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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Emulate | to try and equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass mimic, follow, mirror, contend, ditto, rival, outvie, pattern, compete |
| Incessant | continuing or following without interruption; without ceasing continual, continuous, constant, perpetual, perennial, reoccurance, interminable |
| Eminent | standing out so as to be readily perceived or noted; jutting out; standing above others in some quality, or position famous, renowned, noted, celebrated, notorious, distinguished, illustrious, leonine |
| Prudent | wise or judicious in practical affairs; discreet or circumspect; careful in providing for the future advisable, canny, careful, cautious, discerning |
| Augment | to make larger, enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase; to become larger aggradize, amplify, boost, build, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge |
| Desolation | devastation;ruin;deprivation of companionship; sorrow, woe, grief, bleakness, devastation, isolation, solitude, desert |
| Decimation | to destroy a great number of proportion or people; to select by lot or kill every 10th person annihilation, catastrophe, Armageddon, devastation, holocaust |
| Subimation | meaning to transition from the solid to gas form without passing through the liquid form absorbance, resistance, amplitude |
| Concentration | amount of solute that is dissolved in a solution; focusing of a student's academic program on advanced study in a specific area or field; exclusive attention combination, consolidation, application, concern, centralization, attention |
| Eloquent | having or excreting the power of fluent, forceful and appropriate speech; characterized be forceful and appropriate expression; movingly expressive affecting, ardent, fervent, fervid, glib, graphic, verbous, loaquatious, poingant |