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admonish,
admonished,
admonishing,
admonishes.transitive
verbs
to warn someone
because you care to keep them on a pathway of love;
if you admonish someone, you tell them by explaining
in a manner
that is informative
to them that they have done something that needs to be corrected
(they admonished him for taking risks with his safety; she admonished him
gently
that he should rest and not talk so much); to indicate
duties or obligations
to; looking at so as to learn from; to warn
of; reprove
(some of the Psalms were
sung to music and had words to alert others to the concerns of the Creator,
so the people singing would have these points in mind);
to set down
leading towards a particular
way of thinking; to express
warning or disapprovalto
especially
in a gentle, earnest
or solicitous manner; to give
friendly.earnest.advice
or encouragement to; providing.consideration
for sober,
calm and impartial.judgment
admonishment, admonisher.nouns
admonishingly.adverb
admonition.noun,.plural.admonitions
exhortation;
mild, kind, yet earnest
teaching or reproof;
cautionary.advice
or warning
admonitory.adjective
expressing
admonition
ADP.proper
noun
an ester
of
adenosine, C10H15N5O10P2,
that is converted to ATP for the storage
of energy (adenosine diphosphate)
advantage.noun,.plural.advantages
a favorable or beneficial-circumstance,
event,
etc.;
superiority
advantageous.adjective
favorable; useful;
profitable; having an advantage;
beneficial
advantageously.adverb
advantageousness.noun,.plural.advantageousnesses
take advantage of.idiom
to put to good use; avail
oneself of (take advantage of available education); to profit selfishly
by; exploit
(took advantage of a customer's lack of knowledge)
to advantage.idiom
to good effect;
favorably
(roses were displayed on the table to advantage of those entering the home)
adversary.noun,.plural.adversaries
an opponent;
an enemy:.1Peter
5:8 "Be sober and vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour."
adversarial.adjective
relating to or characteristic
of an adversary;
involving.antagonistic.elements
adverse.adjective
contrary
to one's interests
or welfare;
harmful
or unfavorable
(adverse circumstances);
opposed;
contrary
in direction;
hostile;
antagonistic.(adverse
criticism);
moving in an opposite or opposing direction (adverse currents)
adversely.adverb
adverseness.noun,.plural.adversenesses
adversity.noun,.plural.adversities
a state
of hardship or affliction;
misfortune;
a calamitous.event;
misfortune
affable.adjective
easy to approach and talk to; pleasant,
courteous;
likeable;
friendly; having
a pleasant disposition;
amiable
affability.noun,.plural.affabilities
affably.adverb
affiliate, affiliated,
affiliating,
affiliates.verbs
transitive verb senses or use-to
bring or receive into close connection as a member (church members are
affiliates of one another); to associate as a member (affiliates herself
with the local club); to trace the origin of
intransitive
verb senses or use.to connect or associate
oneself; combine
affiliation.noun,.plural.affiliations
the connection or involvement
that someone or something has; a rapport
affinity.noun,.plural.affinities
natural attraction;
connection;
similar thinking; in resonance
with; close relationship;
if you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are
similar
to them or that you know and comprehend
them very well (he has a close affinity with the landscape he knew when
he was growing up); a natural liking (he has an affinity for hockey); common.origin;
a mutual
attraction between a man and a woman
agitate,
agitated,
agitates,
agitated,
agitating.verbs
transitive verb use.to
excite and often trouble
the mind or feelings of, disturb;
to give motion to; to move with an irregular,
rapid
or violent
action (the storm agitated the sea); to discuss
excitedly and earnestly; to
become upset; to
stir
up public discussion of
intransitive verb use.to
attempt
to arouse
public feeling (agitated for better education)
synonyms.shake,
discompose
agitatedly.adverb
agitation.noun,.plural.agitations
the act
of agitating or the state of being
agitated; emotional disturbance;
perturbation
agitational.adjective
agitative, agitational.adjectives
agglomerate,
agglomerates,
agglomerated,
agglomerating.transitive
and.intransitive
verbs
to gather into a cluster;
gathered into a rounded mass; a conglomeration
(an agglomeration of dead cells' excretions
and the dead cells themselves is actually what
a virus is)
agglomerative.adjective
agglomeration noun,.plural.agglomerations
agglomerator.noun,.plural.agglomerators
aggregate.adjective
constituting
or amounting to a whole; total (aggregate sales in that market); crowded
or massed into a dense cluster; composed
of a mixture of minerals separable
by mechanical means
aggregate.noun,
plural.aggregates
a total considered with
reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount (an automobile is an
aggregate of its many components); an empire is the aggregate of many states
under one common; the mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in
making concrete
aggregate,
aggregated,
aggregating,
aggregates.transitive
verbs
to gather into a mass, sum
or whole; to amount to; total
in the aggregate.idiom
taken into account as a
whole (unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000)
aggregately.adverb
aggregation.noun,.plural.aggregations
a group or mass of distinct things
aggregator.noun,.plural.aggregators
aggregative.adjective
agnostic.noun,.plural.agnostics
one who believes that there can be no proof of
the existence of God but does not deny the possibility that God
exists
agnostic.adjective
relating to or being an agnostic; noncommittal
agnostically.adverb
alacrity.noun,.plural.alacrities
cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness;
celerity
alacritous.adjective
alga.noun,.plural.algae.(pronounced
'al guh' and 'al g', as in the alphabet letter)
a group of one celled photosynthetic
plants (eukaryotic) containing
chlorophyl,
found in water or damp places; pond scum; algae
were once considered to be plants but are now classified separately because
they lack true roots, stems, leaves and embryos
annoy, annoyed,
annoying,
annoys.transitive
verbs
to cause slight irritation
to another by troublesome, often repeated acts; to harass
or disturb by repeated attacks; to acerbate
intransitive verb use.to
be annoying
annoying.adjective
causing.vexation
or irritation;
troublesome (an annoying cough)
annoyingly.adverb
annoyance.noun,.plural.annoyances
the act of annoying or the state
of being annoyed; a cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance
achieve, achieved,
achieving,
achieves.verbs
transitive verb use.to
perform or carry out with success; accomplish;
perform;
to attain with effort
or despite.difficulty;
reach (he reached a milestone in his
maturity
when he learned to think before speaking instead of saying the first thing
that comes to mind)
intransitive verb use.to
accomplish something successfully
achievable.adjective
achiever.noun,.plural.achievers
achievement.noun,.plural.achievements
the act of accomplishing
or finishing; something accomplished successfully, especially by means
of exertion, skill, practice or
perseverance;
feat
art.noun,.plural.arts
skill arising from the exercise of intuitive.faculties
(the art of human
relations); skill that is attained by study, practice or observation
(the art of the baker; the blacksmith's art; human effort to imitate, supplement,
alter; the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms,
movements or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty,
specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium;
the study of these activities; the product of these activities; human works
of beauty considered as a group; high quality of conception
or execution, as found in works
of beauty; aesthetic value; a
field or category of art, such
as music, ballet, or literature; a nonscientific branch of learning; one
of the liberal arts; a system of principles and methods employed in the
performance of a set of activities (the art of building); a trade or craft
that applies such a system of principles and methods (the art of the lexicographer
{writing or compiling a dictionary})
artful.adjective
exhibiting
art or skill; sklllful
in accomplishing
a purpose
artfully.adverb
artfulness.noun,.plural.artfulnesses
artistic.adjective
of.or.relating.to
art or artists (the artistic
community);
sensitive
to or appreciative.of
art or beauty (an artistic temperament);
showing imagination and skill (an artistic design)
artistically.adverb
artless.adjective
having or displaying no guile,
cunning
or deceit;
naive;
free of artificiality;
natural (artless charm);
simple in beauty; unsophisticated
(she was devoid
of the phony.sophistication
and overtone
of superiority seen in many girls brought up in an elitist.environment)
artlessly.adverb
artlessness.noun,.plural.artlessnesses
fine art.noun,.plural.fine
arts
art produced or intended.primarily
for beauty rather than utility;
any of the art forms, such as sculpture, painting and music, that are used
to create this art; something requiring highly developed techniques
and skills
(the fine art of teaching; example);
a liberal
arts college course)
accurate.adjective
conforming.exactly
to fact;
errorless; deviating only slightly
or within acceptable limits from a standard;
capable
of providing a correct reading or measurement (an accurate scale)
accurately.adverb
accurateness.noun,.plural.accuratenesses
accuracy.noun
conformity
to fact;
precision;
exactness
antedate, antedated,
antedating,
antedates.transitive
verbs
to be of an earlier date than; precede
in time
adapt, adapted,
adapting,
adapts.verb
transitive verb use.to
make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation
intransitive verb use.to
become adapted (a species that has adapted well to winter climes); accommodate,
adjust, conform, fit, reconcile, the central meaning shared by these verbs
is 'to make suitable to or consistent
with a particular situation
or use'
adapted.themselves
to city life
well
adapted or well-adapted.adjective
accommodated.himself
to the new requirements
adjusting.their
behavior to the rules
conforming.her
life to accord with her moral principles
fitting.herself
into the little dress took some effort made the punishment fit the crime
reconciling the opposites
is a job for each of us
antonym.unfit
adaptable.adjective
capable
of adapting or of being adapted
adaptability.or.adaptableness.noun
adaptive.adjective
tending
to, designed for, suitable for or having a capacity
for adaptation (created adaptive clothing for children and young adults
with special needs)
adaptively.adverb
adaptiveness.noun
adapter.or.adaptor.noun,.plural.adapters.or.adaptors
one that adapts, such as
a device used to effect operative compatibility between different parts
of one or more pieces of apparatus
adaption.or.adaptation.noun,.plural.adaptions.or.adaptationss
an adaption is the same meaning as adaptation
and means the same as resonance
with the environment; adaption
is a modification that makes a species
better able to survive in a particular habitat;
see 'microevolution'; see
the peppered moths evolutionary
fraud
accustomed.adjective
frequently practiced, used or experienced; customary
(spoke with her accustomed friendly manner); usual; being in the habit
of (I am accustomed to getting up early); having been adapted
to the existing environment and conditions (skin not accustomed to bright
sun because people do not know how to properly tan by breaking into longer
times by starting with say, 10 minutes a day)
accustom, accustomed,
accustoming,
accustoms.transitive
verbs
to familiarize,
as by constant practice, use or habit (I have accustomed myself to eating
the main meal around noon)
ardor.noun,.plural.ardors
fiery intensity
of feeling; passion;
strong enthusiasm
or devotion;
zeal
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