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solitude n. 1 solitariness, aloneness, isolation, seclusion, privacy:
Peter enjoys the solitude of living on an island. 2 loneliness,
remoteness; emptiness, wilderness: How long could one person
survive in the solitude of interstellar space?
solo adv. 1 alone, unaccompanied, on one's own: Jack flew solo for
the first time yesterday.
--adj. 2 individual, unaccompanied, solitary: Let Eugene play
the solo trombone part.
solution n. 1 solving, working or figuring out, discovery, finding out,
unravelling, explication, deciphering, decipherment,
elucidation, revelation, clarification, explanation; answer,
key: The solution of the problem should be left up to the
experts. Several solutions have been found through computer
analysis. 2 settlement, settling, resolution, result, denouement
or d‚nouement, outcome, conclusion: It seems unlikely that we
shall be able to bring this matter to a solution in a one-day
meeting. 3 mixture, blend, compound, infusion; liquid, fluid;
Technical emulsion, suspension, colloid or colloidal solution or
colloidal suspension: After mixing the powder with water, use
the solution to bathe the wound. 4 dissolving, dissolution,
mixing, mixture: The solution of these ingredients in alcohol
was first accomplished in ancient times.
solve v. work or figure out, unravel, disentangle, untangle, clarify,
clear up, make plain or clear, interpret, explicate, decipher,
crack, explain, elucidate, reveal, answer, resolve: Oedipus'
problems began in earnest when he solved the Riddle of the
Sphinx.
solvent adj. creditworthy, (financially) sound, solid, reliable;
debt-free; profitable: The auditors rate the business as
solvent.
sombre adj. 1 gloomy, morose, lugubrious, funereal, morbid, louring or
lowering, melancholy, sad, dismal, unhappy, cheerless, joyless,
serious, sober, doleful, dolorous, mournful, depressed,
depressing, grave, grim, grim-faced, grim-visaged, Literary
melancholic, darksome: Despite his sombre appearance, Sid was