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v. agree or express agreement, take on duties or office


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n. written declaration made under oath, a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath


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ad. as known or named at another time or place


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n. a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine


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n. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves


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n. the region around the south pole, at or near the south pole


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a. of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true


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n. a person trained to compete in sports


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n. organic compound having powerful soporific effect, overdose can be fatal


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n. ship,s officer in charge of equipment


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n. a secret store of valuables or money


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n. harsh discordant mixture of sounds


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n. the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability


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n. a person who cheats at cards in order to win money


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n. a highly mobile army unit, troops trained to fight on horseback


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n. a family of similar musical instrument playing together


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n. characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech


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n. a commissioned military officer in the army who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general


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n. a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in it


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n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone, has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves


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n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity


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n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices


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v. add details, as to an account or idea, clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing


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n. a serious infectious disease that causes fever and difficulty in breathing and swallowing


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n. a current of unpleasantly cold air blowing through a room


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a. relating to or composed of electors, of or relating to elections


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a. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin


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n. a standard or typical example, a brief abstract (as of an article or book)


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v. take in marriage, become involved with or support an activity or opinion


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n. strong coffee, or a cup of this, made by forcing hot water through crushed coffee beans and served without milk


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a. stupid, not correct, or not carefully thought about


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n. the month following January and preceding March


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n. the leaves of a plant or tree, or leaves on the stems or branches on which they are growing


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a. a strong ability, something that a person can do well


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n. a large entrance or reception room or area


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a. puffed up with vanity, lofty in style


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


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n. a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system, the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body


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a. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame


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a. only partly in existence; imperfectly formed


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n. a narrow piece of land with water on each side that joins two larger areas of land


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n. an adornment made of precious metals and set with gems


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v. ring as in announcing death


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n. an organ in humans and animals between the nose and the lungs that contains the muscles to create the voice or sounds


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a. held legally responsible, subject to legal action


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n. a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study


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n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)


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n. the bricks and pieces of stone that are used to make a building


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n. pale purple colour, pale purple aniline dye


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n. a thick, white sauce made from oil, vinegar, and the yellow part of eggs, usually eaten cold


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a. used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object


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a. deliberately causing harm or damage, naughtily or annoyingly playful


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v. think about carefully, suggest something for discussion


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n. an extreme state of adversity, the lowest point of anything


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n. any new participant in some activity


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a. offensively malodorous, very unpleasant and offensive


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a. belonging or relating to a marriage or to the state of being married


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n. using words that imitate the sound they denote


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n. military supplies, especially weapons and bombs


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v. adjust to a specific need or market, make someone familiar with a new place


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ad. in a way that appears or claims to be one thing when it is really something else


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n. something that will solve all problems


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n. round brackets, the symbols that are put around a word, phrase, or sentence in a piece of writing


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n. a legislative assembly in certain countries


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n. short-legged flightless birds of cold southern, especially Antarctic regions


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v. move slowly through a substance with very small holes in it


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a. not allowing contradiction or refusal, putting an end to all debate or action


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a. placing too much emphasis on minor details


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v. sweat, pass liquid through the skin


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n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning


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a. showing little emotion, not emotional or excited about things


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v. make an area or substance, usually air, water, or soil, dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants


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a. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death


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a. clean and safe to drink, suitable for drinking


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n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group, especially a hereditary or official right


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n. the way a word or a language is customarily spoken, the manner in which someone utters a word


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a. taking on different forms, easily and continuously changing


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a. of or characteristic of a child, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity


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n. physical beauty, especially of a woman


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n. the seeds of a South American plant that are cooked and eaten as food


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a. not sensible about practical matters, idealistic and unrealistic


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a. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue


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v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution


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a. of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city, living in or characteristic of farming or country life


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a. confidently optimistic and cheerful, positive and hoping for good things


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n. a device used for cutting materials such as paper, cloth, and hair, consisting of two sharp blades


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v. proceed without interruption in music or talk, change smoothly from one state or situation to another


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n. a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin


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n. a tetravalent nonmetallic element, the most abundant element in the earth's crust that occurs in clay


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a. coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position


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n. a small furry animal with a long tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds


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a. serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned


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a. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome


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n. a set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel


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n. a person who advocates the supremacy of some particular group or race over all others


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n. the state of being more than full, the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall


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n. a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it


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n. the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment, he somatic sensation of cold or heat


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n. one of the principles on which a belief or theory is based


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n. a quality of sound that makes voices or musical instruments sound different from each other


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n. athletic contest consisting of three different events


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a. defiantly aggressive, unpleasant and likely to argue a lot


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n. the manner in which something is expressed in words, overabundance of words


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a. (of a woman's body) having soft, curved, sexually attractive body


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n. the yellow, middle part of an egg


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n. a slight wind, usually refreshing


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n. the branch of biology that studies animals


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