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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Ethereal

Synonyms: aerial, airy, celestial, dainty, divine, empyreal, empyrean, exquisite, fine, gaseous, ghostly, gossamer, heavenly, impalpable, insubstantial, intangible, light, rarefied, refined, spiritual, sublime, subtle, supernal, tenuous, unearthly, unsubstantial, unworldly, vaporous, vapory Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Tenacity

Definition: diligence Synonyms: application, backbone, courage, determination, doggedness, firmness, grit, guts, gutsiness, heart, inflexibility, intestinal fortitude, intransigence, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, perserverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spunk, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, stomach, stubbornness, true grit, willfulness Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Ascertain

Synonyms: confirm, determine, discover, divine, double-check, establish, find out, fix, identify, learn, make certain, make sure, read, see, settle, size, size up, verify Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Exuberant

Synonyms: animated, ardent, bouncy, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, eager, ebullient, effervescent, elated, energetic, excited, exhilarated, frolicsome, high-spirited, lively, passionate, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious, zestful Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Allegiance

Synonyms: adherence, ardor, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Affinity

Synonyms: affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, fondness, good vibes, groove, leaning, partiality, rapport, simpatico, sympathy Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Exquisite

Synonyms: admirable, appreciative, attractive, beautiful, charming, choice, comely, consummate, cultivated, dainty, delicate, delicious, discerning, discriminating, elegant, errorless, ethereal, fastidious, fine, flawless, impeccable, incomparable, irreproachable, lovely, matchless, meticulous, outstanding, peerless, perfect, pleasing, polished, precious, precise, rare, recherche, refined, select, selective, splendid, striking, subtle, superb, superior, superlative Source: Roget's New Millennium... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Amiable

Synonyms: affable, amicable, attractive, benign, breezy, buddy-buddy, charming, cheerful, clubby, complaisant, cool, copasetic, cordial, cozy, delightful, downright neighborly, engaging, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, home cooking, kind, kindly, lovable, mellow, mild, obliging, pleasant, pleasing, prince, responsive, right, righteous, sociable, sweet-tempered, swell, tight, warm, warm-hearted, winning Source: Roget’s New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 22, 2007

Affable

Synonyms: amiable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, breezy, civil, clubby, congenial, cordial, courteous, genial, gentle, good-humored, good-natured, gracious, kindly, mild, obliging, pleasant, polite, sociable, urbane, warm Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Correlation

Synonyms: alternation, analogue, complement, correspondence, correspondent, counterpart, equivalence, interaction, interchange, interconnection, interdependence, interrelation, interrelationship, match, parallel, pendant, reciprocity, relationship Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Consummate

Definition: ( adj.) best Synonyms: able, absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, downright, faultless, finished, flawless, gifted, ideal, impeccable, inimitable, matchless, out-and-out, peerless, perfect, perfected, polished, positive, practiced, ripe, skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talented, thoroughgoing, total, trained, transcendent, ultimate, unmitigated, unqualified, unsurpassable, utter, virtuosic, whole Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Efficacy

Synonyms: ability, adequacy, capableness, capacity, competence, effect, effectiveness, efficaciousness, efficiency, energy, force, influence, performance, potency, power, productiveness, strength, success, sufficiency, use, vigor, virtue, weight Notes: If something is efficacious, it is able to produce the desired result. Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Fortitude

Synonyms: backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, constancy, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, fearlessness, firmness, grit, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, intrepidity, mettle, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith, resoluteness, resolution, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness, stomach, stoutheartedness, strength, tenacity, true grit, valiancy, valor, valorousness Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus KILL EVERY PIMP SEPTEMBER... Sign in to see full entry.

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Discerning

Definition: ( adj.) discriminating Synonyms: acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted, clever, critical, gnostic, ingenious, insighted, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Amanda accused. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Evident

Definition: ( adj.) apparent Synonyms: axiomatic, barefaced, clear, clear-cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, distinct, fact, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, logical, manifest, noticeable, obvious, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, reasonable, straightforward, tangible, unambiguous, unmistakable, visible Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Expectant

Synonyms: alert, anticipative, anxious, apprehensive, awaiting, breathless, eager, enceinte, expecting, gravid, hopeful, hoping, in suspense, looking for, on edge, on tenterhooks, parturient, pregnant, prepared, raring, ready, vigilant, waiting, waiting on, watchful Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Efficacious

Synonyms: active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, influential, operative, potent, powerful, productive, puissant, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Sagacious

Definition: ( adj.) smart Synonyms: acute, apt, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, cool, discerning, discriminating, far-sighted, foxy, gnostic, heady, hip, insighted, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, prudent, rational, sage, sapient, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, sophic, tuned in, whiz, wise, witty Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Rational

Synonyms: all there, analytical, balanced, calm, cerebral, circumspect, cognitive, collected, deductive, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, level-headed, logical, lucid, objective, perspicacious, philosophic, prudent, ratiocinative, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, well-advised, wise Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Sign in to see full entry.

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Proclaim

Synonyms: affirm, announce, annunciate, blast, blaze, blazon, broadcast, call, circulate, declare, demonstrate, disseminate, drum, enunciate, evidence, evince, exhibit, expound, give out, herald, illustrate, indicate, make known, manifest, mark, ostend, pop off, profess, promulgate, publish, shout out, show, sound off, spiel, spout, stump, trumpet, utter, vent, ventilate, voice Source: Roget's New Millennium Thesaurus Amanda accused. Sign in to see full entry.

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