veracious

26 12 2007

Adjectives
1. (adj.) veracious;
  - habitually speaking the truth;
  - “a veracious witness”;

2. (adj.) right, veracious;
  - precisely accurate;
  - “a veracious account”;

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insensible

26 12 2007

Adjectives
1. (adj.) insensible;
  - incapable of physical sensation;
  - “insensible to pain”; “insensible earth”;

2. (adj.) insensible, unaffected;
  - unaware of or indifferent to;
  - “insensible to the suffering around him”;

3. (adj.) indiscernible, insensible, undetectable;
  - barely able to be perceived;
  - “the transition was almost indiscernible”; “an almost insensible change”;

4. (adj.) insensible, senseless;
  - unresponsive to stimulation;
  - “he lay insensible where he had fallen”; “drugged and senseless”;

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advert

26 12 2007

Nouns
1. (n.) ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing;
  - a public promotion of some product or service;

Verbs
1. (verb) advert, attend, give ear, hang, pay heed;
  - give heed (to);
  - “The children in the audience attended the recital quietly”; “She hung on his every word”; “They attended to everything he said”;

2. (verb) advert, allude, touch;
  - make a more or less disguised reference to;
  - “He alluded to the problem but did not mention it”;

3. (verb) advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer;
  - make reference to;
  - “His name was mentioned in connection with the invention”;

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demobilize

26 12 2007

Verbs
1. (verb) demobilise, demobilize, inactivate;
  - release from military service or remove from the active list of military service;

2. (verb) demob, demobilise, demobilize;
  - retire from military service;

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circumspect

25 12 2007

Adjectives
1. (adj.) circumspect, discreet;
  - heedful of potential consequences;
  - “circumspect actions”; “physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use”; “a discreet investor”;

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duration

25 12 2007

Nouns
1. (n.) continuance, duration;
  - the period of time during which something continues;

2. (n.) continuance, duration;
  - the property of enduring or continuing in time;

3. (n.) duration, length;
  - continuance in time;
  - “the ceremony was of short duration”; “he complained about the length of time required”;

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polyhedron

25 12 2007

Nouns
1. (n.) polyhedron;
  - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces;

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indefinitely

25 12 2007

Adverbs
1. (adv.) indefinitely;
  - to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time;
  - “this could go on indefinitely”;

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cajole

24 12 2007

Verbs
1. (verb) blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle;
  - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;
  - “He palavered her into going along”;

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perceive

24 12 2007

Verbs
1. (verb) comprehend, perceive;
  - to become aware of through the senses;
  - “I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon”;

2. (verb) perceive;
  - become conscious of;
  - “She finally perceived the futility of her protest”;

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