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| (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of hte hands or mind |
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| (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness |
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| (n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
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| (n.) a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems |
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| (adj.) knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding |
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| (adj.) proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority |
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| (v.) to scatter, spread far and wide |
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| (adj.) cool and confident, unconcerned |
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| (adj.) easily excused; pardonable |
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| (v.) to erase, obliterate, destroy |
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| (adj.) having limits; lasting for a limited time |
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| (v.) to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding |
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| (adj.) unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others |
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| (adj.) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly |
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| (v.) to rest; lie; place; (n.) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness |
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| (adj.) unconquerable, refusing to yield |
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| (v.) to go aboard; to make a start; to invest |
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| (n.) mercy, humaneness; mildness, moderateness |
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| (v.) to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly |
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| (adj.) growing without check, running wild |
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| (adj.) coming at a bad time; not appropriate |
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| (n.) confort, relief; (v.) to comfort, console |
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| (adj.) definite, clearly stated |
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| (adj.) suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic |
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| (v.) to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally |
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| (adj.) open to or marked by bribery or corruption |
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| (adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen |
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| (v.) to yield to; to assume an office or dignity |
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| (adj.) meddling; excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority |
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| (v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply |
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| (adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention |
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| (v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to |
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| (n.) great confusion, disorder |
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| (v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap, blow |
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| (v.) to see clearly, recognize |
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| (adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic |
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| (adj.) filthy, wretched, debased |
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| (n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, ourlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox |
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| (v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
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| (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
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| (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
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| (adj.) having a great variety; numerous and diverse |
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| (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
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| (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
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| (v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
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| (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
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| (n.) a state of perplexity or doubt |
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| (adj.) abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose |
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| (v.) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute |
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| (adj., part.) unnaturally thin |
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| (adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned |
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| (adj.) knotted, twisted, lumpy |
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| (v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely |
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| (adj.) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved |
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| (n.) an injury done in return for injury |
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| (adj.) causing a sharp sensation; stinging, biting |
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