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             compact
A compact is a signed written agreement that binds you to do what you'vepromised. It also refers to something small or closely grouped together, like the row of compact rental cars you see when you wanted a van.
As a verb, compact means "to compress or squeeze together," like how the garbage truck compacts your bags of trash. Compact , the adjective, describes something that is tightly packed together, like your luggage that is so compact it fits in the overhead compartment. Compact can also describe a brief summary, like a compact explanation of how the universe began that lasted only 10 minutes!
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
compact
1 adj v n
closely and firmly united or packed together
2 n
a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: compact
1
adj closely and firmly united or packed together
" compact soil"
" compact clusters of flowers"
Synonyms
clayey , cloggy , heavy
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
close-packed
packed especially tightly
consolidated
forming a solid mass
impacted , wedged
wedged or packed in together
packed
pressed together or compressed
serried
(especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together
tight
packed closely together
concentrated
gathered together or made less diffuse
Antonyms:
loose
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
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adj having a short and solid form or stature
"a wrestler of compact build"
Synonyms:
heavyset , stocky , thick , thickset
little , short
low in stature; not tall
adj briefly giving the gist of something
"a compact style is brief and pithy"
Synonyms:
compendious , succinct , summary
concise
expressing much in few words
v make more compact by or as if by pressing
Synonyms:
compress , pack together
Antonyms:
decompress , uncompress
restore to its uncompressed form
Types:
pack , tamp , tamp down
press down tightly
Type of:
force , squeeze , wedge
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
v squeeze or press together
Synonyms:
compress , constrict , contract , press , squeeze
Types:
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Type of:
tighten
become tight or tighter
v compress into a wad
Synonyms:
bundle , pack , wad
pack
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Types:
puddle
work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud
Type of:
arrange , set up
put into a proper or systematic order
v have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
"This powder compacts easily"
Synonyms:
pack
bundle , pack , wad
compress into a wad
Type of:
be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
n a small and economical car
Synonyms:
compact car
Type of:
auto , automobile , car , machine , motorcar
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
n a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
Synonyms:
powder compact
Type of:
case
a portable container for carrying several objects
2
n a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
Synonyms:
concordat , covenant
Examples:
Lateran Treaty
the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state
Type of:
written agreement
a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties

[Tina lawrence]

You must be an English teacher because you are so good at it.Nyc work.Please keep it up

[Sunexx360]

Thanx,the fact is that i am not a teacher but a student of futa studying applied geophysics.those words are all adapted from a professional site, i dont want only me to benefit from that site so that is why i created this thread for member to learn new words and buid their vocabulary. 

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         mitigate
Choose the verb, mitigate, when something lessens theunpleasantness of a situation. You can mitigate your parents' anger by telling them you were late to dinner because you were helping your elderly neighbor.
The somewhat formal verb, mitigate, comes from the Latin roots mītis "soft" and agere "todo/act," which add up to "to soften." It is often used with words that indicate an outcome or something harmful. When you buy car insurance, you are trying to mitigate the risks involved with driving. Sunscreen is used to mitigate the effects of the sun on your skin.
DEFINITIONS OF:
mitigate
1
v lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Synonyms:
extenuate , palliate
Type of:
apologise , apologize , excuse , justify , rationalise , rationalize
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
v make less severe or harsh
" mitigating circumstances"
Types:
lighten , relieve
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
Type of:
decrease , lessen , minify
make smaller

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representation
A representation acts or serves on behalf or in place of something. A lawyer provides legal representation for his client. A caricature is an exaggerated representation or likeness of a person.
Representation comes from the Latin repraesentare meaning "bring before, exhibit." A representation is an exhibit, whether it comes in the form of legal guidance or in the form of artistic expression. The act of representation has to do with replacing or acting on behalf of an original. Elected officials serve as the representation for their constituency — or at least it's supposed to work that way.
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
representation
1 n
the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking withauthority in their behalf
2 n
a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
3 n
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: representation
1
n the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking withauthority in their behalf
Types:
proportional representation
representation of all parties in proportion to their popular vote
Type of:
cooperation
joint operation or action
n a presentation to the mind in the form ofan idea or image
Synonyms:
internal representation , mental representation
Types:
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Type of:
cognitive content , content , mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
n an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
Types:
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Type of:
activity
any specific behavior
n a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
Examples:
Trojan Horse
a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War
Types:
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Type of:
creation
an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
n a performance of a play
Synonyms:
histrionics , theatrical , theatrical performance
Types:
matinee
a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon)
Type of:
performance , public presentation
a dramatic or musical entertainment
2
n a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
"the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"
Type of:
statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forthparticulars or facts etc
n a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
"certain representations were made concerning police brutality"
Type of:
statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forthparticulars or facts etc
3
n the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Synonyms:
agency , delegacy
Types:
free agency
(sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play forany team
legal representation
personal representation that has legal status
virus
a harmful or corrupting agency
Type of:
state
the way something is with respect to its mainattributes
n the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
Type of:
right
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
n a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
"a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"
Type of:
body
a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

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empathy / sympathy
Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people's pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for someone. Send a sympathy card if someone's cat died; feel empathy if your cat died, too.
Empathy was first used to describe how a viewer's appreciation of art depends on her ability to project her personality onto the art. These days it applies to anything you can basically "project your personality" on. When you feel what someone else feels, that's empathy . It's a good skill for doctors, actors, and characters from Star Trek:
Nearly all medical schools teach the importance of listening to patients and showing empathy . ( New York Times )
"I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy ." (Edward Norton)
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander Deanna Troi was an empath: shecould psychically sense other people's emotions. She experienced their emotions as they did.
Sympathy is an older word, from the Greek sympatheia , for "having a fellow feeling." It's a snuggly, comforting word. It's nice to get sympathy if you're feeling under the weather.To feel sympathy for someone is to feel bad for them:
This has already proved effective at drawing attention and sympathy . ( Slate)
Police show no sympathy for "polite bandit." ( Chicago Tribune )
So many dramas resort to cadging sympathy for their troubled characters by killing off loved ones. ( Time )
If you're feeling empathy , you're in (em) the feeling. If it's s ympathy , you're feeling s orry for s omeone.

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empathy
Use empathy if you're looking for a noun meaning"the ability to identify with another's feelings."    When Bill Clinton famously told people "I feel your pain" during his 1992 election campaign, some praised and others ridiculed him for displaying empathy , the sharing or understanding of feelings. Empathy is different from sympathy , which is pity or sorrow for others' misfortunes. They share a common root in -pathy , from the Greek pathos , "feeling." Where they differ is in theirprefixes: sym- means "with," while em- means"in." If you can empathize with someone, it's because you have been in their place: you've"walked a mile in their shoes," as the saying goes.
DEFINITIONS OF:
empathy
1
n understanding and entering into another's feelings
Type of:
fellow feeling , sympathy
sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)                                                        sympathy
Sympathy is a feeling of pity or sense of compassion — it's when you feel bad for someone else who's going through something hard.                                                   The ability to feel sympathy for others is a great part of what make us human, and it's what compels us to reach out and offer help. So have sympathy for people who confuse this word with empathy — they're awfully close in meaning. Feeling sympathy means you feel sorry for someone's situation, even ifyou've never been there yourself. Empathy is when you truly understand and can feel whatanother person is going though.
DEFINITIONS OF:
sympathy
1
n a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
"the two of them were in close sympathy "
Types:
mutual affection , mutual understanding
sympathy of each person for the other
Type of:
affinity , kinship
a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
n sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Synonyms:
fellow feeling
Types:
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Type of:
feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
n an inclination to support or be loyal to orto agree with an opinion
"his sympathies were always with the underdog"
Synonyms:
understanding
Type of:
disposition , inclination , tendency
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

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             oxymoron
Jumbo shrimp? Open secret? Use oxymoron to refer to a word or phrase that contradicts itself, usually to create some rhetorical effect.
When Shakespeare's Juliet says, "Parting is such sweet sorrow," she is using an oxymoron; her apparently self-contradictory turn of phrase actually makes a neat kind of sense. Oxymoron is sometimes used to describe a word combination that strikes the listener as humorously contradictory, even if the speaker didn't intend it that way — perhaps the most famous example is "militaryintelligence." The word oxymoron is itself an oxymoron; in Greek, oxy- means "sharp" or"wise," while moros means "foolish."
DEFINITIONS OF:
oxymoron
1
n conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
Type of:
figure , figure of speech , image , trope
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

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ingenious / ingenuous
Quiz time! Which example uses ingenuous correctly?
YouTube Marketing An Ingenuous Thing: What You Need To Know
Indeed, even an ingenuous child cries out with remorse when caught.
Joe Muench: Ingenuous plan for using those Asarco properties
If you picked the second one, give yourself a gold star. Ingenuous means innocent, artless, simple. It could be a compliment or an insult, but it does not somehow mean clever or creative. Our second example explains that even a innocent child will feel remorse about a thing if he's caught doing it (though, if he's"caught," doesn't that imply wrongdoing?).
The sad, ingenuous path of John Locke has been trumped by the machinations of Betty Draper.
If you refuse to take part in a game of corruption that everyone around you is playing, you're taken for an ingenuous fool.
Both the first and third examples wanted ingenious, meaning something original, creative, inventive. As in:
Caffeinated Marshmallows?! Ingenious!
YouTube marketing might be just thing cleverthing to sell your product. And though you might have an innocent way of using those Asarco properties, it's not something worth bragging about. A creative use is another story. So are caffeinated marshmallows. Just don't give them to ingenuous kids.                                                              ingenious
Something ingenious shows creativity and inventiveness.If someone compares you toEinstein, they're implying that you, too, are ingenious.                    Ingenious comes from the Latin words for inborn talent. It started off meaning someonewho was talented or incredibly smart, but has come to mean inventive, or clever. If you can solve 146,392 * 27,453 in your head, people might call you a math genius. But if you come up with a way to turn water into fuel, you will be praised as ingenious. Ingenious can also describe thing, like an ingenious device.
DEFINITIONS OF:
ingenious
1
adj showing inventiveness and skill
"an ingenious solution to the problem"
Synonyms:
clever , cunning
adroit
quick or skillful or adept in action or thought                                                      ingenuous
Someone who is ingenuous shows a childlike innocence, trust, and openness. One of the things kindergarten teachers value is the chance to work with kids while they're still relatively ingenuous ––their open, trusting natures are a joy.
Choose Your Words:
ingenious / ingenuous
Ingenuous means innocent, artless, simple, while ingenious refers to something original, creative, inventive. Continue reading...
A near synonym is naive . Its opposite is disingenuous , which means "giving a false impression of being honest and sincere." Don't confuse the word ingenuous with the similarly spelled ingenious , which means"very smart or clever." Ingenuous is from Latin ingenuus "having the qualities of peopleborn free, noble, honest, open," ultimately formed from the prefix in- "in" plus gignere "to produce."
DEFINITIONS OF:
ingenuous
1
adj lacking in sophistication or worldliness
"his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
Synonyms:
innocent
naif , naive
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
adj characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
Synonyms:
artless
candid , heart-to-heart , open
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
undistorted
without alteration or misrepresentation
sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful
naif , naive
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Antonyms:
artful , disingenuous
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

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              swathe
When you swathe yourself ina blanket, you are wrapping or swaddling yourself up in it. Swathe a baby up and you're creating a little cocoon where she can sleep.
The word swathe can also be spelled swath. When spelled with an e, it is pronounced like the word "bathe." When you bathe, you immerse yourself in water and when you swathe yourself, you immerse or bundle yourself in blankets. Commonly, this word canbe used to talk about how you might wrap a baby up, but it's also the word for a long strip or bandage to protect a wound.
DEFINITIONS OF:
swathe
1
v wrap in swaddling clothes
Synonyms:
swaddle
Type of:
bind
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
n an enveloping bandage
Synonyms:
wrapping
Type of:
bandage , patch
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body