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Nouns
1. (n.) alder;
  - wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc;

2. (n.) alder, alder tree;
  - north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant;

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Nouns
1. (n.) novel;
  - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story;

2. (n.) novel;
  - a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;
  - “his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels”; “he burned all the novels”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) fresh, new, novel;
  - original and of a kind not seen before;
  - “the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem”;

2. (adj.) novel, refreshing;
  - pleasantly new or different;
  - “common sense of a most refreshing sort”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) latent;
  - potentially existing but not presently evident or realized;
  - “a latent fingerprint”; “latent talent”;

2. (adj.) latent;
  - (pathology) not presently active;
  - “latent infection”; “latent diabetes”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) admissible;
  - deserving to be admitted;
  - “admissible evidence”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish;
  - resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
  - “beastly desires”; “a bestial nature”; “brute force”; “a dull and brutish man”; “bestial treatment of prisoners”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) heady, judicious, wise;
  - marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
  - “judicious use of one’s money”; “a wise decision”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) indifference, nonchalance, unconcern;
  - the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern;

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Verbs
1. (verb) vegetate;
  - lead a passive existence without using one’s body or mind;

2. (verb) vegetate;
  - establish vegetation on;
  - “They vegetated the hills behind their house”;

3. (verb) vegetate;
  - produce vegetation;
  - “The fields vegetate vigorously”;

4. (verb) vegetate;
  - grow like a plant;
  - “This fungus usually vegetates vigorously”;

5. (verb) vegetate;
  - grow or spread abnormally;
  - “warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed”;

6. (verb) vegetate;
  - propagate asexually;
  - “The bacterial growth vegetated along”;

7. (verb) vege out, vegetate;
  - engage in passive relaxation;
  - “After a hard day’s work, I vegetate in front of the television”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) legislate, pass;
  - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
  - “They passed the amendment”; “We cannot legislate how people spend their free time”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant;
  - take the place or move into the position of;
  - “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left”; “the computer has supplanted the slide rule”; “Mary replaced Susan as the team’s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school”;

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