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. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

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1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

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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. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces; "the platoon ran into a pack of hostiles"

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1. Definition: 1. full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral"

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

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1. Definition: 1. suggesting war or military life

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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. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

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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. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

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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. 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. 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. incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"

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1. Definition: 1. defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking warmth or friendliness; "looked uncordial as we approached"

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1. Definition: 1. ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

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1. Definition: 1. an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

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

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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. relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era"

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

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