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Adjectives
1. (adj.) eligible;
  - qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen;
  - “eligible to run for office”; “eligible for retirement benefits”; “an eligible bachelor”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) imperfectible;
  - capable of being made imperfect;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid;
  - slow and apathetic;
  - “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”;

2. (adj.) dormant, hibernating, torpid;
  - in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
  - “dormant buds”; “a hibernating bear”; “torpid frogs”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) scruple;
  - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains;

2. (n.) misgiving, qualm, scruple;
  - uneasiness about the fitness of an action;

3. (n.) scruple;
  - an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action;

Verbs
1. (verb) scruple;
  - hesitate on moral grounds;
  - “The man scrupled to perjure himself”;

2. (verb) scruple;
  - raise scruples;
  - “He lied and did not even scruple about it”;

3. (verb) scruple;
  - have doubts about;

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Nouns
1. (n.) brae;
  - a slope or hillside;

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Nouns
1. (n.) mag, magazine;
  - a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it;
  - “it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money”;

2. (n.) magazine;
  - product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object;
  - “tripped over a pile of magazines”;

3. (n.) magazine, magazine publisher;
  - a business firm that publishes magazines;
  - “he works for a magazine”;

4. (n.) cartridge, magazine;
  - a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required;

5. (n.) magazine, powder magazine, powder store;
  - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored;

6. (n.) cartridge clip, cartridge holder, clip, magazine;
  - a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun;

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Nouns
1. (n.) demon, devil, fiend, monster, ogre;
  - a cruel wicked and inhuman person;

2. (n.) ogre;
  - (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant;
  - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
  - “rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day”; “a triumphal success”; “a triumphant shout”;

2. (adj.) elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant;
  - full of high-spirited delight;
  - “a joyful heart”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) anticipate, expect;
  - regard something as probable or likely;
  - “The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”;

2. (verb) ask, expect, require;
  - consider obligatory; request and expect;
  - “We require our secretary to be on time”; “Aren’t we asking too much of these children?”; “I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons”;

3. (verb) await, expect, look, wait;
  - look forward to the probable occurrence of;
  - “We were expecting a visit from our relatives”; “She is looking to a promotion”; “he is waiting to be drafted”;

4. (verb) expect;
  - consider reasonable or due;
  - “I’m expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed”;

5. (verb) expect;
  - look forward to the birth of a child;
  - “She is expecting in March”;

6. (verb) bear, carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven;
  - be pregnant with;
  - “She is bearing his child”; “The are expecting another child in January”; “I am carrying his child”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) affect;
  - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion;

Verbs
1. (verb) affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on;
  - have an effect upon;
  - “Will the new rules affect me?”;

2. (verb) affect;
  - act physically on; have an effect upon;
  - “the medicine affects my heart rate”;

3. (verb) affect, involve, regard;
  - connect closely and often incriminatingly;
  - “This new ruling affects your business”;

4. (verb) affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham;
  - make believe with the intent to deceive;
  - “He feigned that he was ill”; “He shammed a headache”;

5. (verb) affect, impress, move, strike;
  - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
  - “This child impressed me as unusually mature”; “This behavior struck me as odd”;

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