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| The expresion of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
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| To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
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| A combination, union or merger for some specific purpose |
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| Decline, decay, deterioration; a condition or period of decine or decay;escessive self indulgence |
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| To draw forth,bring out from some source (such as another person) |
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| To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
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| A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
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| To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement |
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| Wearied, worn out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or shallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| Worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| (adj.)Pertaining to an outlying area;local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward;of a simple, plain, design that originated in the countryside; (n.) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
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| To make pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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| To rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| Shade cast by trees;foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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| Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
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