
you care to try this dish?”; ”Would you like to come along to the
movies?”)
adj –1. (30) like, similar – (resembling or similar; having the same or
some of the same characteristics; often used in combinatio n; ”suits
of like design”; ”a limited circle of like minds”; ”members of the cat
family have like dispositions”; ”as like as two peas in a pod”; ”doglike
devotion”; ”a dreamlike quality”)
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72. Respecting
verb –1. (12) respect, esteem, value, prize, prise – (regard highly;
think much of; ”I respect his judgement”; ”We prize his creativity”)
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73. Thoughtful
adj –1. (2) thoughtful – (having intellectual depth; ”a deeply
thoughtful essay”)
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74. Tolerant
adj –1. (3) tolerant – (showing respect for the rights or opinions or
practices of others)
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75. Yielding
noun –1. giving up, yielding, surrender – (a verbal act of admitting
defeat)
verb –1. (6) yield, give, afford – (be the cause or source of; ”He gave
me a lot of trouble”; ”Our meeting afforded much interest ing
information”)
adj –1. (3) yielding – (inclined to yield to argument or influence or
control; ”a timid yielding person”)
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77. Alienated
verb –1. (3) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect – (arouse hostility or
indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or
friendliness; ”She alienated her friends when she became fanatically
religious”)
adj –1. (1) alienated, anomic, disoriented – (socially disorient ed;
”anomic loners musing over their fate”; ”we live in an age of rootless
alienated people”)
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78. Barren
noun –. barren, waste, wasteland – (an uninhabited wilderness that is
worthless for cultivation; ”the barrens of central Africa”; ”the
trackless wastes of the desert”)
adj –1. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark – (providing no shelter or
sustenance; ”bare rocky hills”; ”barren lands”; ”the bleak treeless
regions of the high Andes”; ”the desolate surface of the moon”; ”a
stark landscape”)
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79. Beaten
verb –1. (18) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish – (come
out better in a competition, race, or conflict; ”Agassi beat Becker in
the tennis championship”; ”We beat the competition”; ”Harvard
defeated Yale in the last football game”)
adj –1. beaten – (formed or made thin by hammering; ”beaten gold”)
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80. Bleak
adj –1. (2) black, bleak, dim – (offering little or no hope; ”the future
looked black”; ”prospects were bleak”; ”Life in the Aran Islands has
always been bleak and difficult”- J.M.Synge; ”took a dim view of
things”)
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81. Bleeding
noun –. bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage – (the flow of blood
from a ruptured blood vessel)
verb –1. (10) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage – (lose blood from one’s
body)
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82. Dejected
verb –. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;
”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s health
demoralizes her”)
adj –. (1) dejected – (affected or marked by low spirits; ”is dejected
but trying to look cheerful”)
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83. Depressed
verb –1. (3) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;
”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s health
demoralizes her”)
adj –1. (1) depressed, down – (lower than previously; ”the market is
depressed”; ”prices are down”)
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84. Desolate
verb –1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert – (leave someone who
needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; ”The mother deserted her
children”)
adj –1. (4) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark – (providing no shelter
or sustenance; ”bare rocky hills”; ”barren lands”; ”the bleak treeless
regions of the high Andes”; ”the desolate surface of the moon”; ”a
stark landscape”)
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85. Despondent
adj –. (3) despondent, heartsick – (without or almost without hope;
”despondent about his failure”; ”too heartsick to fight back”)
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86. Dismal
adj –. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry,
drab, drear, dreary – (causing dejection; ”a blue day”; ”the dark days
of the war”; ”a week of rainy depressing weather”; ”a disconsolate
winter landscape”; ”the first dismal dispiriting days of November”; ”a
dark gloomy day”; ”grim rainy weather”)
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87. Empty
noun –. empty – (a container that has been emptied; ”return all
empties to the store”)
verb –1. (4) empty – (make void or empty of contents; ”Empty the
box”; ”The alarm emptied the building”)
adj –1. (30) empty – (holding or containing nothing; ”an empty
glass”; ”an empty room”; ”full of empty seats”; ”empty hours”)
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88. Gloomy
adj –1. (1) glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky – (depressingly dark;
”the gloomy forest”; ”the glooming interior of an old inn”;
”‘gloomful’ is archaic”)
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89. Grieved
verb –1. (1) grieve, sorrow – (feel grief)
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90. Grim
adj –1. (8) grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable,
unforgiving, unrelenting – (not to be placated or appeased or moved
by entreaty; ”grim determination”; ”grim necessity”; ”Russia’s final
hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty”; ”relentl ess
persecution”; ”the stern demands of parenthood”)
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91. Hopeless
adj –1. (3) hopeless – (without hope because there seems to be no
possibility of comfort or success; ”in an agony of hopeless grief”;
”with a hopeless sigh he sat down”)
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92. Woeful
adj –1. (2) woebegone, woeful – (affected by or full of grief or woe;
”his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone”- George du
Maurier)
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93. Worried
verb –1. (32) worry – (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or
uneasy; ”I worry about my job”)
adj –1. (7) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –
(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;
”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed
sleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check
of the sleeping children”)
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95. Awful
adj –1. (10) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible,
unspeakable – (exceptionally bad or displeasing; ”atrocious taste”;
”abominable workmanship”; ”an awful voice”; ”dreadful manners” ;
”a painful performance”; ”terrible handwriting”; ”an unspeakable
odor came sweeping into the room”)
adv –. (4) terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully – (used as intensifiers;
”terribly interesting”; ”I’m awful sorry”)
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96. Blue
noun –1. (9) blue, blueness – (blue color or pigment; resembling the
color of the clear sky in the daytime; ”he had eyes of bright blue”)
verb –. blue – (turn blue)
adj –1. (48) blue, bluish, blueish – (of the color intermediate between
green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded
sky; ”October’s bright blue weather”- Helen Hunt Jackson; ”a blue
flame”; ”blue haze of tobacco smoke”)
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97. Crestfallen
adj –. chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated – (brought low in
spirit; ”left us fatigued and deflated spiritually”)
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98. Demoralized
verb –1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,
debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect – (corrupt morally or by
intemperance or sensuality; ”debauch the young people with wine and
women”; ”Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; ”Do
school counselors subvert young children?”; ”corrupt the morals”)
adj –. demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened – (made
less hopeful or enthusiastic; ”desperate demoralized people looking for
work”; ”felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem”; ”the
disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest”)
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99. Devalued
verb –1. devalue, devaluate – (remove the value from; deprive of its
value)
adj –. debased, devalued, degraded – (lowered in value; ”the dollar is
low”; ”a debased currency”)
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100. Discouraged
verb –1. (12) deter, discourage – (try to prevent; show oppositi on
to; ”We should discourage this practice among our youth”)
adj –1. (2) demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened –
(made less hopeful or enthusiastic; ”desperate demoralized people
looking for work”; ”felt discouraged by the magnitude of the
problem”; ”the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their
interest”)
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101. Dispirited
verb –. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;
”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s health
demoralizes her”)
adj –1. dispirited, listless – (marked by low spirits; showing no
enthusiasm; ”a dispirited and divided Party”; ”reacted to the crisis
with listless resignation”)
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102. Distressed
verb –1. straiten, distress – (bring into difficulties or distress,
especially financial hardship)
adj –1. (1) distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way – (facing
or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; ”distresse d companies
need loans and technical advice”; ”financially hard-presse d Mexican
hotels are lowering their prices”; ”we were hard put to meet the
mortgage payment”; ”found themselves in a bad way financia lly”)
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103. Downcast
noun –. downcast – (a ventilation shaft through which air enters a
mine)
adj –1. (1) downcast – (directed downward; ”a downcast glance”)
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104. Downhearted
adj –. gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast,
downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited – (filled with
melancholy and despondency ; ”gloomy at the thought of what he
had to face”; ”gloomy predictions”; ”a gloomy silence”; ”took a grim
view of the economy”; ”the darkening mood”; ”lonely and blue in a
strange city”; ”depressed by the loss of his job”; ”a dispirited and
resigned expression on her face”; ”downcast after his defeat”; ”feeling
discouraged and downhearted”)
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105. Lost
noun –. (1) doomed, lost – (people who are destined to die soon;
”the agony of the doomed was in his voice”)
verb –1. (123) lose – (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have,
either physically or in an abstract sense; ”She lost her purse when she
left it unattended on her seat”)
adj –1. (5) lost – (no longer in your possession or control; unable to
be found or recovered; ”a lost child”; ”lost friends”; ”his lost book”;
”lost opportunities”)
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106. Melancholy
noun –1. (4) melancholy – (a feeling of thoughtful sadness)
adj –1. (3) melancholy, melancholic – (characterized by or causing or
expressing sadness; ”growing more melancholy every hour”; ”her
melancholic smile”; ”we acquainted him with the melancholy truth”)
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107. Miserable
adj –1. (3) miserable, suffering, wretched – (very unhappy; full of
misery; ”he felt depressed and miserable”; ”a message of hope for
suffering humanity”; ”wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages”)
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108. Regretful
adj –. regretful, sorry, bad – (feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or
a sense of loss over something done or undone; ”felt regretful over his
vanished youth”; ”regretful over mistakes she had made”; ”he felt
bad about breaking the vase”)
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109. Rotten
adj –1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky – (very
bad; ”a lousy play”; ”it’s a stinking world”)
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110. Sorrowful
adj –. (2) sorrowful – (experiencing or marked by or expressing
sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; ”sorrowful
widows”; ”a sorrowful tale of death and despair”; ”sorrowful news”;
”even in laughter the heart is sorrowful”- Proverbs 14:13)
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111. Tearful
adj –1. tearful – (filled with or marked by tears; ”tearful eyes”;
”tearful entreaties”)
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112. Upset
noun –1. (1) disturbance, perturbation, upset – (an unhappy and
worried mental state; ”there was too much anger and disturbance”;
”she didn’t realize the upset she caused me”)
verb –1. (4) upset – (disturb the balance or stability of; ”The hostile
talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries”)
adj –1. (1) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –
(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;
”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed
sleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check
of the sleeping children”)
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113. Weepy
adj –. weepy – (liable to weep easily)
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115. Blah
noun –. bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah – (pompous or
pretentious talk or writing)
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116. Disappointed
verb –. (5) disappoint, let down – (fail to meet the hopes or
expectations of; ”Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose
marriage”)
adj –. (4) defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrate d,
thwarted – (disappointingly unsuccessful; ”disappointed expectatio ns
and thwarted ambitions”; ”their foiled attempt to capture Calais”;
”many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers”; ”his best
efforts were thwarted”)
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117. Down
noun –1. (1) down, down feather – (soft fine feathers)
verb –1. (3) toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down,
drink down, kill – (drink down entirely; ”He downed three martinis
before dinner”; ”She killed a bottle of brandy that night”; ”They
popped a few beer after work”)
adj –1. (9) down – (being or moving lower in position or less in some
value; ”lay face down”; ”the moon is down”; ”our team is down by a
run”; ”down by a pawn”; ”the stock market is down today”)
adv –1. (98) down, downwards, downward, downwardly – (spatially
or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; ”don’t fall
down”; ”rode the lift up and skied down”; ”prices plunged
downward”)
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118. Funk
noun –1. funk, blue funk – (a state of nervous depression; ”he was in
a funk”)
verb –. flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail –
(draw back, as with fear or pain; ”she flinched when they showed the
slaughtering of the calf”)
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119. Glum
adj –1. (1) glum – (moody and melancholic)
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120. Low
noun –1. low, depression – (an air mass of lower pressure; often
brings precipitation; ”a low moved in over night bringing sleet and
snow”)
verb –. moo, low – (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
adj –1. (55) low – (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
”low prices”; ”the reservoir is low”)
adv –. (3) low – (in a low position; near the ground; ”the branches
hung low”)
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121. Moody
noun –1. Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington
Wills – (United States tennis player who dominated women’s tennis in
the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998))
adj –1. dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour,
sullen – (showing a brooding ill humor; ”a dark scowl”; ”the
proverbially dour New England Puritan”; ”a glum, hopeless shrug”;
”he sat in moody silence”; ”a morose and unsociable manner”; ”a
saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius”- Bruce Bliven; ”a sour
temper”; ”a sullen crowd”)
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122. Morose
adj –. (2) dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine,
sour, sullen – (showing a brooding ill humor; ”a dark scowl”; ”the
proverbially dour New England Puritan”; ”a glum, hopeless shrug”;
”he sat in moody silence”; ”a morose and unsociable manner”; ”a
saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius”- Bruce Bliven; ”a sour
temper”; ”a sullen crowd”)
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123. Somber
adj –1. (1) drab, sober, somber, sombre – (lacking brightness or
color; dull; ”drab faded curtains”; ”sober Puritan grey”; ”children in
somber brown clothes”)
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124. Subdued
verb –1. (2) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce –
(put down by force or intimidation; ”The government quashes any
attempt of an uprising”; ”China keeps down her dissidents very
efficiently”; ”The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working
the land”)
adj –1. (3) hushed, muted, subdued, quiet – (in a softened tone;
”hushed voices”; ”muted trumpets”; ”a subdued whisper”; ”a quiet
reprimand”)
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125. Uncomfortable
adj –1. (2) uncomfortable – (conducive to or feeling mental
discomfort; ”this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable”
; ”the uncomfortable truth”; ”grew uncomfortable beneath his
appraisin g eye”; ”an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I
felt surest”; ”the teacher’s presence at the conference made the child
very uncomfortable”)
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126. Unhappy
adj –1. (6) unhappy – (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness
or sorrow or discontent; ”unhappy over her departure”; ”unhappy
with her raise”; ”after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy
silence”; ”had an unhappy time at school”; ”the unhappy (or sad)
news”; ”he looks so sad”)
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128. Blemished
verb –1. deface, disfigure, blemish – (mar or spoil the appearan ce of;
”scars defaced her cheeks”; ”The vandals disfigured the statue”)
adj –1. blemished – (marred by imperfections)
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129. Blotched
verb –. mottle, streak, blotch – (mark with spots or blotches of
different color or shades of color as if stained)
adj –. blotched, blotchy, splotched – (marked with irregularly shaped
spots or blots)
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130. Broken
verb –1. (15) interrupt, break – (terminate; ”She interrupted her
pregnancy”; ”break a lucky streak”; ”break the cycle of poverty”)
adj –1. (16) broken – (physically and forcibly separated into pieces or
cracked or split; ”a broken mirror”; ”a broken tooth”; ”a broken leg”;
”his neck is broken”)
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131. Crippled
verb –1. (2) cripple, stultify – (deprive of strength or efficiency; make
useless or worthless; ”This measure crippled our efforts”; ”Their
behavior stultified the boss’s hard work”)
adj –. (1) crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game – (disable d in
the feet or legs; ”a crippled soldier”; ”a game leg”)
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132. Damaged
verb –1. (12) damage – (inflict damage upon; ”The snow damaged
the roof”; ”She damaged the car when she hit the tree”)
adj –1. damaged – (harmed or injured or spoiled; ”I won’t buy
damaged goods”; ”the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings”
)
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133. False
adj –1. (9) false – (not in accordance with the fact or reality or
actuality; ”gave false testimony under oath”; ”false tales of bravery”)
adv –. faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably, false – (in a
disloyal and faithless manner; ”he behaved treacherousl y”; ”his wife
played him false”)
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134. Feeble
adj –1. (4) feeble, lame – (pathetically lacking in force or
effectiveness; ”a feeble excuse”; ”a lame argument”)
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135. Finished
verb –1. (44) complete, finish – (come or bring to a finish or an end;
”He finished the dishes”; ”She completed the requirements for her
Master’s Degree”; ”The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2
hours; others finished in over 4 hours”)
adj –1. (5) finished – ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired
final state; ”a finished product”)
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136. Flawed
verb –. flaw, blemish – (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfec t or
defective)
adj –. blemished, flawed – (having a blemish or flaw; ”a flawed
diamond”; ”an irregular pair of jeans”)
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137. Helpless
adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived of
strength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)
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138. Impotent
adj –1. (4) impotent – (lacking power or ability; ”Technology without
morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent ”-
Freeman J.Dyson; ”felt impotent rage”)
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139. Inferior
noun –1. inferior – (one of lesser rank or station or quality)
adj –1. (2) inferior – (of or characteristic of low rank or importance)
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140. Invalid
noun –. (1) invalid, shut-in – (someone who is incapacitated by a
chronic illness or injury)
verb –1. invalid – (force to retire, remove from active duty, as of
firemen)
adj –1. invalid – (having no cogency or legal force; ”invalid
reasoning”; ”an invalid driver’s license”)
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141. Powerless
adj –. (1) powerless – (lacking power)
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142. Useless
adj –. (7) useless – (having no beneficial use or incapable of
functioning usefully; ”a kitchen full of useless gadgets”; ”she is
useless in an emergency”)
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143. Whipped
verb –1. (8) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce –
(beat severely with a whip or rod; ”The teacher often flogged the
students”; ”The children were severely trounced”)
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144. Worthless
adj –1. (1) worthless – (lacking in usefulness or value; ”a worthless
idler”)
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145. Zero
noun –1. (6) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo – (a quantity of no
importance; ”it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”; ”reduced
to nil all the work we had done”; ”we racked up a pathetic goose
egg”; ”it was all for naught”; ”I didn’t hear zilch about it”)
verb –1. zero – (adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value)
adj –1. (5) zero, 0 – (indicating the absence of any or all units under
consideration; ”a zero score”)
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147. Ailing
verb –1. ail – (be ill or unwell)
adj –. (2) ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the
weather, seedy – (somewhat ill or prone to illness; ”my poor ailing
grandmother”; ”feeling a bit indisposed today”; ”you look a little
peaked”; ”feeling poorly”; ”a sickly child”; ”is unwell and can’t come
to work”)
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148. Defeated
noun –. defeated, discomfited – (people who are defeated; ”the
Romans had no pity for the defeated”)
verb –1. (14) get the better of, overcome, defeat – (win a victory
over; ”You must overcome all difficulties”; ”defeat your enemies”;
”He overcame his shyness”; ”He overcame his infirmity”; ”Her anger
got the better of her and she blew up”)
adj –1. defeated – (beaten or overcome; not victorious; ”the defeated
enemy”)
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149. Deficient
adj –1. (1) deficient, lacking, wanting – (inadequate in amount or
degree; ”a deficient education”; ”deficient in common sense”;
”lacking in stamina”; ”tested and found wanting”)
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150. Dopey
adj –. anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky –
(having or revealing stupidity; ”ridiculous anserine behavior ”; ”a
dopey answer”; ”a dopey kid”; ”some fool idea about rewriting
authors’ books”)
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151. Feeble
adj –1. (4) feeble, lame – (pathetically lacking in force or
effectiveness; ”a feeble excuse”; ”a lame argument”)
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152. Helpless
adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived of
strength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)
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153. Impaired
verb –1. (4) impair – (make worse or less effective; ”His vision was
impaired”)
adj –1. (1) impaired – (diminished in strength, quality, or utility;
”impaired eyesight”)
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154. Imperfect
noun –. progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense,
continuous tense – (a tense of verbs used in describing action that is
on-going)
adj –1. (2) imperfect – (not perfect; defective or inadequate; ”had
only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities”; ”imperfect
mortals”; ”drainage here is imperfect”)
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155. Incapable
adj –1. (4) incapable – ((followed by ‘of’) lacking capacity or ability;
”incapable of carrying a tune”; ”he is incapable of understanding the
matter”; ”incapable of doing the work”)
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156. Incompetent
noun –. (2) incompetent, incompetent person – (someone who is not
competent to take effective action)
adj –1. incompetent, unqualified – (legally not qualified or sufficient;
”a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her
husband”; ”incompetent witnesses”)
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157. Incomplete
adj –1. (9) incomplete, uncomplete – (not complete or total; not
completed; ”an incomplete account of his life”; ”political
consequences of incomplete military success”; ”an incomplete forward
pass”)
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158. Ineffective
adj –1. ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual – (not producing an
intended effect; ”an ineffective teacher”; ”ineffective legislation ”)
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159. Inept
adj –1. (1) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen –
(not elegant or graceful in expression; ”an awkward prose style”; ”a
clumsy apology”; ”his cumbersome writing style”; ”if the rumor is
true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”)
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160. Insignificant
adj –1. (2) insignificant, undistinguished – (not worthy of notice)
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161. Lacking
verb –. (31) miss, lack – (be without; ”This soup lacks salt”; ”There
is something missing in my jewelry box!”)
adj –1. (4) deficient, lacking, wanting – (inadequate in amount or
degree; ”a deficient education”; ”deficient in common sense”;
”lacking in stamina”; ”tested and found wanting”)
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162. Lame
noun –1. square, lame – (someone who doesn’t understand what is
going on)
verb –. cripple, lame – (deprive of the use of a limb, especiall y a leg;
”The accident has crippled her for life”)
adj –1. feeble, lame – (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;
”a feeble excuse”; ”a lame argument”)
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163. Overwhelmed
verb –1. (1) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome,
overtake – (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
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164. Small
noun –1. (1) small – (the slender part of the back)
adj –1. (213) small, little – (limited or below average in number or
quantity or magnitude or extent; ”a little dining room”; ”a little
house”; ”a small car”; ”a little (or small) group”)
adv –. small – (on a small scale; ”think small”)
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165. Substandard
adj –. deficient, inferior, substandard – (falling short of some
prescribed norm; ”substandard housing”)
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166. Unimportant
adj –1. (2) unimportant – (not important; ”a relatively unimport ant
feature of the system”; ”the question seems unimportant”)
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168. Dry
noun –. dry, prohibitionist – (a reformer who opposes the use of
intoxicating beverages)
verb –1. (12) dry, dry out – (remove the moisture from and make
dry; ”dry clothes”; ”dry hair”)
adj –1. (18) dry – (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or
normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; ”dry land”;
”dry clothes”; ”a dry climate”; ”dry splintery boards”; ”a dry river
bed”; ”the paint is dry”)
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169. Incomplete
adj –1. (9) incomplete, uncomplete – (not complete or total; not
completed; ”an incomplete account of his life”; ”political
consequences of incomplete military success”; ”an incomplete forward
pass”)
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170. Meager
adj –. (4) meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy – (deficien t in
amount or quality or extent; ”meager resources”; ”meager fare”)
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171. Puny
adj –1. (1) puny – (inferior in strength or significance; ”a puny
physique”; ”puny excuses”)
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172. Tenuous
adj –1. tenuous – (having thin consistency; ”a tenuous fluid”)
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173. Tiny
adj –. (19) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,
flyspeck – (very small; ”diminutive in stature”; ”a lilliputian chest of
drawers”; ”her petite figure”; ”tiny feet”; ”the flyspeck nation of
Bahrain moved toward democracy”)
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174. Uncertain
adj –1. (6) uncertain, unsure, incertain – (lacking or indicatin g lack
of confidence or assurance; ”uncertain of his convictions”; ”unsure of
himself and his future”; ”moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps”;
”an uncertain smile”; ”touched the ornaments with uncertain
fingers”)
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175. Unconvincing
adj –1. (2) unconvincing, flimsy – (not convincing; ”unconvincin g
argument”; ”as unconvincing as a forced smile”)
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176. Unsure
adj –1. diffident, shy, timid, unsure – (lacking self-confidence ;
”stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; ”problems that call for
bold not timid responses”; ”a very unsure young man”)
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177. Weak
adj –1. (13) weak – (wanting in physical strength; ”a weak pillar”)
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178. Wishful
adj –1. desirous, wishful – (having or expressing desire for something;
”desirous of high office”; ”desirous of finding a quick solution to the
problem”)
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179. Fear - strong
Feelings - Fear - strong
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180. Alarmed
verb –1. (2) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify – (fill with
apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; ”I was
horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”; ”The news of
the executions horrified us”)
adj –. (0) alarmed – (experiencing a sudden sense of danger)
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181. Appalled
verb –1. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
– (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior of this
married woman shocked her friends”)
adj –. aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked – (struck with fear, dread,
or consternation)
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182. Desperate
noun –. (1) desperate – (a person who is frightened and in need of
help; ”they prey on the hopes of the desperate”)
adj –1. (7) despairing, desperate – (arising from or marked by despair
or loss of hope; ”a despairing view of the world situation” ; ”the last
despairing plea of the condemned criminal”; ”a desperate cry for
help”; ”helpless and desperate–as if at the end of his tether”; ”her
desperate screams”)
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183. Distressed
verb –1. straiten, distress – (bring into difficulties or distress,
especially financial hardship)
adj –1. (1) distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way – (facing
or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; ”distresse d companies
need loans and technical advice”; ”financially hard-presse d Mexican
hotels are lowering their prices”; ”we were hard put to meet the
mortgage payment”; ”found themselves in a bad way financia lly”)
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184. Frightened
verb –1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright – (cause fear in; ”The
stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; ”Ghosts could
never affright her”)
adj –1. (0) frightened, scared – (made afraid; ”the frightened child
cowered in the corner”; ”too shocked and scared to move”)
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185. Horrified
verb –. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify – (fill with apprehension
or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; ”I was horrified at the
thought of being late for my interview”; ”The news of the executions
horrified us”)
adj –. (0) horrified, horror-stricken, horror-struck – (stricken with
horror)
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186. Intimidated
verb –1. (2) intimidate – (make timid or fearful; ”Her boss
intimidates her”)
adj –. intimidated – (made timid or fearful as by threats)
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187. Panicky
adj –. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified ,
frightened – (thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;
”became panicky as the snow deepened”; ”felt panicked before each
exam”; ”trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd”; ”the terrified
horse bolted”)
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188. Paralyzed
verb –1. (1) paralyze, paralyse – (make powerless and unable to
function; ”The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation”)
adj –. paralytic, paralyzed – (affected with paralysis)
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189. Petrified
verb –1. (1) petrify – (cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed
and stunned; ”The horror petrified his feelings”; ”Fear petrified her
thinking”)
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190. Shocked
verb –1. (4) shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
– (surprise greatly; knock someone’s socks off; ”I was floored when I
heard that I was promoted”)
adj –. (0) aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked – (struck with fear,
dread, or consternation)
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191. Terrified
verb –. (1) terrify, terrorize, terrorise – (fill with terror; frighten
greatly)
adj –. (0) panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified,
frightened – (thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;
”became panicky as the snow deepened”; ”felt panicked before each
exam”; ”trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd”; ”the terrified
horse bolted”)
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192. Wrecked
verb –. (10) bust up, wreck, wrack – (smash or break forcefully;
”The kid busted up the car”)
adj –. wrecked – (destroyed in an accident; ”a wrecked ship”; ”a
highway full of wrecked cars”)
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193. Fear - medium
Feelings - Fear - medium
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194. Afraid
adj –1. (29) afraid – (filled with fear or apprehension; ”afraid even to
turn his head”; ”suddenly looked afraid”; ”afraid for his life”; ”afraid
of snakes”; ”afraid to ask questions”)
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195. Apprehensive
adj –1. apprehensive, discerning – (quick to understand; ”a kind and
apprehensive friend”- Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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196. Awkward
adj –1. (6) awkward – (causing inconvenience; ”they arrived at an
awkward time”)
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197. Defensive
noun –. defensive, defensive attitude – (an attitude of defensiv eness
(especially in the phrase ‘on the defensive’))
adj –1. (9) defensive – (intended or appropriate for defending against
or deterring aggression or attack; ”defensive weapons”; ”a defensive
stance”)
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198. Fearful
adj –1. (0) fearful – (experiencing or showing fear; ”a fearful glance”;
”fearful of criticism”)
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199. Fidgety
adj –. antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy – (nervous and unable to relax; ”a
constant fretful stamping of hooves”; ”a restless child”)
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200. Fretful
adj –1. antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy – (nervous and unable to relax; ”a
constant fretful stamping of hooves”; ”a restless child”)
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201. Jumpy
adj –1. (1) edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,
overstrung, restive, uptight – (being in a tense state)
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202. Nervous
adj –1. (9) nervous – (easily agitated; ”a nervous addict”; ”a nervous
thoroughbred”)
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203. Scared
verb –1. (4) frighten, fright, scare, affright – (cause fear in; ”The
stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; ”Ghosts could
never affright her”)
adj –. (0) frightened, scared – (made afraid; ”the frightened child
cowered in the corner”; ”too shocked and scared to move”)
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204. Shaky
adj –1. (1) rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky – (inclined to shake as from
weakness or defect; ”a rickety table”; ”a wobbly chair with shaky
legs”; ”the ladder felt a little wobbly”; ”the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky”)
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205. Skittish
adj –. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous – (unpredictably excitable
(especially of horses))
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206. Spineless
adj –1. (1) namby-pamby, gutless, spineless, wishy-washy – (weak in
willpower, courage or vitality)
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207. Taut
adj –1. (4) taut, tight – (pulled or drawn tight; ”taut sails”; ”a tight
drumhead”; ”a tight rope”)
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208. Threatened
verb –1. (23) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,
imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollution
is endangering the crops”)
adj –. (1) threatened – ((of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to
become endangered; ”the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet
an endangered one”)
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209. Troubled
verb –1. (6) disturb, upset, trouble – (move deeply; ”This book upset
me”; ”A troubling thought”)
adj –1. (1) troubled – (characterized by or indicative of distress or
affliction or danger or need; ”troubled areas”; ”fell into a troubled
sleep”; ”a troubled expression”; ”troubled teenagers”)
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210. Wired
verb –1. (3) wire – (provide with electrical circuits; ”wire the
addition to the house”)
adj –1. (1) wired – (equipped with wire or wires especially for electric
or telephone service; ”a well-wired house”)
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211. Fear - light
Feelings - Fear - light
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212. Anxious
adj –1. (3) anxious, dying – (eagerly desirous; ”anxious to see the
new show at the museum”; ”dying to hear who won”)
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213. Careful
adj –1. (19) careful – (exercising caution or showing care or attention;
”they were careful when crossing the busy street”; ”be careful to keep
her shoes clean”; ”did very careful research”; ”careful art restorers”;
”careful of the rights of others”; ”careful about one’s behavior”)
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214. Cautious
noun –. (1) timid, cautious – (people who are fearful and cautious;
”whitewater rafting is not for the timid”)
adj –1. (2) cautious – (showing careful forethought; ”reserved and
cautious; never making swift decisions”; ”a cautious driver”)
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215. Disquieted
verb –. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder –
(disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
”She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously
ill”)
adj –. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried – (afflicted
with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; ”too upset
to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”; ”distres sed
about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed sleep”;
”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check of the
sleeping children”)
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216. Shy
noun –. shy – (a quick throw; ”he gave the ball a shy to the first
baseman”)
verb –1. (1) shy – (start suddenly, as from fright)
adj –1. diffident, shy, timid, unsure – (lacking self-confidence ;
”stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; ”problems that call for
bold not timid responses”; ”a very unsure young man”)
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217. Tense
noun –. (2) tense – (a grammatical category of verbs used to express
distinctions of time)
verb –1. strain, tense – (become stretched or tense or taut; ”the
bodybuilder’s neck muscles tensed;” ”the rope strained when the
weight was attached”)
adj –1. tense – (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
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218. Timid
noun –. timid, cautious – (people who are fearful and cautious;
”whitewater rafting is not for the timid”)
adj –1. (3) timid – (showing fear and lack of confidence)
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219. Uneasy
adj –1. (15) uneasy – (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease
or reassurance; ”farmers were uneasy until rain finally came”; ”uneasy
about his health”; ”gave an uneasy laugh”; ”uneasy lies the head that
wears the crown”; ”an uneasy coalition government”; ”an uneasy
calm”; ”an uneasy silence fell on the group”)
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220. Unsure
adj –1. diffident, shy, timid, unsure – (lacking self-confidence ;
”stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; ”problems that call for
bold not timid responses”; ”a very unsure young man”)
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221. Watchful
adj –1. alert, watchful – (engaged in or accustomed to close
observation; ”caught by a couple of alert cops”; ”alert enough to spot
the opportunity when it came”; ”constantly alert and vigilant, like a
sentinel on duty”)
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222. Worried
verb –1. (32) worry – (be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or
uneasy; ”I worry about my job”)
adj –1. (7) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –
(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;
”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed
sleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check
of the sleeping children”)
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224. Baffled
noun –. (1) baffled – (people who are frustrated and perplexed; ”the
children’s faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled”)
verb –1. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,
pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t
know the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck
me”)
adj –. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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225. Befuddled
verb –1. (1) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,
discombobulate – (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable
to think clearly; ”These questions confuse even the experts”; ”This
question completely threw me”; ”This question befuddle d even the
teacher”)
adj –1. (1) befogged, befuddled – (stupefied by alcoholic drink; ”the
wino’s poor befuddled mind”; ”a mind befogged with drink”)
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226. Chaotic
adj –1. (2) chaotic, helter-skelter – (lacking a visible order or
organization)
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227. Confounded
verb –1. (2) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,
discombobulate – (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable
to think clearly; ”These questions confuse even the experts”; ”This
question completely threw me”; ”This question befuddle d even the
teacher”)
adj –. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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228. Confused
verb –1. (10) confuse, confound – (mistake one thing for another;
”you are confusing me with the other candidate”; ”I mistook her for
the secretary”)
adj –1. (5) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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229. Dizzy
verb –. dizzy – (make dizzy or giddy; ”a dizzying pace”)
adj –1. (1) dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous – (having or causing a
whirling sensation; liable to falling; ”had a dizzy spell”; ”a dizzy
pinnacle”; ”had a headache and felt giddy”; ”a giddy precipic e”;
”feeling woozy from the blow on his head”; ”a vertiginous climb up
the face of the cliff”)
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230. Flustered
verb –1. (1) fluster – (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)
adj –. flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled – (thrown into
a state of agitated confusion; (‘rattled’ is an informal term))
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231. Rattled
verb –1. (4) rattle – (make short successive sounds)
adj –. flustered, hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled – (thrown into
a state of agitated confusion; (‘rattled’ is an informal term))
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232. Reeling
verb –1. (2) stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen – (walk as if
unable to control one’s movements; ”The drunken man staggered into
the room”)
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233. Shocked
verb –1. (4) shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
– (surprise greatly; knock someone’s socks off; ”I was floored when I
heard that I was promoted”)
adj –. (0) aghast, appalled, dismayed, shocked – (struck with fear,
dread, or consternation)
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234. Speechless
adj –. speechless, dumb – (temporarily incapable of speaking; ”struck
dumb”; ”speechless with shock”)
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235. Startled
verb –1. (9) startle, galvanize, galvanise – (to stimulate to action ;
”..startled him awake”; ”galvanized into action”)
adj –. (6) startled – (excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making
a quick involuntary movement; ”students startled by the teacher’s
quiet return”; ”the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons”; ”her
startled expression”)
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236. Stumped
verb –1. (1) stump, mix up – (cause to be perplexed or confounde d;
”This problem stumped her”)
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237. Stunned
verb –1. (2) stun, stupefy – (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a
blow; ”stun fish”)
adj –1. (2) amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned –
(filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;
”an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation”; ”I stood
enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral”;
”astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
bombing”; ”stood in stunned silence”; ”stunned scientist s found not
one but at least three viruses”)
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238. Thrown
verb –1. (53) throw – (propel through the air; ”throw a frisbee” )
adj –1. thrown – (caused to fall to the ground; ”the thrown rider got
back on his horse”; ”a thrown wrestler”; ”a ball player thrown for a
loss”)
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239. Thunderstruck
adj –. dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied,
thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken – (as if struck dumb with
astonishment and surprise; ”a circle of policement stood
dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident”; ”the
flabbergasted aldermen were speechless”; ”was thunderstruck by the
news of his promotion”)
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240. Trapped
verb –1. (2) trap, pin down – (place in a confining or embarrass ing
position; ”He was trapped in a difficult situation”)
adj –. (1) at bay, cornered, trapped, treed – (forced to turn and face
attackers; ”a stag at bay”; ”she had me cornered between the porch
and her car”; ”like a trapped animal”)
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242. Adrift
adj –1. adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless,
undirected – (aimlessly drifting)
adv –1. adrift – (floating freely; not anchored; ”the boat wasset
adrift”)
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243. Ambivalent
adj –. ambivalent – (uncertain or unable to decide about what course
to follow; ”was ambivalent about having children”)
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244. Bewildered
verb –1. (2) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,
pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t
know the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck
me”)
adj –. (6) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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245. Puzzled
verb –1. (6) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,
pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t
know the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck
me”)
adj –. (4) at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled – (filled with
bewilderment; ”at a loss to understand those remarks”; ”puzzled that
she left without saying goodbye”)
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246. Blurred
verb –1. (2) film over, glaze over, blur – (become glassy; lose clear
vision; ”Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep”)
adj –1. (5) bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy –
(indistinct or hazy in outline; ”a landscape of blurred outlines”; ”the
trees were just blurry shapes”)
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247. Disconcerted
verb –1. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off – (cause to feel
embarrassment; ”The constant attention of the young man confused
her”)
adj –. (1) discombobulated, disconcerted – (having self-possessi on
upset; thrown into confusion; ”the hecklers pelted the discombobula
ted speaker with anything that came to hand”; ”looked at each other
dumbly, quite disconcerted”- G.B.Shaw)
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248. Disordered
verb –1. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder –
(disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
”She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously
ill”)
adj –1. (3) broken, confused, disordered, upset – (thrown into a state
of disarray or confusion; ”troops fleeing in broken ranks”; ”a confused
mass of papers on the desk”; ”the small disordered room”; ”with
everything so upset”)
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249. Disorganized
verb –. disorganize, disorganise – (remove the organization from)
adj –. (2) disorganized, disorganised – (lacking order or methodical
arrangement or function; ”a disorganized enterprise”; ”a thousand
pages of muddy and disorganized prose”; ”she was too disorganized
to be an agreeable roommate”)
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250. Disquieted
verb –. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder –
(disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
”She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously
ill”)
adj –. disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried – (afflicted
with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; ”too upset
to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”; ”distres sed
about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed sleep”;
”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check of the
sleeping children”)
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251. Disturbed
verb –1. (8) disturb, upset, trouble – (move deeply; ”This book upset
me”; ”A troubling thought”)
adj –1. (2) disturbed – (having the place or position changed; ”the
disturbed books and papers on her desk”; ”disturbed grass showed
where the horse had passed”)
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252. Foggy
adj –1. dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous – (stunned or confused
and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))
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