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| (v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid |
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| (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism |
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| (v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
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| (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
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| (n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
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| (adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos |
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| (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
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| expropriate, usurp, commandeer |
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| relinquish, renounce, abdicate, abandon |
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| connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
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| harden, jell, coagulate, solidify |
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| copy, mimic, rival, match, measure up to |
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| panegyric, eulogy, commendation |
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| condemnation, castigation, criticism |
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| abstain from, steer clear of, forgo |
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| irrelevant, extraeous, inappropriate |
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| unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
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| uncompromising, unyielding, obdurate |
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| lukewarm, halfhearted, yielding |
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| malicious, spiteful, prejudicical, pejorative |
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| complimentary, flattering, ameliorative |
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| liberality, munificence, bounty |
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| stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness |
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| verify, confirm, validate, authenticate |
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| refute, disprove, invalidate |
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| tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
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| hedge, dillydally, procrastinate |
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| defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
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