beltane
The first day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.
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immeasurably
- adverb to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement
- the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man
- adverb without bounds
boundlessly; infinitely.
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cimabue
- noun painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)
Giovanni Cimabue.
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handily
- adverb in a convenient manner
conveniently.
- the switch was conveniently located
- adverb with no difficulty
hands down.
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infinitely
- adverb without bounds
immeasurably; boundlessly.
- adverb continuing forever without end
endlessly.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
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prewar
- adjective existing or belonging to a time before a war
- prewar levels of industrial production
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far
- adjective located at a great distance in time or space or degree
- we come from a far country
- far corners of the earth
- the far future
- a far journey
- the far side of the road
- far from the truth
- far in the future
- noun a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; Interahamwe; ALIR; Former Armed Forces.
- in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists
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anything
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope.
They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.
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definitive
- adjective satellite clearly defined or formulated
unequivocal.
- the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney
- adjective satellite of recognized authority or excellence
authoritative; classical; classic.
- the definitive work on Greece
- classical methods of navigation
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expectation
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
prospect; outlook.
- noun anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
anticipation.
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vastly
- adverb to an exceedingly great extent or degree
immensely.
- He had vastly overestimated his resources
- was immensely more important to the project as a scientist than as an administrator
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babe
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
baby; infant.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women
baby; sister.
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anywhere
- adverb at or in or to any place; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
anyplace.
- you can find this food anywhere
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giotto
- noun Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
Giotto di Bondone.
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guangzhou
- noun a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
Kwangchow; Kuangchou; Canton.
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they
The plural of he, she, or it. They is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. Chaucer.
They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matt. v. 6.
✍ They is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on; as, they say (French on dit), that is, it is said by persons not specified.
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scarcely
- adverb only a very short time before
scarce; barely; hardly; just.
- they could barely hear the speaker
- we hardly knew them
- just missed being hit
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- adverb almost not
hardly.
- he hardly ever goes fishing
- he was hardly more than sixteen years old
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
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herself
An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.
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breast
- noun the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
chest.
- he beat his breast in anger
- noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
titty; tit; bosom; knocker; boob.
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expectation
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
prospect; outlook.
- noun anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
anticipation.
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latino
- noun a native of Latin America
Latin American.
- noun an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages
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even
- noun the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
eventide; evening; eve.
- he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
- verb make level or straight
even out; level; flush.
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incomparably
- adverb in an incomparable manner or to an incomparable degree
uncomparably.
- she is incomparably gifted
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himself
An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.
✍ Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him. It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.
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transcendent
- adjective satellite exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
surpassing.
- adjective satellite beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
- the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought
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japan
- noun lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
- noun a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
Japanese Islands; Japanese Archipelago.
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hispanic
- noun an American whose first language is Spanish
Spanish American; Hispanic American.
- adjective related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
Latino.
- the Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly
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mediocrity
- noun ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
averageness.
- noun a person of second-rate ability or value
second-rater.
- a team of aging second-raters
- shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him
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easily
- adverb with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
easy.
- she was easily excited
- was easily confused
- he won easily
- this china breaks very easily
- success came too easy
- adverb without question
- easily the best book she's written
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everything
Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things. More wise, more learned, more just, more everything. Pope.
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hardly
- adverb only a very short time before
scarce; scarcely; barely; just.
- they could barely hear the speaker
- we hardly knew them
- just missed being hit
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- adverb almost not
scarcely.
- he hardly ever goes fishing
- he was hardly more than sixteen years old
- they scarcely ever used the emergency generator
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corneille
- noun French tragic dramatist whose plays treat grand moral themes in elegant verse (1606-1684)
Pierre Corneille.
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decisively
- adverb with firmness
resolutely.
- `I will come along,' she said decisively
- adverb with finality; conclusively
- the voted settled the argument decisively
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heracles
- noun (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
Alcides; Hercules; Herakles.
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barely
- adverb only a very short time before
scarce; scarcely; hardly; just.
- they could barely hear the speaker
- we hardly knew them
- just missed being hit
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- adverb in a sparse or scanty way
scantily.
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donatello
- noun Florentine sculptor famous for his lifelike sculptures (1386-1466)
Donato di Betto Bardi.
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consistently
- adverb in a systematic or consistent manner
systematically.
- they systematically excluded women
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britain
- noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
U.K.; Great Britain; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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ibm
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quickly
- adverb with rapid movements
chop-chop; speedily; rapidly; apace.
- adverb with little or no delay
quick; promptly.
- the rescue squad arrived promptly
- come here, quick!
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reportedly
- adverb according to reports or other information
- she was reportedly his mistress for many years
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sear
- verb make very hot and dry
scorch.
- The heat scorched the countryside
- verb become superficially burned
scorch; singe.
- my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
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ptolemy
- noun Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
Claudius Ptolemaeus.
- noun an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
Ptolemaic dynasty.
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affability
- noun a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
geniality; amiability; amiableness; affableness; bonhomie.
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baseball
- noun a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
baseball game.
- he played baseball in high school
- there was a baseball game on every empty lot
- there was a desire for National League ball in the area
- play ball!
- noun a ball used in playing baseball
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never
- adverb not ever; at no time in the past or future
ne'er.
- I have never been to China
- I shall never forget this day
- had never seen a circus
- never on Sunday
- I will never marry you!
- adverb not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances
- never fear
- bringing up children is never easy
- that will never do
- what is morally wrong can never be politically right
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soon
- adverb in the near future
before long; shortly; presently.
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
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mine
- noun excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- noun explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
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mart
- noun an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
market place; marketplace; market.
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tenfold
- adjective satellite containing ten or ten parts
denary; ten-fold.
- adverb by ten times as much
- the population increased tenfold
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yourself
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself. Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer.
If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak.
Why should you be so cruel to yourself ? Milton.
The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman.
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until
To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. Chaucer. Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman.
He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser.
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considerably
- adverb to a great extent or degree
substantially; well.
- I'm afraid the film was well over budget
- painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
- the house has fallen considerably in value
- the price went up substantially
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export
- noun commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
exportation.
- verb sell or transfer abroad
- we export less than we import and have a negative trade balance
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lou
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capitalization
- noun writing in capital letters
capitalisation.
- noun an estimation of the value of a business
capitalisation.
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thou
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
yard; G; thousand; grand; M; chiliad; one thousand; K; 1000.
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significantly
- adverb in a statistically significant way
- the two groups differed significantly
- adverb in a significant manner
- our budget will be significantly affected by these new cuts
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recently
- adverb in the recent past
late; latterly; of late; lately.
- he was in Paris recently
- lately the rules have been enforced
- as late as yesterday she was fine
- feeling better of late
- the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also
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gdp
- noun the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually 1 year)
gross domestic product.
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xerox
- noun a copy made by a xerographic printer
xerox copy.
- noun a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder
Xerox machine; xerographic copier.
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turnout
- noun the group that gathers together for a particular occasion
- a large turnout for the meeting
- noun a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
widening.
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ford
- noun a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
crossing.
- noun United States film maker (1896-1973)
John Ford.
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inferno
- noun any place of pain and turmoil;
the pits; hellhole; snake pit; hell on earth; hell.
- the hell of battle
- the inferno of the engine room
- when you're alone Christmas is the pits
- noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
conflagration.
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agriculture
- noun a large-scale farming enterprise
agribusiness; factory farm.
- noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
farming; husbandry.
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actually
- adverb in actual fact
really.
- to be nominally but not actually independent
- no one actually saw the shark
- large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt
- adverb used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
in reality.
- you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out
- she actually spoke Latin
- they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets
- people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous
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archimedes
(Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
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previous
- adjective satellite just preceding something else in time or order
old.
- the previous owner
- my old house was larger
- adjective satellite (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
late; former.
- the former president
- our late President is still very active
- the previous occupant of the White House
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none
- noun a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
- noun a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
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solomon
One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. --
Sol`o*mon"ic a.
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revenue
- noun the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
gross; receipts.
- noun government income due to taxation
tax revenue; taxation; tax income.
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respects
- noun (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem
- he paid his respects to the mayor
- noun (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point
respect; regard.
- it differs in that respect
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belief
- noun any cognitive content held as true
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; feeling; opinion; notion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
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gnp
- noun former measure of the United States economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually 1 yr)
gross national product.
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substantially
- adverb to a great extent or degree
considerably; well.
- I'm afraid the film was well over budget
- painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
- the house has fallen considerably in value
- the price went up substantially
- adverb in a strong substantial way
- the house was substantially built
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enrollment
- noun the act of enrolling
enrolment; registration.
- noun the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
registration.
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mere
- noun a small pond of standing water
- adjective satellite being nothing more than specified
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sales
- noun income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
gross revenue; gross sales.
- noun a particular instance of selling
sale.
- he has just made his first sale
- they had to complete the sale before the banks closed
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pre
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slightly
- adverb to a small degree or extent
somewhat; more or less.
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
- adverb in a slim or slender manner
slimly; slenderly.
- a slenderly built woman
- slightly built
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saudi
- noun a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian.
- adjective of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people
Saudi-Arabian.
- the Saudi-Arabian desert
- the Saudi royal family
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subscriber
- noun someone who expresses strong approval
ratifier; endorser; indorser.
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
reader.
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montreal
- noun a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world
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have
- noun a person who possesses great material wealth
rich person; wealthy person.
- verb have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
hold; have got.
- She has $1,000 in the bank
- He has got two beautiful daughters
- She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
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import
- noun commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
importation.
- noun an imported person brought from a foreign country
importee.
- the lead role was played by an import from Sweden
- they are descendants of indentured importees
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stature
- noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
- noun (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
height.
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athens
- noun the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
Greek capital; Athinai; capital of Greece.
- in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city
- noun a town in southeast Ohio
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amply
- adverb to an ample degree or in an ample manner
richly.
- these voices were amply represented
- we benefited richly
- adverb sufficiently; more than adequately
fully.
- the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions
- they were fully (or amply) fed
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definitely
- adverb without question and beyond doubt
decidedly; emphatically; in spades; unquestionably; by all odds.
- it was decidedly too expensive
- she told him off in spades
- by all odds they should win
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cicero
- noun a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
- noun a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
Tully; Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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effortlessly
- adverb without effort or apparent effort
- she danced gracefully and effortlessly
- swallows gliding effortlessly through the air
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u.s.
- noun the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
United States government; United States; US Government; U.S. government.
- noun North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
USA; the States; U.S.A.; United States; US; United States of America; America.
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sodom
- noun any location known for vice and corruption
- noun (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
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swell
- noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
crestless wave.
- noun a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
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