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2022-05-18 16:00:00 Wink, noun.

Example: He noticed a wink of light in the west.

Synonyms:

1. glimmer, glimmering, gleam, glint, flash, flicker, twinkle, sparkle
2. blink
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2022-05-17 16:00:00 Colour, noun.

Example: Eight tubes of oil colour.

Synonyms:

1. paint, pigment, colourant, coloration, dye, stain, tint, wash
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2022-05-16 16:00:00 Piece, noun.

Example: A piece of cheese.

Synonyms:

1. bit, section, slice, chunk, segment, lump, hunk
2. wedge, slab, knob, block, cake, bar, tablet, brick, cube, stick, length
3. offcut, sample, particle, fragment, flake, sliver, splinter, wafer, chip, crumb, grain, speck, scrap, remnant, shred, shard, snippet, mite
4. mouthful, morsel
5. (British • informal) wodge
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2022-05-15 16:00:00 Alienation, noun.

Example: She shared my deep sense of alienation from our environment.

Synonyms:

1. isolation, detachment, estrangement, distance, separation, severance, parting, division, divorce, cutting off, turning away, withdrawal
2. variance, difference, schism
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2022-05-14 16:00:00 Fierce, adjective.

Example: A fierce pain shot between his eyes.

Synonyms:

1. severe, extreme, intense, acute, grave, very bad, awful, dreadful, grievous
2. excruciating, agonizing, torturous, tormenting, piercing, penetrating, harrowing

Antonyms:

1. mild
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2022-05-13 16:00:00 Divide, noun.

Example: The divide between the sacred and secular.

Synonyms:

1. breach, gulf, gap, split, divergence, differentiation
2. borderline, boundary, dividing line
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2022-05-12 16:00:00 Thing, noun.

Example: She had a thing about men who wore glasses.

Synonyms:

1. penchant for, preference for, taste for, inclination for, partiality for, predilection for, soft spot for, weakness for, fancy for, fondness for, liking for, love for, passion for
2. fetish, obsession, fixation
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2022-05-11 16:00:00 Publicity, noun.

Example: Clever publicity has created a wave of enthusiasm.

Synonyms:

1. promotion, advertising, propaganda
2. boost, push, fanfare
3. (informal) hype, ballyhoo, puff, puffery, build-up, razzmatazz
4. plug
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2022-05-10 16:00:00 Knowledge, noun.

Example: People anxious to display their knowledge.

Synonyms:

1. learning, erudition, education, scholarship, letters, schooling, science
2. wisdom, enlightenment, philosophy

Antonyms:

1. ignorance, illiteracy
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