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  • 101miss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fail; omit, skip, overlook; avoid; escape; lose. See failure, neglect, desire, loss. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A failure] Syn. slip, blunder, mishap; see error 1 , mistake 2 . 2. [A young woman] Syn.… …

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  • 102mourn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. lament, sorrow, grieve; bewail, bemoan, deplore. See lamentation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To lament] Syn. deplore, grieve, fret, sorrow, rue, regret, bemoan, sigh, long for, miss, droop, languish,… …

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  • 103pant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gasp, puff, blow; yearn or long for. See desire, wind. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gasp, wheeze, throb, palpitate; see breathe 1 , gasp . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. gasp, breathe, puff, blow,… …

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  • 104pine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. languish, long, crave; wither, droop. See dejection, disease, desire. II (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of pine include: white, stone, mugo, whitebark, foxtail, bristlecone, nut, singleleaf, piñon,… …

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  • 105want — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. need; poverty, indigence; lack, dearth, deficiency, absence; shortage, inadequacy, scarcity; necessity, requirement. v. lack, need; be in need; require, desire, wish, crave; fall short of, be… …

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  • 106deSire — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The wish to enjoy] Syn. aspiration, longing, yearning, craving, wish, want, motive, will, urge, eagerness, ardor, solicitude, propensity, predilection, fancy, greed, avidity, Cupidity, covetousness, obsession, frenzy, craze,… …

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  • 107Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 mental suffering mental suffering pain dolor Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering sufferance Sgm: N 1 ache ache smart &c.(physical pain) 378 Sgm: N 1 passion …

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  • 108Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 109eucharist — [14] The Greek based eucharist corresponds to native English thanksgiving. It comes via Old French eucariste and late Latin eucharistia from Greek eukharistíā ‘gratitude’. This was a derivative of eukháristos ‘grateful’, a compound adjective… …

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  • 110yen — n Informal. 1. desire, longing, craving, yearning, hankering, Sl. itching, Sl. itch. See yearning. v 2. yearn, set one s heart on, desire, wish for, have a yen for. See yearn …

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