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The Sense Of Sight

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

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admire

verb –1. (13) admire, look up to – (feel admiration for)


appear

verb –1. (121) look, appear, seem – (give a certain impression or havea certain outward aspect; ”She seems to be sleeping”; ”This appearsto be a very difficult problem”; ”This project looks fishy”; ”Theyappeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time”)


appearance

noun –1. (19) appearance, visual aspect – (outward or visible aspectof a person or thing)


array

noun –1. (4) array – (an orderly arrangement; ”an array of troops inbattle order”)

verb –1. (1) range, array, lay out, set out – (lay out orderly orlogically in a line or as if in a line; ”lay out the clothes”; ”lay out thearguments”)


attractive

adj –1. (4) attractive – (pleasing to the eye or mind especiallythrough beauty or charm; ”a remarkably attractive young man”; ”anattractive personality”; ”attractive clothes”; ”a book with attractiveillustrations”)


auburn

adj –. auburn – ((of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; ”auburnhair”)


beautiful

adj –1. (25) beautiful – (delighting the senses or exciting intellectualor emotional admiration; ”a beautiful child”; ”beautiful country”; ”abeautiful painting”; ”a beautiful theory”; ”a beautiful party”)


beauty

noun –1. (16) beauty – (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)


becoming

verb –1. (327) become, go, get – (enter or assume a certain state orcondition; ”He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”; ”Itmust be getting more serious”; ”her face went red with anger”; ”Shewent into ecstasy”; ”Get going!”)

adj –1. becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly –(according with custom or propriety; ”her becoming modesty”;”comely behavior”; ”it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to beconstantly asking for money”; ”a decent burial”; ”seemly behavior”)


binoculars

noun –. (1) binoculars, field glasses, opera glasses – (an opticalinstrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes)


black

noun –1. (4) black, blackness, inkiness – (the quality or state of theachromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance towhite))

verb –. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black – (make or becomeblack; ”The smoke blackened the ceiling”; ”The ceiling blackened”)

adj –1. (52) black – (being of the achromatic color of maximumdarkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost allincident light; ”black leather jackets”; ”as black as coal”; ”rich blacksoil”)


blank

noun –1. space, blank – (a blank character used to separatesuccessive words in writing or printing; ”he said the space is the mostimportant character in the alphabet”)

verb –. blank – (keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning)

adj –1. (1) blank, clean, white – ((of a surface) not written or printedon; ”blank pages”; ”fill in the blank spaces”; ”a clean page”; ”widewhite margins”)


blare

noun –. (1) blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din – (a loud harsh orstrident noise)

verb –1. (1) blast, blare – (make a strident sound; ”She tended toblast when speaking into a microphone”)


blaze

noun –1. (4) blaze, blazing – (a strong flame that burns brightly;”the blaze spread rapidly”)

verb –1. (5) blaze – (shine brightly and intensively; ”Meteors blazedacross the atmosphere”)


blazing

noun –. blaze, blazing – (a strong flame that burns brightly; ”theblaze spread rapidly”)

verb –1. (5) blaze – (shine brightly and intensively; ”Meteors blazedacross the atmosphere”)

adj –1. (3) blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary –(shining intensely; ”the blazing sun”; ”blinding headlights”; ”dazzlingsnow”; ”fulgent patterns of sunlight”; ”the glaring sun”)


bleached

verb –1. (1) bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize,decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise,discolorise – (remove color from; ”The sun bleached the red shirt”)

adj –1. (1) bleached, faded, washed-out, washy – (having lostfreshness or brilliance of color; ”sun-bleached deck chairs”; ”fadedjeans”; ”a very pale washed-out blue”; ”washy colors”)


bleary

adj –1. (1) bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed – (tired to the pointof exhaustion)


blind

noun –1. (5) blind – (people who have severe visual impairments,considered as a group; ”he spent hours reading to the blind”)

verb –1. (2) blind – (render unable to see)

adj –1. (11) blind, unsighted – (unable to see; ”a person is blind tothe extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficientlythose things he would do with sight if he had normal vision”–KennethJernigan)


blink

noun –. blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation– (a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly)

verb –1. (11) blink, wink, nictitate, nictate – (briefly shut the eyes;”The TV announcer never seems to blink”)


blond

noun –1. blond, blonde – (a person with fair skin and hair)

adj –. (2) blond, blonde, light-haired – (being or having light coloredskin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; ”blond Scandinavians”; ”ahouse full of light-haired children”)


blot

noun –1. (7) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur – (ablemish made by dirt; ”he had a smudge on his cheek”)

verb –1. blot – (dry (ink) with blotting paper)


blue

noun –1. (9) blue, blueness – (blue color or pigment; resembling thecolor of the clear sky in the daytime; ”he had eyes of bright blue”)

verb –. blue – (turn blue)

adj –1. (48) blue, bluish, blueish – (of the color intermediate betweengreen and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear uncloudedsky; ”October’s bright blue weather”- Helen Hunt Jackson; ”a blueflame”; ”blue haze of tobacco smoke”)


blur

noun –. (4) blur, fuzz – (a hazy or indistinct representation; ”ithappened so fast it was just a blur”; ”he tried to clear his head of thewhisky fuzz”)

verb –1. (2) film over, glaze over, blur – (become glassy; lose clearvision; ”Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep”)


blurred

verb –1. (2) film over, glaze over, blur – (become glassy; lose clearvision; ”Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep”)

adj –1. (5) bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy –(indistinct or hazy in outline; ”a landscape of blurred outlines”; ”thetrees were just blurry shapes”)


bright

adj –1. (16) bright – (emitting or reflecting light readily or in largeamounts; ”the sun was bright and hot”; ”a bright sunlit room”)

adv –. (1) brilliantly, brightly, bright – (with brightness; ”the starsshone brilliantly”; ”the windows glowed jewel bright”)


brighten

verb –1. (1) brighten, lighten up, lighten – (make lighter or brighter;”The paint will brighten the room”)


brightness

noun –1. (11) brightness – (the location of a visual perception alonga continuum from black to white)


brilliance

noun –1. (1) glare, blaze, brilliance – (a light within the field ofvision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes areadapted; ”a glare of sunlight”)


brindle

adj –. (3) brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby – (having a grey or brownstreak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especiall y of thepatterned fur of cats)


brown

noun –1. (2) brown, brownness – (an orange of low brightness andsaturation)

verb –1. (1) brown – (fry in a pan until it changes color; ”brown themeat in the pan”)

adj –1. (38) brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown – (of acolor similar to that of wood or earth)


brunette

noun –. brunet, brunette – (a person with dark (brown) hair)

adj –. brunet, brunette – (marked by dark or relatively darkpigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; ”a brunette beauty”)


clean

noun –. (1) clean and jerk, clean – (a weightlift in which the barbellis lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead)

verb –1. (16) clean, make clean – (make clean by removing dirt, filth,or unwanted substances from; ”Clean the stove!”; ”The dentistcleaned my teeth”)

adj –1. (17) clean – (free from dirt or impurities; or having cleanhabits; ”children with clean shining faces”; ”clean white shirts”;”clean dishes”; ”a spotlessly clean house”; ”cats are clean animals”)

adv –1. (1) clean, plumb, plum – (completely; used as intensifie rs;”clean forgot the appointment”; ”I’m plumb (or plum) tuckered out”)


clear

noun –1. clear – (the state of being free of suspicion; ”investi gationshowed that he was in the clear”)

verb –1. (16) unclutter, clear – (rid of obstructions; ”Clear yourdesk”)

adj –1. (55) clear – (readily apparent to the mind; ”a clear andpresent danger”; ”a clear explanation”; ”a clear case of murder”; ”aclear indication that she was angry”; ”gave us a clear idea of humannature”)

adv –1. (3) clear, all the way – (completely; ”read the book clear tothe end”; ”slept clear through the night”; ”there were open fieldsclear to the horizon”)


color

noun –1. (48) color, colour, coloring, colouring – (a visual attributeof things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;”a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light”)

verb –1. (7) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, colorin, colour in – (add color to; ”The child colored the drawings”; ”Fallcolored the trees”; ”colorize black and white film”)

adj –. (4) color, colour – (having or capable of producing colors;”color film”; ”he rented a color television”; ”marvelous colorillustrations”)


colorful

adj –1. (6) colorful, colourful – (having striking color; ”colorfulautumn leaves”)


colored

noun –. colored person, colored – (a United States term for Blacksthat is now considered offensive)

verb –1. (7) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, colorin, colour in – (add color to; ”The child colored the drawings”; ”Fallcolored the trees”; ”colorize black and white film”)

adj –1. (13) colored, coloured, colorful – (having color or a certaincolor; sometimes used in combination; ”colored crepe paper”; ”thefilm was in color”; ”amber-colored heads of grain”)


colorless

adj –1. colorless, colourless – (lacking in variety and interest ; ”acolorless and unimaginative person”; ”a colorless description of theparade”)


crystal

noun –1. (4) crystal – (a solid formed by the solidification of achemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)


dappled

verb –. mottle, dapple, cloud – (colour with streaks or blotches ofdifferent shades)

adj –. (1) dappled, mottled – (having spots or patches of color)


dark

noun –1. (9) dark, darkness – (absence of light or illumination)

adj –1. (49) dark – (devoid of or deficient in light or brightne ss;shadowed or black; ”sitting in a dark corner”; ”a dark day”; ”darkshadows”; ”dark as the inside of a black cat”)


darken

verb –1. (4) darken – (become dark or darker; ”The sky darkened” )


dazzle

noun –. dazzle – (brightness enough to blind partially andtemporarily)

verb –1. (3) dazzle, bedazzle, daze – (to cause someone to lose clearvision, especially from intense light; ”She was dazzled by the brightheadlights”)


dazzling

verb –1. (3) dazzle, bedazzle, daze – (to cause someone to lose clearvision, especially from intense light; ”She was dazzled by the brightheadlights”)

adj –1. (2) dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous – (amazinglyimpressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; ”the skater’sdazzling virtuosic leaps”; ”these great best canvases still look asastonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...h is fulgurantpopularity was in full growth”- Janet Flanner; ”adventure srelated...in a style both vivid and fulgurous”- Idwal Jones)


dim

verb –1. dim, dip – (switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to alower beam)

adj –1. (4) dim, subdued – (lacking in light; not bright or harsh; ”adim light beside the bed”; ”subdued lights and soft music”)


dingy

adj –1. (4) begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy – (thicklycovered with ingrained dirt or soot; ”a miner’s begrimed face”; ”dingylinen”; ”grimy hands”; ”grubby little fingers”; ”a grungy kitchen”)


dirty

verb –. dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire – (make soiled, filthy,or dirty; ”don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”)

adj –1. (12) dirty, soiled, unclean – (soiled or likely to soil with dirt orgrime; ”dirty unswept sidewalks”; ”a child in dirty overalls”; ”dirtyslums”; ”piles of dirty dishes”; ”put his dirty feet on the clean sheet”;”wore an unclean shirt”; ”mining is a dirty job”; ”Cinderella did thedirty work while her sisters preened themselves”)


discolor

verb –1. discolor – (lose color or turn colorless; ”The paintingdiscolored”)


discolored

verb –1. discolor – (lose color or turn colorless; ”The paintingdiscolored”)


distinct

adj –1. (14) distinct, distinguishable – ((often followed by ‘from’) notalike; different in nature or quality; ”plants of several distinct types”;”the word ‘nationalism’ is used in at least two distinct senses”; ”goldis distinct from iron”; ”a tree related to but quite distinct from theEuropean beech”; ”management had interests quite distinct fromthose of their employees”)


drab

noun –. olive drab, drab – (a dull greyish to yellowish or light olivebrown)

adj –1. (2) drab, dreary – (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;”her drab personality”; ”life was drab compared with the moreexciting life style overseas”; ”a series of dreary dinner parties”)


dusky

adj –1. (1) dusky, twilight, twilit – (lighted by or as if by twilight;”The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn”-HenryFielding; ”the twilight glow of the sky”; ”a boat on a twilit river”)


dye

noun –. dye, dyestuff – (a usually soluble substance for staining orcoloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

verb –. (1) dye – (color with dye; ”Please dye these shoes”)


eye

noun –1. (263) eye, oculus, optic – (the organ of sight)

verb –. (11) eye, eyeball – (look at)


eyewitness

noun –. eyewitness – (a spectator who can describe what happened )

verb –. eyewitness – (be present at an event and see it with one’sown eyes)


fade

noun –1. slice, fade, slicing – (a golf shot that curves to the right fora right-handed golfer; ”he took lessons to cure his slicing”)

verb –1. (6) fade, melt – (become less clearly visible ordistinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; ”The scene beginsto fade”; ”The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”)


faded

verb –1. (6) fade, melt – (become less clearly visible ordistinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; ”The scene beginsto fade”; ”The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”)

adj –1. (7) bleached, faded, washed-out, washy – (having lostfreshness or brilliance of color; ”sun-bleached deck chairs”; ”fadedjeans”; ”a very pale washed-out blue”; ”washy colors”)


faint

noun –. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium – (a spontaneous loss ofconsciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain)

verb –. (1) faint, conk, swoon, pass out – (pass out from weakness,physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to thebrain)

adj –1. (5) faint, weak – (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible;lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; ”a faint outline”; ”thewan sun cast faint shadows”; ”the faint light of a distant candle”;”weak colors”; ”a faint hissing sound”; ”a faint aroma”; ”a weakpulse”)


fair

noun –1. (1) carnival, fair, funfair – (a traveling show; havingsideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)

verb –. (1) fair – (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)

adj –1. (10) fair, just – (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias ordeception; conforming with established standards or rules; ”a fairreferee”; ”fair deal”; ”on a fair footing”; ”a fair fight”; ”by fair meansor foul”)

adv –1. fairly, fair, clean – (in conformity with the rules or laws andwithout fraud or cheating; ”they played fairly”)


farsighted

adj –1. farsighted, presbyopic – (able to see distant objects clearly)


flash

noun –1. (7) flash – (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)

verb –1. (9) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle – (gleam or glowintermittently; ”The lights were flashing”)

adj –. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud,meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy – (tastelessly showy; ”a flashcar”; ”a flashy ring”; ”garish colors”; ”a gaudy costume”; ”loud sportshirts”; ”a meretricious yet stylish book”; ”tawdry ornaments”)


flashy

adj –1. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack , loud,meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy – (tastelessly showy; ”a flashcar”; ”a flashy ring”; ”garish colors”; ”a gaudy costume”; ”loud sportshirts”; ”a meretricious yet stylish book”; ”tawdry ornaments”)


flicker

noun –1. flicker, spark, glint – (a momentary flash of light)

verb –1. (3) flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver – (move back andforth very rapidly; ”the candle flickered”)


foggy

adj –1. dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous – (stunned or confusedand slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))


freckled

verb –1. freckle – (become freckled; ”I freckle easily”)

adj –. freckled, lentiginous, lentiginose – (relating to or covered withor resembling freckles)


gaudy

noun –. gaudy – ((Britain) a celebratory reunion feast orentertainment held a college)

adj –1. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack , loud,meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy – (tastelessly showy; ”a flashcar”; ”a flashy ring”; ”garish colors”; ”a gaudy costume”; ”loud sportshirts”; ”a meretricious yet stylish book”; ”tawdry ornaments”)


gawk

noun –. lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump,gawk – (an awkward stupid person)

verb –. (1) goggle, gape, gawp, gawk – (look with amazement; lookstupidly)


gaze

noun –. (8) gaze, regard – (a long fixed look; ”he fixed his paternalgaze on me”)

verb –. (25) gaze, stare – (look at with fixed eyes; ”The studentsstared at the teacher with amazement”)


glance

noun –. (31) glance, glimpse, coup d’oeil – (a quick look)

verb –1. (34) glance, peek, glint – (throw a glance at; take a brieflook at; ”She only glanced at the paper”; ”I only peeked–I didn’t seeanything interesting”)


glare

noun –1. (5) glare, blaze, brilliance – (a light within the field ofvision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes areadapted; ”a glare of sunlight”)

verb –1. (9) glower, glare – (look at with a fixed gaze; ”The girlglared at the man who tried to make a pass at her”)


glasses

noun –1. (4) spectacles, specs, eyeglasses, glasses – (opticalinstrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses forcorrecting defective vision)Overview of noun glassThe noun glass has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)1. (22) glass – (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomicstructure)

verb –1. glass, glaze – (furnish with glass; ”glass the windows” )


gleam

noun –1. (3) gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency – (an appearance ofreflected light)

verb –1. (3) glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine – (be shiny, as if wet;”His eyes were glistening”)


gleaming

noun –1. (1) gleam, gleaming, glimmer – (a flash of light (especiallyreflected light))


adj –. (3) agleam, gleaming, nitid – (bright with a steady butsubdued shining; ”from the plane we saw the city below agleam withlights”; ”the gleaming brass on the altar”; ”Nereids beneath the nitidmoon”)


glimmer

noun –1. (1) gleam, gleaming, glimmer – (a flash of light (especiallyreflected light))

verb –. gleam, glimmer – (shine brightly, like a star or a light)


glimpse

noun –1. (6) glance, glimpse, coup d’oeil – (a quick look)

verb –. (5) glimpse – (catch a glimpse of or see briefly; ”We glimpsedthe Queen as she got into her limousine”)


glint

noun –1. (1) flicker, spark, glint – (a momentary flash of light)



glitter

noun –1. (2) glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle – (thequality of shining with a bright reflected light)

verb –. (4) glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine – (be shiny, as if wet;”His eyes were glistening”)


glittering


adj –. (6) aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly – (having brief brilliant pointsor flashes of light; ”bugle beads all aglitter” ; ”glinting eyes”;”glinting water”; ”his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent”;”shop window full of glittering Christmas trees”; ”glittery costumejewelry”; ”scintillant mica”; ”the scintilla ting stars”; ”a dress withsparkly sequins”; ”‘glistering’ is an archaic term”)


glisten

noun –. glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle – (the quality ofshining with a bright reflected light)



glistening


adj –. (2) glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining –(reflecting light; ”glistening bodies of swimmers”; ”the horse’s glossycoat”; ”lustrous auburn hair”; ”saw the moon like a shiny dime on adeep blue velvet carpet”; ”shining white enamel”)


gloom

noun –1. (10) gloom, somberness, sombreness – (a state of partial ortotal darkness; ”he struck a match to dispel the gloom”)


gloomy

adj –1. (1) glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky – (depressingly dark;”the gloomy forest”; ”the glooming interior of an old inn”;”‘gloomful’ is archaic”)


gloss

noun –1. gloss, rubric – (an explanation or definition of an obscureword in a text)

verb –1. gloss – (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)


glossy

noun –1. slick, slick magazine, glossy – (a magazine printed on goodquality paper)

adj –1. glossy, calendered – ((of paper and fabric and leather) havinga surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing betweenrollers; ”calendered paper”; ”glossy paper”)


glow

noun –1. (3) freshness, glow – (an alert and refreshed state)

verb –1. (5) glow – (emit a steady even light without flames; ”Thefireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden”)


glowing

noun –. radiance, glow, glowing – (the amount of electromagneticradiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface)

verb –1. (5) glow – (emit a steady even light without flames; ”Thefireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden”)

adj –. (1) glowing – (highly enthusiastic; ”glowing praise”)


goggle

verb –. goggle, gape, gawp, gawk – (look with amazement; lookstupidly)


gorgeous

adj –. (1) gorgeous – (dazzlingly beautiful; ”a gorgeous Victoriangown”)


gray

noun –1. (6) gray, grayness, grey, greyness – (a neutral achromaticcolor midway between white and black)

verb –1. grey, gray – (make grey; ”The painter decided to grey thesky”)

adj –1. (38) grey, gray, greyish, grayish – (of an achromatic color ofany lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;”the little grey cells”; ”gray flannel suit”; ”a man with greyish hair”)


green

noun –1. (6) green, greenness, viridity – (green color or pigment;resembling the color of growing grass)

verb –. green – (turn or become green; ”The trees are greening”)

adj –1. (26) green, greenish, light-green, dark-green – (of the colorbetween blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color offresh grass; ”a green tree”; ”green fields”; ”green paint”)


grimy

adj –. (4) begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy – (thicklycovered with ingrained dirt or soot; ”a miner’s begrimed face”; ”dingylinen”; ”grimy hands”; ”grubby little fingers”; ”a grungy kitchen”)


homely

adj –1. (5) homely, plain – (lacking in physical beauty or proportion;”a homely child”; ”several of the buildings were downright homely”;”a plain girl with a freckled face”)


hue

noun –. (6) hue, chromaticity – (the quality of a color as determinedby its dominant wavelength)

verb –1. hue – (take on color or become colored; ”In highlights ithued to a dull silver-grey”)


illusion

noun –1. (23) illusion, semblance – (an erroneous mentalrepresentation)


image

noun –1. (31) image, mental image – (an iconic mental representation; ”her imagination forced images upon her too awful tocontemplate ”)

verb –1. image – (render visible, as by means of MRI)


indistinct

adj –. (1) indistinct – (not clearly defined or easy to perceive orunderstand; ”indistinct shapes in the gloom”; ”an indistinctmemory”; ”only indistinct notions of what to do”)


invisible

adj –1. (5) invisible, unseeable – (impossible or nearly impossible tosee; imperceptible by the eye; ”the invisible man”; ”invisible rays”;”an invisible hinge”; ”invisible mending”)


light

noun –1. (46) light, visible light, visible radiation – ((physic s)electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; ”thelight was filtered through a soft glass window”)

verb –1. (12) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (makelighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)

adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravityof 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)

adv –. lightly, light – (with few burdens; ”experienced travelle rstravel light”)


look

noun –1. (24) expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face – (thefeelings expressed on a person’s face; ”a sad expression” ; ”a look oftriumph”; ”an angry face”)

verb –1. (274) look – (perceive with attention; direct one’s gazetowards; ”She looked over the expanse of land”; ”Look at yourchild!”; ”Look–a deer in the backyard!”)


magnify

verb –1. (4) magnify, amplify – (increase in size, volume orsignificance; ”Her terror was magnified in her mind”)


microscope

noun –. (7) microscope – (magnifier of the image of small objects;”the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell”)


mirage

noun –1. mirage – (an optical illusion in which atmospheric refractionby a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects)


mirror

noun –1. (8) mirror – (polished surface that forms images byreflecting light)

verb –1. (4) mirror – (reflect as if in a mirror; ”The smallest pond atnight mirrors the firmament above”)


misty

adj –1. (1) brumous, foggy, hazy, misty – (filled or abounding withfog or mist; ”a brumous October morning”)


mottled

verb –1. (2) mottle, streak, blotch – (mark with spots or blotches ofdifferent color or shades of color as if stained)

adj –. (1) dappled, mottled – (having spots or patches of color)


murky

adj –1. (2) cloudy, muddy, mirky, murky, turbid – ((of liquids)clouded as with sediment; ”a cloudy liquid”; ”muddy coffee”; ”murkywaters”)


nearsighted

adj –. (1) nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic – (unable to see distantobjects clearly)


notice

noun –1. (8) notice – (an announcement containing informationabout an event; ”you didn’t give me enough notice”; ”an obituarynotice”; ”a notice of sale)

verb –1. (39) detect, observe, find, discover, notice – (discove r ordetermine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levelsof lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


observe

verb –1. (39) detect, observe, find, discover, notice – (discove r ordetermine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levelsof lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


observant

adj –1. (2) observant – (paying close attention especially to details)


observer

noun –1. (11) perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder – (a personwho becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)


observation

noun –1. (26) observation – (the act of making and recording ameasurement)


ogle

verb –. (2) ogle – (look at with amorous intentions)


orange

noun –1. (4) orange – (round yellow to orange fruit of any of severalcitrus trees)

adj –. (7) orange, orangish – (of the color between red and yellow;similar to the color of a ripe orange)


pale

noun –. (1) picket, pale – (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)

verb –. (1) pale, blanch, blench – (turn pale, as if in fear)

adj –1. (12) pale – (very light colored; highly diluted with white;”pale seagreen”; ”pale blue eyes”)


pastel

noun –. (1) pastel – (any of various pale or light colors)

adj –1. (1) pastel – (lacking in body or vigor; ”faded pastel charms ofthe naive music”)


peek

noun –. peek, peep – (a secret look)

verb –. glance, peek, glint – (throw a glance at; take a brief look at;”She only glanced at the paper”; ”I only peeked–I didn’t see anythinginteresting”)


peep

noun –1. cheep, peep – (the short weak cry of a young bird)

verb –1. (1) peep – (look furtively; ”He peeped at the womanthrough the window”)


peer

noun –1. (4) peer, equal, match, compeer – (a person who is ofequal standing with another in a group)

verb –. (30) peer – (look searchingly; ”We peered into the back ofthe shop to see whether a salesman was around”)


periscope

noun –. periscope – (an optical instrument that provides a view of anotherwise obstructed field)


perceive

verb –1. (26) perceive, comprehend – (to become aware of throughthe senses; ”I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon”)


perception

noun –1. (6) percept, perception, perceptual experience – (therepresentation of what is perceived; basic component in the formationof a concept)


picture

noun –1. (25) picture, image, icon, ikon – (a visual representat ion(of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on asurface; ”they showed us the pictures of their wedding”; ”a movie is aseries of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them”)

verb –1. (5) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure,picture, image – (imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; ”I can’t seehim on horseback!”; ”I can see what will happen”; ”I can see a risk inthis strategy”)


pigment

noun –1. (2) pigment – (dry coloring material (especially a powder tobe mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

verb –1. pigment – (acquire pigment; become colored or imbued)


pink

noun –1. (2) pink – (a light shade of red)

verb –1. tap, rap, knock, pink – (make light, repeated taps on asurface; ”he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”)

adj –. (12) pink, pinkish – (of a light shade of red)


polished

verb –1. (7) polish, smooth, smoothen, shine – (make (a surface)shine; ”shine the silver, please”; ”polish my shoes”)

adj –1. (2) polished – (perfected or made shiny and smooth; ”hispolished prose”; ”in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes”;”freshly polished silver”)


pretty

adj –1. (20) pretty – (pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;”pretty girl”; ”pretty song”; ”pretty room”)

adv –. (35) reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly,middling, passably – (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;”pretty big”; ”pretty bad”; ”jolly decent of him”; ”the shoes arepriced reasonably”; ”he is fairly clever with computers”)


purple

noun –1. (2) purple, purpleness – (a purple color or pigment)

verb –1. purple – (become purple)

adj –1. (9) purple, violet, purplish – (of a color intermediate betweenred and blue)


radiance

noun –1. (2) radiance, glow, glowing – (the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface)


radiant

adj –. (2) beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent – (radiatingor as if radiating light; ”the beaming sun”; ”the effulgent daffodils”;”a radiant sunrise”; ”a refulgent sunset”)


recognize

verb –1. (33) acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know – (accept(someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;”The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne”;”We do not recognize your gods”)


red

noun –1. (9) red, redness – (red color or pigment; the chromaticcolor resembling the hue of blood)

adj –1. (43) red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry,cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet – (of a color at the end ofthe color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood orcherries or tomatoes or rubies)


reflect

verb –1. (41) reflect – (manifest or bring back; ”This action reflectshis true beliefs”)


reflection

noun –1. (8) contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing,thoughtfulness – (a calm, lengthy, intent consideration)


reflector

noun –1. (6) reflector – (device that reflects radiation)


reveal

verb –1. (34) uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal – (make visible;”Summer brings out bright clothes”; ”He brings out the best in her”)


review

noun –1. (4) reappraisal, revaluation, review, reassessment – (a newappraisal or evaluation)

verb –1. (13) review, reexamine – (look at again; examine again;”let’s review your situation”)


scan

noun –1. (3) scan – (the act of scanning; systematic examination ofa prescribed region; ”he made a thorough scan of the beach with hisbinoculars”)

verb –1. (9) scan – (examine minutely or intensely; ”the surgeonscanned the X-ray”)


scene

noun –1. (18) scene – (the place where some action occurs; ”thepolice returned to the scene of the crime”)


scrutiny

noun –1. (3) examination, scrutiny – (the act of examiningsomething closely (as for mistakes))


see

noun –. see – (the seat within a bishop’s diocese where his cathedralis located)

verb –1. (613) see – (perceive by sight or have the power to perceiveby sight; ”You have to be a good observer to see all the details”;”Can you see the bird in that tree?”; ”He is blind–he cannot see”)


shade

noun –1. (9) shade, shadiness, shadowiness – (relative darknesscaused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; ”it is muchcooler in the shade”; ”there’s too much shadiness to take goodphotographs”)

verb –1. (2) shadow, shade, shade off – (cast a shadow over)


shadowy

adj –1. (1) shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous – (filled withshade; ”the shady side of the street”; ”the surface of the pond is darkand shadowed”; ”we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove”; ”coolumbrageous woodlands”)


sheen

noun –. shininess, sheen, luster, lustre – (the visual property ofsomething that shines with reflected light)


sheer

verb –1. (1) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut – (turnsharply; change direction abruptly; ”The car cut to the left at theintersection”; ”The motorbike veered to the right”)

adj –1. (6) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer– (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes usedinformally as intensifiers; ”absolute freedom”; ”an absolute dimwit”;”a downright lie”; ”out-and-out mayhem”; ”an out-and-out lie”; ”arank outsider”; ”many right-down vices”; ”got the job through sheerpersistence”; ”sheer stupidity”)

adv –1. sheer, perpendicularly – (straight up or down without abreak)


shimmer

noun –. shimmer, play – (a weak and tremulous light; ”the shimmerof colors on iridescent feathers”; ”the play of light on the water”)

verb –1. shimmer – (shine with a weak or fitful light; ”Beech leavesshimmered in the moonlight”)


shimmering

verb –1. shimmer – (shine with a weak or fitful light; ”Beech leavesshimmered in the moonlight”)


shine

noun –. radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency –(the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)

verb –1. (9) reflect, shine – (be bright by reflecting or casting light;”Drive carefully–the wet road reflects”)


shining

noun –. (1) shining, polishing – (the work of making somethingsmooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; ”the shining of shoesprovided a meager living”; ”every Sunday he gave his car a goodpolishing”)

verb –1. (9) reflect, shine – (be bright by reflecting or casting light;”Drive carefully–the wet road reflects”)

adj –1. (2) shining – (marked by exceptional merit; ”had shiningvirtues and few faults”; ”a shining example”)


shiny

adj –1. (2) glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining –(reflecting light; ”glistening bodies of swimmers”; ”the horse’s glossycoat”; ”lustrous auburn hair”; ”saw the moon like a shiny dime on adeep blue velvet carpet”; ”shining white enamel”)


show

noun –1. (18) show – (the act of publicly exhibiting or entertai ning;”a remarkable show of skill”)

verb –1. (136) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate – (give anexhibition of to an interested audience; ”She shows her dogsfrequently”; ”We will demo the new software in Washington”)


showy

adj –1. (1) flamboyant, showy, splashy – (marked by ostentation butoften tasteless; ”a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet”; ”a splashyhalf-page ad”)


sight

noun –1. (17) sight – (an instance of visual perception; ”the sight ofhis wife brought him back to reality”; ”the train was an unexpectedsight”)

verb –1. (4) spy, sight – (catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes;”he caught sight of the king’s men coming over the ridge”)


smeared

verb –1. smear – (stain by smearing or daubing with a dirtysubstance)


smudged

verb –. smear, blur, smudge, smutch – (make a smudge on; soil bysmudging)


soiled

verb –. (1) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire – (make soiled,filthy, or dirty; ”don’t soil your clothes when you play outside!”)

adj –. (10) dirty, soiled, unclean – (soiled or likely to soil with dirt orgrime; ”dirty unswept sidewalks”; ”a child in dirty overalls”; ”dirtyslums”; ”piles of dirty dishes”; ”put his dirty feet on the clean sheet”;”wore an unclean shirt”; ”mining is a dirty job”; ”Cinderella did thedirty work while her sisters preened themselves”)


sooty

adj –1. (1) coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty – (of the blackestblack; similar to the color of jet or coal)


sparkle

noun –1. (2) sparkle, twinkle, spark, light – (merriment expressed bya brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; ”he had a sparklein his eye”; ”there’s a perpetual twinkle in his eyes”)

verb –1. (1) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate – (reflect brightly ;”Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside”)


sparkling

noun –. twinkle, scintillation, sparkling – (a rapid change inbrightness; a brief spark or flash)

verb –1. (1) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate – (reflect brightly ;”Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside”)

adj –1. (2) sparkling – (shining with brilliant points of light like stars;”sparkling snow”; ”sparkling eyes”)


speckled

verb –1. stipple, speckle – (produce a mottled effect; ”The sunlightstippled the trees”)

adj –. (1) dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled – (having apattern of dots)


spectacle

noun –1. (8) spectacle – (something or someone seen (especially anotable or unusual sight); ”the tragic spectacle of cripples trying toescape”)


spectator

noun –1. (12) spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker – (a closeobserver; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition ofsome kind); ”the spectators applauded the performance”; ”televisionviewers”; ”sky watchers discovered a new star”)


spectrum

noun –1. (18) spectrum – (an ordered array of the components of anemission or wave)


splotched

verb –. splotch – (blotch or spot)

adj –. blotched, blotchy, splotched – (marked with irregularly shapedspots or blots)


spy

noun –1. (3) spy, undercover agent – ((military) a secret agent hiredby a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business toobtain industrial secrets from competitors)

verb –1. (2) descry, spot, espy, spy – (catch sight of)


squint

noun –1. strabismus, squint – (abnormal alignment of one or botheyes)

verb –1. (3) squint, squinch – (cross one’s eyes as if in strabismus;”The children squinted so as to scare each other”)

adj –. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong– ((used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if withdoubt or suspicion or envy; ”her eyes with their misted askance look”-Elizabeth Bowen; ”sidelong glances”)


stain

noun –1. (5) stain, discoloration, discolouration – (a soiled ordiscolored appearance; ”the wine left a dark stain”)

verb –1. (19) stain – (color with a liquid dye or tint; ”Stain this tablea beautiful walnut color”; ”people knew how to stain glass a beautifulblue in the middle ages”)


streak

noun –1. (1) streak, run – (an unbroken series of events; ”had astreak of bad luck”; ”Nicklaus had a run of birdies”)

verb –1. (2) streak – (move quickly in a straight line; ”The planestreaked across the sky”)


streaked

verb –1. (2) streak – (move quickly in a straight line; ”The planestreaked across the sky”)

adj –. (2) streaked, streaky – (marked with or as if with stripes orlinear discolorations; ”streaked hair”; ”fat legs and dirty streakyfaces”)


stripe

noun –1. (1) band, banding, stripe – (an adornment consisting of astrip of a contrasting color or material)

verb –. stripe – (mark with stripes)


striped

verb –. stripe – (mark with stripes)

adj –. (1) striped, stripy – (marked or decorated with stripes)


sunny

adj –. (2) cheery, gay, sunny – (bright and pleasant; promoting afeeling of cheer; ”a cheery hello”; ”a gay sunny room”; ”a sunnysmile”)


survey

noun –1. (5) survey, study – (a detailed critical inspection)

verb –1. (6) survey, appraise – (consider in a comprehensive way;”He appraised the situation carefully before acting”)


tarnish

noun –. tarnish – (discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation)

verb –. (1) tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile – (make dirty orspotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; ”The silverwas tarnished by the long exposure to the air”; ”Her reputation wassullied after the affair with a married man”)


tarnished

verb –. (1) tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile – (make dirty orspotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; ”The silverwas tarnished by the long exposure to the air”; ”Her reputation wassullied after the affair with a married man”)


telescope

noun –. telescope, scope – (a magnifier of images of distant objects)

verb –1. (1) telescope – (crush together or collapse; ”In the accident,the cars telescoped”; ”my hiking sticks telescope and can be put intothe backpack”)


tinge

noun –1. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon – (aslight but appreciable amount; ”this dish could use a touch of garlic”)

verb –1. tinge, color, colour, distort – (affect as in thought or feeling;”My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”; ”The sadnesstinged his life”)


tint

noun –. (1) shade, tint, tincture, tone – (a quality of a given colorthat differs slightly from another color; ”after several trials he mixedthe shade of pink that she wanted”)

verb –. (1) tint, tinct, tinge, touch – (color lightly; ”her greying hairwas tinged blond”; ”the leaves were tinged red in November”)


transparent

adj –1. (5) crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid,transparent – (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity;”the cold crystalline water of melted snow”; ”crystal clear skies”;”could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”; ”lucid air”; ”apellucid brook”; ”transparent crystal”)


twinkle

noun –1. twinkle, scintillation, sparkling – (a rapid change inbrightness; a brief spark or flash)



twinkling

noun –. (1) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, splitsecond, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute – (a very short time(as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); ”if I hadthe chance I’d do it in a flash”)


adj –. (1) twinkling – (shining intermittently with a sparkling light;”twinkling stars”)


ugly

adj –1. (3) ugly – (displeasing to the senses; ”an ugly face”; ”uglyfurniture”)


ugliness

noun –1. (1) ugliness – (qualities of appearance that do not givepleasure to the senses)


unattractive

adj –1. (1) unattractive – (lacking beauty or charm; ”as unattractiveas most mining regions”)


view

noun –1. (36) position, view, perspective – (a way of regardingsituations or topics etc.; ”consider what follows from the positivistview”)

verb –1. (19) see, consider, reckon, view, regard – (deem to be; ”Sheviews this quite differently from me”; ”I consider her to be shallow”;”I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”)


viewpoint

noun –1. (14) point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint – (amental position from which things are viewed; ”we should considerthis problem from the viewpoint of the Russians”; ”teaching historygave him a special point of view toward current events”)


visible

adj –1. (14) visible, seeable – (capable of being seen; or open to easyview; ”a visible object”; ”visible stars”; ”mountains visible in thedistance”; ”a visible change of expression”; ”visible files”)


vision

noun –1. (13) vision – (a vivid mental image; ”he had a vision of hisown death”)


vista

noun –. (1) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama – (thevisual percept of a region; ”the most desirable feature of the park arethe beautiful views”)


visual

adj –1. (27) ocular, optic, optical, visual – (relating to or using sight;”ocular inspection”; ”an optical illusion”; ”visual powers”; ”visualnavigation”)


visualize

verb –1. (4) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure,picture, image – (imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; ”I can’t seehim on horseback!”; ”I can see what will happen”; ”I can see a risk inthis strategy”)


watch

noun –1. (9) watch, ticker – (a small portable timepiece)

verb –1. (77) watch – (look attentively; ”watch a basketball game”)


watchful

adj –1. alert, watchful – (engaged in or accustomed to closeobservation; ”caught by a couple of alert cops”; ”alert enough to spotthe opportunity when it came”; ”constantly alert and vigilant, like asentinel on duty”)


white

noun –1. (10) White, White person, Caucasian – (a member of theCaucasoid race)

verb –. whiten, white – (turn white; ”This detergent will whiten yourlaundry”)

adj –1. (61) white – (being of the achromatic color of maximumlightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost allincident light; ”as white as fresh snow”; ”a bride’s white dress”)


witness

noun –1. (7) witness, witnesser, informant – (someone who sees anevent and reports what happened)

verb –1. (17) witness – (be a witness to; ”She witnessed the accidentand had to testify in court”)


yellow

noun –. (8) yellow, yellowness – (yellow color or pigment; thechromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)

verb –. (2) yellow – (turn yellow; ”The pages of the book began toyellow”)

adj –1. (26) yellow, yellowish, xanthous – (of the color intermediatebetween green and orange in the color spectrum; of somethingresembling the color of an egg yolk)


sight

Education

unquarried marble sparkled

detected high levels

comme il faut

andrew ernest ritz

beech leaves shimmered

loud sport shirts

bleached deck chairs

dirty unswept sidewalks