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  • 101cause — noun 1》 a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.     ↘reasonable grounds for a belief or action. 2》 a principle or movement which one is prepared to defend or advocate.     ↘something deserving of support. 3》 a… …

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  • 102panic — I. n. Fright, affright, alarm, terror, consternation, sudden fear. II. a. Extreme, sudden, imaginary, causeless, violent (applied to fright). III. n. Panic grass, panicum …

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  • 103caprice — caprice, freak, fancy, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet are comparable when denoting an arbitrary notion that usually lacks a logical basis and therefore may be unsound, impractical, or even irrational. Caprice emphasizes the lack of… …

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  • 104freak — I [[t]frik[/t]] n. 1) an abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly 2) pat a person or animal on exhibition as an example of a strange deviation from nature 3) a sudden and apparently causeless change; caprice 4) a capricious… …

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  • 105cause — /kɔz / (say kawz) noun 1. that which produces an effect; the thing, person, etc., from which something results. 2. the ground of any action or result; reason; motive. 3. good or sufficient reason: *she frets without cause. –christina stead, 1944 …

  • 106freak — I. /frik / (say freek) noun 1. a sudden and apparently causeless change or turn of events, the mind, etc.; a capricious notion, occurrence, etc. 2. any abnormal product or curiously unusual object; monstrosity. 3. a person or animal on exhibition …

  • 107gratuitous — [adj1] free chargeless, complimentary, costless, for nothing, gratis, spontaneous, unasked for, unpaid, voluntary, willing; concepts 334,542 Ant. costly, expensive gratuitous [adj2] not necessary assumed, baseless, bottomless, causeless,… …

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  • 108groundless — [adj] without reason, justification baseless, bottomless, causeless, chimerical, empty, false, flimsy, foundationless, gratuitous, idle, illogical, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled for, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unsupported,… …

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  • 109needless — [adj] unnecessary, groundless causeless, dispensable, excessive, expendable, gratuitous, inessential, nonessential, pointless, redundant, superfluous, uncalled for, unde sired, unrequired, unwanted, useless; concepts 546,575 Ant. grounded,… …

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  • 110unnecessary — [adj] not required accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point*, casual, causeless, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, inessential, irrelevant, lavish,… …

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