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  • 91reserved — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. undemonstrative, diffident, distant, reticent; set aside. See modesty, silence, store. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Held on reservation] Syn. appropriated, preempted, claimed, private, booked, engaged …

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  • 92unapproachable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inaccessible; cold, cool, forbidding, distant. See impossibility, taciturnity, seclusion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Distant] Syn. withdrawn, hesitant, aloof; see inaccessible , distant . 2.… …

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  • 93chilly — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Uncomfortably cool] Syn. brisk, crisp, nippy, chilled; see cold 1 , 2 , cool 1 . 2. [Cold in manner] Syn. unresponsive, hostile, frosty; see aloof , indifferent 1 , unfriendly 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. cold …

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  • 94standoffish — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cool, aloof, distant; see indifferent 1 , reserved 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. aloof, cool, cold, reserved, withdrawn, reticent, remote, distant, unsociable, antisocial, unfriendly, unapproachable, snooty,… …

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  • 95withdrawn — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Removed] Syn. retired, secluded, isolated, departed, cloistered, recluse, drawn back, gone into retirement, taken out, absent, retreated. Ant. active*, involved, progressing. 2. [Introverted] Syn. shy, reserved, retiring …

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  • 96Absence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Nullibiety. < N PARAG:Absence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absence absence Sgm: N 1 inexistence inexistence &c. 2 Sgm: N 1 nonresidence nonresidence absenteeism Sgm: N 1 nonattendance nonattendance alibi …

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  • 97Distance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Distance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 distance distance Sgm: N 1 space space &c. 180 Sgm: N 1 remoteness remoteness farness far cry to Sgm: N 1 longinquity longinquity elongation Sgm …

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  • 98Seclusion — (Roget s Thesaurus) Exclusion. < N PARAG:Seclusion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 seclusion seclusion privacy Sgm: N 1 retirement retirement Sgm: N 1 reclusion reclusion recess Sgm: N 1 snugness snugness &c. >Adj. Sgm …

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  • 99indifferent — ndifferent 1 Indifferent, unconcerned, incurious, aloof, detached, uninterested, disinterested mean not feeling or showing interest, especially natural or normal interest. Indifferent is often used in place of the other and more specific terms.… …

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  • 100ἀποστατῇ — ἀποστατέω stand aloof from pres subj mp 2nd sg ἀποστατέω stand aloof from pres ind mp 2nd sg ἀποστατέω stand aloof from pres subj act 3rd sg …

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