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Reverse Dictionary #5

Read the definition and guess the word it defines.

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Definition
First Letter
Word
A gradual change in color.
G
Gradient | Gradation
A series of events which produce a result (the product).
P
Process
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
O
Opinion
A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
C
Conviction
The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
P
Peak
To destroy or make something no longer usable.
R
Ruin
A currently unrealized ability.
P
Potential
A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale.
N
Nursery
The remains of something that has been severely damaged or worn down.
W
Wreck
Very large.
H
Huge
The act of teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
I
Instruction
To place in the ground.
B
Bury
To produce an image or copy of.
R
Reproduce | Replicate
Definition
First Letter
Word
Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
S
Straight
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated.
C
Courage
A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
R
Rabbit
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
T
Thin
A professional […] who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
G
Ghostwriter
The period of someone being away.
A
Absence
Well; free from disease or disorder.
H
Healthy
To ill-use someone or something.
M
Mistreat
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
A
Anticipation
Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
G
Gossip
To fail to hit.
M
Miss
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
F
Feather
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4 Comments
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Level 94
Sep 22, 2023
I think gradation works pretty well for gradient.
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Level 75
Sep 22, 2023
Yes, it does. I added a type-in to allow either. Thanks.
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Level 64
Oct 23, 2023
I believe credo should be allowed along with conviction

Replicate should be allowed along with reproduce

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Level 75
Oct 23, 2023
I made “replicate” a valid answer.

I revised the definition of “conviction” rather than quibble over what I perceive are the differences between creed/credo and conviction.

Thanks.