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111trap — n. device for catching animals or people stratagem for tricking unsuspecting people 1) to bait; set a trap for 2) to spring a trap on 3) to fall into a trap 4) to lure smb. into a trap 5) a booby; death trap; mousetrap; radar, speed trap; a sand… …
112victim — n. 1) an innocent; unsuspecting victim (of) 2) an accident; amnesia; earthquake; flood; hurricane; storm victim 3) (misc.) to fall victim to * * * [ vɪktɪm] amnesia earthquake flood hurricane …
113naive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, unsophisticated, unworldly, artless. See simpleness, credulity. Ant., knowing, sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingenuous, artless, unsophisticated, unaffected, innocent, simple …
114trap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pitfall, snare, net, deadfall; ambush; carriage; trapdoor; ( pl.) equipment, luggage. v. catch, entrap, [en]snare, net, enmesh, fool, ambush. See deception, vehicle. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A device to …
115trusting — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Naive] Syn. trustful, credulous, confiding, gullible, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easygoing, open, candid, indulgent, obliging, well meaning, good natured, tenderhearted, green*, suckerish*, doughfaced*, with a glass… …
116Hope — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hope >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hope hope hopes Sgm: N 1 desire desire &c. 865 Sgm: N 1 fervent hope fervent hope sanguine expectation trust confidence reliance Sgm: N 1 faith …
117booby trap — boo′by trap n. 1) mil a hidden bomb or mine that can be set off by an unsuspecting person who steps on it, touches a tripwire, or the like 2) any hidden trap set for an unsuspecting person • Etymology: 1840–50 boo′by trap , v.t. trapped,… …
118Introduction — Germany, during the years between 1933 and 1945, was a state organized around the principle of race. Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s confidant, was not being facetious when he defined National Socialism as applied biology. To the Nazis, paraphrasing… …
119booby trap — /ˈbubi træp/ (say boohbee trap) noun 1. an object so placed as to fall on or trip up an unsuspecting person. 2. Military a hidden or disguised bomb or mine so placed that it will be set off by an unsuspecting person. –verb (t) 3. to set with a… …
120trap — trap1 [trap] n. [ME trappe < OE træppe, akin to treppan, to step, Ger treppe, stairway < IE * dreb , to run, step, trip (var. of base * drā ) > Pol drabina, ladder] 1. any device for catching animals, as one that snaps shut tightly when… …
