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Emancipate |
To free from restraint or influence. To free (slave) from bondage. |
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Manacle |
Device for confining the hands; handcuffs. Anything that constrains. |
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Mandate |
A formal order from a higher court; an authoritative command, order, or injunciton. |
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Manifest |
Clearly apparent to sight or understanding; obvious. To show plainly; to reveal. To prove. |
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Manipulate |
To use or handle skillfully. To manage with devious skill, or to adjust to suit one's purpose. |
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Dexterity |
Skill in the use of the hands or body. Mental skill or cleverness. |
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Ambidextrous |
Able to use either hand equally as well. |
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Digital |
Relating to a finger or to a unit of measure the breadth of a finger. Referring to a numerical system for encoding data. |
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Deflect |
To turn aside. To swerve or turn aside. |
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Genuflect |
To bend the knee in a kneeling or half-kneeling position to express reverence or respect. |
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Inflection |
An alteration of pitch or tone of voice. In grammar, an alteration of the form of a word to show different grammatical or syntactial relationships. |
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Reflection |
The act or condition of being thrown back. Discredit; indirect reproach. Deep though. |
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Rapacious |
Excessively grasping or greedy. Given to seizing for plunder or as prey. |
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Rapt |
Giving one's complete attention. Overcome with emotion; completely filled with joy. |
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Surreptitious |
Done secretly, without approcal. |
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Complicity |
Participation with another in an act that is or seems to be deceitful. |
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Duplicity |
Deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing. Being physically or numerically double or two-fold; doubleness. |
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Explicate |
To make clear; to explain thoroughly, often in literary context. |
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Explicit |
Definite; stated in detail, leaving nothing to be guessed at; outspoken. |
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Exploit |
A notable heroic deed. To use to the greates advantage. To make use of selfishly or unethically. To publicize. |
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Imply |
To indicate indirectly; to hint. To require as a necessary condition. |
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Ploy |
A tactic intended to frustrate, embarass, or gain advantage over an opponent. |
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Ply |
To use a tool or weapon vigorously; to work at a trade. To offer something persistently. The thickness of cloth, yarn, or rope. Wood layered with crosswise grain. |
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Supplicate |
To ask humbly or earnestly for, as in praying; to beseech. |
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Apprehend |
To arrest. To grasp mentally; to understand. To anticipate with anxiety. |
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Comprise |
To consist of; to contain. |
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Entrepreneur |
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for business ventures. |
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Impregnable |
Strong enough to resist attack of capture, as a fortress. Not to be outweighed or overcome in arguement. |
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Reprehend |
To reprimand, reprove, or express disapproval. |
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Reprisal |
An action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries recieves. |
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