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v. humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem


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n. the lady superior of a nunnery.


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n. the group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.


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n. the superior of a community of monks.


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v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim


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n. belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis


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n. of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.


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n. criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force


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adv. in bed; on a bed.


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n. deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.


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v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage


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n. suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension


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n. the act of detesting extremely.


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adj. very repugnant; hateful.


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n. an abiding.


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a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status


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v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever


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n. washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite


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v. give up or surrender; deny something to oneself


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a. unusual; not typical; not normal


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a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad


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v. to hate violently.


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n. a very detestable act or practice.


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a. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native


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n. the original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.


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v. wear away by friction; scrape; erode


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n. scratch; friction


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v. condense; shorten; reduce length of written text


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n. a condensed form as of a book or play.


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a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority


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a. broken off; very steep; having sudden transitions from one subject to another


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n. a collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.


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n. the act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.


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v. leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution


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n. state of being absent; state of being away


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n. act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest


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v. let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation


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v. assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; occupy full attention


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n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration


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v. refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice


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a. sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate


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


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a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand.


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a. preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish


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a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources


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a. coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use


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v. border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent


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n. enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell


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a. related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education


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n. a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation


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n. school for special instruction; society of scholars, scientists, or artists


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v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede


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v. move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected


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v. to take when offered.


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n. approach; entry; entrance


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a. easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with


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n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.


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n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item


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v. applaud; announce with great approval


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v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for


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n. act of accompanying someone or something


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n. one who or that which accompanies.


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v. travel with; be associated with


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n. partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing


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v. succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete


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n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; reeds that are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player


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v. approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request


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n. narrative or record of events; reason given for a particular action or event


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v. equip; provide with military equipment


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v. authorize; commission; give credit for


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v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase


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n. quality of nearness to the truth or the true value


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a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision


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adj. doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.


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n. indictment; charge of wrongdoing that is made against a person or other party


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adj. of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.


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v. blame; condemn


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v. to make familiar by use.


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n. bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone


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n. a salt of acetic acid.


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a. having properties of vinegar; sour


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v. to be in pain or distress.


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adj. invulnerable.


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adj. colorless,


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n. sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful


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v. to change into acid.


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v. declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks


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n. recognition.


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n. the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal


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adj. pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.


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v. inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar


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v. assent; agree without protesting


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n. passive consent.


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v. to free or clear, as from accusation.


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n. state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty


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n. release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.


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n. quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.


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a. unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent


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a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner


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n. sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.


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adj. affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.


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n. any reality.


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n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.


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v. put into motion or action; activate


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n. mental keenness; quickness of perception


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a. quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe


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a. extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


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n. something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book


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v. muddle; drive crazy; become confused


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v. to bring forward or name for consideration.


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v. stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with


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n. attachment.


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n. person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause


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n. the state of being attached or joined.


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inter. good-by; farewell.


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n. the state of being adjacent.


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a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near


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v. to award or bestow by formal decision.


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n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior


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n. a vehement appeal.


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adj. auxiliary.


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n. one who manages a government agency or department


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adj. having the right or privilege of entry.


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n. entrance, or the right or permission to enter.


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v. warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided


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n. gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning


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n. doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle


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n. act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; act of addressing as a god


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a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions


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n. an adulterating substance.


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v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances


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v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade


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n. coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important


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a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose


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n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune


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v. to refer incidentally.


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n. one who advertises, especially in newspapers.


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a. having power to advice; containing advice


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n. support; active pleading on behalf of something


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v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something


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a. of the air or atmosphere; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air


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n. one who navigates the air, a balloonist.


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n. the art or practice of flying aircraft


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n. a balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.


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n. the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.


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a. easily approachable; warmly friendly


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v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon


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n. a studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.


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v. associate; incorporate


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a. confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming


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v. fasten; append; add on; secure to something


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n. abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth


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n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect


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adv. in progress.


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adj. said in a preceding part or before.


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adv. once more, after rest or interval.


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n. a thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.


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v. to pile or heap together.


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v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation


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v. worsen; make worse or more troublesome


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n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.


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v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to


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v. to make the first attack.


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n. an unprovoked attack.


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v. to give grief or sorrow to.


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a. struck by shock, terror, or amazement


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a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick


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v. cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb


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a. pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters


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n. sickness; illness; affliction


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adj. delicate, ethereal.


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a. of the same kin; related by blood


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n. a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.


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n. cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


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ad. even though; although; notwithstanding


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n. a person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.


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n. a list of names; a register for visitors; a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs


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n. medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming


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n. a volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.


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n. a condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.


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n. nook; small, recessed section of a room


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n. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and cone like fruit


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n. a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.


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n. the dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.


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n. assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily


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a. dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person


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adj. capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.


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v. cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally


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n. estrangement.


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n. that which nourishes.


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n. soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash; one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, and ammonia


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v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve


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v. state without proof; assert to be true


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


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v. provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part


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n. narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes


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n. state of being allied; act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties


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v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot


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n. portion.


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v. refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion


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n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor


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n. flood.


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n. confederate; partner; collaborator


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n. a series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.


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a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote


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n. raised structure on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity


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v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert


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n. passage from one form or state to another; change


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v. to contend angrily or zealously in words.


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a. happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously; substitute


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a. one of two or more things, ideas or courses of action that may be used; option; choice


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n. elevation especially above sea level; height


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n. the lowest or deepest female voice or part.


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n. benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.


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n. one who advocates or practices altruism.


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n. an alloy or union of mercury with another metal.


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v. combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury


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a. nonprofessional; lacking the skill of a professional, as in an art


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adj. designed to excite love.


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a. capable of using either hand with equal ease


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a. unclear or doubtful in meaning


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a. aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement


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adj. divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.


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n. field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital


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v. to walk about


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n. disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station


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v. make or become better; improve; grow better


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a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable


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n. a peculiar sense in which an english word or phrase is used in the united states.


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a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome


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n. friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations


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a. moved by sexual love; loving


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a. formless; lacking shape or definition


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n. a love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.


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n. the practical unit of electric-current strength.


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adj. living both on land and in water.


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n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena


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n. largeness.


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adv. sufficiently.


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v. cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune


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n. diversion.


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n. anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.


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n. the letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.


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a. comparable; similar or alike


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n. similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity


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n. one who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.


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v. diagnose; examine


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n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion


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n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse


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n. detailed analysis; branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals


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n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography


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n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality


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adj. affected with anemia.


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n. an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.


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n. substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling


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adv. once more.


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adj. saintly.


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n. hatred or dread of england or of what is english.


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a. sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner


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adj. withered.


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n. the utterance of criticism or censure.


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v. to pass criticism or censure.


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n. an animal of microscopic smallness.


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a. endowed with life; alive; living; animated


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n. bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act


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n. historian.


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n. chronological record of the events of successive years


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v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit


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v. destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence


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v. comment; make explanatory notes


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a. occurring or payable every year


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n. annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year


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n. proclamation.


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n. the point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.


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a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name


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n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor


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a. opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it


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v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.


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v. precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order


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n. one who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.


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n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.


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v. be earlier in time; go back further


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a. antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times


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adj. before noon.


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adj. occurring or existing before birth.


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a. before in time; antecedent; placed before or in front


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n. a room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.


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n. book of literary selections by various authors


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n. hard coal.


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n. social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings


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adj. having or resembling human form.


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n. a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.


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n. any opponent or enemy of christ, whether a person or a power.


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n. letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise


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n. an atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.


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n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts


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n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.


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v. to show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.


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n. a response or alteration of responses, generally musical.


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n. an anthem or other composition sung responsively.


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n. a place or region on the opposite side of the earth.


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n. one who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.


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v. make obsolete or old-fashioned


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n. any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion


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n. substance that prevents infection; substance that restricts the growth of disease-causing microorganisms


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adj. opposed to human slavery.


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adj. tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.


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n. the inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".


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n. a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.


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n. word of opposite meaning; counter term


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a. eager; keen; worried; uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter


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n. lack of caring; indifference


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n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole


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n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax


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n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion


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n. place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey


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n. the highest point; point in orbit most distant from the body being orbited


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n. acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse


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n. one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs


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n. any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.


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n. one who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.


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n. elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something


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v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak


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a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye


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n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible


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v. bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve


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adj. capable of being appealed to.


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n. name; title; act of naming; act of appealing for aid, sympathy


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v. attach; add as supplement or appendix


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v. to belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.


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a. strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited


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n. the act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.


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v. estimate value of; evaluate, especially in official capacity


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a. considerable; perceptible


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v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive


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adj. capable of being conceived.


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n. expression of warm approval; praise


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v. acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use


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n. a water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.


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adj. of, pertaining to, or containing water.


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n. person with power to decide a dispute; judge


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a. randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle


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v. to act or give judgment as umpire.


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n. a tree.


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a. tree-dwelling; treelike; living in trees


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adj. having the nature of a tree.


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n. place where different tree varieties are exhibited


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n. the cultivation of trees or shrubs.


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n. covered passageway, usually lined with shops; simple arched opening in a wall; vault or vaulted place


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n. study of artifacts and relics of early mankind


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a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated


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n. obsolescence.


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n. an angel of high rank.


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n. the chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the greek, roman, and anglican church.


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n. a high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.


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n. prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned


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n. group of closely located islands


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a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate


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n. intensity of passion or affection.


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a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants


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n. hereditary nobility; privileged class


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n. one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble


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n. a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things


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n. as much as can be held in the arm or arms.


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n. arsenal; a place where arms are manufactured


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n. fragrance; scent; pleasant characteristic odor, as of a plant, spice, or food


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v. officially charge someone in a court of law


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v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose


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n. composition; order


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adj. notoriously bad.


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n. something overdue and unpaid.


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n. a coming to stopping-place or destination.


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a. arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others


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v. claim without justification; claim for oneself without right


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well n. a very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure


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adj. characterized by craft or cunning.


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adj. pertaining to king arthur, the real or legendary hero of british poetic story.


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n. subtle but base deception; trickery; cleverness or skill; ingenuity


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a. free of artificiality; natural; open and honest


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adj. dominant.


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n. the act of rising.


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n. upward slope or grade; movement upward


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a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere


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v. inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality


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adj. having no distinct sexual organs.


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a. ash-colored; very pale; consisting of ashes


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a. with sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes


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n. sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate


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n. one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position


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v. seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end


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n. one who attacks.


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n. one who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.


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v. to kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.


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n. act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; murder of public figure by surprise attack


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v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test


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v. express agreement to what is alleged or proposed; accept


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v. estimate value; judge worth of something


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n. an officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.


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n. pl. property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.


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a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent


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n. one who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.


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v. incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble


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n. resemblance or correspondence in sound.


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adj. having resemblance of sound.


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v. to accord in sound, especially vowel sound.


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v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease


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a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere


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a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence


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n. the denial of the existence of god.


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adj. wanting water.


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adv. from side to side.


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n. an apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.


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v. make amends, as for sin or fault; pay for; turn away from sin


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n. amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.


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adj. outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.


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n. brutal deed; atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness


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n. a subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.


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v. testify; authenticate, affirm to be true


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adj. reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.


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a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold


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a. perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear


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v. take part in a trial performance; evaluate in a trial performance


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a. of or relating to hearing, the organs of hearing, or the sense of hearing


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v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity


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v. to predict.


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adj. pertaining to st. augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.


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n. pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons


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adj. of or pertaining to the ear.


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n. one of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.


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adj. of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.


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adj. containing gold.


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n. the first light of day; an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force


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n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.


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a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented


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n. unrestricted power.


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a. not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy


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n. the state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.


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n. absolute government.


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n. dictator; ruler having unlimited power


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n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans


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a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent


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n. independence; self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination


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n. examination of dead body; post-mortem


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adj. of or pertaining to autumn.


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a. helper, additional or subsidiary


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n. great mass of falling snow and ice


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n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain


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v. declare to be true; affirm


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a. reluctant; disinclined; turned away or backward; unwilling


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n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike


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v. prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away


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n. large cage, building, or enclosure in which birds are reared or kept


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n. greediness.


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n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment


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v. declare openly; acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly


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v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.


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adv. an expression of assent.


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n. a flowering shrub.


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a. sky blue; light purplish-blue


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adj. of or pertaining to lord bacon or his system of philosophy.


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n. single celled organism with no nucleus


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v. pester; annoy persistently; persuade through constant efforts


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v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of


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n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.


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n. a single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.


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n. a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation


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a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.


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n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing


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n. a medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.


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a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality


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n. a boat-song of venetian gondoliers.


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adj. having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.


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n. an instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.


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n. instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere


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prep. apart from.


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v. luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth


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adj. low in tone or compass.


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v. to cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.


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n. staff or truncheon for various purposes, as one of a conductor in musical performances, one transferred by runners in a relay race


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n. a body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.


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n. a narrow strip of wood.


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v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence


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n. small, showy ornament of little value; child's plaything or toy


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v. cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout


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v. to make supremely happy.


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n. blessedness; state of extreme happiness


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n. an escort or lover.


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v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still


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v. to give a signal to, by nod or gesture.


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v. to smear over, as with something oily or sticky.


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v. to cover with ornament.


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n. madhouse.


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v. to confuse.


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v. to be a friend to, especially when in need.


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v. produce; give rise to


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v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of


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v. to delay past the proper hour.


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v. to make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.


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v. contradict; give a false impression


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v. to accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.


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v. disparage or depreciate; put down


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n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.


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


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a. inclined or eager to fight; aggressive


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v. regret strongly; express disapproval of


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n. blessing; invocation of divine blessing; expression of good wishes


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n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help


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n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.


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adj. characterized by charity and kindness.


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a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being


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n. person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will


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n. advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain


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n. any act of kindness or well-doing.


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a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable


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a. kindly; favorable; not malignant


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adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.


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n. kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.


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n. blessing.


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v. leave to someone by a will; hand down


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v. to make desolate with loneliness and grief.


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n. space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job


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v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly


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v. attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in


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v. to smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.


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a. beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason


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v. to sprinkle or cover with things strewn.


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v. to get or sit upon astride, as a horse.


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v. to remind oneself.


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v. to happen to or befall.


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adv. in good season or time.


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v. become engaged to marry; promise to marry


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n. engagement to marry.


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n. any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.


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v. lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes


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n. list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject


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n. the passion for collecting books.


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n. one who loves books.


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adj. fond of drinking.


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v. to await.


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a. every two years; lasting or living for two years


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n. a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.


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n. one who has two spouses at the same time.


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n. the crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.


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n. a slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.


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a. two-sided; mutual


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n. using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency


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n. a bibliographical sketch or notice.


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n. the science of life or living organisms.


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n. an animal having two feet.


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n. a privilege or possession into which one is born.


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n. sharp and bitter manner


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adj. sated with pleasure.


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v. to indulge in profane oaths.


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a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive


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n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame


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v. to make widely or generally known.


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a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable


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v. mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything which is excellent; make defective, either the body or mind


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a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted


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adj. cheerful.


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n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage


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n. a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.


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adj. corporeal.


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a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


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n. the trunk or body of a tree.


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n. a spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.


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n. a round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.


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v. support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion


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n. a hollow projectile containing an explosive material.


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v. to assail with any missile or with abusive speech.


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n. a person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.


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n. inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.


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a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners


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v. drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill


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n. incorporated town that is not a city; association of men who gave pledges to the king for the good behavior of each other


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n. the breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.


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adj. connected with the study or cultivation of plants.


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v. to study plant-life.


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n. science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification


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a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously


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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly


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n. in cricket, the player who delivers the ball.


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v. refrain from buying or using


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n. hillside.


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n. boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person


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v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions


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n. defiant or swaggering behavior; pretense of courage; false show of bravery


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interj. well done.


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n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.


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v. to make of or ornament with brass.


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n. an open pan or basin for holding live coals.


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n. breaking of contract or duty


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n. one who trains horses, dogs, etc.


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n. the buttocks.


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n. pl. members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.


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n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression


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n. headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins


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n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.


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n. general officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.


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n. one who lives by robbery and plunder.


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n. sulfur.


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n. water saturated with salt.


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n. one of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.


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n. the united kingdom of great britain.


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n. a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of great britain or the british.


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a. easily broken; having little elasticity


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v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce


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n. message that is transmitted by radio or television; radio or television show


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n. a coarse, heavy shoe.


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n. any dialectic pronunciation of english, especially that of the irish people.


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n. the business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.


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n. a dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.


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n. inflammation of the bronchial tubes.


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n. either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.


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n. ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women


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n. spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.


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v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats


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a. abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly


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n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown


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n. clowning; arts and practices of buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures


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adj. of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.


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n. an ox.


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n. any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.


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n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends


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n. something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage


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a. offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; forward; pushing


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v. mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner


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n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.


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a. able to float; cheerful and optimistic


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n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc.


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n. over-regulated administrative system


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n. in colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of maryland or virginia.


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n. an inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.


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v. make shiny by rubbing; polish


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n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community


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v. move or cause to move energetically and busily; teem


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v. to strike with or as with the head, or horns.


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n. a conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.


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v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence


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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests


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n. group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; closet


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n. a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.


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a. like corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body


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n. rhythmic rise and fall of words or sounds; beat


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n. an embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.


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adj. cowardly.


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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering


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n. delusive speech.


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adj. that may be estimated by reckoning.


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n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.


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n. the state of being hard and insensible.


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a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers


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n. unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree


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n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander


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n. the place where christ was crucified.


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n. the system of doctrine taught by john calvin.


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v. to teach or imbue with the doctrines of calvinism.


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n. a leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.


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n. piece of jewelry; a small scale used as a jewel for adornment; famous actor's special appearance in a minor role in film


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n. battle ;a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end


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n. a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of canaan, or western palestine.


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n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; [___] bird; quick and lively dance


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a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial


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n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech


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a. related to dogs; dog-like; affecting or derived from dogs


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n. law or rule; decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works


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n. inclination or slope; slanted or oblique surface; jargon, especially of thieves; dialect


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n. story or poem set to music that can be sung by chorus


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n. part or division of poem of some length


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n. the part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.


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a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy


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n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter


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v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply


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n. sudden, unexpected fancy; impulsive change of mind


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n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration


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a. intended to confuse in an argument


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v. charm; enthrall; seize by force, as an enemy in war, or anything belonging to enemy


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n. dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food


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a. of or relating to the heart


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a. chief; serving as an essential component


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n. a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.


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n. representation that is deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic effect


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n. destruction of life; savage and excessive killing of many people


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a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily


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a. eating or feeding on flesh; predatory


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v. to drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.


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n. dead and putrefying flesh.


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n. an elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.


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n. a charge for a firearm, or for blasting.


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n. any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies


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v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication


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a. informal; purposeless; occurring by chance


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n. serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident


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n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water


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n. large or high waterfall; eye abnormality


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n. calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune


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n. the negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.


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n. the system, doctrine, and practice of the roman catholic church.


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n. universal prevalence or acceptance.


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n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy


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a. implying cause-and-effect relationship


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a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action


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v. to burn or sear as with a heated iron.


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v. yield or formally resign and surrender to another


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n. overseer of morals; official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content


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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure


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n. official examination of the details of a country's population


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a. relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years


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n. a hundredth of a liter.


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n. a length of one hundredth of a meter.


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n. officer of ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers or minor division


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n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.


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n. ritual; ceremony or rite


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a. marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual


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n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing


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n. yielding to another; ceding or surrendering


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n. lizard that changes color in different situations


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n. a court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.


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n. disorder; condition or place of great disorder or confusion; disorderly mass


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n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait


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v. distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of


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n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance


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v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof


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v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke


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n. state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse


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n. impressive country house or castle in France; large country house


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n. any article of personal property.


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v. stop motion; curb or restrain


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n. a very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.


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n. courtesy towards women


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n. an acute epidemic disease.


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a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger


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adj. pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.


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n. a title of jesus


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v. to name in baptism.


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n. that part of the world where christianity is generally professed.


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adj. belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.


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n. time sequence; arrangement of events in time


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n. a portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.


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n. secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number


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v. move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point


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n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object


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n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing


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v. to sail quite around.


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v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle


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a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious


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n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle


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v. quote; adduce as an instance


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n. one who makes a claim or demand, as of right.


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n. intuitive sagacity or perception.


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a. speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud


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n. faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives


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a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods


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n. loud, resounding noise; sharp, metallic, ringing sound; resonant, clanging sound


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v. make clear and comprehensible; elucidate


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n. a small shrill trumpet or bugle.


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v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories


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n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust


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n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act


Spelling Word: clemency
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adj. compassionate.


Spelling Word: clement
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n. one who makes or sells cloth or clothing.


Spelling Word: clothier
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a. awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude


Spelling Word: clumsy
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adj. producing coagulation.


Spelling Word: coagulant
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v. cause transformation of liquid into or as if into soft, semisolid, or solid mass


Spelling Word: coagulate
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n. union of diverse things into one body or form or group; growing together of parts


Spelling Word: coalescence
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n. partnership; league; state of being combined into one body


Spelling Word: coalition
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v. treat gently; cook in water just below boiling point


Spelling Word: coddle
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n. supplement or appendix, especially to a will


Spelling Word: codicil
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v. restrain by force, especially by law or authority; repress; curb


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n. use of force to get someone to obey


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adj. serving or tending to force.


Spelling Word: coercive
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a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive


Spelling Word: cogent
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a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function


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adj. taking notice.


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v. stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation


Spelling Word: cohere
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n. tendency to keep together


Spelling Word: cohesion
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a. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated


Spelling Word: cohesive
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v. occur at the same time as; correspond


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n. two or more things occurring at the same time by chance


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a. concerning; simultaneous


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v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort


Spelling Word: collaborate
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v. breakdown; failure


Spelling Word: collapse
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adj. that may or can collapse.


Spelling Word: collapsible
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n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker


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a. common; assembled into or viewed as a whole


Spelling Word: collective
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n. one who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.


Spelling Word: collector
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n. a college student.


Spelling Word: collegian
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v. bump; hit; conflict


Spelling Word: collide
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n. one who works in a coal-mine.


Spelling Word: collier
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n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals


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a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty


Spelling Word: colloquial
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n. colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech


Spelling Word: colloquialism
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n. conversation.


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n. secret agreement for an illegal purpose; conspiracy


Spelling Word: collusion
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n. any strikingly great person or object.


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a. pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful


Spelling Word: comely
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adj. fit to be eaten.


Spelling Word: comestible
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a. arousing or provoking laughter


Spelling Word: comical
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v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony


Spelling Word: commemorate
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n. written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material


Spelling Word: commentary
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v. to blend.


Spelling Word: commingle
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n. the department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.


Spelling Word: commissariat
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n. fee for services; group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize


Spelling Word: commission
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n. pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action


Spelling Word: commitment
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n. the act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being


Spelling Word: committal
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n. goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit.


Spelling Word: commodity
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n. disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement


Spelling Word: commotion
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v. obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place


Spelling Word: commute
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a. similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with


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a. relative; based on, or involving comparison


Spelling Word: comparative
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n. examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.


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v. make amends for; reimburse


Spelling Word: compensate
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n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually


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a. capable; adept


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a. of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; showing a fighting disposition


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n. one who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; rival


Spelling Word: competitor
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adj. pleased or satisfied with oneself.


Spelling Word: complacent
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n. politeness.


Spelling Word: complaisance
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a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others


Spelling Word: complaisant
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v. complete; consummate; make perfect


Spelling Word: complement
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a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures


Spelling Word: complex
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a. yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply


Spelling Word: compliant
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v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.


Spelling Word: complicate
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n. complexity; intricacy; any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of another disease


Spelling Word: complication
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n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing


Spelling Word: complicity
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n. praise; commendation; say something to someone that expresses praise


Spelling Word: compliment
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n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something


Spelling Word: component
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v. to conduct or behave (oneself).


Spelling Word: comport
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n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind


Spelling Word: composure
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a. understandable; readily comprehended or understood; intelligible


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n. grasp; ability to understand


Spelling Word: comprehension
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a. thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope


Spelling Word: comprehensive
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v. close; squeeze or press together; contract


Spelling Word: compress
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adj. capable of being pressed into smaller compass.


Spelling Word: compressible
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n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required


Spelling Word: compression
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v. include; consist of; be composed of


Spelling Word: comprise
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n. act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint


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a. mandatory; obligatory; required by rule


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n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt


Spelling Word: compunction
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v. reckon; make mathematical calculation


Spelling Word: compute
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v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another


Spelling Word: concede
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n. overly high self-esteem; feelings of excessive pride


Spelling Word: conceit
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v. form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way


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n. composition for orchestra and a soloist


Spelling Word: concerto
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n. act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission


Spelling Word: concession
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v. to obtain the friendship of.


Spelling Word: conciliate
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a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions


Spelling Word: conciliatory
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a. definitive; decisive; final


Spelling Word: conclusive
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n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things


Spelling Word: concord
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n. harmony.


Spelling Word: concordance
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v. to agree.


Spelling Word: concur
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n. agreement.


Spelling Word: concurrence
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a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time


Spelling Word: concurrent
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n. shaking or agitation; shock; injury to an organ, especially the brain, produced by a violent blow


Spelling Word: concussion
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n. compression


Spelling Word: condensation
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v. change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; compress or concentrate


Spelling Word: condense
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v. stoop or descend; let one's self down; submit; waive the privilege of rank or dignity


Spelling Word: condescend
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n. expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.


Spelling Word: condolence
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v. to bring about.


Spelling Word: conduce
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adj. contributing to an end.


Spelling Word: conducive
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adj. capable of being conducted or transmitted.


Spelling Word: conductible
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n. a means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.


Spelling Word: conduit
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n. the candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.


Spelling Word: confectionery
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n. alliance


Spelling Word: confederacy
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n. ally; form a group or unite


Spelling Word: confederate
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v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over


Spelling Word: confer
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n. a person with whom another confers.


Spelling Word: conferee
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n. a spiritual advisor.


Spelling Word: confessor
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n. one to whom secrets are entrusted.


Spelling Word: confidant
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v. disclose; reveal; tell in confidence


Spelling Word: confide
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n. feeling secure or certain about something


Spelling Word: confidence
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a. assured; having or marked by assurance


Spelling Word: confident
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n. state of being confined; restraint within limits; any restraint of liberty by force


Spelling Word: confinement
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v. seize as forfeited to the public treasury; appropriate to the public use


Spelling Word: confiscate
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a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict


Spelling Word: conflagration
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n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet


Spelling Word: confluence
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n. a stream that unites with another.


Spelling Word: confluent
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adj. harmonious.


Spelling Word: conformable
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n. the act or state or conforming.


Spelling Word: conformance
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n. general structure, form, or outline.


Spelling Word: conformation
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n. similarity in form or character; agreement


Spelling Word: conformity
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v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with


Spelling Word: confront
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v. to coagulate.


Spelling Word: congeal
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a. compatible


Spelling Word: congenial
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v. to collect into a mass.


Spelling Word: congest
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v. assemble; convene; gather


Spelling Word: congregate
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adj. cone-bearing trees.


Spelling Word: coniferous
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v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds


Spelling Word: conjecture
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v. to unite.


Spelling Word: conjoin
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a. belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial


Spelling Word: conjugal
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adj. joined together in pairs.


Spelling Word: conjugate
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n. the state or condition of being joined together.


Spelling Word: conjugation
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n. state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league


Spelling Word: conjunction
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v. to be in collusion.


Spelling Word: connive
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n. specialist; person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts


Spelling Word: connoisseur
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v. to mean; signify.


Spelling Word: connote
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adj. pertaining to marriage or matrimony.


Spelling Word: connubial
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v. gain or acquire by force; take possession of by violent means; gain dominion over


Spelling Word: conquer
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a. of the same lineage or origin; having common ancestor


Spelling Word: consanguineous
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n. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment


Spelling Word: conscience
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a. diligent; responsible; reliable


Spelling Word: conscientious
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a. awake; alert


Spelling Word: conscious
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v. to force into military service.


Spelling Word: conscript
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v. to set apart as sacred.


Spelling Word: consecrate
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a. following one after another without interruption; sequential


Spelling Word: consecutive
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n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole


Spelling Word: consensus
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n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes


Spelling Word: conservatism
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a. favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change


Spelling Word: conservative
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n. greenhouse; school of music or dramatic art


Spelling Word: conservatory
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v. give, transfer, or deliver in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another


Spelling Word: consign
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n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.


Spelling Word: consignee
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n. one who entrusts.


Spelling Word: consignor
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n. harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts


Spelling Word: consistency
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v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort


Spelling Word: console
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v. make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm


Spelling Word: consolidate
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n. the state or quality of being in accord with.


Spelling Word: consonance
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a. compatible; harmonious


Spelling Word: consonant
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v. associate; join


Spelling Word: consort
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a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious


Spelling Word: conspicuous
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n. one who engages in a conspiracy; plotter


Spelling Word: conspirator
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v. make a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; plot together


Spelling Word: conspire
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n. an officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.


Spelling Word: constable
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n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name


Spelling Word: constellation
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n. intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror


Spelling Word: consternation
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n. the inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.


Spelling Word: constituency
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n. component or part; citizen, voter


Spelling Word: constituent
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v. restrict; shrink; make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing


Spelling Word: constrict
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n. an officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.


Spelling Word: consul
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n. the place in which a consul transacts official business.


Spelling Word: consulate
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a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect


Spelling Word: consummate
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n. eating or drinking of something


Spelling Word: consumption
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adj. designed for gradual destruction.


Spelling Word: consumptive
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n. the communication of disease from person to person.


Spelling Word: contagion
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a. infectious; of or relating to communicable diseases


Spelling Word: contagious
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v. make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile


Spelling Word: contaminate
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v. look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought


Spelling Word: contemplate
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adj. living, occurring, or existing at the same time.


Spelling Word: contemporaneous
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a. modern; belonging to the same period of time


Spelling Word: contemporary
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a. worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean


Spelling Word: contemptible
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a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect


Spelling Word: contemptuous
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n. contestant you hope to defeat


Spelling Word: contender
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n. proximity.


Spelling Word: contiguity
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a. sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring


Spelling Word: contiguous
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n. self control; self restraint; partial or complete abstention from sexual activity


Spelling Word: continence
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n. condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility


Spelling Word: contingency
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a. possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.


Spelling Word: contingent
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n. permanence.


Spelling Word: continuance
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n. prolongation; extension by which something is carried to a further point


Spelling Word: continuation
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n. property of a continuous and connected period of time


Spelling Word: continuity
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adj. connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.


Spelling Word: continuous
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v. to twist into a misshapen form.


Spelling Word: contort
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n. trade forbidden by law or treaty.


Spelling Word: contraband
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n. assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; opposition, whether by argument or conduct


Spelling Word: contradiction
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a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing


Spelling Word: contradictory
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n. a placing opposite.


Spelling Word: contraposition
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v. to prevent or obstruct the operation of.


Spelling Word: contravene
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n. act of contributing; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy


Spelling Word: contribution
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n. one who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.


Spelling Word: contributor
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adj. broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.


Spelling Word: contrite
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n. the act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.


Spelling Word: contrivance
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v. form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design


Spelling Word: contrive
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v. to exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.


Spelling Word: control
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n. one who or that which regulates or directs.


Spelling Word: controller
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adj. rebellious.


Spelling Word: contumacious
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n. contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.


Spelling Word: contumacy
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v. to bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.


Spelling Word: contuse
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n. injury that doesn't break the skin


Spelling Word: contusion
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v. recover gradually from an illness


Spelling Word: convalesce
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n. the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.


Spelling Word: convalescence
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adj. recovering health after sickness.


Spelling Word: convalescent
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v. cause to come together formally


Spelling Word: convene
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n. state of being suitable


Spelling Word: convenience
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v. approach; tend to meet; come together


Spelling Word: converge
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adj. tending to one point.


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