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Adjectives
1. (adj.) indulgent, lenient, soft;
- tolerant or lenient;
- “indulgent parents risk spoiling their children”; “too soft on the children”; “they are soft on crime”;
2. (adj.) lenient;
- not strict;
- “an easy teacher”; “easy standards”; “lenient rules”; “an easy penalty”;
3. (adj.) lenient;
- characterized by tolerance and mercy;
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2008
Nouns
1. (n.) amendment;
- the act of amending or correcting;
2. (n.) amendment;
- a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.);
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2008
Nouns
1. (n.) absence;
- the state of being absent;
- “he was surprised by the absence of any explanation”;
2. (n.) absence;
- failure to be present;
3. (n.) absence;
- the time interval during which something or somebody is away;
- “he visited during my absence”;
4. (n.) absence, absence seizure;
- the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy;
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2008
Nouns
1. (n.) fallacy, false belief;
- a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning;
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2008
Nouns
1. (n.) cognition, knowledge, noesis;
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning;
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15
08
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful;
- carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger;
- “a policy of open-eyed awareness”; “the vigilant eye of the town watch”; “there was a watchful dignity in the room”; “a watchful parent with a toddler in tow”;
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08
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) receipt, reception;
- the act of receiving;
2. (n.) receipt;
- an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made;
Verbs
1. (verb) acknowledge, receipt;
- report the receipt of;
- “The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper”;
2. (verb) receipt;
- mark or stamp as paid;
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13
08
2008
Adjectives
1. (adj.) incredible, unbelievable;
- beyond belief or understanding;
- “at incredible speed”; “the book’s plot is simply incredible”;
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08
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) opponent, opposite, opposition;
- a contestant that you are matched against;
2. (n.) adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister;
- someone who offers opposition;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) opponent, opposing;
- characterized by active hostility;
- “opponent (or opposing) armies”;
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08
2008
Nouns
1. (n.) statistics;
- a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters;
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