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| having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous; rich: an affluent person |
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| a public fight; a noisy quarrel; brawl. |
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| to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public. |
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| an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. |
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| strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal. |
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| corrupt, wicked, or perverted. |
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| a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site. |
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| great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor. |
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| closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue. |
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| disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. |
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| to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like. |
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| characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. |
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| characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. |
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| a state of perplexity or uncertainty, esp. as to what to do; dilemma. |
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