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| abort |
to experience the end of a pregnancy before the fetus is able to survive. [1/6 definitions] |
| abstract |
hard to understand because not based on one's experience of the world. [1/3 definitions] |
| accustom |
to cause (oneself or another) to become used to something through use or experience. habituate. |
| ache |
to produce or experience a dull, constant pain. [1/4 definitions] |
| acquaintance |
knowledge of something that comes from personal experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| afterglow |
a warm, pleasing memory of a recent experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| aftertaste |
the feeling that lingers after an experience, esp. an unpleasant one, is over. [1/2 definitions] |
| a posteriori |
based on experience or observation, rather than on theory or hypothesis. [1/2 definitions] |
| a priori |
based on hypothesis, theory, fixed rules, or established forms rather than on experience or experiment. [1/3 definitions] |
| arborist |
a person with specialized knowledge of trees and experience in their care. |
| armchair |
lacking direct involvement or practical experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| assimilate |
to absorb and incorporate (knowledge, experience, or the like). [1/8 definitions] |
| athirst |
eager, as for knowledge or experience. |
| background |
all of a person's experience, education, and family history. [1/2 definitions] |
| ball2 |
(informal) a very good time or experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| baptism of fire |
a soldier's first experience of being in combat and under fire. [1/2 definitions] |
| bask |
to experience and enjoy approval or favor. [1/3 definitions] |
| bear2 |
(informal) a difficult experience or problem. [1/5 definitions] |
| beautiful |
delightful to see, hear, or experience; lovely to the senses; having beauty. |
| blush |
to experience embarrassment or shame (usu. fol. by "at" or "for"). [1/7 definitions] |
| bookish |
tending to rely on book learning more than on other experience. [1/3 definitions] |
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