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1. Definition: 1. a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"

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1. Definition: 1. stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer"

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1. Definition: 1. be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

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1. Definition: 1. very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow

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1. Definition: 1. not equal in amount; "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"

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1. Definition: 1. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

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1. Definition: 1. behave extremely cruelly and brutally

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1. Definition: 1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

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1. Definition: 1. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"

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1. Definition: 1. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

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1. Definition: 1. providing something with a surface of a different material

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1. Definition: 1. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

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1. Definition: 1. considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"

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1. Definition: 1. a person who counts things

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1. Definition: 1. differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"

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1. Definition: 1. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

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1. Definition: 1. being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

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1. Definition: 1. (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident"

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1. Definition: 1. in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary wind"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

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1. Definition: 1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.

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1. Definition: 1. very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

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1. Definition: 1. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

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1. Definition: 1. something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"

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1. Definition: 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

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1. Definition: 1. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

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1. Definition: 1. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

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1. Definition: 1. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

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1. Definition: 1. of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves"

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1. Definition: 1. refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams

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1. Definition: 1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking grace in movement or posture;

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1. Definition: 1. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

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1. Definition: 1. go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

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1. Definition: 1. extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

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1. Definition: 1. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

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1. Definition: 1. tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"

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1. Definition: 1. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

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1. Definition: 1. incapable of harmonious association

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1. Definition: 1. not compatible; "incompatible personalities"; "incompatible colors"

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1. Definition: 1. not in agreement

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1. Definition: 1. intentionally unaccommodating; "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging"

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