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| noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian |
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| support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott |
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| division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college |
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| strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars |
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| dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; CF. think over |
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| partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow |
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| landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage |
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| striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion |
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| damnation; complete ruin; hell |
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| point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth; CF. apogee |
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| walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
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| false testimony while under oath; V. perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath |
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| conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length |
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| commit an offense; do (something wrong) |
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| any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car |
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| attractive (in personality or appearance) |
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| clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity |
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| (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments |
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| (esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat |
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| holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent |
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| read through with care; N. perusal |
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| purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
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| corruption; turning from right to wrong |
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| causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague) |
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| tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar |
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| vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle |
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| turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze |
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| trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded |
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| formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense) |
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| pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
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| Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person |
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| stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting |
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| narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete |
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| study of language or words |
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| major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division |
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| face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features |
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| of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald |
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| one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal |
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| punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N. |
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| long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline |
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| peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame |
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| pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces |
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| hidden danger; concealed trap |
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| core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance |
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| soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells |
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| small amount (of money); small allowance or wage |
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| of a pivot; central; critical; crucial |
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| expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
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| braid; interwine; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; Ex. plaited hair; N: braided length as of hair o fabric; CF. pigtail, ponytail |
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| purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire |
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| common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician |
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| direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue) |
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| direct vote by all the people |
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| (of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members; Ex. plenary power |
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| society ruled by the wealthy |
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| doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics |
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| support or base as for a pillar or statue |
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| quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick |
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| attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy |
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| (particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; Ex. student polity |
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| one who has more than one spouse at a time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry |
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| speaking several languages; multilingual; Ex. polyglot person/society; N. |
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| pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop |
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| study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N. |
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| full of pores; like a sieve |
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| narrow space between things |
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| foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning |
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| one who foretells the future |
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| rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter |
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| person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose |
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| descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior, anterior |
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| after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel |
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| autopsy; ADJ: occurring after death; of a postmortem |
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| self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument) |
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| suitable for drinking; drinkable |
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| powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential |
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| heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture of dried flower petals a pot (to give a pleasant smell to a room) |
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| soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body |
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| move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently) |
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| talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly |
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| talk idly; babble; N. CF. prate |
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| unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living |
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| practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept |
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| cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the edge of the precipice |
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| edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon |
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| something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form; ħÀüÁ¦; OP. solvent |
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| hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden |
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| steep; overhasty; precipitate |
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| abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text |
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| make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate |
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| advanced in development; N. precocity |
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| give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; Ex. predispose people to certain cancer; N. predisposition |
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| prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive |
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| make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune |
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| introductory; of a preface |
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| capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails |
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| church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop) |
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| plan in advance; Ex. premeditated murder |
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| forewarning; presentiment; foreboding |
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| superiority of power, quantity, etc.; V. preponderate: be greater in power, weight, or importance; ADJ. preponderant |
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| absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous |
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| privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before |
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| premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear |
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| respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige |
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| going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties |
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| take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption |
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| pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist. |
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| beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces |
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| lie; hide the truth (by equivocating) |
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| proper to the point of affectation; very precise and formal; exceedingly proper |
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| seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents) |
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| existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary |
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| unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition |
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| lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive |
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| secret; hidden; not public; made a participant in something secret; Ex. privy chamber government; Ex. be privy to a discussion; CF. private |
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| uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility |
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| obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another |
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| wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality |
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| enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
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| highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder |
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| violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things |
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| wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
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| great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant |
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| children; offspring; descendants |
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| forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic |
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| predict (according to present indications) |
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| member of the working class; blue collar guy; N. proletariat: working class (who have to work for wages) |
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| tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse |
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| bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism |
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| mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
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| announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
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| increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas |
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| used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease |
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| nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship |
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| appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory |
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| favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign |
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| put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory |
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| fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor, proprietary |
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| driving forward; N. propulsion |
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| part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage |
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| prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw |
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| (induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; N. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion |
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| art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse |
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| metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer |
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| arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm) |
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| stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down; having lost all strength |
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| able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will |
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| person receiving protection and support from a patron |
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| original work used as a model by others |
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| prolong; lengthen in time; draw out |
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| place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come |
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| dry food for livestock; fodder |
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| providing for future needs; displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies; OP. improvident |
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| quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate |
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| stipulation(contract); condition in an agreement; provision |
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| extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle |
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| authorized agent; authority to act for another |
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| excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety |
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| having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
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| inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying |
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| mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic |
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| of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease) |
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| extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger |
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| childish; immature; CF. puer: boy |
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| powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
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| throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly |
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| crush or grind into very small particles |
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| pommel; beat or pound with fists |
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| minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
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| punishing; Ex. punitive measures |
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| place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins |
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| remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N. |
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| intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general |
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| alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists |
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| furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide |
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| supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child |
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| becoming putrid; putrefying |
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| decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury); ADJ. gangrenous |
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| person with an insane desire to set things on fire |
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| drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment); ²Ü²©²Ü²© ¸¶½Ã´Ù; CF. sip |
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| soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud |
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| cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart |
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| odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque |
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| limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify |
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| uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen. |
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| isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine |
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| person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey |
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| dig into (to get stone); N: mine; ä¼®Àå |
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| heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning |
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| crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court |
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