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Nouns
1. (n.) emperor;
  - the male ruler of an empire;

2. (n.) emperor;
  - red table grape of California;

3. (n.) emperor, emperor moth, saturnia pavonia;
  - large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings;

4. (n.) emperor, emperor butterfly;
  - large richly colored butterfly;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) corrigible;
  - capable of being corrected or set right;
  - “a corrigible defect”; “a corrigible prisoner”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker;
  - someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures;

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Nouns
1. (n.) prevalence;
  - the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread;
  - “he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future”;

2. (n.) prevalence;
  - (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population;

3. (n.) preponderance, prevalence;
  - a superiority in numbers or amount;
  - “a preponderance of evidence against the defendant”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy;
  - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
  - “the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”; “the earthquake was a disaster”;

2. (n.) catastrophe, disaster;
  - a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;
  - “lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system”; “his policies were a disaster”;

3. (n.) cataclysm, catastrophe;
  - a sudden violent change in the earth’s surface;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) likely;
  - has a good chance of being the case or of coming about;
  - “these services are likely to be available to us all before long”; “she is likely to forget”; “a likely place for a restaurant”; “the broken limb is likely to fall”; “rain is likely”; “a likely topic for investigation”; “likely candidates for the job”;

2. (adj.) likely, probable;
  - likely but not certain to be or become true or real;
  - “a likely result”; “he foresaw a probable loss”;

3. (adj.) likely, potential;
  - expected to become or be; in prospect;
  - “potential clients”;

4. (adj.) likely;
  - within the realm of credibility;
  - “not a very likely excuse”;

Adverbs
1. (adv.) belike, in all likelihood, in all probability, likely, probably;
  - with considerable certainty; without much doubt;
  - “He is probably out of the country”; “in all likelihood we are headed for war”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) virulence, virulency;
  - extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease);
  - “the virulence of the plague”;

2. (n.) virulence, virulency;
  - extreme hostility;
  - “the virulence of the malicious old man”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully;
  - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone;
  - “The journalists have defamed me!”; “The article in the paper sullied my reputation”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) admit, allow in, intromit, let in;
  - allow to enter; grant entry to;
  - “We cannot admit non-members into our club building”; “This pipe admits air”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) corpulent, obese, rotund, weighty;
  - excessively fat;
  - “a weighty man”;

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