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(verb) make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design" |
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Related Words: complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine |
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(verb) alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" |
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Synonyms: adulterate, doctor, doctor up |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) make less natural or innocent |
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Related Words: civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train |
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(noun) a worldly-wise person |
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Synonyms: man of the world |
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Related Words: adult, city boy, city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, grownup |
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(verb) change the meaning of |
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Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around |
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Related Words: denote, refer |
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