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| to look around, or be cautious; heedful of potential consequences; prudent. |
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| a conclusion deduced from defective or presumptive evidence. |
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| air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality. |
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| restraint, limit, or restriction; an adverse remark or criticism; censure; in Pathology. an abnormal narrowing of a duct or passage |
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| Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner. profuse; overflowing: effusive praise. |
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| To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell; To foreshadow; portend: urban renewal that prognosticates a social and cultural renaissance. |
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| A card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool. |
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| A card game for two people, played with a deck from which all cards below the seven, aces being high, are omitted. |
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| elaborate praise; an encomium; formal expression of praise; a eulogy. |
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| possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail. |
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| feeling or showing haughty disdain |
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| a state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride. |
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| characterized by a strict adherence to formal rules or literal meaning at the expense of a wider view; didactic. |
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| the inclination to comply willingly with the wishes of others; amiability. |
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| Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull. |
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| 1. A woman's slip or underskirt that is often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace. Also called pettiskirt. 2. Something, such as a decorative valance or flounce, that resembles a woman's underskirt. |
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| 1. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety: “In the Ireland of the 1940's... the stolidity of a long, empty, grave face was thought to be the height of decorum and profundity” (John McGahern) 2. decorums The conventions or requirements of polite behavior: the formalities and decorums of a military funeral. 3. The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole. |
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| lacking in importance or worth |
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| steps for crossing a fence or wall; a vertical member of a panel or frame, as in a door or window sash. |
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| the state of being solicitous; care or concern, as for the well-being of another; a cause of anxiety or concern. Often used in the plural. |
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| disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy; causing little or no pain, as a tumor; slow to heal, grow, or develop, as an ulcer; inactive. |
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| capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. |
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| the land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family |
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| the property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments, Easily molded or shaped |
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| any of various light, open carriages, often with a collapsible hood, esp. a two-wheeled carriage drawn by a horse. |
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| principled; conscientious and exact; painstaking |
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| an impulsive change of mind; a sudden, unpredictable action |
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| a light, four-wheeled open carriage, usually drawn by a pair of horses. In Greek mythology, Phaethon is the |
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| shyness or timidity; being timid or shy |
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| an expression of warm approval; praise; official approval. |
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