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  • 111folly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of good sense Nouns 1. folly, silliness, foolishness, inanity, idiocy; frivolity, ineptitude; giddiness; inattention; irrationality, eccentricity (see insanity); extravagance, nonsense, absurdity;… …

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  • 112goof — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See error, folly. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. err, make a mistake, flub*; see fail 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. Sl. bungle, mess up, blunder, fail, *screw up, miscalculate. IV (Roget s… …

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  • 113ignorance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of knowledge Nouns 1. ignorance, nescience; illiteracy; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity, simpleness, innocence; stupidity; unawareness. See folly, insanity,… …

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  • 114jackass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. donkey; blockhead, dolt, jerk. See animal, ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A male donkey] Syn. he ass, burro, Rocky Mountain canary*; see animal 2 , donkey . 2. [*A stupid or foolish person] Syn.… …

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  • 115jerk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. twist, tweak, pull, snap; start, twitch, jitter, jump. n. start, jump, twitch; spasm; pull, snap; slang, nitwit, fool, nobody. See excitability, traction, folly. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A spasmodic… …

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  • 116moron — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. simpleton, half wit, imbecile. See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. feeble minded person, mentally handicapped person, retardate, imbecile, idiot*, simpleton, natural, goose*, addlepate*, dullard,… …

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  • 117nerd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, bookworm, grind (inf.); expert, techie (inf.). See learning, skill. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. *dork, *goofball, *geek, *jerk, *dweeb, *goober, *goon, *nebbish …

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  • 118nitwit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, bonehead, jughead, fool, dimwit (sl.). See folly. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. blockhead, dummy, dimwit; see fool 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. dimwit, idiot, simpleton. see moron IV (Roge …

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  • 119simple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. elementary, uncomplicated; plain, common; unassuming, humble, unaffected; pure, absolute; gullible, silly. See simpleness, humility, folly, purity.Ant., complex, complicated, difficult. II (Roget s… …

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  • 120turkey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gobbler, tom; slang, failure, flop. See birds, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. turkey cock, turkey hen, bird, fowl, Thanksgiving bird, Christmas bird, gobbler, turkey gobbler, wild turkey, domestic… …

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