 | Term | Definition |
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accelerate |
to speed up, increase in speed |
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velocity |
speed or rate of motion in a quantitative sense |
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celerity |
speed or swiftness in a qualitative or literary sense |
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expedite |
the spedding up of a process or action |
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compensate |
to make up for, pay, remunerate |
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recompense |
provide compensation in the form of good or evil |
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reimburse |
pay back money that some one has spent for you |
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indemnify |
pay or agree to pay for losses he or she may suffer on your account |
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indemnity |
the sum paid or promised |
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reparation |
pay in some way for damage one has done or caused someone else |
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exaggerate |
to overstate, magnify, inflate |
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adulatiion |
an exaggerated view of a person's worth |
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grandioseness |
an exaggeration sense of the bigness, importance, or magnitude of a plan, a dream, or an undertaking |
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hyperbole |
a poetic exaggeration |
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caricature |
exaggeration of certain typical details of a face, a policy, or a work of art |
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humiliate |
to lower the self-respect of, mortify |
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humility |
self-abasement or down-to-earth behavior |
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impale |
to pierce, thrust through |
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jeopardize |
to endanger |
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perpetrate |
to perform, carry out |
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transact |
to carry out in a simple, direct manner |
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evolve |
to "roll" it out very gradually, by slow and steady improvement |
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effect |
to bring out an effect or conclusion |
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execute |
to act or take action on a matter so as to carry it out to completion |
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executive |
a person appointed to administer laws, business, or other affairs |
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prosecute |
to follow up on something that needs to be done |
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maneuver |
to use indirect or even underhanded means to accomplish something |
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promulgate |
to make known, spread widely |
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propagate |
to spread or promote truth, ideas and beliefs |
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disseminate |
to distrubute information or knowledge widely |
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proclaim |
an oral announcement with authority and often with joy |
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bruit |
to spread a report or rumor quietly but insistently |
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edict |
an order |
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encyclical |
a message from the Pope |
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pronouncement |
a statement from authority, usually after careful consideration |
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manifesto |
a rather formal and somewhat pretentious pronouncement for all to see |
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resuscitate |
to revive, bring back to life |
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simulate |
to feign, pretend, imitate |
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metaphor |
an implied comparison |
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moron |
a person of low intelligence, fool |
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nonentity |
a person or thing of no importance |
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parity |
equality, equivalence |
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disparity |
the state of being unequal |
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satellite |
a small body revolving around a larger one; a person, group, or nation dependent on a larger one |
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scroll |
an ancient rolled manuscript |
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simile |
an expressed comparison |
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sovereign |
the supreme ruler, monarch |
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stratum |
a layer or level |
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tenacity |
unyeilding firmness |
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perseverance |
patience plus tenacity |
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persistence |
implies repition or determined continuance |
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obstancy and pertinacity |
stubborn perserverance |
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