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Hatred, disdain. As a legal term, the act of disobeying a court.
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When the witness swore at the prosecuting attorney, the judge declared her to be in contempt of court and fined her $500. |
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Relating to the internal organs; bringing about a gut reaction.
She had a visceral response to lima beans; she gagged every time they appeared on her plate. |
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| Inclined to love; loving; affectionate.
The man's amorous advances towards his co-workers were not appreciated by the women who worked in the office. |
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| Payment that an employee receives upon leaving a job as compensation for the loss of employment |
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| To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army; to encamp for the night without tents or covering |
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| To correct by punishment; to discipline |
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| Original; still pure; uncorrupted |
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| A follower of a certain cause; an adherent. Often refers to a guerrilla |
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| Glamorous, dazzling, displaying almost excessive wealth |
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| To continue; to retain a certain state |
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| Strong belief; a proof or decision of guilt in a courtroom setting |
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| To settle differences between two or more parties |
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| To release from obligation, debt or guilt |
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| The hairs or feathers around an animal's neck |
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| To set out a contract; to settle terms |
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| Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise |
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| Performer who excels in the technical aspect of her art. |
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| Accept or assent without open opposition; consent. |
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| To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. |
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| Backup, secondary, supporting. |
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| Openness or frankness.
The writer spoke with such candor about his struggle with alcoholism that the interviewer was moved to tears. |
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| Declining in standards. Appealing in a way that is inappropriate |
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| To defame; to tarnish the reputation of. |
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| To make uncomfortable, upset; to disturb (someone's) self-possession; to confuse. |
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| To take beforehand; to anticipate; to hinder or prevent by measures taken in advance.
After Karl had served each of the children their one allotted cookie, he hid the bag away to forestall any efforts by the kids to get him to give them more. |
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| By chance; accident; random |
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| Existing in something as a permanent and inseparable quality.
Tall people have an inherent advantage in sports where height is important, such as basketball. |
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| Picture composed of small colorful pieces. |
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| Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty. Commonplace. |
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| Concerned with the practical as opposed to the theoretical. |
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| To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure. |
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| A monologue; a discourse made by one alone to one's self. |
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| Hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. |
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| Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time. |
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| One absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan. |
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| Being notoriously without moderation; extreme |
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| Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change |
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| Speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic |
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| A riotous, boisterous, or drunken festivity; a revel. |
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| Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy. |
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| To talk or chatter idly or meaninglessly; babble or prate. |
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| A celebration marked by unrestrained revelry and often licentiousness; an orgy |
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| Something new or unusual; something that provides amusement; a small manufactured article for personal adornment |
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| To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious |
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| To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing. |
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| Relying on or derived from observation or experiment |
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| To reestablish a close relationship between; to resolve |
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| To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. |
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| Showing great malevolence; disposed to do evil. |
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| Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising. |
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| Close attention to detail |
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| Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing |
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| A dashing manner; style; swagger |
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| An underground bed or layer of permeable rock, sediment, or soil that yields water. |
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| Person who wanders from place to place; one lacking a set place to live. |
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| Feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.. |
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| Learning; knowledge acquired from books |
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