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n. a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors


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a. indecent; obscene; humorously coarse


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n. market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East


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a. completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy


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n. biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year


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v. produce; give rise to


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v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops


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a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative


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v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes


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v. condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure


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