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abhorrent
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Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
Feeling repugnance or loathing. |
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admonish
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To reprove gently but earnestly.
To counsel (another) against something to be avoided; caution. To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as an obligation or a responsibility. |
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ambrosial
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Suggestive of ambrosia; fragrant or delicious. Of or worthy of the gods; divine.
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dentate
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Edged with toothlike projections; toothed
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ephemeral
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Lasting for a markedly brief time: “There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript” (Irving R. Kaufman).
Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do. |
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Probe
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An exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region. A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity. Biology. A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample. The act of exploring or searching with or as if with a device or instrument. An investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry: a congressional probe into price fixing. See Synonyms at inquiry. A space probe. |
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suture
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The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing.
The material, such as thread, gut, or wire, that is used in this procedure. The line or stitch so formed. Medicine. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues. The stitch so formed. Anatomy. The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull. Biology. A seamlike joint or line of articulation, such as the line of dehiscence in a dry fruit or the spiral seam marking the junction of whorls of a gastropod shell. |
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unwittingly
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Not knowing; unaware: an unwitting subject in an experiment.
Not intended; unintentional: an unwitting admission of guilt. |