lenient

20 08 2008

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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amendment

19 08 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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absence

18 08 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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fallacy

17 08 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) fallacy, false belief;
  - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning;

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knowledge

16 08 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) cognition, knowledge, noesis;
  - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning;

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vigilant

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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receipt

14 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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incredible

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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opponent

12 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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statistics

11 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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