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astir, teeming, swarming, thronging, crowded, packed, buzzing,
crawling, jumping, bustling, humming, Colloq lousy: In a few
minutes the water around the corpse was alive with deadly
piranha.
allegation
n. charge, accusation, complaint; assertion, avowal,
asseveration, claim, declaration, statement, deposition: I
resent the allegation that I don't bath often enough.
allege v. declare, aver, state, assert, charge, affirm, avow,
asseverate, depose, say: The guard alleged that he had caught
the boy climbing in a basement window.
alleged adj. described, designated; claimed, avowed, stated; purported,
so-called, suspected, supposed, assumed, presumed; hypothetical,
conjectural: The press reported that the alleged assailant had
confessed. He is awaiting trial for his alleged involvement in
the bombing.
alliance n. 1 union, confederation, combination, federation, pact,
league, association, coalition, affiliation, connection, bond;
unity, affinity: The alliance between the two empires has been
faithfully maintained. 2 marriage, affinity: The alliance
between the two families was welded by the children born of it.
allot v. distribute, apportion, allocate, earmark, assign, parcel or
dole out, deal (out), divide, share (out), dispense: The
millionaire allotted an equal share of his fortune to each of
his children.
allotment n. 1 share, apportionment, ration, portion, quota, allowance,
measure: Each prisoner was given a daily allotment of four
ounces of black bread and a cup of water. 2 garden plot, kitchen
garden, patch, tract, plot, Brit market garden, US truck garden:
If I don't answer the phone, it's because I am digging my
allotment.
allow v. 1 acknowledge, admit, grant, concede, own: He allowed that
he had not been completely truthful about his movements that
night. 2 agree to, concede, cede to, admit, permit, authorize,
entertain, consent to: The judge said that he would allow a
plea of 'guilty with an explanation'. 3 permit, let, suffer: