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v.
throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly


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a. Syn. suitable; fitting; modest
suitable; modest.; honorable; meeting accepted standards


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v.
convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty


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a. Syn. respectful
showing deference; respectful and considerate


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v. Syn. condescend; allow
condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice


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v.
be worthy of; have a right to


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v. Syn. abhor; loathe
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards


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n.
wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion


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n. Syn. argument; debate
argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate


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v. Syn. deform; twist
twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent


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