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n. restraint from eating or drinking;  refraining from indulging appetite or desire


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n. increase by natural growth or addition; concentration


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v. make active or more active; stimulate; make radioactive


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a. having a capacity for adaptation; capable of adapting


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n. cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress


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a. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value


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n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form


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a. lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong


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v. secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate


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a. having no name; having an unknown or unacknowledged name


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