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| the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection |
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| a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings |
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| to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile |
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| abric woven with an elaborate design, esp. one having a raised overall pattern |
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| an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English |
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| a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like |
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| to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper |
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| a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends |
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| rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner |
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| a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns |
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| causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible |
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| to enclose in or as in a case |
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| the act or practice of spying |
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| excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
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| deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage |
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| a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material |
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| receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously |
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| without emotion; apathetic; unmoved |
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| to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner |
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| the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power |
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| not consolable; that cannot be comforted; disconsolate |
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| not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe |
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| the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee) |
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| a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area |
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| expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion |
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| to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person |
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| radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright |
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| a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69 |
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| a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome |
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| to present, execute, or do in a poor or tasteless manner |
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| any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp. D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit |
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| pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details |
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| full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought |
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| to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages |
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| to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving |
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| to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure |
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| firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion |
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| a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie |
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| a person who commits or practices sabotage |
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| of, pertaining to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply |
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| to faint; lose consciousness |
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| a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee |
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| a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm |
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