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a. lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior


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a. distasteful; disagreeable; unpleasant to taste


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v. raise to a higher grade or standard; advance


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n. land or an area of land of high elevation


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v. force in an indicated direction; stimulate or prompt action


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n. harmless form of the germs that cause a disease to prevent people from getting the actual disease


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a. imprecise; indistinct; not clearly expressed; inexplicit


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a. upright in position or posture; oriented vertically


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a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary


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a. existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination


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