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| a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable, profitable, or rewarding; a source of wealth or prosperity; a very large amount; sudden profit or gain |
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| lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude |
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| a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place |
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| to work with, work together |
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| an order having the force of law; to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully |
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| disagreeable in sound, jarring, lacking in harmony, conflicting |
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| to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level |
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| a passage taken from a book, article, ect.; to take such a passage; to quote |
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| to feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly |
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| to float or hang suspended over; to move back and forth uncertainly over or around |
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| to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump, shove, brush against; to compete for |
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| a person who moves slowly or falls behind; falling behind; slow to move, act, or respond |
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| applause; enthusiastic praise or approval |
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| to make impossible, prevent, shut out |
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| broken stone or bricks; ruins |
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| of or relating to a slave; behaving like or suitable for a slave or a servant, menial; lacking spirit or independence, abjectly submissive |
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| a watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention |
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| to quarrel or argue in a noisy, angry way; to obtain by argument; to herd; a noisy quarrel |
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| ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions |
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| declared openly and without shame, acknowledged |
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| to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing |
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| giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly |
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| overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
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| harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage |
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| sturdy, not easily warn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years |
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| energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination |
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| economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager |
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| with extreme care or caution |
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| to provide more than is needed or wanted; to feed or fill to the point of overstuffing; an oversupply |
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| in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity; the state of being disguised; a person in disguise |
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| to make valueless, take away all force or effect |
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| described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life |
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| to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
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| to make as small as possible, make the least of; to make smaller than before |
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| slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct |
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| to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve |
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| to regard with reverence, ook up to with great respect |
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| reckless; heartless, unjustifiable; loose in morals; a spoiled, pampered person; one with low morals |
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| to assign or distribute in shares or portions |
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| to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble |
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| bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
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| to yield to a request or command |
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| not having or using, lacking |
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| the choice part of a group of people or things; superior |
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| an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with |
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| to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible |
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| to uge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite |
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| long life, long duration, length of life |
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| in very great numbers; a very great number |
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| a point or view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance |
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| to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion |
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| immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree |
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| connected with or related to the matter at hand |
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| extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
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| a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resource; to fasten with a rope or chain |
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| a sounding together; agreement or accord |
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| to compete; to strive for victory or superiority |
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| stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate |
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| to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally or invalid or void |
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| indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic |
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| to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post |
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| to feel or express regret or disapproval |
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| of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously |
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| to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of men for military service; a gathering, accumulation |
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| a person or thing of no importance |
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| to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind |
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| elaborately decorated; showily splendid |
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| to remove, drive out of a position or place |
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| to read thoroughly and carefully |
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| full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water |
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| a high point of land extending into water |
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| a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea |
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| a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection |
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| a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed |
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| showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something |
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| serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
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| to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of |
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| filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
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| lying face down; inclined, likely |
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| more than enough, large, spacious |
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| a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
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| to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
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| to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
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| to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; a feeling of comtempt |
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| a brief statemetn written on a tomb or gravestone |
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| having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase |
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| humorous, not meant seriously |
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| without restraint or control; unselective |
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| crafty dealing, underhanded plotting; to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity |
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| an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice |
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| common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; a common person, member of the lower class |
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| wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent |
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| to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as thought by smashing into fragments) |
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| that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
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| highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |
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| appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
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