counselor

30 06 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) counsellor, counselor;
  - someone who gives advice about problems;

2. (n.) counsellor, counselor;
  - someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp;

3. (n.) advocate, counsel, counsellor, counselor, counselor-at-law, pleader;
  - a lawyer who pleads cases in court;

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inconsiderable

30 06 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) inconsiderable;
  - too small or unimportant to merit attention;
  - “passed his life in an inconsiderable village”; “their duties were inconsiderable”; “had no inconsiderable influence”;

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torrid

30 06 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid;
  - characterized by intense emotion;
  - “ardent love”; “an ardent lover”; “a fervent desire to change society”; “a fervent admirer”; “fiery oratory”; “an impassioned appeal”; “a torrid love affair”;

2. (adj.) torrid;
  - emotionally charged and vigorously energetic;
  - “a torrid dance”; “torrid jazz bands”; “hot trumpets and torrid rhythms”;

3. (adj.) torrid;
  - extremely hot;
  - “the torrid noonday sun”; “sultry sands of the dessert”;

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mirage

30 06 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) mirage;
  - an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects;

2. (n.) mirage;
  - something illusory and unattainable;

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beatify

30 06 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink;
  - fill with sublime emotion;
  - “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”;

2. (verb) beatify;
  - make blessedly happy;

3. (verb) beatify;
  - declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood;
  - “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”;

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desperate

29 06 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) desperate;
  - a person who is frightened and in need of help;
  - “they prey on the hopes of the desperate”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) despairing, desperate;
  - arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
  - “a despairing view of the world situation”; “the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal”; “a desperate cry for help”; “helpless and desperate–as if at the end of his tether”; “her desperate screams”;

2. (adj.) desperate, do-or-die;
  - desperately determined;
  - “do-or-die revolutionaries”; “a do-or-die conflict”;

3. (adj.) desperate;
  - (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
  - “a desperate criminal”; “taken hostage of desperate men”;

4. (adj.) desperate, heroic;
  - showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
  - “made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber”; “the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war”; “they took heroic measures to save his life”;

5. (adj.) desperate;
  - showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
  - “felt a desperate urge to confess”; “a desperate need for recognition”;

6. (adj.) desperate, dire;
  - fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
  - “a desperate illness”; “on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel”; “a dire emergency”;

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penitential

29 06 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) penitential, penitentiary;
  - showing or constituting penance;
  - “penitential tears”; “wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words”;

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peruse

29 06 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) peruse;
  - examine or consider with attention and in detail;
  - “Please peruse this report at your leisure”;

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occlude

29 06 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude;
  - block passage through;
  - “obstruct the path”;

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conjecture

29 06 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) conjecture, speculation;
  - a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);
  - “speculations about the outcome of the election”; “he dismissed it as mere conjecture”;

2. (n.) conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise;
  - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;

3. (n.) conjecture;
  - reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence;

Verbs
1. (verb) conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize;
  - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
  - “Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”;

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