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Role

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Characterization 76% connected

The act or process of characterizing.

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Duty 76% connected

That which is due; payment.

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Enactment 76% connected

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

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Personation 76% connected

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

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Portrayal 76% connected

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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Usefulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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Capacity 76% connected

The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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Hat 76% connected

Hot.

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Heavy 76% connected

Having the heaves.

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Hero 76% connected

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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Heroine 76% connected

A woman of an heroic spirit.

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Lieu 76% connected

Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Portfolio 76% connected

A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Stead 76% connected

Place, or spot, in general.

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Villain 76% connected

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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Functional 66% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Functional 66% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Synonym 7

Character 92% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Function 92% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Office 92% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Persona 92% connected

Same as Person, n., 8.

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Purpose 92% connected

That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure…

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Use 92% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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