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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pounce |
| Synonyms: | charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, spring, stab, swing, swipe, thrust |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
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| Main Entry: | jab |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | poke |
| Synonyms: | blow, buck, bump, bunt, dig, hit, jog, lunge, nudge, prod, punch, push, stab, tap, thrust |
| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement, gain |
| Synonyms: | advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, deterioration, retreat, retrogression |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward movement |
| Synonyms: | advance, blitz, boost, drive, impetus, impulsion, jump, lunge, momentum, onset, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, stab, whack, wham |
| Antonyms: | pull |
| Main Entry: | melioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress |
| Synonyms: | advance, amelioration, anabasis, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, course, dash, development, evolution, evolvement, expedition, flowering, growth, headway, hike, impetus, improvement, increase, journey, lunge, march, momentum, motion, movement, ongoing, pace, passage, process, procession, proficiency, progression, promotion, rate, rise, step forward, stride, tour, unfolding, voyage, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
accusable, accusative, accusatory, accused, accusing, anapologetical, criminatory, denunciatory, imputable, imputative, in custody, in detention, in the house of detention, in the lockup, in the watch, inexcusable, recriminatory, suspected, under a cloud, under surveillance, under suspicion, unjustifiable, unpardonable, vicious
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| Main Entry: | progress |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Plunge. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; diver.
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| Antonyms: | leap |
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