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Nouns
1. (n.) missile;
  - a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control;

2. (n.) missile, projectile;
  - a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled;

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Verbs
1. (verb) besot, stupefy;
  - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation;

2. (verb) amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex;
  - be a mystery or bewildering to;
  - “This beats me!”; “Got me–I don’t know the answer!”; “a vexing problem”; “This question really stuck me”;

3. (verb) stun, stupefy;
  - make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow;
  - “stun fish”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) comprise, consist;
  - be composed of;
  - “The land he conquered comprised several provinces”; “What does this dish consist of?”;

2. (verb) comprise, contain, incorporate;
  - include or contain; have as a component;
  - “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”;

3. (verb) be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent;
  - form or compose;
  - “This money is my only income”; “The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”; “These constitute my entire belonging”; “The children made up the chorus”; “This sum represents my entire income for a year”; “These few men comprise his entire army”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) critical review, critique, review, review article;
  - an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play);

2. (n.) criticism, critique;
  - a serious examination and judgment of something;
  - “constructive criticism is always appreciated”;

Verbs
1. (verb) critique, review;
  - appraise critically;
  - “She reviews books for the New York Times”; “Please critique this performance”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness;
  - freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
  - “his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”; “after that failure he lost his confidence”; “she spoke with authority”;

2. (n.) confidence;
  - a feeling of trust (in someone or something);
  - “I have confidence in our team”; “confidence is always borrowed, never owned”;

3. (n.) confidence;
  - a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;
  - “public confidence in the economy”;

4. (n.) confidence, trust;
  - a trustful relationship;
  - “he took me into his confidence”; “he betrayed their trust”;

5. (n.) confidence;
  - a secret that is confided or entrusted to another;
  - “everyone trusted him with their confidences”; “the priest could not reveal her confidences”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) commission, committee;
  - a special group delegated to consider some matter;
  - “a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours”;

2. (n.) citizens committee, committee;
  - a self-constituted organization to promote something;

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Nouns
1. (n.) sanguine;
  - a blood-red color;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) sanguine;
  - confidently optimistic and cheerful;

2. (adj.) florid, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine;
  - inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;
  - “a ruddy complexion”; “Santa’s rubicund cheeks”; “a fresh and sanguine complexion”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless;
  - marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
  - “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”; “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”; “a reckless driver”; “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”;

2. (adj.) heedless, reckless;
  - characterized by careless unconcern;
  - “the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes”; “reckless squandering of public funds”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) bedlam, chaos, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness;
  - a state of extreme confusion and disorder;

2. (n.) bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo’s nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit;
  - pejorative terms for an insane asylum;

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Nouns
1. (n.) gratification, satisfaction;
  - state of being gratified or satisfied;
  - “dull repetitious work gives no gratification”; “to my immense gratification he arrived on time”;

2. (n.) gratification;
  - the act or an instance of satisfying;

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