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n.
unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges


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n.
platform projecting from the wall of a building


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v. Syn. trade; exchange
trade goods or services without the exchange of money


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n.
game played with a bat and ball by two opposing teams of nine players; ball used in this game


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n.
beating or pounding; set of guns or heavy artillery; dry cell that produces electric current


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v. Syn. whip; strike; defeat
whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly


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v.
suit or be suitable to; be worthy of, or proper for; cause to appear well; grow or come to be


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n.
an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life


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a. Syn. brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
brave; daring; intrepid; impudent


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n.
a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


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