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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone a servant |
| Synonyms: | bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep under thumb, oppress, put in irons, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, shut in, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke |
| Antonyms: | allow, emancipate, free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | accessible, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, liable, menaced, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| Main Entry: | gist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
| Synonyms: | basis, bearing, bottom line, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game, nature of the beast, nitty gritty, nuts and bolts, pith, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guinea pig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experimental subject |
| Synonyms: | Cavia porcellus, cavy, examinee, experimental animal, experimental subject, lab animal, lab rat, laboratory animal, rodent, subject, test animal, test subject, testee, victim |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of lesser rank, importance |
| Synonyms: | adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling |
| Antonyms: | superior |
| Main Entry: | inflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impose something |
| Synonyms: | administer, apply, bring upon, command, deal out, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, force upon, give, give it to, lay down the law, levy, mete out, require, stick it to, strike, subject, visit, wreak |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point in question |
| Synonyms: | affair, argument, concern, contention, controversy, matter, matter of contention, point, point of departure, problem, puzzle, question, subject, topic |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | answerable, responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, obligated, subject, tied |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | excusable, freed, irresponsible, unaccountable |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, likely |
| Synonyms: | apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, given, in danger, inclined, penetrable, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, tending, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | immune, unlikely |
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