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101notion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absurd, foolish, misguided, ridiculous, silly ▪ foggiest, vague ▪ I haven t the foggiest notion of how to get there …
102doubt — I n. 1) to raise (a) doubt (her proposal raised serious doubts in my mind) 2) to cast doubt on 3) to feel doubt; to entertain, harbor doubts about 4) to express, voice (a) doubt 5) to dispel, resolve a doubt 6) a deep, serious, strong; gnawing;… …
103fear — I n. 1) to arouse, inspire, instill, kindle fear 2) to express; feel; show fear (she felt fear for their safety) 3) to confirm one s fears 4) to allay, dispel; overcome fear 5) grave, mortal, strong; groundless; idle; inarticulate; lingering;… …
104hope — I n. 1) to arouse, inspire, stir up hope 2) to raise smb. s hopes 3) to express, voice a hope 4) to cherish, entertain, nurse a hope 5) to pin, place, put one s hopes on 6) to dash, deflate, dispel; thwart smb. s hopes 7) to abandon, give up hope …
105illusion — n. 1) to create, produce an illusion 2) to cherish, harbor an illusion 3) to dispel an illusion 4) an optical illusion 5) an illusion about 6) an illusion to + inf. (it s an illusion to think that...) 7) an illusion that + clause (it is an… …
106myth — n. 1) to create a myth 2) to debunk, dispel; explode a myth 3) a myth that + clause (we dispelled the myth that their army was invincible) * * * [mɪθ] dispel explode a myth to create a myth to debunk a myth that + clause (we dispelled the myth… …
107rumour — n. 1) to circulate, spread a rumour 2) to confirm a rumour 3) to deny; dispel, spike a rumour 4) an idle, unfounded, wild rumour 5) an unconfirmed; vague rumour 6) rumours circulate, fly, spread 7) a rumour that + clause (we heard a rumour that… …
108suspicion — n. suspecting mistrust 1) to arouse, cause, create, evoke, sow, stir (a) suspicion 2) to entertain, harbor, have a suspicion 3) to confirm a suspicion 4) to cast suspicion on 5) to allay, dispel suspicion 6) a groundless, unfounded suspicion 7) a …
109dismiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. send away; discharge, liberate, disband; cancel (law). See nullification, ejection, liberation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send away] Syn. discard, reject, decline, repel, repudiate, dispatch,… …
110dispersion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Scattering Nouns dispersion, diffuseness; DisjUNCTion, scattering, dissemination, diffusion, dissipation, distribution, apportionment, spread, disbanding, diaspora, decomposition; irradiation;… …
