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Adjectives
1. (adj.) self-generated, spontaneous;
  - happening or arising without apparent external cause;
  - “spontaneous laughter”; “spontaneous combustion”; “a spontaneous abortion”;

2. (adj.) ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten;
  - said or done without having been planned or written in advance;
  - “he made a few ad-lib remarks”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) discountenance;
  - look with disfavor on;
  - “The republic soon discountenanced its few friends”;

2. (verb) discountenance;
  - show disapproval by discouraging;
  - “any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall;
  - an embarrassing mistake;

Verbs
1. (verb) ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil;
  - make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
  - “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”; “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”;

2. (verb) bungle;
  - spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly;
  - “I bungled it!”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) prescript, rule;
  - prescribed guide for conduct or action;

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Nouns
1. (n.) making, qualification;
  - an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something;
  - “her qualifications for the job are excellent”; “one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree”; “she has the makings of fine musician”;

2. (n.) qualification;
  - the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea;
  - “his new position involves a qualification of his party’s platform”;

3. (n.) qualification, reservation;
  - a statement that limits or restricts some claim;
  - “he recommended her without any reservations”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance;
  - attract; cause to be enamored;
  - “She captured all the men’s hearts”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) payee;
  - a person to whom money is paid;

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Nouns
1. (n.) occult, supernatural;
  - supernatural forces and events and beings collectively;
  - “She doesn’t believe in the supernatural”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) supernatural;
  - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material;
  - “supernatural forces and occurrences and beings”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) interrupt;
  - a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out;

Verbs
1. (verb) break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt;
  - make a break in;
  - “We interrupt the program for the following messages”;

2. (verb) disturb, interrupt;
  - destroy the peace or tranquility of;
  - “Don’t interrupt me when I’m reading”;

3. (verb) disrupt, interrupt;
  - interfere in someone else’s activity;
  - “Please don’t interrupt me while I’m on the phone”;

4. (verb) break, interrupt;
  - terminate;
  - “She interrupted her pregnancy”; “break a lucky streak”; “break the cycle of poverty”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) gendarme;
  - a French policeman;

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