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| showing no intelligence or thought; having no meaning or direction; empty |
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a person skilled in the techniques of an art, esp. playing a musical instrument; by extension, a person with a cultivated appreciation of artistry;
showing mastery in artistic skills |
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| to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care |
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| the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye; to make good-natured fun of someone; worthless material; detritus |
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| to moan about or weep for; mourn |
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| to welcome with loud approval; praise highly; a shout or show of approval |
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| not resisting; compliant; not stiff or rigid; easily bent or shaped |
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| reckless, heartless, or malicious; without reason or excuse; not moral; lewd, lascivious |
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| not knowing; unaware; unintentional |
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| a fawning flatterer; humble dependent; to attempt to gain favor by fawning or being servile |
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| a practitioner specializing in treatment chiefly by manipulation of the bones and muscles |
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| a large, often scholarly, book |
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| not easily managed; contrary |
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| to remove objectionable words or passages from a document |
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| so long as to seem endless; never stopping |
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| sudden dread or paralyzing terror |
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| to make shiny by polishing; a polish or shine |
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| unnecessarily or uselessly repetitive |
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| three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text |
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| to steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle |
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| giving freely; generous; done with an open hand |
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| to orate; to speak in a loud and emotional manner |
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| narrow-minded and stubborn |
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| cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident; reddish; ruddy;(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.; blood-red; red; Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture; a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings |
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| acting keenly on the senses; sharp; quick in discernment; drawing fine distinctions; of an angle, less than 90 degrees; happening quickly, briefly, and severely |
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| Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness |
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| suitable or used for war; warlike |
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| penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant |
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| To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals |
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| a person who gets about on foot; walker |
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| Peevish; testy; irritable |
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| The condition or quality of being empty; Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment; Lack of vitality or spirit |
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| Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese; A gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person |
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| The act of pouring a liquid (usually wine) either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice to some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out; A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage; An act or instance of drinking |
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| To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject |
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| Flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; Excessively ornate; flowery; as, "a florid style; florid eloquence" |
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| a bitter verbal attack or speech |
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| The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words |
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| The performance of miracles or magic |
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| The commotion or agitation of a crowd, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion; Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement |
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| Nearness in place; proximity; Nearness in time; Nearness of relation; kinship |
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1. Protection; support.
2. Sponsorship; patronage.
3. Guidance, direction, or control.
4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus |
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| Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance |
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1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic.
2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes |
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| To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay |
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