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| existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War (1861-65) |
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| warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome |
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| hostile, unfriendly, harmful |
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| a lover, often secret, now allowed by law or custom |
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| an accusation in retaliation for an accusation made against oneself; the making of such an accusation |
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| a formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure of enthusiasm |
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| absolute honesty and uprightness |
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| a person of thoroughly bad character |
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| pregnant or enlarged with something |
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| a guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen |
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| to bully; to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pleasure |
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| a senior figure or leader in one's field |
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| extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound |
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| marked by luxurious or sensual way of life |
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| starting to come into being or to become evident |
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| not easily handled, led, taught, or controlled |
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| excessively submissive, obedient, or flattering |
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| unclear, ambiguous, confusing |
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| having rapid and unpredictable changes of mood |
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| a plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support |
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| an inscription on a grave or tomb in memory of the one buried there |
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| 1) a descriptive word or phrase occurring with or in place of the name of a person or thing; 2) an insulting or demeaning word or phrase |
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| a person unduly concerned with health and often suffering from delusions of physical disease |
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| the region in a body of water that divides the warmer, oxygen-rich surface layer from the colder, oxygen-poor deep water |
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| a device for measuring temperature that makes use of the way different metals respond to heat |
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| 1) one who can speak or write several languages; 2) having or using several languages |
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| music consisting of two or more independent but harmonious melodies |
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| 1) bearing a first offspring; 2) having borne only one previous offspring |
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| an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son of a single set of parents |
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| developing from the same or a similar part of a remote ancestor |
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| 1) lacking confidence, timid; 2) cautious or unassertive |
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| 1) having to do with a confidence or trust; 2) held in trust for another |
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| faithlessness, disloyalty, treachery |
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