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  • 91summer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last, this past (esp. AmE) ▪ the following, next, this, this coming ▪ early, late …

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  • 92heat — I n. warmth 1) to generate, produce; radiate heat 2) to alleviate the heat 3) blistering, extreme, great, intense, oppressive, scorching, stifling, sweltering, unbearable heat 4) dry; penetrating; radiant; red; white heat 5) animal; body heat 6)… …

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  • 93ardent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. warm, passionate, zealous, fervent; glowing, fiery; eager. See feeling, heat, activity.Ant., cool, unfeeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Passionate] Syn. passionate, fervent, impassioned, warm; see… …

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  • 94fiery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impetuous, passionate, hot tempered, fervid; irritable; blazing, glowing; inflamed. See heat, excitement, irascibility, excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Burning] Syn. blazing, flaming,… …

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  • 95heated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. feverous, fervent; excited, agitated; passionate, hot; angry. See heat, agitation, excitement, resentment.Ant., calm, pleasant. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Warmed] Syn. toasted, fired, cooked,… …

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  • 96boiling — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Cooking] Syn. stewing, steeping, percoLating, steaming, bubbling, seething, simmering, evaporating, distilling, boiling over; see also cooking 1 . 2. [Hot] Syn. warm, scorching, torrid; see hot 1 . 3. [Angry] Syn. raging …

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  • 97hot — hot1 W2S1 [hɔt US ha:t] adj comparative hotter superlative hottest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(high temperature)¦ 2¦(spicy)¦ 3¦(very popular/fashionable)¦ 4¦(good)¦ 5¦(sexy)¦ 6¦(difficult/dangerous)¦ 7 a hot issue/topic etc …

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  • 98scorch — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)tʃ[/t]] scorches, scorching, scorched 1) VERB To scorch something means to burn it slightly. [V n] The bomb scorched the side of the building. Derived words: scorched ADJ GRADED ...scorched black earth. 2) V ERG If something …

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  • 99burning — burn·ing || bɜːnɪŋ n. scorching; flaming; combustion, fire adj. scorching; blazing bɜːn n. singe, scalding; flaming, combustion; bourn, brook, small stream (Scottish, English) v. be on fire, be in flames; combust; singe; scorch; scald; be… …

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  • 100burnings — burn·ing || bɜːnɪŋ n. scorching; flaming; combustion, fire adj. scorching; blazing …

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