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  • 101acclimate — I acclimate, acclimatize (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accustom, inure, habituate. See habit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. adapt, accommodate, adjust, become accustomed to; see adjust 1 , conform . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 102acclimatize — I acclimate, acclimatize (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accustom, inure, habituate. See habit. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. see acclimate III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make or become suitable to a particular situation… …

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  • 103cake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harden; consolidate, cohere; thicken, congeal, condense. See coherence. n. mass, brick, block, floe; torte. See density, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A flattish, compact mass] Syn. cube, bar, block …

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  • 104concrete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. actual, real, tangible, solid; specific, definite, exact, particular. See substance, hardness, coherence, speciality. n. See cement. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Specific] Syn. particular, solid,… …

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  • 105congeal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solidify, harden, fix, gel, jell, set, coagulate, stiffen, thicken; freeze; condense. See density, hardness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To solidify as by freezing or curdling] Syn. set, refrigerate,… …

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  • 106dry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave. See impotence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having little or no moisture] Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated …

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  • 107obstinacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refusal to comply Nouns 1. obstinacy, stubbornness, tenacity, doggedness; obduracy, obduration, insistence, resolution; intransigency, immovability, inflexibility, hardness, willpower; self will, will of …

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  • 108petrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. calcify, turn to stone, lapidify, fossilize; stun, astonish; stupefy, shock; stiffen, harden, paralyze. See density, hardness, fear, inorganic matter. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To harden] Syn.… …

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  • 109remorseless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impenitent, hardened, callous, obdurate; hard, cold, ruthless. See impenitence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking remorse as a quality of character] Syn. shameless, hardened, obdurate, pitiless,… …

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  • 110season — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. period, time, spell, interval. v. t. harden, acclimate, habituate, inure, accustom; prepare, age, cure, ripen, dry out; imbue; spice, flavor. See habit, pungency, chronometry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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