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| A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assits; a follower. |
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Given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks. Highly Absorbant. |
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| To grow together; to unite to form a whole. |
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| Not openly acknowledged; secret. |
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| To recite something in a style of a public speech; to speak in a loud theatrical way. |
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To describe vividly and in detail. To draw an outline of; to represent by drawing. |
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| A leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices and making false claims and promises. |
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| An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute. |
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| An expression of warm and enthusiastic praise; a tribute. |
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Resistance to persuasion; inflexible. Persistant in wrong-doing. |
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| Foresight; knowledge beforehand of events. |
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| A chief character in a drama or story. |
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| Completed with careful perserverance and diligence. |
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| Expressed with vigor and penetrating insight; keenly. |
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| A place or state of perfect social and political conditions. |
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A farewell address, especially one given at graduation ceremonies. Of or relating to a farewell address. |
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| To clear guilt or to free from a promise or responsibility. |
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To foreshadow in an indirect way. To outline in a sketchy way; to partially disclose. |
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| A short instructive saying. |
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| A defamatory expression; slander. |
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| One who works with another, usually in a subordinate position; an assistant. |
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| Existing at or dating from birth; being an essential characteristic. |
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| A lively spirit with a distinictive style. |
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| An interruption or gap in space, continuity, or time. |
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| To confine within or as if within walls; to imprison. |
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| Not to be avoided or changed; inevitable. |
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Marked by slaughter; mutually destructive. Relating to conflict within a group. |
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To appeal to earnestly. To cite in justification. |
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| A person or thing that servs as an example of its kind; an original. |
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Occuring every four years. Lasting four years. |
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| An alloy of mercury and other metals; a mixture of differnt elements. |
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| Very old or old-fashioned. |
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| One who prepares and sells ointments, drugs, and similar items for medicinal purposes. |
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Refraining from self-indulgence. A person who practices self-denial. |
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| One who falsely claims knowledge or ability. |
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| An inhabitant, resident, or frequenter of a place. |
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A senior member of a group, especially one who is highly respected. The oldest example of a category. |
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| Plants considered as a group in a particular area or era. |
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To consume by drinking. To abosrb or take in mentally. |
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| A medicine or remedy whose effectiveness has not been proven. |
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| To prevent or make unnecessary; to get rid of. |
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Lasting indefinitely or recurring. A plant that lives three or more years. |
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| Commonly accepted or supposed; assumed to exist. |
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| A person with detailed knowledge in a specialized field. |
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| An expression of approval; praise. |
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| Existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness; unenlightened. |
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The middle class or a member of the middle class. Very concerned with middle-class values, such as respectability and material well being, with an inclination toward mediocrity. Reflecting mediocrity. |
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| A strongly held belief; a guide to one's actions. |
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| A strongly held belief; a guide to one's actions. |
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| Based on experience and observation as opposed to theory; capable of being confirmed by observation. |
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| To stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds. |
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| To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon. |
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| One who attacks established values, beliefs, or institutions. |
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| An extreme level of poverty. |
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| Without means of support. |
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A clear command or instruction. To require or order. |
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| Only seemingly so; apparent. |
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| Unwilling to accept another's authority; stubbornly defiant. |
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To expel (partialy digested food) from the stomach. To repeat mindlessly what one has learned. |
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| Provoking or causing laughter. |
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| Related or belonging to an earlier time. |
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| To take part in wild, noisy merrymaking. |
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| Clever deception through the use of misleading or confusing words or acts. |
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| To conceal with an intent to deceive. |
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| Conspiculously bad; flagrant. |
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| To utterly abhor, to denounce as detestable. |
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| Faithfulness; allegiance. |
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| A small system to operates or develops like a larger system; a miniture world. |
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| A suddent, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence. |
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| A clever scheme for gaining an end. |
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| To render useless or ineffectual; to weaken. |
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| A blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud. |
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To cause or put into mechanical motion. To cause or to take action. |
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Made up of a mixture of fresh water and seawater. Having an unpleasant taste. |
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| Relating to mental processes such as awareness, remembering, and reasoning. |
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| A lengthy, usually written discussion of a topic, often for a college or university degree. |
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| Causing or marked by pain, missery, or sorrow. |
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| Widespread or peculiar to a certain place or among a certain people. |
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Producing or capable of producing many offspring. Intellectualy or artistically productive; creative. |
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| The history of a family and how its members are related to one another; also the study of such family histories. |
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| Deprived of good sense and judgement, especially as the result of imbibing alcohol. |
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Seemingly helpless while actually being dangerous; treacherous or deceptive. Spreading harmfully in a subtle or gradual way. |
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| One who intrudes on or interferes in the affairs of others. |
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| A person or thing that comes before and indicates the approach of another; a forerunner. |
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| A feeling that something is about to occur. |
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| An outgrowth of a simple idea or plan; a resulting development or consequence. |
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| A state of mental or physical sluggishness or inactivity. |
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