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22-Aug-2023 (3) ...................................................................................................................................... 1
To authorise ............................................................................................................................................ 2
To vouch for............................................................................................................................................. 3
To disallow............................................................................................................................................... 3
To proscribe........................................................................................................................................... 4
To qualify ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Autocracy ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Supplement ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Autonomous (adj) ................................................................................................................................... 5
Cu privire la ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Auxiliary .................................................................................................................................................. 6
Available (adj).......................................................................................................................................... 7
To avenge ................................................................................................................................................ 9
TO castigate ........................................................................................................................................... 10
To scourge ............................................................................................................................................. 10
TO penalise............................................................................................................................................ 10
To requite .............................................................................................................................................. 11
To soil .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Dirty....................................................................................................................................................... 11
Severely ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Seriously ................................................................................................................................................ 17
Thoroughly ............................................................................................................................................ 18
TO overrun ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Aware .................................................................................................................................................... 28
Witting (adj) .......................................................................................................................................... 28
To wit ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Awry ...................................................................................................................................................... 29
To tumble .............................................................................................................................................. 29
To rise .................................................................................................................................................... 33
Grim ...................................................................................................................................................... 34
Stern ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Resolute ................................................................................................................................................ 35

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Away ...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Awful (adj) ............................................................................................................................................. 37
Awkward (adj) ....................................................................................................................................... 37
TO avouch ............................................................................................................................................. 38

To authorise
TO sanction

TO ratify

also British au·tho·rise \ ˈȯ-thə-ˌrīz

\
inflected form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
1a: to endorse, empower, justify, or permit by or as if by some recognized or proper authority (such as
custom, evidence, personal right, or regulating power)<authorize a new version>:

SANCTION<idiom authorized by use><he was not authorized to use my name><I would on no

account authorize in my girls the smallest degree of arrogance — Jane Austen>

barchaic : to furnish grounds for : JUSTIFY

2obsolete : to vouch for : confirm the truth or reality of by alleging one's own or another's authority
To vouch for
To authorise
To ratify
To warrant

3obsolete : to give legality or effective force to (a power, instrument, order)

4a: to endow with authority or effective legal power, warrant, or right : appoint, empower, or warrant
regularly, legally, or officially<Congress has authorized the President to suspend the operation of a
Statute — O. W. Holmes †1935><before Ferdinand and Isabella authorized the first voyage — Times
Literary Supplement>
b: to grant or allot by proper authority<a million dollars authorized for the new bridge>
To grant
to allot
to authorise

1to give official or legal power to

only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

Synonyms accredit, certify, charter [British], commission, empower, enable, invest, license (also
licence), qualify, vest, warrant

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Related Words approve, clear, credential, endorse (also indorse), OK (or okay), sanction; affirm,
confirm, validate; inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, swear in; allow, let, permit; enfranchise,
entitle, privilege

Near Antonyms ban, bar, block, constrain, deny, disallow, disbar, discourage, disenfranchise,
disfranchise, exclude, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, shut out, stop; enjoin,
forbid, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonyms disqualify

2to give a right to

this pass will authorize you to go backstage

Synonyms entitle, privilege, qualify

Related Words empower, enable, enfranchise, license (also licence); approve, endorse (also indorse);
allow, let, permit; accredit, certificate, certify, charter [British], ratify; legitimize, sanction, validate,
warrant; reaccredit, reapprove, recertify, recharter, revalidate

Near Antonyms disable, disempower, disenfranchise; decertify; disallow, forbid, proscribe;

delegitimize, invalidate, nullify

Antonyms disqualify

3to give official acceptance of as satisfactory

a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's
highest standards

Synonyms accredit, approbate, approve, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, homologate, OK (or
okay), ratify, sanction, warrant

Related Words accept, acknowledge, affirm; certify, endorse (also indorse), validate; bless, canonize,
sanctify; initial, rubber-stamp, sign, sign off (on); allow, enable, legalize, license (also licence), pass,
permit; reapprove

Near Antonyms ban, enjoin, forbid, illegalize, interdict, prohibit, proscribe; disregard, ignore,
neglect, overlook; rebuff, rebut, refuse, spurn

Antonyms decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, turn down, veto

To vouch for

To disallow
to declare not to be true

disallowing the philosophical concept of free will

Synonyms contradict, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate,
negative, refute, reject, repudiate

Related Words traverse; challenge, confute, disprove, rebut; disagree (with), dispute

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Near Antonyms accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; affirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare,
maintain, profess, submit; authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify

Antonyms acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own

2to be unwilling to grant

disallowed the defendant's request for a new trial

Synonyms decline, deny, disapprove, negative, nix, refuse, reject, reprobate, withhold

Related Words ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto; rebuff, repel, spurn; check, constrain,
curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrict; balk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct

Near Antonyms afford, furnish, give, provide, supply; authorize, commission, license (also licence);
accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrant; accord, sanction,
vouchsafe

Antonyms allow, concede, grant, let, OK (or okay), permit

transitive verb
1archaic : to refuse to commend or approve : disapprove of
2: to deny the force, truth, or validity of<disallowing the philosophical concept of free
will><tax officials disallowed the company's claim>
3: to refuse to allow : REJECT<disallowed his timid request to take the afternoon off>
4[Anglo-French desallower, from Middle French des- 1DIS- + allouer to
approve] : VETO<disallowing the charter>—used chiefly of British parliamentary
practice<the king in council disallowed colonial statutes harmful to the British
interest><the Canadian federal government has not disallowed the Quebec statute>
intransitive verb
obsolete : to refuse approval or sanction —used with of

tr.v. dis·al·lowed, dis·al·low·ing, dis·al·lows

1. To refuse to allow: "[The government] disallowed his aging and dying parents any reunion with their
only child" (John Simon).
2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
He ruled that my testimony should be disallowed.

To proscribe
tr.v. pro·scribed, pro·scrib·ing, pro·scribes
1. To prohibit; forbid: foods that are proscribed by religious dietary laws. See Synonyms at forbid.
2. To denounce or condemn: "The small sins of natural pleasure that we see ... mildly proscribed in th
e confession manuals of the late Middle Ages" (James Turner).
3.
a. To banish or outlaw (a person): "Emperors took it on themselves to proscribe heretics" (Garry Wills)
.
b. To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.

aRoman & civil law : to post or publish the name of (a person) as condemned to death with his property
forfeited to the state

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b: to put outside the law : OUTLAW<lasting pacts proscribing warfare exist between many primitive
societies — Notes & Queries on Anthropology>
2: to condemn or forbid as harmful : PROHIBIT<any definition of security gets to be so broad as
to proscribe practically any free-flowing news — J. S. Pope>
pro·scrib·er \ -bə(r) \ noun, plural -s

To qualify
v.tr.
1.
a. To make competent or eligible for an office, position, or task: Your experience qualifies you for this j
ob.
b. To declare competent or capable, as to practice a profession; certify: This diploma qualifies you to t
each in public schools.
c. To render deserving of a descriptor by having or enumerating certain necessary characteristics: Do
the student's ongoing difficulties in class qualify his situation as a medical problem?
2.
a. To modify, limit, or restrict, as by listing exceptions or reservations: I would qualify my praise of his
enthusiasm with a warning about rashness.
b. To make less harsh or severe; moderate: I qualified my criticism to avoid offending anyone. See Sy
nonyms at moderate.
3. Grammar To modify the meaning of (a noun, for example).
v.intr.
1. To be or become qualified: The performance qualifies as one of the best I've ever seen.
2. To reach the later stages of a selection process or contest by competing successfully in earlier roun
ds.

Autocracy
n. pl. au·toc·ra·cies
1. Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism.
2. A country or state that is governed by a single person with unlimited power.

Supplement
Signature by hand (affix)

Coins issued by

Documents issued by an org

Autonomous (adj)
adj.
1. Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomou
s division of a corporate conglomerate.
2. Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
3.
a. Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
b. Of or relating to a self-governing entity: an autonomous legislature.
c. Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs: an autonomous region of a country.
4. Autonomic.

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: of, relating to, or marked by autonomy
2a: having the right or power of self-government : possessing a certain degree of political
autonomy<autonomous states>
b: undertaken or carried on without outside control : SELF-CONTAINED<an autonomous school
system>
c: possessing individual autonomy : morally self-legislating<an autonomous will>: self-directed in
personality<he is no mere conformist—he's autonomous>
3biology
a: existing or capable of existing independently<an autonomous zooid>: being a perfect
whole : not forming a part (as does an embryo or seed) in the developmental sequence of an
organism
b: responding, reacting, or developing independently of the whole<a tumor is
an autonomous growth>
4: AUTONOMIC 3
5: under control of the autonomic nervous system : AUTOMATIC
6: issued by a political entity having the right of independent coinage<ancient autonomous coins
minted by a subject city in the Roman Empire>
7: semi-independent and partially self-governing —used of some Eastern Orthodox churches

Cu privire la
With respect to
With regard to
In regation to
Toward
Relative to

Auxiliary
adj.
1. Giving assistance or support; helping.
Auxiliary role

2. Acting as a subsidiary; supplementary: the main library and its auxiliary branches.
Suplimentar

3. Held in or used as a reserve: auxiliary troops; an auxiliary power generator.

An auxiliary generator
Auxiliary staff
Auxiliary resources

4. Nautical Equipped with a motor as well as sails.

5. Grammar Of, relating to, or being an auxiliary verb.
n. pl. aux·il·ia·ries
1. An individual or group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity: a volunteers' auxiliary at a
hospital.
An auxiliary at a hospital

2. A member of a foreign body of troops serving a country in war.

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3. Grammar An auxiliary verb.
4. Nautical
a. A sailing vessel equipped with a motor.
b. A vessel, such as a supply ship or a tug, that is designed for and used in instances and services ot
her than combat.

: offering or providing help, assistance, or support especially by interaction<neither philosophy

nor science has ever been more closely auxiliary to literature than at the moment — Wylie
Sypher>
b: functioning in a subsidiary capacity<an auxiliary branch of the state university>
2of a verb : accompanying a nonfinite verb form that expresses the main verbal meaning of its
clause, expressing typically such things as person, number, mood, and tense, and finite in form
unless accompanied by another auxiliary verb, in which case only one is finite (such as be, have,
do, will, can, in such expressions as "we were standing there", "I move the nominations be
closed", "he has been informed", "where do they live?", "he will write", "I can swim",
German haben, sein, werden, dürfen, or French avoir, être, pouvoir, devoir, in similar
expressions)
3: augmenting or available to augment a basic power, potential, or ability: such as
a: SUPPLEMENTARY<with auxiliary instruments the new telescope has more power>
b: RESERVE<the auxiliary police were called to the disaster area><auxiliary power plant>
4of a boat : equipped with an inboard engine to supplement the motive power of
sails<an auxiliary sloop>

vailable to supply something extra when needed

the auditorium has an auxiliary cooling system used only on particularly sweltering days

Synonyms accessorial, accessory, appurtenant, peripheral, supplemental, supplementary

Related Words backup, makeshift, substitute; added, additional, another, further; complementary,
contributory; adjuvant, assistant, assisting, helping, supportive, tributary; secondary, subordinate,
subservient, subsidiary; dispensable, excess, nonessential, superfluous, surplus, unessential

Near Antonyms basic, fundamental, primary, prime; all-important, essential, imperative,

indispensable, integral, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, vital

Antonyms chief, main, principal

makeshift
accessory
supplementary
substitute

Available (adj)
obsolete : capable of availing : having sufficient power or force to achieve an end
barchaic : having a beneficial effect

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2: VALID —used of a legal plea or charge<all charges must be good and available>or of a taxonomic
designation not currently preferred but properly published and not invalidated by other usages
3: such as may be availed of : capable of use for the accomplishment of a purpose : immediately
utilizable<the first thing to concentrate on was the sinking of the German navy on any available pretext —
G. B. Shaw>
Care poate fi utilizat in acest moment

4a: that is accessible or may be obtained : personally obtainable (as for employment)<physicist,
industrial and academic experience, wants position, available late summer>: at disposal especially for sale
or utilization<available in many colors and sizes><latest readily available information>
b: free and able to do something at a particular time<I just needed to be available—available to meet
with the Grand Slam committee, that kind of thing happens right before the finals of tournaments. —
Venus Williams, quoted in Jet, 3 Sept. 2007><A trio of Manhattan career babes … fabulously dressed
and available for drinks midday … — Joanne Ostrow, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2008><The people who made
history here are still among us, available for lunch. — Mike Cassidy, Seattle Times, 22 Sept. 2008>
c: not involved in a romantic relationship<A wealthy Toronto widower now in his late 70s whose wife
died 12 years ago says that after a newspaper article revealed his eligibility, he was besieged with letters
from available women … — Anne Kingston, Maclean's, 3 Dec. 2007>
5a: having the requisite political associations and circumstantial qualifications for winning election to
office — compare AVAILABILITY 1
b: willing to accept nomination for or election to an office<he announced that he was available for the
nomination>
6a: present in such chemical or physical form especially in the soil as to be capable of being utilized by a
plant or animal<available nitrogen><available phosphorus><available water>
bof a chemical element or compound : in a reactive form<available alkali>
avail·able·ness noun, plural -es
avail·ably \ ə-ˈvā-lə-blē
\ adverb
Avaulable to meet
Available for interview
Free and iwlling to do smth

Capable of being reached;accessible

That entrance is avalable
The system is available
This device is available
The seats are available
Entrance is available
Registration is still available

Qualified and willing to do smth

Available workers

Available for the nominations

Usable – available – serviceable – operable

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 attainable – obtainable – available – procurable

unobtainable – unattainable - inaccessible

possible to get

the nursery's orchids are available by mail order only

fare information is readily available by using the toll-free number

Synonyms accessible, acquirable, attainable, obtainable, procurable

Related Words getatable, reachable; appropriable, purchasable, rentable; furnished, provided,

supplied; common, omnipresent, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal, widespread; free, free-for-all,
open, public, unrestricted

Synonymous Phrases at the ready, on hand, on file, on tap

Near Antonyms limited, off-limits, restricted; deficient, lacking, missing, rare, scarce, uncommon

Antonyms inaccessible, unattainable, unavailable, unobtainable

2capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose

my car is available should you need a way to get to the mall

Synonyms employable, exploitable, fit, functional, operable, practicable, serviceable, usable (also
useable), useful

Related Words applicable, relevant; doable, feasible, viable, workable; reusable

Antonyms impracticable, inoperable, nonfunctional, unavailable, unemployable, unusable

adj.
1. Present and ready for use; at hand; accessible: kept a fire extinguisher available at all times.
2. Capable of being gotten; obtainable: a bedspread available in three colors.
3. Qualified and willing to serve or assist: a list of available candidates; was not available for comment
available car – available equipment.
4.
a. Chemistry Capable of being used in a chemical reaction: available electrons.
b. Botany Present, as in soil, and capable of being used by plants as a nutrient: available water; avail
able minerals.

To avenge
tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es
1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder.
2. To take vengeance on behalf of: avenged their wronged parents.

To retaliate – to revenge

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TO castigate
vb
(tr) to rebuke or criticize in a severe manner; chastise

To reprimand very severely

To scourge
n.
1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war
.
2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.
tr.v. scourged, scourg·ing, scourg·es
1. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
2. To chastise severely; excoriate.
3. To flog.

1to bring destruction to (something) through violent action

barbarians scourged the countryside, leaving village after village burned to the ground

Synonyms destroy, devastate, ravage, ruin

Related Words despoil, foray, harry, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack, strip; annihilate, desolate,
eradicate, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, nuke, obliterate, rub out, shatter, smash, total, vaporize,
waste, wipe out, wrack, wreck; decimate, mow; demolish, raze; crush, overpower, overrun,
overthrow, overwhelm

Near Antonyms recondition, recover, redeem, rehabilitate, restore; fix, mend, patch, repair, revamp

2to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark

Synonyms birch, cowhide, flagellate, flail, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, leather, rawhide, slash, switch,
tan, thrash, whale, whip

Related Words knout, quirt, strap; cut; flick, touch up; blackjack, cane, club, cudgel, fustigate; pistol-
whip; bang, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, hit, knock, lam, paste, punch, slap,
slug, smack, smite, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thwack, wallop, whack; bash, baste, bat, batter, beat,
belabor, belt, bludgeon, buffet, bung, drub, fib [British], hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lather,
lick, mangle, maul, paddle, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, rough, slate, slog, thresh, thump, tromp,
whop (or whap), whup, work over

TO penalise
enalise - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up lat
e for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

to soil the floor again

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To requite
tr.v. re·quit·ed, re·quit·ing, re·quites
1.
a. To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion: "Pearl felt the sentim
ent, and requited it with the bitterest hatred that can be supposed to rankle in a childish bosom" (Nath
aniel Hawthorne).
b. To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing).
2.
a. To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person's action or emot
ion: "If he love me to madness, I shall never requite him" (Shakespeare).
b. To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.

To soil
.tr.
1. To make dirty, particularly on the surface.
2. To disgrace; tarnish: a reputation soiled by scandal.
3. To corrupt; defile.
4. To dirty with excrement.

Dirty
adj. dirt·i·er, dirt·i·est
1.
a. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
b. Spreading dirt; polluting: The air near the foundry was always dirty.
c. Apt to soil with dirt or grime: a dirty job at the garage.
d. Contaminated with bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
2. Squalid or filthy; run-down: dirty slums.
3.
a. Obscene or indecent: dirty movies; a dirty joke.
b. Lewd or lecherous: a dirty mind.
4.
a. Unethical or corrupt; sordid: dirty politics.
b. Malicious or scandalous: a dirty lie.
c. Not sportsmanlike: dirty players; a dirty fighter.
d. Acquired by illicit or improper means: dirty money.
e. Slang Possessing or using illegal drugs.
5.
a. Unpleasant or distasteful; thankless: Laying off workers is the dirty part of this job.
b. Extremely unfortunate or regrettable: a dirty shame.
6. Expressing disapproval or hostility: gave us a dirty look.
7. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination: dirty-
blonde hair; dirty-green walls.
8.
a. Relating to or being a bomb that uses a conventional explosive and radioactive material to contami
nate an area with low-level radiation.
b. Relating to or being a nuclear weapon that produces a very great amount of long-
lived radioactive fallout.
9. Stormy; rough: dirty weather.
v. dirt·ied, dirt·y·ing, dirt·ies
v.tr.
1. To make soiled.
2. To stain or tarnish with dishonor.
v.intr.
To become soiled.

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Severely
adj. se·ver·er, se·ver·est
1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others: a severe critic.
2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles: a severe code of b
ehavior.
3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance: spoke in a severe voice.
4. Extremely plain in substance or style: a severe black dress.
5. Causing great discomfort, damage, or distress: a severe pain; a severe storm.
6. Very dangerous or harmful; grave or grievous: severe mental illness.
7. Extremely difficult to perform or endure; trying: a severe test of our loyalty.
1in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
• the building was severely damaged by the explosion
Synonyms

• BRUTALLY,
• HARD,
• HARDLY,
• HARSHLY,
• ILL,
• OPPRESSIVELY,
• ROUGHLY,
• STERNLY,
• STIFFLY

Related Words

• CALLOUSLY,
• COLD-BLOODEDLY,
• HARD-HEARTEDLY,
• HEARTLESSLY,
• INHUMANELY,
• INHUMANLY,
• INSENSATELY,
• INSENSITIVELY,
• MERCILESSLY,
• OBDURATELY,
• PITILESSLY,
• RUTHLESSLY,
• TYRANNICALLY,
• UNCHARITABLY,
• UNFEELINGLY,
• UNMERCIFULLY,
• UNSPARINGLY

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 • ABUSIVELY,
• BRUTISHLY,
• SAVAGELY,
• VICIOUSLY

• AGGRESSIVELY,
• ASSERTIVELY,
• DECIDEDLY,
• DETERMINEDLY,
• FIRMLY,
• GRIMLY,
• GRUFFLY,
• RESOLUTELY,
• STRONGLY,
• TOUGHLY

Near Antonyms

• BENEVOLENTLY,
• BENIGNANTLY,
• CONSIDERATELY,
• CORDIALLY,
• GRACIOUSLY,
• KINDLY,
• LOVINGLY,
• TENDERLY

• CHARITABLY,
• COMPASSIONATELY,
• HUMANELY,
• MERCIFULLY,
• SOFTHEARTEDLY,
• SYMPATHETICALLY,
• TOLERANTLY,
• UNDERSTANDINGLY

Antonyms

• CLEMENTLY,
• GENTLY,
• LENIENTLY,
• LIGHTLY,

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 • MILDLY,
• SOFTLY

2to a great degree

• the rescued mountain climbers were severely dehydrated
Synonyms

• ACHINGLY,
• ALMIGHTY,
• ARCHLY,
• AWFUL,
• AWFULLY,
• BADLY,
• BEASTLY,
• BLISTERINGLY,
• BONE,
• COLOSSALLY,
• CORKING,
• CRACKING,
• DAMN,
• DAMNED,
• DANG,
• DEADLY,
• DESPERATELY,
• EMINENTLY,
• ENORMOUSLY,
• ESPECIALLY,
• EVER,
• EXCEEDINGLY
• (also EXCEEDING),
• EXTRA,
• EXTREMELY,
• FABULOUSLY,
• FANTASTICALLY,
• FAR,
• FIERCELY,
• FILTHY,
• FRIGHTFULLY,
• FULL,
• GREATLY,
• HEAVILY,
• HIGHLY,
• HUGELY,
• IMMENSELY,
• INCREDIBLY,
• INTENSELY,
• JOLLY,
• MAJORLY,

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 • MIGHTILY,
• MIGHTY,
• MONSTROUS
• [chiefly dialect],
• MORTALLY,
• MOST,
• MUCH,
• PARTICULARLY,
• PASSING,
• RATTLING,
• REAL,
• REALLY,
• RIGHT,
• ROARING,
• ROARINGLY,
• SERIOUSLY,
• SO,
• SORE,
• SORELY,
• SPANKING,
• SPECIALLY,
• STINKING,
• SUCH,
• SUPER,
• SUPREMELY,
• SURPASSINGLY,
• TERRIBLY,
• THAT,
• THUMPING,
• TOO,
• UNCO,
• UNCOMMONLY,
• VASTLY,
• VERY,
• VITALLY,
• WAY,
• WHACKING,
• WICKED,
• WILDLY

Related Words

• ABSOLUTELY,
• ALTOGETHER,
• COMPLETELY,
• DOWNRIGHT,
• ENTIRELY,
• FLAT-OUT,
• FULLY,

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 • POSITIVELY,
• PURELY,
• RADICALLY,
• THOROUGHLY,
• TOTALLY,
• UTTERLY,
• WHOLLY

• DEEPLY,
• PROFOUNDLY

• EXCEPTIONALLY,
• NOTABLY,
• REMARKABLY

• CONSIDERABLY,
• EXTENSIVELY,
• SIGNIFICANTLY,
• SUBSTANTIALLY

• APPRECIABLY,
• DISCERNIBLY,
• MARKEDLY,
• NOTICEABLY,
• OBVIOUSLY,
• PALPABLY,
• PLAINLY,
• VISIBLY

• ABUNDANTLY,
• PLENTIFULLY

• ASTRONOMICALLY,
• GRANDLY,
• MONSTROUSLY,
• MONUMENTALLY

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 • EXCESSIVELY,
• OBSCENELY,
• OVERMUCH

• AMAZINGLY,
• ASTONISHINGLY,
• STAGGERINGLY

Synonymous Phrases

• A LOT,
• AS ALL GET-OUT,
• GOOD AND

Near Antonyms

• MEAGERLY,
• SCANTILY

• BARELY,
• HARDLY,
• JUST,
• MARGINALLY,
• MINIMALLY,
• SCARCELY

Antonyms

• LITTLE,
• NEGLIGIBLY,
• NOMINALLY,
• SLIGHTLY,
• SOMEWHAT

in a severe manner : with severity

Seriously
in a serious manner or vein : to a serious extent : EARNESTLY, SEVERELY<most of the land …
is seriously overgrazed — W. W. Beatty><if we consider his works at all seriously — George

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Woodcock><no tendons or joints had been seriously damaged — Jill Lieber><could see he
was seriously an invalid — Kenneth Roberts>

to a great degree

that's some seriously good pie

Synonyms achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally,
corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever,
exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully,
full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty,
monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right,
roaring, roaringly, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely,
surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, very, vitally, way, whacking,
wicked, wildly

Related Words absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively,
purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly; deeply, profoundly; exceptionally, notably,
remarkably; considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially; appreciably, discernibly,
markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly; abundantly, plentifully; astronomically,
grandly, monstrously, monumentally; excessively, obscenely, overmuch; amazingly, astonishingly,
staggeringly

Synonymous Phrases a lot, as all get-out, good and

Near Antonyms meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely

Antonyms little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat

Thoroughly
sometimes thor·ough·er; thor·ough·est
1: marked by completeness: such as
a(1) : carried through to completion especially with full attention to
details : COMPLETE<a thorough search><Absent a thorough or even a reliable evaluation of Adams's ideas
and politics it is impossible to comprehend what made the man tick. — Sean Wilentz, The New Republic, 2
July 2001><… every controversial aspect of Churchill's career was open to a more thorough scrutiny. —
Martin Gilbert, The New York Times Book Review, 14 Dec. 1986>
(2) : marked by attention to many details<a thorough description><This extremely thorough book even
includes birds as yet unnamed … — Martin Kelsey, The Times Literary Supplement (London), 12 Oct.
1990>especially : marked by sound systematic attention to all aspects and details<a thorough grasp of the
issues><This book is a thorough and scholarly account of the development of structure in the universe
through the gravitational aggregation of very large distributions of matter.— William L. Burke, Science, 3
Apr. 1981>
(3) : complete in all respects<It's fun to see an actor taking such thorough delight in a portrayal … — Andy
Metzger, Pensacola (Florida)News Journal, 17 June 2011><… he could not conquer his miserable drink
neurosis (for it did make him miserable) until he fell down on our doorstep in a fit which gave him
a thorough fright and made him understand that he was destroying himself. — George Bernard Shaw,
letter, 17 Nov. 1937>
b(1) : characterized by mastery (as of a profession or an art)<Indeed, the CSO [Chicago Symphony
Orchestra] and its audiences have been fortunate in recent weeks to have first-rate guest conductors …

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Both are thorough musicians who harness the CSO's sinewy power to illuminate the scores and not
themselves. — John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2012>
(2) : having all the typical qualities<… Stewart, a thorough Bostonian, had a healthy respect for
appearances. — Emily Hahn, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 1967><He had blurted it all out … and added his
conviction that his father had invented it all, and was, in fact, a thorough rascal. — Anthony Trollope, Mr.
Scarborough's Family, 1883>
(3) : careful about all details<a thorough researcher>
2: passing through<… discovered ye said streights this last yeare 1576, and hopeth there will be found
a thorough passage into the sea … — Sir Richard Collinson, The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, in
search of a passage to Cathaia and India by the North-West, A.D. 1576-8, 1867>
thor·ough·ly adverb
<thoroughly satisfied><a performance that the audience thoroughly enjoyed><Bats are extremely tidy:
they comb themselves thoroughly, and don't gather a mess of nesting materials for their homes, as birds
do. — Diane Ackerman, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 1988> <By taking all the tricks in the game, one defeats
the opponent so thoroughly that he may be disconcerted … — Craig M. Carver, The Atlantic, September
1990>
thor·ough·ness noun
<impressed by the thoroughness of the research><It's the delicate, perhaps impossible task of the
biographer to find a balance between the virtues of thoroughness and trenchancy … — Dana Stevens, The
New York Times Book Review, 26 Apr. 2009>

adj.
1. Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
2. Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
3. Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.
prep. & adv. Archaic
Variant of through.

adj.
1. executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
2. complete; perfect; utter: thorough enjoyment.
3. extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker.
4. having full command or mastery of an art, talent, etc.
5. extending or passing through.

having no exceptions or restrictions

• had thorough access to the files for her research
Synonyms

• ABSOLUTE,
• ALL-OUT,
• ARRANT,
• BLANK,
• BLOOMING
• [chiefly British],

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 • BODACIOUS
• [Southern & Midland],
• CATEGORICAL
• (also CATEGORIC),
• CLEAN,
• COMPLETE,
• CONSUMMATE,
• CRASHING,
• DAMN,
• DAMNED,
• DEAD,
• DEADLY,
• DEFINITE,
• DOWNRIGHT,
• DREADFUL,
• FAIR,
• FLAT,
• FLAT-OUT,
• OUT-AND-OUT,
• OUTRIGHT,
• PERFECT,
• PLUMB,
• PROFOUND,
• PURE,
• RANK,
• REGULAR,
• SHEER,
• SIMPLE,
• STARK,
• STONE,
• STRAIGHT-OUT,
• THOROUGHGOING,
• TOTAL,
• UNADULTERATED,
• UNALLOYED,
• UNCONDITIONAL,
• UNMITIGATED,
• UNQUALIFIED,
• UTTER,
• VERY

Related Words

• AUTHENTIC,
• CLASSIC,
• GENUINE,
• REAL,
• VERITABLE

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;

• CONSTANT,
• ENDLESS,
• ETERNAL,
• PERPETUAL,
• UNDYING,
• UNREMITTING

• EXTREME,
• UNRESTRICTED

• CONFIRMED,
• HABITUAL,
• HOPELESS,
• INVETERATE

• EXTRAORDINARY,
• FRIGHTFUL,
• HORRIBLE,
• HUGE,
• MAIN,
• SUPERLATIVE,
• SUPREME,
• SURPASSING,
• TERRIBLE,
• TERRIFIC

Near Antonyms

• DOUBTFUL,
• DUBIOUS,
• EQUIVOCAL,
• QUALIFIED,
• QUESTIONABLE,
• RESTRICTED,
• UNCERTAIN

2including many small descriptive features

• thorough analysis of the current crisis in Asia
Synonyms

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 • BLOW-BY-BLOW,
• CIRCUMSTANTIAL,
• DETAILED,
• ELABORATE,
• FULL,
• MINUTE,
• PARTICULAR,
• PARTICULARIZED

Related Words

• ENUMERATED,
• INVENTORIED,
• ITEMIZED,
• LISTED,
• NUMERATED

• DELINEATED,
• SPECIFIC,
• SPECIFIED

• ABUNDANT,
• COPIOUS

• COMPREHENSIVE,
• ENCYCLOPEDIC,
• EXHAUSTING,
• EXHAUSTIVE,
• INCLUSIONARY,
• INCLUSIVE,
• IN-DEPTH,
• OMNIBUS,
• PANORAMIC,
• THOROUGHGOING

• ACCURATE,
• CORRECT,
• EXACT,

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 • PRECISE

• COMPLETE,
• ENTIRE,
• REPLETE

• DISTINCT,
• EXPLICIT,
• SHARP

• MAPPED (OUT)

• DESCRIPTIVE,
• GRAPHIC
• (also GRAPHICAL),
• PICTURESQUE,
• VIVID

Near Antonyms

• BRIEF,
• COMPACT,
• CONCISE,
• CRISP,
• PITHY,
• SHORT,
• SUCCINCT,
• TERSE

• ABBREVIATED,
• ABRIDGED,
• CURTAILED,
• CUT,
• PRUNED,
• SHORTENED,
• TRIMMED

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 • AMBIGUOUS,
• INDETERMINATE,
• NEBULOUS,
• NONDESCRIPT,
• SKETCHY,
• VAGUE

• BIRD'S-EYE,
• BROAD,
• GENERAL,
• NONSPECIFIC,
• OVERALL,
• UNSPECIFIED

Antonyms

• COMPENDIOUS,
• SUMMARY

3trying all possibilities

• a thorough search of the office that turned up no evidence of wrongdoing
Synonyms

• ALL-OUT,
• CLEAN,
• COMPLETE,
• COMPREHENSIVE,
• EXHAUSTIVE,
• FULL-SCALE,
• OUT-AND-OUT,
• THOROUGHGOING,
• TOTAL

Related Words

• BROAD,
• EXTENSIVE,
• FAR-REACHING,
• IN-DEPTH,
• SWEEPING,
• WIDE,

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 • WIDE-RANGING

• GENERAL,
• GLOBAL,
• INCLUSIVE,
• METHODICAL
• (also METHODIC),
• SYSTEMATIC

• NO-HOLDS-BARRED,
• UNHAMPERED,
• UNRESTRAINED

Near Antonyms

• AIMLESS,
• DESULTORY,
• HAPHAZARD,
• HIT-OR-MISS,
• RANDOM

• CURSORY,
• SHALLOW,
• SLIPSHOD,
• SUPERFICIAL

• LIMITED,
• NARROW,
• RESTRICTED

4covering everything or all important points

• a very thorough textbook on respiratory disorders
Synonyms

• ALL-EMBRACING,
• ALL-IN
• [chiefly British],

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 • ALL-INCLUSIVE,
• BROAD-GAUGE
• (or BROAD-GAUGED),
• COMPENDIOUS,
• COMPLETE,
• COMPREHENSIVE,
• COVER-ALL,
• CYCLOPEDIC,
• EMBRACIVE,
• ENCYCLOPEDIC,
• EXHAUSTIVE,
• FULL,
• GLOBAL,
• IN-DEPTH,
• INCLUSIVE,
• OMNIBUS,
• PANORAMIC,
• UNIVERSAL

Related Words

• BROAD,
• CATHOLIC,
• ENCYCLICAL,
• GENERAL,
• INCLUSIONARY,
• OVERALL

• COSMIC
• (also COSMICAL),
• EXTENSIVE,
• FAR,
• FAR-REACHING,
• GRAND,
• LARGE,
• PANOPTIC,
• SWEEPING,
• VAST,
• WIDE,
• WIDE-RANGING

• BLANKET,
• INDISCRIMINATE,
• UNRESTRICTED

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Near Antonyms

• CIRCUMSCRIBED,
• LIMITED,
• NARROW,
• RESTRICTED,
• SPECIALIZED

• EXACT,
• PRECISE

• INDIVIDUAL,
• SINGULAR,
• SPECIFIC

• INCOMPLETE,
• PATCHY,
• SKETCHY

TO overrun
v. o·ver·ran (-răn′), o·ver·run, o·ver·run·ning, o·ver·runs
v.tr.
1.
a. To seize the positions of and defeat conclusively: The position of the forward infantry was overrun b
y large numbers of enemy troops at dawn.
b. To spread or swarm over destructively: Locusts overran the prairie.
2. To spread swiftly throughout: The new fashion overran the country.
3. To overflow: The river overran its banks.
4.
a. To run beyond or past; overshoot: The plane overran the end of the runway.
b. To run or extend beyond (a limit); exceed: Your speech has overrun the time limit.
5. Printing
a. To rearrange or move (set type or pictures) from one column, line, or page to another.
b. To set too much type for.
c. To print (a job order) in a quantity larger than that ordered.
v.intr.
1. To run over; overflow.
2. To go beyond the normal or desired limit.
n. (ō′vər-rŭn′)
1. An act of overrunning.
2. The amount by which something overruns.
3.
a. The exceeding of estimated costs for product development and manufacture covered by contract.

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b. The amount by which actual costs exceed estimates.
4. Printing A run over and above the quantity ordered by a customer.

Aware
Cognisant – alive – mindful – sensible – sentient – witting

Witting (adj)
a: cognizant or aware of something : CONSCIOUS<came to make you witting of the same — F. S.
Ellis>
b: consciously being or doing something specified<a witting tool of the Communists>
2: done with the knowledge of the doer : performed or acted consciously, deliberately, or
knowingly : INTENTIONAL<witting lies and all sorts of hypocrisy — H. B. Alexander><this process
of witting repression — W. H. R. Rivers>
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind

she was a witting partner; he had told her about the risk involved

Synonyms alive, apprehensive, aware, cognizant, conscious, mindful, sensible, sentient, ware

Related Words alert, attentive, careful, cautious, heedful, observant, open-eyed, regardful, safe,
vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake; hyperaware, hyperconscious

Near Antonyms careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, unguarded, unheeding, unwary

Antonyms insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting

2made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing

your witting assistance in helping the robber escape makes you an accessory after the fact

Synonyms conscious, deliberate, intended, intentional, knowing, purposeful, purposive, set,

voluntary, willed, willful (or wilful)

Related Words designed, planned; advised, calculated, considered, measured, reasoned, studied,
thoughtful, weighed; premeditated, premeditative, prepense; discretionary, elective, optional,
volunteer

Near Antonyms inadvertent, unwitting; accidental, chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, incidental,

random; aimless, desultory, purposeless; abrupt, impetuous, sudden; coerced, forced, involuntary;
compulsory, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, ordered, required; casual;
extemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, unforced, unpremeditated

Antonyms nondeliberate, nonpurposive, unintentional

To wit
transitive verb
1aarchaic : to be aware of : KNOW<little witting that so soon shadows would close in
upon them — J. M. Barrie>—used in imperative to convey positive assurance<please
you wit: the epitaph is … writ — Shakespeare>
bchiefly Midland : THINK, SUPPOSE<they are too bold and crafty, I wit — Horace Kephart>

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2obsolete : to find out : DISCOVER, LEARN<stood afar off, to wit what would be done to
him — Exodus 2:4 (Authorized Version)>
intransitive verb
1archaic : to be aware : KNOW<we wit well of many things that we would never prove —
Adeline Whitney>
2archaic : to become informed

Awry
The plans went awry
adv.
1. Away from the correct course; amiss: The last minute changes caused our plans to go awry.
2. In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.

To cause the plans to go awry – amiss

He was concerned that his hair might go awry.

Hair is all awry

Still the Cathedral Tower rises in the background, where it cannot be, and still no writhing figure is on
the grim spike. Stay! Is the spike so low a thing as the rusty spike on the top of a post of an old
bedstead that has tumbled all awry? Some vague period of drowsy laughter must be devoted to the
consideration of this possibility.

To tumble
intransitive verb
1a: to perform gymnastic feats of rolling and turning<a man … paid for tumbling upon his hands —
Samuel Johnson><to keep in shape, the … general tumbles — Time>
b: to turn end over end in falling or in flight<rooks tumbling and cawing above the high elm tops — Flora
Thompson><a projectile tumbles when the twist of the rifling is too slow for the bullet><machine-gun
bullets, badly tumbling, fell in among the ridges — S. L. A. Marshall>
2a: to fall suddenly and helplessly : pitch headlong : fall to the ground<tumble from a scaffold><tripped
over a stone and tumbled><one … whose horse has tumbled — G. B. Shaw>
b: to suffer a usually sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat<once again a government tumbles><the
small tumble with the great — Arnold Bennett>
c: to decline suddenly and sharply (as in price or value) : DROP<the stock market tumbled — New York
Times>
d: to fall into ruin or decay : break down : COLLAPSE<the wall finally tumbled><deserted buildings
… tumbling into ruins — American Guide Series: Nevada>—often used with down<old
houses tumbling down><the structure of society does not tumble down when we probe its framework —
Zechariah Chafee>
3: to roll over and over, back and forth, or around : thrash about : twist and turn : TOSS<tumbled in her
sleep><his children tumbled like brown puppies about his threshold — Pearl Buck><laughed all day
together tumbling in the hay — George Meredith><thoughts were tumbling about in her brain like cargo
loose in a rolling ship — Arnold Bennett>

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4a: to fall or issue forth hurriedly, confusedly, and all in a heap : pour out pell-mell<books tumbling from
the presses><gold coins tumbled out on the counterpane — T. B. Costain><words tumbling eagerly from
his lips>
b: to move in a stumblingly hurried, confused, or disorderly way : rush helter-skelter<tumbled into his
clothes><customers tumbling out of the tavern as the fire trucks arrived>
5: to come by chance or unexpectedly : STUMBLE, HAPPEN<treated his wife and children as the most
delightful accidents against whom he had, most happily, tumbled — Hugh Walpole>—usually used
with in, into, or upon<the individuality you always tumbled upon in an English … village — H. J. Laski>
6: to have a receding upward slope — compare TUMBLE HOME
7: to come to understand the point or implication (as of something obscure or devious that is being said
or done) : catch on : wise up<nobody tumbles till we're dragging the damned aristocrats out of their
cursed beds — W. G. Hardy>—usually used with to<suspicious for some time … and all of a sudden
I tumbled to it — W. S. Maugham><advertisers … had not tumbled to the extensive possibilities for fakery
in photography — Andy Logan>
transitive verb
1a: to cause to tumble or roll head over heels : make fall : throw down or over : PITCH, TOSS<tumbled him
on the bed>
b: to bring down (as in hunting) : DROP<tumble a rabbit with a shotgun>
c: to cause to fall from high place or power : TOPPLE<had reached a pinnacle … and now he
was tumbled from it — Winifred Bambrick>
d: to cause to fall to the ground : knock down : FELL<tumbled a policeman — Richard Free><tumbled the
trees — V. W. Von Hagen>
2: to cause to fall into ruins : DEMOLISH<tumbles down steeples — Shakespeare><tumbling the majestic
house of worship — Claudia Cassidy>
3a: to throw together in a confused and disorderly way : fling about or in a heap<tumbled them helter-
skelter into the boxes — Elinor Wylie><hills lie tumbled about in a sort of mad confusion — Tom Marvel>
b: to push or roll about : cause to pitch or stumble : BUNDLE, TOSS<tumbled about like a football — Tobias
Smollett><tumbling him into the position at short notice>
c: to put into a state of disorder or disarray : RUMPLE, DISHEVEL<tumble bedclothes><one gets so tumbled in
such a crowd — Jane Austen>
darchaic : to turn over or throw about (as in a hasty search or examination)<walked through the library
and tumbled books — Lord Byron>
e: to turn (as a sheet printed on one side that is to be backed up by the same form) from top to bottom
4: to whirl (objects or material) in a tumbling barrel (as in polishing or coating metallic objects, softening
leather, or drying clothes)
tumble to
British
: to adapt or adjust oneself to : fall in with : fit into<really his mother was tumbling
to things wonderfully well — Sheila Kaye-Smith>
tumble up
1: to go or come quickly on deck<men are still tumbling up from below, racing to their
battle stations — E. L. Beach>
2dialectal : to roll hay into bundles for pitching

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o come upon unexpectedly or by chance

while we were out on a drive in the country, we tumbled upon a farm stand selling the best peaches
I've ever tasted

Synonyms chance (upon), encounter, find, happen (on or upon), hit (upon), light (on or upon), meet,
pitch (upon), stumble (on or onto)

Related Words luck (out, on, onto, or into); confront, face; discover, strike, turn up

Synonymous Phrases bump into, come across, run across, run against, run into, run upon

to have a clear idea of

• I finally tumbled to the fact that I had been duped into getting involved in a phony
investment scheme
Synonyms

• APPRECIATE,
• APPREHEND,
• ASSIMILATE,
• BEHOLD,
• CATCH,
• CATCH ON (TO),
• COGNIZE,
• COMPASS,
• COMPREHEND,
• CONCEIVE,
• COTTON (TO OR ON TO),
• DECIPHER,
• DECODE,
• DIG,
• DISCERN,
• GET,
• GRASP,
• GROK,
• INTUIT,
• KNOW,
• MAKE,
• MAKE OUT,
• PERCEIVE,
• RECOGNIZE,
• REGISTER,
• SAVVY,
• SEE,
• SEIZE,
• SENSE,
• TWIG,
• UNDERSTAND

Related Words

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 • ABSORB,
• DIGEST,
• TAKE IN

• REALIZE

• FATHOM,
• PENETRATE,
• PIERCE

Synonymous Phrases

• PICK UP ON

Near Antonyms

• MISAPPREHEND,
• MISCONCEIVE,
• MISCONSTRUE,
• MISINTERPRET,
• MISPERCEIVE,
• MISREAD,
• MISTAKE,
• MISUNDERSTAND

Antonyms

• MISS

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

the infant stood for a moment and then tumbled on the carpet

Synonyms fall, slip, stumble, topple, trip

Related Words collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk (or plonk), slump (over); crash, free-
fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe out; skid, slide

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Antonyms get up, rise, stand (up), uprise

2to go to a lower level especially abruptly

stock prices tumbled after the earnings report was released

Synonyms crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dive, drop, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge,
sink, skid

Related Words abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let
up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane; recede, retreat

Near Antonyms accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand,
grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax

Antonyms arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, up

3to undo the proper order or arrangement of

tumbled all the clothes in her closet as she furiously searched for her favorite pair of jeans

Synonyms confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder,
disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble,
shuffle, tousle, upset

Related Words embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle; agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle; clutter

Near Antonyms align (also aline), line, line up, queue; classify, codify, methodize, systematize,
systemize; adjust, fix; groom, make up, spruce (up); unscramble

Antonyms arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate,
straighten (up), tidy

4to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

all we need is one strong wind, and that old barn is going to tumble

Synonyms buckle, cave (in), collapse, crumple, founder, give, go, go out, implode, yield

Related Words deflate, flatten, melt, melt down; break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give
out, stall; burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split; crack, crumble, pop, snap

Synonymous Phrases give way

Near Antonyms inflate, rise, swell

To rise
v. rose (rōz), ris·en (rĭz′ən), ris·ing, ris·es
v.intr.
1. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
2. To get out of bed: rose at dawn.
3. To move from a lower to a higher position; ascend: Hot air rises.
4. To increase in size, volume, or level: The river rises every spring.
5. To increase in number, amount, or value: Prices are rising.
6. To increase in intensity, force, or speed: The wind has risen.
7. To increase in pitch or volume: The sound of their voices rose and fell.
8. To ascend above the horizon: The moon rose an hour after sunset.
9. To extend upward; be prominent: The tower rose above the hill.

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10. To slant or slope upward: Denali rises to nearly 6,200 meters.
11. To come into existence; originate: bitterness that rose from hard experience.
12. To be erected: New buildings are rising in the city.
13. To appear at the surface of the water or the earth; emerge.
14. To puff up or become larger; swell up: The bread dough should rise to double its original size.
15. To become stiff and erect: The hair rose on the cat's neck.
16. To attain a higher status: an officer who rose through the ranks.
17. To become apparent to the mind or senses: Old fears rose to haunt me.
18. To uplift oneself to meet a demand or challenge: She rose to the occasion and won the election.
19. To return to life: rose from the dead.
20. To rebel: "the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government" (Abraham Lincoln).
21. To close a session of an official assembly; adjourn.
v.tr.
1. To cause to rise: The dogs will rise the pheasants.
2. To cause (a distant object at sea) to become visible above the horizon by advancing closer.
n.
1. The act of rising; an ascent.
2. The degree of elevation or ascent.
3. The first appearance of a celestial object as it ascends above the horizon.
4. An increase in height, as of the level of water.
5. A gently sloped hill.
6. A long broad elevation that slopes gently from the earth's surface or the ocean floor.
7. An origin, beginning, or source: the rise of the novel.
8. Occasion or opportunity: facts that give rise to doubts about her motives.
9. The emergence of a fish seeking food or bait at the water's surface.
10. An increase in price, worth, quantity, or degree.
11. An increase in intensity, volume, or pitch.
12. Elevation in status, prosperity, or importance: the family's rise in New York society.
13. The height of a flight of stairs or of a single riser.
14. Chiefly British An increase in salary or wages; a raise.
15. Informal An angry or irritated reaction: finally got a rise out of her.
16. The distance between the crotch and waistband in pants, shorts, or underwear.

Grim

adj. grim·mer, grim·mest

1.
a. Discouraging or depressing: The business news has been grim lately.
b. Dismal; gloomy: a grim, rainy day.
2.
a. Stern or forbidding: The judge was grim when handing out the sentence.
b. Repellent or horrifying: the grim task of searching for bodies in the rubble. See Synonyms at ghastl
y.
3. Unrelenting or uncompromising: grim determination.
adj, grimmer or grimmest
1. stern; resolute: grim determination.
2. harsh or formidable in manner or appearance
3. harshly ironic or sinister: grim laughter.
4. cruel, severe, or ghastly: a grim accident.
5. archaic or poetic fierce: a grim warrior.
6. informal unpleasant; disagreeable
7. hold on like grim death to hold very firmly or resolutely

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Stern
adj. stern·er, stern·est
1. Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character: a stern disciplinarian. See Synonyms at severe.
2. Showing or expressing displeasure or disapproval; forbidding or harsh: a stern face; a stern voice.
3. Firm or unyielding; uncompromising: stern resistance.
4. Difficult to endure; oppressive: stern necessity.

Resolute
adj.
Firm or determined; unwavering.

Away
: on the way : ONWARD, ALONG<come away death — Shakespeare>
2: from this or that place : HENCE, THENCE<the lone and level sands stretch far away — P. B.
Shelley><go away>—sometimes used to indicate motion from a place with no expressed verb of motion
or no expressed verb at all<we must away><whither away>
3a: from contact or close association : ASIDE<she folded her work and laid it away — H. W. Longfellow>
b: at a little distance : OFF<he was a good boxer inside as well as away — A. J. Liebling>
c: in another direction especially : in the opposite direction<we've turned … hard away in a tight circle to
port to get out of this area— Richard Dimbleby>
4: from a condition of being : out of existence : to an end : to nothing<tried to explain away the affair of
the letter — H. E. Scudder><a progressive twitching of the muscles with increasing weakness and
wasting away — Morris Fishbein>
5: from one's possession or use<it is given away to a friend by the householder — J. G. Frazer>
6a: onward in time : UNINTERRUPTEDLY, CONSTANTLY, ON<a distinct compartment in one's mind that
works away no matter what is going on — O. W. Holmes †1935>
b: without hesitation or delay : FORTHWITH, IMMEDIATELY<the troops were ordered to fire away>
7: to a considerable degree : by a long distance or interval : FAR<he is far and away the best player on the
team><the trouble began away back in 1910>
8sports : on the field or court of an opponent<Or the once-proud Orioles, who … swept a three-game
series against the Indians in the first week of the season but thereafter failed to win a single series, at
home or away, against any of the six other teams in their division … — Roger Angell, New Yorker, 7 Dec.
1987>
from away dialectal
: from somewhere else —used chiefly in the state of Maine<A lot of Mainers do not
blame the roads, which they find convenient; they blame the travel agents, the
packagers, and even DeLorme's for telling people "from away" that the roads are
there. — Richard Conniff, New England Monthly, June 1988><Like daylilies, purple
loosestrife, and other roadside denizens now firmly rooted in Maine, common tansy
(Tanacetum vulgare) is from away. — Rebecca Sawyer-Fay, Down East, September
2006>

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: absent from a place : GONE<he is away from home>
b: started on the way : OFF<he was away at a gallop — Winston Churchill>
2: distant in space or time<a lake 10 miles away><the opening of the season is only a
week away>
3chiefly Scottish : gone out of or as if out of existence : dead, mad, or in a faint<she was away in
her head — Mary Deasy>
4a: played on an opponent's home grounds<league headquarters arranges the schedule of
home and away games>
bof a golf ball : lying farthest from the cup and to be played first
cbaseball : OUT<the home run came with two away in the 9th inning>

not close in time or space

the store is far away from here

Passover is still three months away

Synonyms deep, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, remote, removed

Related Words apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way,
retired, secluded, secret, sequestered

Near Antonyms adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

Antonyms close, near, nearby, nigh

2not at a certain place

he's away right now, but he should be back at the office next week

Synonyms absent, missing, out

Related Words AWOL, truant; departed, gone, retired; abroad, vacationing

Near Antonyms accompanying, attending, participating

Antonyms here, in, present

adv.
1. From a particular thing or place: ran away from the lion; sent the children away to boarding school.
2.
a. At or to a distance in space or time: We live a block away from the park.
b. At or by a considerable interval: away back in the 17th century; away off on the horizon.
3.
a. In a different direction; aside: glanced away.
b. On the way: We want to get away early in the day.
4. In or into storage or safekeeping: put the toys away; jewels locked away in a safe.
5. Out of existence or notice: The music faded away.
6. So as to remove, separate, or eliminate: chipped the paint away; cleared away the debris.
7. From one's possession: gave the tickets away.
8. Continuously; steadily: toiled away at the project for more than a year.
9. Freely; at will: Fire away!
adj.
1. Absent: The neighbors are away.
2. Distant, as in space or time: The city is miles away. The game was still a week away.

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3. Played on an opponent's field or grounds: an away game.
4. In golf, having the ball lying farthest from the hole and properly playing first among competitors.
5. Baseball Out: bases loaded, with two away.

adv
1. from a particular place; off: to swim away.
2. in or to another, usual, or proper place: to put toys away.
3. apart; at a distance: to keep away from strangers.
4. out of existence: the music faded away.
5. indicating motion, displacement, transfer, etc, from a normal or proper place, from a person's own p
ossession, etc: to turn one's head away; to give away money.
6. indicating activity that is wasteful or designed to get rid of something: to sleep away the hours.
7. continuously: laughing away; fire away.
8. away with a command for a person to go or be removed: away with you; away with him to prison!.
9. far and away by a very great margin: far and away the biggest meal he'd ever eaten.
10. from away Canadian from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
adj (usually postpositive)
11. not present: away from school.
12. distant: he is a good way away.
13. having started; released: he was away before sunrise; bombs away!.
14. (General Sporting Terms) (also prenominal) sport played on an opponent's ground: an away game
.
15. (Golf) golf (of a ball or player) farthest from the hole
16. (Baseball) baseball (of a player) having been put out
17. (Horse Racing) horse racing relating to the outward portion or first half of a race

Awful (adj)
Awe-insipiring

Appalling – frightful – ghastly hideous – repellent

Repulsive – hideous
adj.
1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible: had an awful day at the office.
2. Commanding awe: "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul bene
ath" (Herman Melville).
3. Filled with awe, especially:
a. Filled with or displaying great reverence.
b. Obsolete Afraid.
4. Formidable in nature or extent: an awful burden; an awful risk.
adv. Informal
Extremely; very: was awful sick.

Awkward (adj)
adj.
1. Not graceful; ungainly.
2.
a. Not dexterous; clumsy.
b. Clumsily or unskillfully performed: The opera was marred by an awkward aria.
3.
a. Difficult to handle or manage: an awkward bundle to carry.
b. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable: an awkward pose.
4.
a. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort: an awkward remark; an awkward silence.

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b. Requiring great tact, ingenuity, skill, and discretion: An awkward situation arose during the peace ta
lks.

TO avouch
.v. a·vouched, a·vouch·ing, a·vouch·es
1. To declare the provable truth or validity of; affirm: She avouched that she herself was innocent.
2. To corroborate or confirm; vouch for: Has this report been avouched?
3. To accept responsibility for (an action, for example); acknowledge.
4. To avow; confess.

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