A
addicted to flattery
adherence to principle
affect to believe
akin to truth
alive to opportunity
allied to virtue
amenable to reason
aspire to rule
attempt to suppress
aversion to publicity
B
blind to demonstration
brought to repentance
C
claim to perpetuity
come to nothing
committed to righteousness
common to humanity
conducive to happiness
conformable to fact
consigned to oblivion
constrained to speak
contribution to knowledge
D
deaf to entreaty
dedicated to friendship
deference to custom
devoted to ideals
disposed to cavil [cavil = raise trivial objections]
doomed to destruction
driven to despair
dwarf to unimportance
E
empowered to act
endeared to all
excite to pity
exposed to derision
F
fly to platitudes
foredoomed to failure
G
given to extravagance
ground to atoms
H
harassed to death
hostile to progress
I
impervious to suggestion
impossible to reconcile
impotent to save
incentive to devotion
incitement to anger
inclined to vascillate
indifference to truth
intent to deceive
intolerable to society
inured to fatigue [inured = habituate to something undesirable]
invocation to sleep
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| Definition: | (verb) Place in a grave or tomb. |
| Synonyms: | inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury |
| Usage: | He was entombed here in this crypt alongside his predecessors. |
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 It is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners.L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) Discuss |
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