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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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| A restraint, limit, or restriction; an adverse remark or criticism; censure |
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| Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing |
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| To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell; To foreshadow; portend |
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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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| A woman's slip or underskirt that is often full and trimmed with ruffles or lace. |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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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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| care or concern, as for the well-being of another; a cause of anxiety or concern. |
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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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| readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic |
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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. |
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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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| large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat. |
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| 1) readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so 2) easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. |
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| 1) an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur. 2) a woman's long cloak with slits for the arms. |
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| 1) ominously significant or indicative 2) marvelous; amazing; prodigious. |
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| 1) characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative 2) rolling |
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| excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance. |
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| lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
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| 1) utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched 2) contemptible; despicable; base-spirited |
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| 1) enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen 2) keenly desirous; eager; greedy |
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| A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage. |
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| flowery; excessively ornate; showy |
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| a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city. |
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| not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating. |
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| oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering |
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| unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse |
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| a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads. |
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| boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. |
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| 1) dry, and or stale bread 2) a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback. |
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| 1) ridiculously or insultingly small 2) utterly worthless. |
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| 1) sluggish inactivity or inertia. 2) lethargic indifference; apathy. |
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| 1) complacent stupidity; foolishness. 2) something foolish |
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| 1) of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal. 2) existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild. |
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| 1) capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. 2) severely critical or sarcastic |
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| 1) happening or produced by chance; accidental 2) lucky; fortunate |
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| 1) the pure and concentrated essence of a substance. 2) the most perfect embodiment of something. |
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| a metal urn, used esp. by Russians for heating water for making tea. |
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| 1) out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming 2) not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts 3) inconsistent |
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| lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak |
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| 1) a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination. 2) a changing scene made up of many elements. 3) an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc. |
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| 1) a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person. 2) a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel |
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| 1: a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work. 2: a: a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also: the actor speaking it b: the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action. 3: the concluding section of a musical composition. |
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| a quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow. |
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| to drive out; to uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out |
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| obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine. |
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| a very intense and uncontrolled fire. |
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| 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. |
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| 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge. 2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate. 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. |
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| to hide under a false appearance |
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| Existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent |
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| Bearing or expression; mental composure. |
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| Depression or lowness of spirits; 2. defecation; evacuation of the bowels |
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| a sudden, violent outburst; a fit or violent action or emotion; a spasm, fit, or convulsion |
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| pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite. |
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| to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate. |
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| immoral person; debauchee |
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| Unyielding; unalterable. Not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties |
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| unconditional authority; full discretionary power. A sheet of paper that is blank except for the signature and given by the signer to another person to write in whatever he or she pleases. |
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| 1. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning. 2. Servilely compliant or deferential. 3.Obedient; dutiful |
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| a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule; maxim. |
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| a person who decides and determines matters, like a judge. |
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| (used with object) to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to). (used without object) to come into use; take or have effect. to become beneficial or advantageous. |
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| 1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful 2. deadly; fatal 3. obsolete – evil; wicked. |
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| a natural (innate) inclination or tendency |
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| Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the orders Mallophaga or Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including humans. |
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| 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of schism (division); guilty of schism. |
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| respectful submission or courteous yielding to the judgment, opinion, wishes, or will of another; acquiescence |
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| to render useless or ineffectual; to cripple; to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means; to make useless or worthless. |
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| 1. person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald; 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign. |
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| the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct; The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules; 2. specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry. |
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| 1. putting an end to all debate or action 2. not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative. Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
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| 1. acting with indifference; showing little interest or care; performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial 2. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic. |
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| to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed. |
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| dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical. |
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| A construction in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to 2 or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way. |
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| using few words; expressing much in few words; concise, terse. |
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| of notable significance; prominent. |
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| precisely meaningful; brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning |
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| 1. a very noisy place; wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos; the abode of all the demons. 2. capital city in Dante’s Inferno. |
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| 1. idealistic without regard to practicality. 2. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. 3. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. |
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| 1. A small mark; a scar or birthmark; 2. A mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation. |
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| tending to make or become worse; belittling; tending to disparage or belittle. |
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| To obstruct, retard, interfere with, or slow the progress of; hinder. |
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| 1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters, 2. wordy or diffuse; tiresomely talkative. |
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| 1. very difficult, dangerous or hard to perform 2. Having enormous strength, courage, or size. |
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| 1. a name, title, or designation. The act of naming. 2, A geographical name (as of a region, village, or vineyard) under which a winegrower is authorized to identify and market wine |
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| negative or pessimistic; showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic. |
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| 1. to stimulate or shock by or as if by a electric current. 2. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current (distinguished from faradize). 3. to startle into sudden activity; stimulate (as in a crowd). 4. to coat (metal, esp. iron or steel) with zinc. |
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| to free from entanglements; to carry out promptly or speed up the process of. |
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| to edit (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable; to expurgate (a book) prudishly |
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| a shaded, leafy recess; an arbor. a rustic cottage; a country retreat; a woman’s private chamber in a medieval castle. |
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| 1. to exclude, by general consent, from a group – such as from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc. 2. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate. |
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| 1. Abnormal drowsiness. 2. The quality or state of being lazy, sluggish, inactive, or indifferent. |
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| to affirm positively as true; to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner; to allege as a fact. |
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| tending to delay, procrastinate, or postpone; intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision |
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| 1. one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain. 2. of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity. Cap. if referring to a student of the philosophy. |
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| to act as a go-between or liaison in amorous intrigues; function as a procurer. (n) a go-between in sexual intrigues. |
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| of or relating to a lower world of the dead; of or relating to hell or a nether world. |
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| brilliantly clever; animated, vivacious; marked by high spirits or excitement. |
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| lighthearted and unconcerned; free of cares and anxiety. |
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| To journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. To travel through or over; traverse. |
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| 1. A social blunder; faux pas. 2. A clumsy social error. 3. A blatant mistake or misjudgment. 4. Socially awkward or tactless act. |
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| 1: a loud voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew. 2: a woman of great stature, strength, and courage. |
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| existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; being or seeming to be everywhere at once; omnipresent. |
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| disrespectful levity; frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; speaking with ease and rapidity; talkative; voluble; characterized by levity. |
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| 1. To denounce or berate severely, flay severely; 2. To remove or strip off skin. |
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| 1. pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: 2. having or formed of two sides; two-sided. |
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| to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax; to urge with gentle, repeated appeals. |
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| in the past; at a former time; belonging to a previous time; former. This archaic term should be known but not used. |
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| 1. Sluggish in temperament, gloomy, taciturn; 2. Suffering from lead poisoning, as a person; 3. Melancholy or sullen in disposition. |
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| period of 14 days: two weeks |
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| to put in the place of another; especially: to substitute (as a second creditor) for another with regard to a legal right or claim. |
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| a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine; a scheme, theory, device. |
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| 1. deep personal dishonor or humiliation; disgrace; 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct. |
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| a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence. |
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| 1. an instructor; teacher; tutor. 2. the head of a school. |
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| A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. Lack of originality; trite. |
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| 1. arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure; deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable. 2. highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting. |
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| 1. the quality or state of agreeing of corresponding; agreement, harmony 2. Mathematics. a relationship between two numbers indicating that the numbers give the same remainder when divided by some given number. |
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| 1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic 2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted. |
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| to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain. To yearn after something. |
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| 1. cloudy, misty, or hazy. 2. lacking definite forms or limits; vague. |
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| any place or state of perfect happiness; paradise. |
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| 1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable; 2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible. |
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| 1. obsolete : to put an end to. 2. to extinguish the guilt incurred by; to make amends for. |
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| 1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative 2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry. |
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| to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind. |
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| a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; evasion in speech or writing; rambling, meandering. |
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| deliberate or conscious neglect; willful neglect, as of a duty or principle. 2. the act of abandoning; abandonment. |
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| 1. extremely cruel or severe; rigorous 2. characteristic of Draco or his code of laws |
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| 1. juvenile. 2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial. |
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| 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like 3. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees. |
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| lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory; fleeting; lasting only a day |
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| Impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things, an act of cursing or reviling God, irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc. |
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| amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish; (n) a jester |
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| temperamentally disinclined to talk; inclined to silence; reluctant to join in conversation; uncommunicative; habitually silent; dour; reticent. |
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| to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken |
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| twisted, bent crooked; contrary; disdainfully ironic or amusing. A distortion or lopsidedness of the face or features. |
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| open to discussion or debate; debateable; doubtful. |
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| 1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church. 2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: 3. prescribed doctrine: 4. a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle. |
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| 1. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior. 2. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. |
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| a group of people who associate closely; an exclusive group; clique. |
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| 1. swollen, distended, bloated 2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic 3. excessively ornate or ostentatious in style or language |
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| Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. |
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| 1. elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc. 2. impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc. 3. supreme or outstanding 4. complete; absolute; utter. |
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| 1. very angry; enraged; discolored by bruising : Black-And-Blue 2 : ashen, pallid 3 : reddish |
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| a wasting by misuse: mental distraction; amusement; diversion: dissolute way of living, esp. excessive drinking of liquor; intemperance. |
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| talking or tending to talk much or freely; chattering; garrulous. |
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| 1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage 2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process. |
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| to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of |
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| To cause persistent irritation or resentment. To become sore or inflamed; fester. |
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| complete and confident composure or self-assurance |
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| volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed. (akin to meddlesome) |
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| Marked by cheerfulness and optimism. |
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| integrity and uprightness; honesty; complete and confirmed integrity. |
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| 1. to captivate or charm; to hold spellbound; enchant. 2. to enslave or subjugate. |
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| 1. literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject; 2. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model; 3. any debased or grotesque likeness or imitation |
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| overly dramatic in behavior or speech; of or pertaining to acting; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional. |
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| 1. to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame 2. to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage 3. to make black; blacken. Syn. Malign, vilify, sully. |
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| a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom. |
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