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121proof — n 1. validation, evidence, verification, proof positive, confirmation, ratification, authentication, Law. certification; conclusiveness, certainty, conviction, surety, assurance, guarantee. 2. documentation, document, substantiation,… …
122thickskinned — adj 1. pachydermatous, elephantine, hippopotamic, rhinocerotic. 2. callous, tough, obdurate, hardened, hard, hard boiled, steeled; inured, casehardened; insensitive, insensate, numb, unfeeling, insentient, insensible …
123steel yourself — to prepare yourself for something unpleasant He steeled himself for the awful truth …
124steel — [[t]stil[/t]] n. 1) mel any of various forms of refined iron containing less carbon than pig iron and more than wrought iron and possessing varying qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength 2) a thing or things made of this metal 3) clo a… …
125armed — [adj] with weapon accoutered, equipped, fitted out, girded, loaded, outfitted, packing*, steeled, supplied; concept 182 …
126concrete — [adj1] actual, factual accurate, corporeal, definite, detailed, explicit, material, objective, particular, precise, real, sensible, solid, specific, substantial, tangible; concept 535 Ant. abstract, ideal, immaterial, intangible concrete [adj2]… …
127hardened — [adj] unfeeling accustomed, benumbed, callous, case hardened, coldhearted*, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, habituated, hard as nails*, hard bitten*, hard boiled*, hardhearted*, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, indurated, inured,… …
128tough — [adj1] sturdy, strong brawny, cohesive, conditioned, dense, durable, fibrous, firm, fit, flinty, hard, hard as nails*, hard bitten*, hardened, hardy, healthy, indigestible, inflexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, molded, resilient, resistant, rigid …
