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101sharp — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scearp; akin to Old High German scarf sharp and perhaps to Old English scrapian to scrape more at scrape Date: before 12th century 1. adapted to cutting or piercing: as a. having a thin… …
102literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
103sharp — 1. adjective 1) a sharp knife Syn: keen, razor edged; sharpened, honed See note at keen Ant: blunt 2) a sharp pain Syn …
104List of Narnian creatures — Narnian creatures are any non human inhabitants of Narnia, the fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as a setting for his The Chronicles of Narnia. This is a series of commentaries on the creatures of Narnia. Entries include information on… …
105acute — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellian, Machiavellic, absorbing, acanthoid, acanthous, accurate, acicular, acrid, active, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, afflictive, aggravated, aggressive, agonizing, alert, animated, apperceptive,… …
106clever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adroit, skillful; talented, adept, gifted; smart, cute. See skill, cunning. Ant., dull, witless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Mentally quick] Syn. smart, bright, intelligent, quick, shrewd, ingenious …
107acute — adj 1. pointed, sharpened, peaked, cus pated, cuspidate, acuate, Botr apiculate; needle shaped; acicular, aciculate, Bot., Zool. acuminate; barbed, prickly, spinous, acanthaceous, echinate, pectinated. 2. sharp, intense, cutting, piercing,… …
108piercing — adj 1.(usu. of sound) loud, blaring, shrill, high pitched, high; earsplitting, ear shattering, eardrum puncturing, air rending; strident, grating, harsh, cacophonous; screeching, squealing, squeaking, shrieking. 2.(usu. of eyes) penetrating,… …
109ready — adj 1. prepared, primed, all set, set, in readiness, Latin, semper paratus, Latin, animis opibusque parati; in condition, fit, in shape, in practice, on one s toes; up to, equal to; mature, ripe, seasoned; equipped, booted and spurred, fitted out …
110quick — [adj1] fast, speedy abrupt, accelerated, active, agile, alert, a move on*, animated, ASAP*, breakneck*, brief, brisk, cursory, curt, double time*, energetic, expeditious, expeditive, express, fleet, flying, going, harefooted*, hasty, headlong,… …
