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  • 31give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …

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  • 32reconcile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. conciliate, propitiate, placate, appease; harmonize, accord; settle. See pacification, agreement, compromise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To adjust] Syn. adapt, arrange, regulate, square; see adjust 1 …

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  • 33submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …

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  • 34Submission — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Submission >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 submission submission yielding Sgm: N 1 nonresistance nonresistance Sgm: N 1 obedience obedience &c. 743 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 surrender surrender cession …

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  • 35knuckle — n 1. finger joint, knucklebone; joint, articulation, geniculation; angle, bend, crook, hook. 2. joint of meat, cut of meat. v 3. knuckle down Informal. apply oneself, exert oneself, lay oneself out, put oneself out; buckle down, get down to, put… …

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  • 36List of self-contradicting words in English — This is a list of self contradicting English words that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Such words are also known as auto… …

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  • 37bow — I v 1. kneel before, salaam, genuflect, curtsey, nod, bob; prostrate oneself, fall on one s knees, lie prone, throw oneself at the feet of; bend the knee to, bend to, humble oneself to, defer to, stoop, get down. 2. bow and scrape grovel, truckle …

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  • 38pocket — n 1. bag, pouch, sack, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Southwestern U.S. alforja, Obs. budget; saddle bag, sabretache; mail bag, mail pouch; pack, packet, satchel, container, receptacle, reticule, compartment, envelope. 2. budget, purse, pocketbook; …

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  • 39put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …

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  • 40support — v 1. bear, bear up, upbear, hold, hold up, uphold, truss, truss up; prop, prop up, brace, bolster, bolster up, buttress, gird, stay, mainstay; carry, shoulder, keep up, crutch, shore, shore up, reinforce, re strengthen; bed, embed, base, be at… …

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