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  • 91agitation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Violent motion Nouns 1. (quality of being agitated) agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple; trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; flutter. Informal, sweat. 2. (result of agitation) perturbation, commotion …

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  • 92attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …

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  • 93cramp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. restrict, hamper, handicap; compress, confine; fasten; cripple, paralyze, incapacitate. n. seizure, spasm, charley horse (inf.). See hindrance, impotence, pain, contraction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 94fit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. caprice, whim, fancy, notion; paroxysm, convulsion, seizure, outburst. See agitation. v. equip, furnish, outfit; grace, beautify; accommodate; clothe; suit, meet, conform; adapt. See agreement,… …

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  • 95misery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wretchedness, poverty; distress, anguish. See pain. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pain] Syn. distress, suffering, agony; see pain 2 . 2. [Dejection] Syn. worry, despair, desolation; see depression 2 , grief… …

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  • 96prick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. puncture, pierce, stick; sting, wound; prod, urge, incite, goad, spur. See pain, sensibility, impulse. n. hole, wound, puncture; slang, penis. See opening, body. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tap, stab,… …

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  • 97qualm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. twinge, pang, throe; misgiving, compunction, uneasiness, remorse. See fear, penitence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Doubt] Syn. scruple, misgiving, doubt, compunction, reservation, uneasiness, apprehension …

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  • 98revolution — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. uprising (see revolution); rotation; cycle. See circuit. II Radical change Nouns 1. revolution, radical or sweeping change, clean sweep, foquismo; coup, coup d état, uprising, counterrevolution,… …

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  • 99seizure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confiscation, appropriation, arrest, capture; attack, fit, spell, stroke. See acquisition, disease, restraint. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Capture] Syn. seizing, taking, apprehending; see capture . 2. [A… …

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  • 100shoot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rush, dart; sprout, burgeon, grow; fire, discharge; detonate, explode; kill, wound, hit; propel, drive, emit. See velocity, propulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To discharge] Syn. fire, shoot off, expel …

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