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121unwind — Synonyms and related words: calm down, clarify, clear up, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool it, cool off, disembroil, disentangle, disintricate, disinvolve, ease, ease off, ease up, get organized, let down, let up, let up on, loosen up,… …
122yield — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, accede, accept, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, acknowledge, acknowledge defeat, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, administer, admit, afford, aftermath, agree, agree provisionally,… …
123arch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, arc, vault. See convexity, concavity, curvature. adj. cunning, roguish; preeminent, chief. See superiority. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Main] Syn. chief, main, principal; see principal . 2.… …
124condescend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. stoop, deign, descend, vouchsafe. See humility, pride. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. vouchsafe, stoop, deign, lower oneself, humble oneself, demean oneself, degrade oneself, submit with good grace,… …
125curl — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roll, wave, ripple, spiral, twist, coil. See convolution, curvature. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ringlet, coil, spiral, wave, kink, curlicue, lock, tress, lovelock; see also coil , hair 1 , lock 2 . v. 1 …
126grim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fearful, stern, fierce, forbidding; inflexible; ruthless; grisly, horrible. See resolution, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sullen] Syn. crabbed, sour, repellent, crusty, gloomy, intractable,… …
127inexorable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unrelenting, unyielding, inflexible, firm. See severity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Implacable] Syn. unyielding, inflexible, obdurate; see cruel 2 , obstinate . 2. [Necessary] Syn. relentless,… …
128intransigent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncompromising, unrelenting, inflexible. See resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncompromising, tenacious, stubborn; see obstinate , resolute 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …
