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| exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
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| to instruct morally and spiritually |
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| to express an opinion on an issue |
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| to erase or make illegible |
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| outpouring of gases or vapors |
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| impudent boldness, audacity |
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| expressing emotion without restraint |
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| to involve in; cause to fall into disorder |
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| appealing to or expressing emotion |
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| to translate a message into code |
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| marrying within a specific group due to law or custom |
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| to weaken, sap strength from |
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| to produce, cause, bring about |
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| to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by judicial order |
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| to settle comfortable into a place |
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| momentary, transient, fleeting |
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| person with refined taste in food and wine |
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| short, witty saying or poem |
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| quotation at the beginning of a literary work |
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| an abusive word or phrase |
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| very significant or influential; defining an epoch or time period |
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| ambiguous, open to two interpretations |
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| to use vague or ambiguous language intentionally |
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| to support or advocate; to marry |
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| not earthly, spiritual, delicate |
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| beliefs or character of a group |
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| origin and history of a word; study of words |
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| use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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| pleasant, harmonious sound |
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| act of harmonious bodily movements |
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| momentary, transitory, short-lived |
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| to show clearly, display, signify |
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| to urge or incite by strong appeals |
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| urgent; excessively demanding |
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| to wander; to discuss or describe at length |
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| to atone for, make amends for |
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| to debunk, disprove; blow up, burst |
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| one who champions or advocates |
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| to elaborate; to expand or increase |
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| to erase, eliminate completely |
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| unrehearsed, on the spur of the moment |
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| not inherent or essential, coming from without |
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to produce or form in needlework.
3.to adorn or embellish rhetorically, especially with ornate language or fictitious details |
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an affected style in imitation of that of Lyly, fashionable in England about the end of the 16th century, characterized chiefly by long series of antitheses and frequent similes relating to mythological natural history, and alliteration. Compare Euphues.
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any similar ornate style of writing or speaking; high-flown, periphrastic language. |
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