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- quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight[Princeton Review]
- ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly; shrewdness[Barron]
- mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well
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- to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of penalty[Webster]
- entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
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- army officer responsible for administrative work in a battalion[Barron]
- staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
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- to increase in intensity, power or prestige[Princeton Review]
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- something or someone out of place in terms of its historical or chronological context[Princeton Review]
- mistake of placing sth in the wrong historical period[Barron]
- an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time
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- loss of ability to feel pain while still conscious[Barron]
- condition of being unable to feel pain
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- detested person or thing[Barron]
- the denunciation of something as accursed[Taisha]
- solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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- make tough by cooling slowly after heating[Barron]
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- without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic[Princeton Review]
- severely and strictly moral; having no pleasures or comforts[Barron]
- markedly simple or unadorned[Taisha]
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| body of voters living in a district having its own elected representative in parliament |
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| forming or helping to make a whole |
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| marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly |
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| restrict within limits; confine |
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| considering everything carefully before acting |
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| a device in parliament to end a debate by voting |
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| a series of columns set at regular intervals supporting a roof structure |
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| statue much larger than life size |
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| friendly social atmosphere; social harmony |
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| having the same measure; in the right proportion |
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| to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| self-restraint or abstinence, esp. in regard to sexual activity; temperance |
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| to violate, infringe or transgress to contravene the law; to oppose in argument; contradict |
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| device or tool, esp. one made by an individual for a particular purpose |
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| deny the truth; dispute; deny |
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| stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient |
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| to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness |
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| having knowledge of; familiar with |
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| call together to a meeting |
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| ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung |
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| natural consequence or result |
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| a large or complete collection of writings |
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| red or white cells; any minute particle |
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| familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures |
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| to treat as a pet; pamper |
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| cancel an order given previously, esp. by giving a new or counter one |
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| to act against with equal force; counteract |
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| small and difficult to read; sour; peevish; grouchy; ill-natured; irritable |
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| piece of linen worn as a necktie |
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| adbridge; reduce; diminish |
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| person or thing that attracts everybody's attention or admiration; center of attraction |
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| tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding |
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| framework on which the body and working parts of a vehicle, radio or television are built |
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| the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities |
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| deception by artful subterfuge; trickery |
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| unreal; fanciful; fantastic; highly imaginative |
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| action of taking part with another person (in a crime or other wrongdoing); shared responsibility |
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| an occasion of wild and drunken revelry |
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| relating to a style of European architecture, art, etc. of the 17th and 18th century |
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| (birds) beat the wings to attempt an escape from the nest |
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| an effect of anticlimax created from an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial |
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| dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; indecent |
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| make someone blissfully happy |
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| dressed up or decorated gaudily |
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| argue or elaborate a subject in excessive detail |
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| disguise or contradict; fail to fulfill or justify |
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| demonstrating aggression or willingness to fight |
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| aggressive or warlike behavior |
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| the leading sheep of a flock, with a bell on its neck |
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| the utterance or bestowing of a blessing |
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| trouble or threaten persistently |
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| to make unnecessary complaints |
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| a warning or caution; admonition |
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| without exceptions or conditions |
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| to flatter or admire excessively or slavishly |
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| excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| to suggest or disclose partially |
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| the protection or support of someone, esp. a public institution |
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| to collect or gather into a mass or whole; sum total |
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| general pardon, esp. for offences against the state |
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| substance that relieves pain |
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| declare to be evil or detested |
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| lacking force, vitality or spirit |
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| animosity shown in speech or action; hostile feeling or intent |
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| a record of events arranged by year |
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| fixed sum of money paid to someone yearly, usually for the remaining part of his lifetime |
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| something that soothes, calms or comforts; that can relieve pain |
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| brutal racial discrimination |
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| writings or statements of dubious authenticity |
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| highest point; the point farthest from the earth |
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| one who writes in defense of a cause or institution |
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| allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned |
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| a concise saying or maxim |
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| renunciation of a religious faith |
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| an expression of approval or praise |
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| a secondary or less significant thing or part |
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| appropriate or relevant to what is being said or done |
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| hooked or curved like an eagle's beak |
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| an ornamental design, or flowing music |
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| a person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in the matter |
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| the jargon or slang of a particular group or class |
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| money that is owed and should have been paid earlier |
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| a steep sided gully cut by running water |
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| clever or skillful or creative |
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| clever or cunning devices or expedients, used to trick or deceive others |
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| without guile or deception |
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| occupation of a position of dominant power or influence |
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| free from contamination caused by bacteria, viruses or other sources |
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| harshness of tone or manner |
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| an attack on the reputation of someone or something |
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| a person having ambitions to achieve something |
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| determine the content or quality of something |
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| reduce the force, effect or value of something |
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| a sign of what will happen in the future |
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| a circle of light or brightness surrounding something |
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| a divine or prophetic token |
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| conducive to success; reasonable |
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| providing supplementary or additional help and support |
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| a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted or self-evidently true |
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| temporary inactivity; suspension |
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| have a common boundary or side with something |
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| to equip or outfit, esp. with military clothes, equipment, etc. |
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| personal clothing, accessories, or equipment |
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| having sour or bitter taste or character |
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| expert who calculates insurance risks and premiums |
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| motivate; activate; cause to act |
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| fatty; consisting of, resembling or relating to fat |
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| thing that is added or attached to something else but is less important and not essential |
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