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            unconfined
If something is unconfined , it's free from physical restraint. Unlike chickens in industrial chicken farms, the unconfined chickens raised on real farms get to wander all they want.
Confinement is enclosure, so something that is unconfined has no boundaries or limits. If you're super excited because you just won the lottery, your joy is unconfined. If you think that the world is tumbling into doom, then you are an unconfined pessimist. If you are released from prison after 20 years, it willfeel strange and wonderful to be unconfined.
DEFINITIONS OF:
unconfined
1
adj not confined
Synonyms
free-range
of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feed lot
free
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Antonyms:
confined
not free to move about
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adj free from confinement or physical restraint
Synonyms:
unimprisoned
free
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

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uncanny
If something is uncanny , it isso mysterious, strange, or unfamiliar that it seems supernatural. If you hear strange music echoing through your attic, you might refer to it as positively uncanny .
You can also use uncanny to refer to something that is so remarkable that it is beyond what is natural: as in " uncanny abilities." This adjective was formed in English from the prefix un- "not" and canny "fortunate, safe." The current meaning of English canny is "careful and clever, especially in handling money."
DEFINITIONS OF:
uncanny
1
adj surpassing the ordinary or normal
"his uncanny sense of direction"
Synonyms:
preternatural
extraordinary
beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
adj suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
""stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy"
Synonyms:
eldritch , unearthly , weird
supernatural
not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material

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       parsimony
Parsimony is a noun to us when you are watching yourmoney very carefully. So you're not just saving your pennies for a rainy day — you're clipping coupons, re-using dryer sheets, and refusing to pay full price for anything.
It's not a bad thing to engage in a little parsimony. Related to an ancient Latin word meaning "to spare," parsimony keeps your checking account in the black and your retirement plan well funded. But get a little too parsimonious and you might start to looklike Uncle Scrooge — an old miser who learned the hard way that practicing extremeparsimony doesn't win you love and admiration.
DEFINITIONS OF:
parsimony
1
n extreme stinginess
Synonyms:
closeness , meanness , minginess , niggardliness , niggardness , parsimoniousness , tightfistedness , tightness
Types:
littleness , pettiness , smallness
lack of generosity in trifling matters
miserliness
total lack of generosity with money
Type of:
stinginess
a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money
n extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Synonyms:
parsimoniousness , penny-pinching , thrift
Type of:
frugality , frugalness
prudence in avoiding waste

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            allocate
To allocate is to set aside a certain amount of money for an expense. You usually hear about the government allocating funds for education or the military, but you may personally allocate some of your allowance to buying comic books.
Aside from money, a common thing to allocate is time: "The old woman in the shoe had so many children she could only allocate 2.7 minutes per day to talk to each one individually." Resources are also often allocated. Teachers, for example, are continuously allocating their year's supply of resources so they don't run out of glue sticksand paper before the end of the school year.
DEFINITIONS OF:
allocate
1
v distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
"I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"
"I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"
Synonyms:
apportion

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      almanac
An almanac is an annual publication devoted to the facts and statistics of a given subject. You might consult a sports almanac for the coming year's scheduledgames, or information on your favorite (or least favorite) player.
The background of the noun almanac is somewhat hazy, with some suggesting it came from the Greek almenichiakon and others suggesting it came from the Spanish-Arabic al-manakh , both meaning "calendar." The astronomical almanac was once a book of permanent tables, with the annual version appearing in the 16th Century. Perhaps the most famous almanacs were Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac , and the Farmer's Almanac , published continuously since 1792, which offers weather predictionsas well as astronomical tables and gardening tips.
DEFINITIONS OF:
almanac
1
n an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Type of:
annual , yearbook , yearly
a reference book that is published regularly once every year
n an annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Synonyms:
farmer's calendar
Type of:
annual , yearbook , yearly
a reference book that is published regularly once every year

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disembark
Use the verb disembark to describe leaving a ship, airplane or other type of vehicle, like making sure youhaven't left anything in the plane's overhead compartment before you disembark .
Embark means "putting passengers in a planeor on a boat." Disembark is its opposite. When you disembark , you leave a ship or a plane, like when you can't wait to disembark at the port in order to go sight-seeing. When you disembark, there is a transition — you walk down a gangplank to go from water to land or down a special corridor to get from the runway to the airport terminal — unlike when you get out of a car. That's why you wouldn't use disembark for getting out of a car.
DEFINITIONS OF:
disembark
1
v go ashore
"The passengers disembarked at Southampton"
Synonyms:
debark , set down
Antonyms:
embark , ship
go on board
Type of:
land , set down
reach or come to rest

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               Tolerance
When you practice tolerance , you accept another's ideas and beliefs. If you respect someone's opinions — even if you disagree or find them nonsensical — you display tolerance .
The noun tolerance , which stems from the Latin for "endurance," also refers to an organism's ability to stand or handle a difficult environmental condition. If you build up a tolerance, you can handle large amountsof something (from medicine to psychological abuse) without being too strongly affected. We usually use the word to refer to our need to accept others, as suggested by John F. Kennedy when he said, "Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."
DEFINITIONS OF:
tolerance
1
n willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
Antonyms:
intolerance
unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
Types:
broad-mindedness
an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior
liberality , liberalness
an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom
disinterest , neutrality
tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
Type of:
attitude , mental attitude
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
n a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
Synonyms:
permissiveness
Antonyms:
restrictiveness , unpermissiveness
a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Types:
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Type of:
disposition , temperament
your usual mood
n the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
Types:
capacity
tolerance for alcohol
Type of:
endurance
the power to withstand hardship or stress
n the act of tolerating something
Types:
lenience , leniency
lightening a penalty or excusing from a choreby judges or parents or teachers
clemency , mercifulness , mercy
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
Type of:
allowance
the act of allowing
n a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Synonyms:
allowance , leeway , margin
Type of:
disagreement , discrepancy , divergence , variance
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

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            self-righteous
A self-righteous person thinks their beliefs and morals are better than everyone else's. If you're quite sure the charity of others pales in comparison with yours, you might be self-righteous .
Join the Old English words self, meaning"one's own person," and rightwise, meaning"virtuous," and you've got somebody who thinks very highly of their own morality. A self-righteous person thinks they can do no wrong, and goes about with a "holier-than-thou" attitude, judging and scrutinizing everyone else. A fur designer may view PETA activists as self-righteous when they picket his fashion show. You may consider a friend self-righteous when it comes to musical taste.
DEFINITIONS OF:
self-righteous
1
adj excessively or hypocritically pious
Synonyms:
holier-than-thou , pharisaic , pharisaical , pietistic , pietistical , sanctimonious
pious
having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

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           Aversion
If you have an aversion to something, you have an intense dislike for it. Commonly its food, but you could have an aversion to black and white movies, driving with the windows open, taking calls from salespeople or being barefoot outdoors.
An aversion is also the person or thing that is the object of such intense dislike: her aversions included all kinds of vegetables andfruits. This noun is from Latin avertio , ultimately from avertere "to turn away," from the prefix a- "from" plus vertere "to turn." Near synonyms are repugnance and antipathy .
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
aversion
1 n
the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
2 n
a feeling of intense dislike
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: aversion
1
n the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
Synonyms:
averting
Type of:
avoidance , dodging , shunning , turning away
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
2
n a feeling of intense dislike
Synonyms:
antipathy , distaste
Type of:
dislike
a feeling of aversion or antipathy

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            Exponent
An exponent is a person whois a big promoter of something. Are you an exponent of the four-day school and work week?
You may already know the mathematical meaning of exponent : a numeric notation showing how many times a number is multiplied by itself. How did exponent come to mean a strong advocate or promoter of something? Well, its Latin ancestor was a verb meaning "to put forth" and it's easy to see how this could be generalized to refer to people. After all, aren't you an exponent of freedom of expression?
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
exponent
1 n
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
2 n
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: exponent
1
n a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
Synonyms:
index , power
Types:
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Type of:
mathematical notation
a notation used by mathematicians
2
n a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Synonyms:
advocate , advocator , proponent
Examples:
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Types:
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Type of:
individual , mortal , person , somebody , someone , soul
a human being
n someone who expounds and interprets or explains
Type of:
intellect , intellectual
a person who uses the mind creatively