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1K+ Rhyming Words For PRETENCE

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omnicompetence14
5 nounn
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pretense8
2 nounn
noun

• the act of giving a false appearance

• pretending with intention to deceive

• imaginative intellectual play

• a false or unsupportable quality

• an artful or simulated semblance

penitence9
3 nounn
noun

• remorse for your past conduct

renitence9
3 nounn
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evidence8
3 nounn
noun

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• an indication that makes something evident

• (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

verb

• provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

• provide evidence for

• give evidence

absence7
2 nounn
noun

• the state of being absent

• failure to be present

• the time interval during which something or somebody is away

• the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

defense7
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

• protection from harm

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the justification for some act or belief

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

cadence7
2 nounn
noun

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• the close of a musical section

• a recurrent rhythmical series

offense7
2 nounn
noun

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• the action of attacking an enemy

essence7
2 nounn
noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

incompetence12
4 nounn
noun

• lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications

• inability of a part or organ to function properly

sentence8
2 nounn
noun

• a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

• (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

• the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

verb

• pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

defence7
2 nounn
noun

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

fence5
1 nounn
noun

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

verb

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

hence5
1 adverbadv
adverb

• (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

• from this place

• from this time

offence7
2 nounn
noun

• the action of attacking an enemy

• the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score

• a feeling of anger caused by being offended

• a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others

• a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right

nonsense8
2 nounn
noun

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

adjective satellite

• having no intelligible meaning

sense5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a general conscious awareness

• the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

• the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

• sound practical judgment

• a natural appreciation or ability

verb

• perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

• detect some circumstance or entity automatically

• become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

• discern

independence12
4 nounn
noun

• a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail

• freedom from control or influence of another or others

• the successful ending of the American Revolution

intelligence12
4 nounn
noun

• the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

• a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

• secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

• information about recent and important events

• the operation of gathering information about an enemy

interference12
4 nounn
noun

• a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• (American football) blocking a player's path with your body

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

residence9
3 nounn
noun

• any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

• the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

• the act of dwelling in a place

• a large and imposing house

silence7
2 nounn
noun

• the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

• the absence of sound

• a refusal to speak when expected

• the trait of keeping things secret

verb

• cause to be quiet or not talk

• keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

entrance8
2 nounn
noun

• something that provides access (to get in or get out)

• a movement into or inward

• the act of entering

verb

• attract; cause to be enamored

• put into a trance

difference10
3 nounn
noun

• the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• a significant change

• the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

commence8
2 verbv
verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• get off the ground

credence8
2 nounn
noun

• the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

• a kind of sideboard or buffet

prudence8
2 nounn
noun

• discretion in practical affairs

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

sixpence8
2 nounn
noun

• a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970

whence6
1 adverbadv
adverb

• from what place, source, or cause

pence5
1 nounn
noun

• a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

• a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

spence6
1 nounn
noun

• A buttery or pantry

dense5
1 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together

expense7
2 nounn
noun

• amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

• a detriment or sacrifice

• money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

verb

• reduce the estimated value of something

immense7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

intense7
2 adjectiveadj
adjective

• possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

adjective satellite

• extremely sharp or severe

• (of color) having the highest saturation

tense5
1 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

noun

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

verb

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

vengeance9
2 nounn
noun

• the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life

circumference13
4 nounn
noun

• the size of something as given by the distance around it

• the boundary line encompassing an area or object

• the length of the closed curve of a circle

clarence8
2 nounn
noun

• a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers

competence10
3 nounn
noun

• the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

correspondence14
4 nounn
noun

• communication by the exchange of letters

• compatibility of observations

• the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

• similarity by virtue of corresponding

decadence9
3 nounn
noun

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

dependence10
3 nounn
noun

• the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

• being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

emergence9
3 nounn
noun

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• the becoming visible

• the act of emerging

• the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

eminence8
3 nounn
noun

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

incontinence12
4 nounn
noun

• involuntary urination or defecation

• indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

indulgence10
3 nounn
noun

• an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires

• a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone

• the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

• foolish or senseless behavior

• the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution

licence7
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

• freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)

• a legal document giving official permission to do something

verb

• authorize officially

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