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111thread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of cotton, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ delicate (usually figurative), fine, fragile (usually figurative), thin ▪ Our lives hang by a fragil …
112mystery — n. 1) to pose a mystery (her disappearance poses a real mystery) 2) to clear up; fathom, solve, unravel a mystery 3) an unsolved mystery 4) a murder mystery 5) a mystery deepens 6) a mystery to (it was a mystery to me) 7) (misc.) shrouded,… …
113tangle — I n. to unravel a tangle II v. (colloq.) (d; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to tangle over; with (don t tangle with him) * * * [ tæŋg(ə)l] with (don t tangle with him) (colloq.) (d; intr.) ( to quarrel ) to tangle over to unravel a tangle …
114explain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. expound, solve, elucidate, resolve, fathom, account for; demonstrate, construe, interpret, define, describe, develop, detail, criticize, comment. See answer, attribution, interpretation. II (Roget… …
115ravel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. entangle, involve, unravel, fray, untangle, disentangle, separate. See difficulty, disorder. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. untwist, come apart, smooth out, untangle, disentangle, unsnarl, unbraid, untwine,… …
116Decomposition — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Decomposition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decomposition decomposition analysis dissection resolution catalysis dissolution Sgm: N 1 corruption corruption &c.(uncleanness) 653 Sgm: N 1 dispersion dispersion …
117Arrangement — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Reduction to Order. < N PARAG:Arrangement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 arrangement arrangement Sgm: N 1 plan plan &c. 626 Sgm: N 1 preparation preparation &c. 673 Sgm: N 1 disposal disposal disposition …
118mystery — mys|ter|y1 [ mıst(ə)ri ] noun ** ▸ 1 something you cannot explain ▸ 2 being hard to explain ▸ 3 type of story/movie etc. ▸ 4 secrets about subject ▸ 5 in religion 1. ) count something that you are not able to understand, explain, or get… …
119frazzle — (v.) c.1825, to unravel (of clothing), from E.Anglian variant of 17c. fasel to unravel, fray (like the end of a rope), from M.E. facelyn to fray (mid 15c.), from fasylle fringe, frayed edge, dim. of O.E. fæs fringe. Cf. Ger. Faser thread, fiber,… …
120extricate — [ ɛkstrɪkeɪt] verb free from a constraint or difficulty. Derivatives extricable adjective extrication noun Origin C17 (in the sense unravel ): from L. extricat , extricare unravel , from ex out + tricae perplexities …
