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n. compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

v. blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents

n. shrewdness shown by keen insight, a tapering point

v. grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude, grant voting rights

a. not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

n. type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

a. shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

n. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

n. a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

a. full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something

v. repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

a. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

a. full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

a. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

a. not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups

n. a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas

n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something

a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep

v. represent falsely, be in contradiction with

n. compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

a. devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless

v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

a. involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value

n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

v. authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public

a. found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

v. represent falsely, be in contradiction with

a. necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove

a. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech