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Definition: (noun) An overwhelming number or amount. Synonyms: deluge, flood, torrent. Usage: The restaurant owner was faced with …

Definition: (verb) To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate. Synonyms: initiate. Usage: I felt uncomfortable, but …

Definition: (adjective) Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. Synonyms: fagged, fatigued, played out, washed-out, worn …

Definition: (verb) Emit long loud cries. Synonyms: howl, wail, yaup, yawl, roar. Usage: The mourners began to ululate …

noun: 1. The placing of something after another. 2. Something placed in this manner, especially a word or …

Definition: (adjective) Arousing to action or rebellion. Synonyms: inflammatory, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious. Usage: The incendiary remarks in …

Definition: (noun) A person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary. Synonyms: voluptuary. Usage: This official sybarite dressed, …

Definition: (adjective) Not capable of being violated or infringed. Synonyms: inviolable, absolute. Usage: These rights we consider infrangible, …

noun: 1. A small sculpture carved in relief on a background of another color. 2. A short description, …

verb tr., intr.: 1. To move at an easy pace. 2. To ride a horse at a canter. …