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| to refrain from something by one's own choice |
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| to improve; to remove faults or errors; to correct |
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| to go or extend in different directions |
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| to hold spellbound or to captivate; to enslave |
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| to force or drive out; to dismiss or discharge officially |
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| incapable of moving or being moved; motionless |
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| to lead or move by influence or persuasion; to cause |
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| that which is no longer practiced or used; fallen into disuse |
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| a return of part of a payment; to give back a partial payment |
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| one who rejects cause or organization; resembling a deserter or traitor |
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| to pacify, quiet, or satisfy, especially by giving into demands |
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| a scene of confusion and uproar |
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| to reduce or destroy a tenth of something; to severely damage |
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| characterized by stealth, deceit, or secrecy; misleading; clandestine |
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| a secret or underhnded plot or the act of carrying out such a plot; to fascinate and arouse curiosity |
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| to execute, particularly by hanging, without legal authority or process |
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| a literary or artistic work tht imittes the style of an author or work, usually done for comic effect; an intentional mockery or travesty; to initiate humorously |
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| dangerously unstable; dependent upon uncertain circumstances or assumptions |
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| the outlines of a body or object; a profile, especially of a face; to cause something to be seen as an outline |
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| to tease; to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach |
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| the figure formed by two lines diverging from a common point; a projecting corner; to move away from |
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| a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement |
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| intense or passionate emotion; zeal |
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| a hidden collection of something kept for future use; to keep hidden or private |
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| having a bad reputation; detestable |
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| crystal clear or transprent; calm or serene |
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| immediate proximity in time and space; bearing |
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| the act of receiving something; the acknowledgement of something having been received |
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| to formally withdraw one's membership from an alliance, organziation, or association |
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| an agreement to pay for and regularly receive periodicals; adherence to certain beliefs; a signature |
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| to spoil something because of a flaw or defect; a flaw or defect |
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| a literary work that creates ridicule through exaggeration; to imitate in a humorous manner; comical, mocking |
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| property in the form of land, usually of considerble size; all of one's possessions |
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| something in which a person excels |
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| a group of military officers holding state power in a country after a government take-over |
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| not worldly wise; innocent; uninformed |
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| deeply thoughtful or meditative; contemplative, often in a melancholy way |
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| an inuiry or question; to question |
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| something kept as a reminder of a person, place, or occasion; a keepsake or memento |
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| using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word |
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| to make a claim; to ffirm without proof |
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| to hlt in refusal; to hinder; to hesitate at an obstruction |
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| sleeping or as if sleeping; latent or inactive |
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| a summary, an abstrct; a representative typical of an entire class |
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| used or expressed in a way suitable to the occasion; marked by good fortune; appropriate |
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| producing wealth; profitable |
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| secret or hidden ;the supernatural, mysterious, ,or arcane |
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| apparently true, likely, or acceptable; credible |
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| inedible marks or designs made on the skin by inserting pigment with a needle; to creat such marks |
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