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alleviated |
To make (pain, for example) more bearable |
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alimony |
An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons. |
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emulate |
To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation, To compete with successfully |
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hallucination |
幻覺 |
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vantage |
An advantage in a competition or conflict; superiority. A position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage. Sports. An advantage |
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dub |
1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood.
2. To honor with a new title or description.
3. To give a name to facetiously or playfully; nickname.
4. To strike, cut, or rub (timber or leather, for example) so as to make even or smooth.
5. To dress (a fowl).
6. To execute (a golf stroke, for example) poorly. |
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Phishing |
A method of identity theft carried out through the creation of a website that seems to represent a legitimate company. The visitors to the site, thinking they are buying something from a real business, submit their personal information to the site. The criminals then use the personal information for their own purposes, or sell the information to other criminal parties. |
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su·per·sede |
To take the place of; replace.To cause to be set aside, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated. |
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Payload |
In communication, telecommunications and information science, the payload or mission bit stream is the data, such as a data field, block, or stream, being processed or transported — the part that represents user information and user overhead information. It may include user-requested additional information, such as network management and accounting information. Note that the payload does not include system overhead information for the processing or transportation system.[citation needed]
In computer virus jargon, the payload of a computer virus, worm, or computer exploit is any action it is programmed to take other than merely spreading itself. The term is used for all intended functions, whether they actually work or not. |
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hogging |
to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of. to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog. |
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harbinger |
a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter. a person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc., to provide or secure lodgings and other accommodations. to act as harbinger to; herald the coming of. |
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prevalent |
widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance. having the superiority or ascendancy. 'How prevalent is this approach to new software development?'
prudent - wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober. careful in providing for the future; provident: a prudent decision. |
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pathological |
caused by or involving disease; morbid. caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition: a pathological liar. |
