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noun

1. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

Synonym: warning devicealarm system

2. a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

Synonym: alarm clock

3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Synonym: alertwarning signalalarum

4. fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Synonym: dismayconsternation

noun

1. the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

Synonym: modellingmodeling

2. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

Synonym: simulation

3. a type of product

e.g. his car was an old model

4. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

e.g. the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

Synonym: theoretical accountframework

5. something to be imitated

e.g. an exemplar of success
a model of clarity
he is the very model of a modern major general

Synonym: exemplarexamplegood example

6. a representative form or pattern

e.g. I profited from his example

Synonym: example

7. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

e.g. she was too fat to be a mannequin

Synonym: mannequinmanikinmannikinmanakinfashion model

8. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

e.g. the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos

Synonym: poser

9. someone worthy of imitation

e.g. every child needs a role model

Synonym: role model

verb

1. arrange attractively

e.g. dress my hair for the wedding

Synonym: dresssetdocoifcoiffecoiffure

2. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

e.g. arrange my schedule
set up one's life
I put these memories with those of bygone times

Synonym: set upputorder

3. make arrangements for

e.g. Can you arrange a meeting with the President?

Synonym: fix up

4. put into a proper or systematic order

e.g. arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order

Synonym: set up

5. plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

e.g. the neighboring tribe staged an invasion

Synonym: stage

6. adapt for performance in a different way

e.g. set this poem to music

Synonym: set

7. set (printed matter) into a specific format

e.g. Format this letter so it can be printed out

Synonym: format

noun

1. an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

2. the date on which a person was born

Synonym: natal day

noun

1. steadiness of mind under stress

e.g. he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity

Synonym: composurecalmnessequanimity

2. wind moving at less than 1 knot
0 on the Beaufort scale

Synonym: calm air

noun

1. a machine for performing calculations automatically

Synonym: computing machinecomputing devicedata processorelectronic computerinformation processing system

2. an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)

Synonym: calculatorreckonerfigurerestimator

noun

1. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

Synonym: dancingterpsichoresaltation

2. an artistic form of nonverbal communication

3. a party for social dancing

4. a party of people assembled for dancing

noun

1. a personal journal (as a physical object)

2. a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

Synonym: journal

noun

1. the act of joining together as one

e.g. the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
there was no meeting of minds

Synonym: mergingcoming together

2. the social act of assembling for some common purpose

e.g. his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day

Synonym: coming together

3. a casual or unexpected convergence

e.g. he still remembers their meeting in Paris
there was a brief encounter in the hallway

Synonym: encounter

4. a formally arranged gathering

e.g. next year the meeting will be in Chicago
the meeting elected a chairperson

Synonym: group meeting

5. a small informal social gathering

e.g. there was an informal meeting in my living room

Synonym: get together

6. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)

e.g. Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers

Synonym: confluence

noun

1. a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

e.g. take me out to the ballpark

Synonym: ballpark

2. a gear position that acts as a parking brake

e.g. the put the car in park and got out

3. a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

e.g. there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park

Synonym: parkland

4. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

e.g. they went for a walk in the park

Synonym: commonscommongreen

5. a lot where cars are parked

Synonym: parking lotcar parkparking area

noun

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

e.g. a small painting by Picasso
he bought the painting as an investment
his pictures hang in the Louvre

Synonym: painting

2. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

Synonym: photographphotoexposurepic

3. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

e.g. they showed us the pictures of their wedding
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

Synonym: imageiconikon

4. a typical example of some state or quality

e.g. the very picture of a modern general
she was the picture of despair

5. a clear and telling mental image

e.g. he described his mental picture of his assailant
he had no clear picture of himself or his world
the events left a permanent impression in his mind

Synonym: mental pictureimpression

6. the visible part of a television transmission

e.g. they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone

Synonym: video

7. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

e.g. they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location

Synonym: moviefilmmoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpicflick

8. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

e.g. the dictionary had many pictures

Synonym: pictorial matter

9. a graphic or vivid verbal description

e.g. too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

Synonym: word pictureword-paintingdelineationdepictioncharacterizationcharacterisation

10. a situation treated as an observable object

e.g. the political picture is favorable
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century

Synonym: scene

noun

1. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

noun

1. the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

2. atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

3. the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

Synonym: sundown

noun

1. the act of making something legally void

2. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

e.g. we get two weeks of vacation every summer
we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico

Synonym: holiday

noun

1. a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

2. a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back
usually is capable of being opened

3. a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material

4. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

5. an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served

e.g. he stuck his head in the window

6. a pane of glass in a window

e.g. the ball shattered the window

Synonym: windowpane

7. an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

e.g. he could see them through a window in the trees

8. the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

e.g. the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves
they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded