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A vailable Adj. Ready for use, at hand synonyms: obtainable on hand

A vailable Adj. Ready for use, at hand synonyms: obtainable on hand Bean curd and sprouts are available at the Chinese market. . Cater Verb To satisfy the needs of; try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service synonyms: Pamper

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A vailable Adj. Ready for use, at hand synonyms: obtainable on hand

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  1. Available Adj. Ready for use, at hand synonyms: • obtainable • on hand Bean curd and sprouts are available at the Chinese market.

  2. Cater Verb To satisfy the needs of; try to make things easy and pleasant; to supply food and service synonyms: • Pamper • indulge • Gratify Our grandmother cared for the twins over the summer but she refused to cater to their every whim.

  3. Customary Adj. Usual; expected; routine synonyms: • Regular • Normal • Traditional The customary tip given to a waiter is fifteen percent of the bill.

  4. Dissuade Verb To persuade not to do something Synonyms: • Discourage • Talk out of Despite offering big raises the boss was unable to dissuade the employees from quitting.

  5. Entrepreneur Noun The person who starts up and takes the risk of a business Synonyms: • Business person In the first year of business, an entrepreneur often assumes losses for the sake of future profits

  6. Firebrand noun A piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person Synonyms: • Hothead Agitator Rabble-rouser A rash young firebrand, the new editor of the newspaper strove to expose corruption in the mayor’s office

  7. hazard Noun, verb (N) risk, peril; (V) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble Synonyms: • danger venture Snow tires can help eliminate the hazard of driving on icy roads. When asked to predict when the long drought would end, the meteorologists would not hazard a guess.

  8. homicide noun The killing of one person by another synonyms: • Manslaughter murder It did not take the jury very long to find the drifter guilty of homicide.

  9. indifference noun A lack of interest or concern synonyms: • Apathy unconcern The outcome of the rugby match between the two teams is a matter of complete indifference to me.

  10. Indignant Adjective Filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy or mean Synonyms: • Offended resentful outraged Angered by the editorial in the newspaper, my mother wrote an indignant letter to the editor.

  11. indispensable adjective Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected Synonyms: • Essential crucial vital Oxygen is a gas that is indispensable to life processes.

  12. lubricate verb To apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use Synonyms: • oil grease The workers had to lubricate the equipment regularly so that production would not suffer.

  13. mutual adjective Shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more synonyms: • Two-sided joint shared reciprocal After working together through many difficult trials, the two lawyers formed a mutual respect for one another.

  14. Pelt verb To throw a stream of things; to hurry synonyms: • Bombard shower pepper The children resisted the urge to pelt the cars with snowballs.

  15. plague Noun verb (N) An easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil (V) to annoy or bother Synonyms: • Epidemic pestilence pester vex In the 14th century, a plague spread by infected rats wiped out about one fourth of the population in Europe. Mosquitoes will plague the campers if they forget insect repellant.

  16. Poised adjective Balanced, suspended, calm, controlled, ready for action synonyms: • Collected self-confident ready The captain and other members of the crew were poised for takeoff.

  17. regime noun A government in power; a form or system of rule or management; period of rule synonyms: • Administration rule The present regime in that country came to power through democratic elections.

  18. revere verb To love and respect deeply, honor greatly Synonyms: • Admire esteem cherish The elderly teacher was revered by a whole generation of students.

  19. Transparent adjective Allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected Synonyms: • Clear translucent obvious The students could see the other class through the transparent glass door.

  20. unscathed Adjective Wholly unharmed, not injured Synonyms: • Unhurt sound intact unimpaired Remarkably, the captain and the entire crew emerged from the wreck unscathed.

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