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Nouns
1. (n.) resemblance;
  - similarity in appearance or external or superficial details;

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Verbs
1. (verb) exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass;
  - be or do something to a greater degree;
  - “her performance surpasses that of any other student I know”; “She outdoes all other athletes”; “This exceeds all my expectations”; “This car outperforms all others in its class”;

2. (verb) distance, outdistance, outstrip;
  - go far ahead of;
  - “He outdistanced the other runners”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) apocalypse;
  - a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil;

2. (n.) apocalypse, book of revelation, revelation, revelation of saint john the divine;
  - the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle;

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Nouns
1. (n.) mathematical statistician, statistician;
  - a mathematician who specializes in statistics;

2. (n.) actuary, statistician;
  - someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums);

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Nouns
1. (n.) commiseration, condolence;
  - an expression of sympathy with another’s grief;
  - “they sent their condolences”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) skiing;
  - a sport in which participants must travel on skis;

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Nouns
1. (n.) bluster, bravado;
  - a swaggering show of courage;

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Verbs
1. (verb) abhor, abominate, execrate, loathe;
  - find repugnant;
  - “I loathe that man”; “She abhors cats”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) efficacious;
  - marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect;
  - “written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices…of the readers”; “the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough”;

2. (adj.) effective, effectual, efficacious;
  - producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect;
  - “an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch’s broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation”; “effective teaching methods”; “effective steps toward peace”; “made an effective entrance”; “his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action”; “an efficacious law”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) sensuous;
  - taking delight in beauty;
  - “the sensuous joy from all things fair”;

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