DEFINITION: (adjective) Of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices.
SYNONYMS: antimonopoly.
USAGE: Government antitrust laws prevented the technology company from merging with its only competitor.
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DEFINITION: (noun) A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
SYNONYMS: knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scallywag.
USAGE: What a brazen-fac’d varlet art thou, to deny thou knowest me!
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DEFINITION: (noun) A large number or amount.
SYNONYMS: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, piles.
USAGE: Our local bakery has oodles of desserts available for purchase.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Financially ruined.
SYNONYMS: bankrupt.
USAGE: The struggling grocery store was forced to lay off several employees to avoid going belly-up.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Eminent beyond or above comparison.
SYNONYMS: matchless, nonpareil, one and only, unrivaled, unmatched, one.
USAGE: You shall now learn how great is the knowledge and power of our peerless Sorceress.
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DEFINITION: (noun) Someone waiting in concealment.
SYNONYMS: lurker, skulker.
USAGE: Amanda caught a glimpse of a figure in the shadows of the alleyway and ran in fear of the mysterious lurcher.
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DEFINITION: (verb) Argue over petty things.
SYNONYMS: bicker, brabble, squabble, niggle, quibble.
USAGE: Mrs. Faraday watched in exasperation as her children pettifogged about who deserved the last of her chocolate chip cookies.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Abounding in trees.
SYNONYMS: woodsy.
USAGE: Oregon’s arboreous landscape is both beautiful and serene.
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DEFINITION: (verb) Use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.
SYNONYMS: cogitate, think.
USAGE: As they surveyed the damage, Jonathan did not ask his father how he would fix the tree house, instead allowing him stare and cerebrate in silence.
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DEFINITION: (adjective) Difficult to chew.
SYNONYMS: cartilaginous, rubbery.
USAGE: After several minutes of trying to break down the gristly piece of steak, I gave up and discretely spat it into my napkin.
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