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| absolutely trustworthy or sure |
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| cool indifference or lack of concern |
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| exhibiting great diversity of elements |
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| the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage. |
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| to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom. |
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| filled with (has a negative connotation) "She was fraught with grief when he died." |
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| a scheme, act or trick to fool someone |
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| oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler. |
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| belonging to, characteristic of, or consisting of the middle class. |
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| to try to be like someone or something else that you admire |
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| full of menacing or malign influences |
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| complicated; intricately involved "a convoluted way of describing a simple device." |
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| (usually fol. by on or upon ): "They dote on their youngest daughter." |
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