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111research — n. 1) to conduct, do, pursue research 2) detailed, laborious, painstaking, solid, thorough; independent; original research 3) animal; market; medical; operations; scientific; space research 4) research in, into, on (research on the development of …
112demanding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arduous, difficult; insistent, exacting. See difficulty, command. Ant., lax, permissive. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Difficult] Syn. hard, taxing, troublesome; see difficult 1 , onerous . 2.… …
113grind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pulverize, crush; sharpen, whet, file, polish; masticate, chew, crunch; rasp, grate; oppress, harass. See friction, powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A difficult or tedious job] Syn. drudgery, toil …
114stiff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rigid, inflexible, firm, non fluid; strong, brisk; difficult, hard; severe, excessive; formal, unreserved; awkward, stilted. See hardness, severity, affectation, inelegance, restraint, pride.Ant.,… …
115strenuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vigorous, energetic, dynamic; arduous, exhausting, straining, laborious. See exertion. Ant., easy, unstrenuous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arduous, demanding, exhausting, vigorous; see active 2 ,… …
116toilsome — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Difficult] Syn. laborious, strenuous, hard; see difficult 1 . 2. [Dull] Syn. tedious, boring, wearisome; see dull 4 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. laborious, hard, arduous, difficult, backbreaking, strenuous,… …
117wearisome — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Burdensome] Syn. laborious, strenuous, toilsome; see onerous . 2. [Boring] Syn. tedious, tiresome, vapid; see dull 4 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tiring, tiresome, exhausting, fatiguing, taxing, draining, sapping,… …
118backbreaking — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. strenuous, arduous, taxing, laborious, crippling, crushing, bankrupting, exhausting. ANT.: light, easy, *child s play II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual… …
119laboriously — (adv.) early 15c., with difficulty, laboriously, slowly, from LABORIOUS (Cf. laborious) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). Meaning earnestly, strongly is from c.1500 …
120labored — adjective 1) labored breathing Syn: strained, difficult, forced, laborious 2) Wang s labored alibi only hurt his defense Syn: contrived, strained, stilted, forced, stiff, unnatural, artificial …
