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  • 91slightly — adv. Slightly is used with these adjectives: ↑abashed, ↑absurd, ↑afraid, ↑aggrieved, ↑agitated, ↑ajar, ↑alarmed, ↑alarming, ↑aloof, ↑ambiguous, ↑amused, ↑amusing …

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  • 92tobacco — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ stale ▪ pipe ▪ chewing, rolling (esp. BrE) VERB + TOBACCO ▪ …

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  • 93set — Synonyms and related words: A to Z, A to izzard, Brownian movement, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Zeitgeist, abet, accepted, accommodate, accord, accretion, acrid, aculeate, acuminate, acute, adapt, address, adhere, adherence, adhesion, adjust,… …

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  • 94tire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. weary, fatigue, bore, exhaust, jade, fag. See weariness. n. recap, retread; snow, spare, radial, tube, tubeless, or bias ply tire. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wheel, casing, tire and tube; see wheel 1 .… …

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  • 95barren — [[t]bæ̱rən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees. ...the Tibetan landscape of high barren mountains. Ant: fertile 2) ADJ GRADED Barren land consists of soil that is so poor that plants cannot… …

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  • 96fester — [[t]fe̱stə(r)[/t]] festers, festering, festered 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not… …

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  • 97gray — 1. adjective 1) a gray suit Syn: silvery, silver gray, gunmetal, slate, charcoal, smoky 2) his gray hair Syn: white, silver, hoary 3) a gray day …

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  • 98hard — adj 1. firm, solid, solidified, compact, condensed, close, compressed, pressed; flinty, stony, rocky, steely, concrete, hardened, petrified, stonelike, rocklike, glassy, lithoid, marblelike, granitelike; strong, substantial, stout, fixed, stable …

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  • 99stagnate — v 1. rot, decompose, decay, spoil, putrefy; fester, suppurate, Pathol. maturate; deteriorate, degenerate, decline, worsen, go to seed, go to pot; smell, stink, reek; stale, sour. 2. idle, lie idle, slumber, loaf, vegetate, rest; languish, laze,… …

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  • 100shrivel — [v] dehydrate, dry up burn, contract, desiccate, dwindle, fossilize, mummify, mummy, parch, scorch, sear, shrink, stale, welter, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle; concepts 137,250,255 Ant. enlarge, expand, grow, unwrinkle …

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