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  • 111simulate — Synonyms and related words: act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff, borrow, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, chorus, come close …

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  • 112spout — Synonyms and related words: anabasis, ascension, ascent, avenue, babble, beak, belch, blab, blabber, blather, blether, blow open, blow out, blowhole, blowout, bond, bottomry, brash, break out, burst forth, burst of rain, burst out, carry on,… …

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  • 113throw away — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, blow, blunder away, boot out, bounce, brush aside, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, chuck out, consume, contemn, contradict, declaim, decline, deep six, defenestrate,… …

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  • 114wear — Synonyms and related words: abate, abide, ablate, ablation, about ship, abrade, abrase, abrasion, abrasive, act a part, affect, apparel, array, assume, atomization, attire, attrition, back and fill, bark, bate, be dressed in, be eaten away, be… …

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  • 115act — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See action, drama, conduct, affectation, representation, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action] Syn. action, deed, performance, exploit; see action 2 . 2. [An official or legal s …

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  • 116affectation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Artificiality of manner Nouns 1. (affected quality) affectation, affectedness, artificiality, insincerity, histrionics, ostentation; charlatanism, quackery (See deception); pretense, gloss, veneer,… …

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  • 117drama — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Theater Nouns 1. drama; the drama, the stage, the theater, legitimate theater, street theater; show business, theatricals, theatrics, performance art; theater of the absurd, the mind, cruelty,… …

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  • 118overreach — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To exceed] Syn. overact, outreach, overdo, overextend; see exceed . 2. [To outwit] Syn. outsmart, cheat, fool; see deceive . 3. [To spread over] Syn. overlay, encroach on, encroach upon, overlap; see cover 1 , spread 4 . II… …

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  • 119overshoot — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overreach, overdo, overact; see exceed …

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  • 120emote — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. act, overact, dramatize, express, *ham it up. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make an emotional display: emotionalize, gush. See FEELINGS …

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