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| acting againsty or in a contrarty direction; hostile |
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| simultaneous and contradictory attritudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
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| to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses); ease |
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| to give or concede reluctantly or with displeausre |
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| to cause to divide into two branches or parts |
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| to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
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| lacking adult sophistication; immature |
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| to find fault or complain querulously |
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| likely but not certain to happen: possible; not logically necessary; espe3cially: empirical |
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| to dig or labor with or as if with a spade |
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| detracting from the character or standing of something-often used with to, towards, or of |
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| obviously harmful; damaging |
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| to strive to equal or excel |
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| to give a detailed explanation of |
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| something given voluntarily or beyond obnligation usually for some service; especially: tip |
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| a form or style of dress: costume |
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| evil in nature, influence, or effect: injurious |
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| a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects |
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| agreeable to the palate or taste |
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| at first view: on the first appearance |
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| meaning conveyed, professed, or implied: import; also: substance, gist |
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| having a rank smell or taste |
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| a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality an dlonger staple than mungo |
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| one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
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| using a lnaguage or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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