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| to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner |
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| to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate |
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| Overage: too old to be useful |
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| fanatic: marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea |
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| intending or showing kindness |
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| disagreements and arguments between different cultures |
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| Shared by all members of a community |
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someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
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| deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness |
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| affable: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering" |
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| abruptness: an abrupt discourteous manner |
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| an intervening time; interval; a temporary or provisional arrangement; |
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| a person who is loathsome or disgusting |
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| delight: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" |
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| requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
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| failing to provide for the future |
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| to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. |
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| call on the carpet: censure severely or angrily |
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| piddle: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently |
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| Stretched or pulled tight; not slack |
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| wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred |
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| Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. |
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| Skilled at gaining an advantage |
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| Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar |
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| noun; thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving. |
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| noun; the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people. |
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| noun; a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. |
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| noun; type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological |
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| Noun; a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures. |
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| Noun; a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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| Noun; an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. |
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| Noun; a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters |
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| Noun; a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms |
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| Noun; a passing or casual reference |
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| Noun; a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. |
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| An exaggerated, unreliable story |
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| noun; any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. |
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| Noun; heroic; majestic; impressively great |
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| a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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| noun; thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving. |
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| noun; the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people. |
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| noun; a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. |
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| noun; type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological |
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| Noun; a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures. |
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| Noun; a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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| Noun; an imaginary or fictitious thing or person. |
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| Noun; a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters |
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| Noun; a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms |
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| Noun; a passing or casual reference |
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| Noun; a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. |
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| An exaggerated, unreliable story |
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| noun; any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. |
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| Noun; heroic; majestic; impressively great |
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| a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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| consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group |
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| a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk |
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| type of hero, real, fictional, or mythological |
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| a story about fairies; told to amuse children |
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| a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events |
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| a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people |
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| A short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings |
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| a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
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| an implied or indirect reference especially in literature |
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| fable: a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
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| an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story |
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| A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain |
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| An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language |
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The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events.
b. The inevitable events predestined by this force |
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Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort |
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| Often derogatory average or ordinary in quality |
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| To recollect and tell of past experiences or events |
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The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
A victim offered in this way. |
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1. To make an earnest request of
2. To ask for earnestly; petition for |
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| To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on |
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| A group of related persons, as a clan or tribe |
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1. to pay or reward for service, work, etc
2. to compensate for loss, injury, etc |
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1. To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment
2. To bring shame upon; disgrace |
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| direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition |
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| The doctrine or belief that there is only one God |
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| The worship of or belief in more than one god |
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1. The quality or condition of being parallel; a parallel relationship
2. Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency |
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a. One who speaks
b. A spokesperson
2. One who delivers a public speech
3. often Speaker The presiding officer of a legislative assembly
4. A loudspeaker |
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the state of being without a drug, as alcohol or heroin, on which one is dependent. |
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of, pertaining to, or capable of walking |
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not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of ). |
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an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment
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to seek after earnestly; aspire to |
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to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish |
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A conception of something in its absolute perfection.
One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence |
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adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty |
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to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause). |
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a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation |
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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker |
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc |
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to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
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a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction; disenchantment. |
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful |
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1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
3. Law . permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified: a mandatory clause.
4. having received a mandate, as a nation. |
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1. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
2. sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness
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4. affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: a melancholy mood.
5. causing melancholy or sadness; saddening: a melancholy occasion. |
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1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death. |
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous |
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1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days. |
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an object of mockery or derision. |
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the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight. |
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forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages
forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages |
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| of, pertaining to, or capable of walking: |
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| a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: |
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1. intended to instruct, esp excessively
2. morally instructive; improving
3. (of works of art or literature) containing a political or moral message to which aesthetic considerations are subordinated |
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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–verb (used with object)
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to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
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a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction; disenchantment. |
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incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
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trifling; frivolous; unimportant. |
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–adjective
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authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
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pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
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Law . permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified: a mandatory clause.
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having received a mandate, as a nation |
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a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
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sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
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the condition of having too much black bile, considered in ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominess and depression.
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black bile.
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affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: |
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suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, |
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
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characterized by great generosity |
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a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: |
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–verb (used without object)
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to speak derisively; mock;–verb (used with object)
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to mock at; deride.
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an expression of mockery, derision, doubt, or derisive scorn; jeer.
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–noun, plural -ries.
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the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
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Geometry . a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle. |
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an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: |
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–verb (used with object)
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to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
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to change; alter.
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to perceive the difference in or between.
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to make different by modification, as a biological species.
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Mathematics . to obtain the differential or the derivative of. |
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a conception of something in its perfection.
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a standard of perfection or excellence.
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a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation: |
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–verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
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to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
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to indulge in conjectural thought.
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to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit. |
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