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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill, creativity |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, artistry, craft, craftsmanship, dexterity, expertise, facility, imagination, ingenuity, inventiveness, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, profession, trade, virtuosity |
| Antonyms: | lack, unskill |
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, carving, description, design, illustration, imitation, modeling, molding, painting, pictorialization, portrayal, representation, sculpting, shaping, simulation, sketching, symbolization |
| Antonyms: | science |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, come about, come to pass, occur, take place, transpire |
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| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
Biedermeier, Parian, Queen Anne, annulate, anomphalous, aperture, artificial, artistic, banded, botonée, broché, camera, chryselephantine, collared, condensed, copied, coppertoning, cross, displayed, expanded, exploded, fictile, figulate, figurative, filigreed, florid, flowery, futuramic, graphic, hard, ideoplastic, illustrated, illustrative, imitative, inclave, incuse, latticed, lavaliere, like, linear, lineate, lineolate, made, malleated, manufactured, marmoreal, matelassé, matte, mosaic, nonchromatic, oil, ornamented, ornate, orthochromatic, outlined, panchromatic, pencil, pictorial, picturesque, plaid, plastic, plateresque, pommée, punctate, punctiform, punctuate, raw, refractory, representative, represented, representing, ringstreaked, roman, rosular, scalariform, scrimshaw, semigloss, shutter, site, streaked, supellectile, tessellated, testaceous, textorial, vermiculate, vitreous, vittate, volant, vulned, waffle, washed
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| Main Entry: | accomplishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something successfully done, completed |
| Synonyms: | ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, bringing about, capability, carrying out, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effecting, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, frustration, nullification |
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
| Synonyms: | art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | canvas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painting on coarse material |
| Synonyms: | art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | capability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perform |
| Synonyms: | adequacy, aptitude, art, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, facility, faculty, means, might, potency, potential, potentiality, power, proficiency, qualification, qualifiedness, skill, wherewithal |
| Notes: | capacity refers to a general ability to comprehend an issue or perform a task; capability implies a reference to one of a set of such abilities |
| Antonyms: | impotence, inability, incompetence, ineptness |
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