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| an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's "Utopia"(1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc. |
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| any of several weedy, cheifly biennial plants of the genus "articum" in the composite family, having pink or pruplish flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts and forming a bur in fruit. |
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| any of several olants of the genus "amarnathus" (as A. retroflexus and A. hybridus) producing pollen that is an important hay fecer allergen |
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| not auspicious; boding ill omened; unfavorable |
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| the art of judging human character from facial features |
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| to predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. |
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| a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture; a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism. |
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| a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp |
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| ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted |
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| intended to regulate personal habits on moral or religious grounds |
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| a wooden framework on a post, with holes for the heads and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment |
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| gross injustice or wickedness or sin |
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| to cause persistent irritation or resntment |
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| to follow in order; come afterwards, esp. in immediate succesion |
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| a long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow. A rut, groove, or narrow depression: "snow drifting in furrows." a deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead. |
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| the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression. etc.; countenance. physiognomy |
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| an uncoverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; pagan |
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| deserving disgrace or shame; despicable |
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| a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin |
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"a document purporting to be official" |
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| to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely |
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| to urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal |
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| a weapon of the 15th and 16th century having an axlike blade and a steel spike mounted on the end of a long shaft |
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| hellish; fiendish; diabolical |
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| communication of thought by words; talk; conversation; speech, or writing |
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| gruesome; horrible; revolting |
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| a temporary stay; to stay temporarily |
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| causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy |
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| to twist the body in as in pain, violent effort, etc |
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| putting an end to all debate or action; a peremptory decree |
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| to drink (a beverage) heartily |
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| to reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate |
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| one that prays on or clings to another; a parasite; archaic a physician |
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| a variation of the speeling draft; a drawing, sketch, or design |
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| power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness |
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| swiss physician and alchemist who believed illness came from external agents |
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| to suggest, indicate, or represent by an antecedent from or model; presage or foreshadow |
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Flagrant
a flagrant miscarriage of justice |
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| conspicously bad, offensive, or reprehensible; cases of wrongdoing at the highest level of government |
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| to conclude from evidence or premises |
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| to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof |
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| to give a detailed statement of; set forth |
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| a light, close-fitting, brimless cap sometimes worn indoors; a yarmulke; any of various pplants of the genus "Sculellaria", having clusters of two-lipped flowers |
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| marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking |
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| the party that institues a suit in a court |
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| return, as for an injury or friendly act |
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| to amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner |
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| lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear orderly manner |
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| to assail with abusive language; vitruperate; scold |
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| something justly deserved; recompense |
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| great personal dishonor or humiliation |
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| to join together, as by molding or twisting |
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| the range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions |
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| of or relating to the common people of ancient Rome; of, belonging to, or the characteristics of commoners; |
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| inventive skill or imagination |
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| reward, inducement, or payment, especially one given by a government for acts deemed beneficial to the state, such as killing predatory animals, growing certain crops, starting certain industries, or enlisting for military service |
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| assistance in time of distress; relief |
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| arising dislike (in someone or something) greatly; abhorrent |
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| great skill in the body or mind; adroitness, clever |
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| capable of or sunject to change or alternation |
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| responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing |
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| to direct or impose with authority and emphasis; to prohibit or forbid |
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| to drink; to absorb or take in as if by drinking |
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| secure fron violation or profanation |
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| to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand |
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Prolific
"a prolific artist" |
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| producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile; producing abundant works or results |
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| moving in an opposit or opposing direction |
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| an immeasurably deep chasm |
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| having an abnormally pale or wan complextion; lacking in radiance or vitality; dull |
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| unnaturally plae, as from physical or emotional distress |
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| laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity |
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Eminence
"rose to eminence as a surgeon" |
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| a position of great distinction or superiority; a rise of ground; a hill |
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| a notable event that marks the beginning of such a period |
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| remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization |
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| one of the books in a work of several volumes |
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| of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased |
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| a usually fatal epidemi disease, especially bubonic plague, evil influence or agent |
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"a panoply of colorful flags" |
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| a splendid or striking array |
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| a doorway, an entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing |
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| commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position |
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| something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared |
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| the state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness |
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| a short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author |
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| characterized by forcelfullness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid |
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| to break or wrench apart; sever |
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| to express doubt or uncertainty about; question; to marl (an item) with a notation in order to question its validity |
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"neither of his parents had aught but praise for him" |
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| about to occur; impending |
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| having or showing keen discernment, sound judgement, and farsightedness |
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| a natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship |
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| outward appearance or aspect; false appearance; mode of dress |
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| to cause (an organism) to multiply or breed |
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| to inspire or inflouence thoroughly; pervade |
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| with dissaproval, suspicion, or distrust |
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| with a sideways glance; obliquely |
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| comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation |
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| unwholesome, diseased, corrupted |
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| having to do with feeling of regret for one's sins or misdeeds |
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| degradation or humiliation of oneslef, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority |
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| to naje (an offense or crime) seem less serious |
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| difficult to understand; recondite |
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| completely lacking; destitute or empty |
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| strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgement |
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| range of values of a quantity or set of related quantities; a broad sequence or range of related qualities ideas, or activities |
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| arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure |
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| a particular way or manner of moving on foot |
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| implied or understood though not directly expressed |
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| of or resembling a specter; ghostly; of, relating to, produced by a specctrum |
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| the soft, sponge like, central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants, composed mainly of perenchyma; the essential or central part; the heart pr essence |
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| characterized by lightness and insubstantially; intangible |
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| a source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war; a means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment |
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| having ceased to exist or live |
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| characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper |
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| inspiring repungnance; gruesome; ghostly |
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| given to the use of vulgar, coarse, abtusive language; foul-mouthed |
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| plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group |
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| a marked change in form or appearance; a metamorphosis; a change that glorifies or exhaults |
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| an inherent power or ability; any of the powers or capacities possessed by the human mind; all of the members of a learned profession |
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| something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle |
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| an erroneous perception of reality |
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| to cause (oneself) to go or move |
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| elaborate; producing abundance |
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| a burden; load, goods carried by a vehicle |
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| skill and grace in physical movement, espeically in the use of the hands; adroitness, mental skill or adroitness; cleverness |
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| one of the hard, usually permanent structure projecting from the head of certain mammals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes consisting of a bony core covered with a sheath of keratinous material |
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| difficult or impossible to explain or account for |
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| characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable |
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| a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy |
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| belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient |
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| not cheerful, serious, dark, gloomy, grave |
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| the quality or condition of being vivacious ; liveliness |
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| an instance of talkativeness or garrulity |
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| sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; an emotional state characterized by sullenness and outbreaks of violent anger, believed to arise from black bile |
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| to express grief for or about; mourn; to regret deeply; deplore |
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| the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples |
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| an act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoings |
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"harsh words that foreboded estrangement" |
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| to indicate the likelihood of; portend |
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| one that keeps guard; to watch over as a guard |
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| to expose to riducule and abuse |
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| a mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach |
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| to change form one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform |
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| to bring uder control; conquer |
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| an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place |
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| to join or become joined together, unite |
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| being only one; individual |
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| to twist, wrench, or bend severel out of shape |
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| a small secluded wooded valley |
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"doesn't give a whit what was said" |
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"a maze of bureaucratic divisions" |
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| an intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth; a physical situation in which it is easy to get lost |
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| to bring to an end or halt |
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| to make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation |
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| having characteristics of a high rank |
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| to search or examine thoroughly |
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| to emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid; to escape from a luquid as bubbles; bubble up; to show high spirits or animation |
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| carnivorous mammal ("martes zibellina") of northern Europe and Asia, having soft dark fur; the color black, espercially in heraldry; a grayish yellowish brown |
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| to call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complain |
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| a position of great distinction or superiority |
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| dignified or magnificent display; splendor |
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| the way in which a person behaves; deportment |
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| the face or facial expression of a person; countenance; appearnace; aspect |
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| commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position |
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| the quality of persuasive, powerful expression |
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| a circular band of colored light around a light source, as around the sun or moon, caused by the refraction and reflection of light by ice particles suspended in the intervening atmosphere |
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| something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign |
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| a small mark; a scar or birthmark |
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| to search deeply and laboriously |
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| of or relating to a branch of knowledge dealing with the histroy and description in proper terms of bearings and their acessories |
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| dishonor to one's reputation |
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