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notable

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having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical

very intense

set down as a rule or guide; certain; stated

having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound

worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important

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parlour

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pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy

a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

a shop or business providing specified goods or services

an event that happens

a small lake

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strive

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endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy

raise money for a cause or project

travel upon or across

support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify

invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate

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curve

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perform; conduct oneself in a proper way

throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt

connect or join together; combine

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

bend or turn gradually from a given direction, as road curves to the right

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sentimental

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having or showing or requiring special skill

showing or giving mercy

marked by new or introducing radical change

to no avail

emotional, resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism

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plantation

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calmness; peace; freedom from disturbance or agitation

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants

chief officer of a shire or county, to be entrusted the execution of the laws

a large body in space that moves round a star, especially round the sun

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threat

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proof; act of showing or making evident

a person or thing likely to cause damage or danger

effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; ratio of useful output to the total input in any system

stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing such as sewing, or knitting

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detailed

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having or showing or requiring special skill

in the interval

relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid

developed or executed with care and in minute detail

feeling or manifesting veneration

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prodigious

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as a matter of instinct or nature

strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful

impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous

yearly; each year; returning every year; year by year

easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely

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affliction

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cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress

one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes

a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into curve or at angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything

a person or firm that employs workers

something which is written; writing; scripture

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tract

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flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks

quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations

house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks

dignified or magnificent display; splendor

expanse of land or water; system of organs that perform a specialized function; leaflet or pamphlet

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condemn

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encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of

move or run rapidly or carelessly, as by a quadruped, particularly by a horse lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds

blame; express strong disapproval of

rear; promote the growth of; help develop

invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate

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privately

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without an equal; being the only one of its kind

experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss

surpassing what is common or usual

excessively

kept private or confined to those intimately concerned

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treacherous

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dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray

uninterested because of frequent exposure

relating to region on either side of the equator; hot and humid

with vigor; in a vigorous manner

vaguely; in a dim or obscure manner; with dull or imperfect vision or a faint light; not brightly or clearly

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healing

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serving or intended to explain or make clear

making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect

curative; natural process by which the body repairs itself

being by force of habit, established by long use

funny, or making someone laugh

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overthrow

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throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail

press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing

ride in a chariot

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

accept that you will reduce your demands to reach an agreement with someone

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grievous

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restricted; having the appropriate qualifications for an office, position, or task

causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful

effectively conveying thought or feeling; indicative

in a polite manner

during current time; presently

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announce

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take goods of by force, or without right; spoil; sack; strip; rob

pierce; go through; permeate

make something known or tell people about something officially; proclaim

fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete

perform; conduct oneself in a proper way

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reject

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invest with ministerial or priestly authority

turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration

invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate

say a word or a letter in a correct way

come into existence; take on form or shape

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adversary

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seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony

a midday meal

opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition

a person whose job is to serve at table, as in a restaurant

active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force

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