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1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals.
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| a person who entertains (as by playing music) in public places |
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1. an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer: overtures of peace
2. an introductory part, as of a poem; prelude; prologue.
Verb: To present as an introduction or proposal. |
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| opposed to liberal principles; particularly restricting freedom of thought and behavior. |
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| Serving or tending to irritate or repel. |
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1. To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by petty tricks.
2. To obtain by deceit. |
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| One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard. |
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1. A socially awkward or tactless act.
2. Lack of tact; boorishness; awkwardness. |
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| A lover of learning; a scholar. |
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1. a group hired to applaud at a performance
2. a group of fawning admirers |
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1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly
2. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous |
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| An account of the origin and genealogy of the gods. |
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1 a : green in tint or color *b : green with growing plants
2 : unripe in experience or judgment : green |
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1. A model or pattern to be copied or imitated.
2. A typical or standard specimen.
3. An ideal model or type.
4. A copy of a book or text. |
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| "world-pain" or "world-weariness"; the feeling that the physical reality of the world cannot satisfy the emotions and demands of the mind. |
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| Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness. |
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| A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur. |
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1. The condition or quality of being empty.
2. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment.
3. Lack of vitality or spirit. |
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| A radical political movement that advocates bringing industry and government under the control of federations of labor unions by the use of direct action, such as general strikes and sabotage |
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| harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
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1. Subordinate; subsidiary.
2. Auxiliary; helping. |
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| divination by means of mirrors |
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1. Internal harmony or fitness in the adaptaition of parts to a whole or to eachother.
2. Studied elegance of design or arrangement -- used chiefly of literary style. |
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1) flushed wiith red; of a lively reddish color
2) excessively ornate (as in "a florid style" or "florid eloquence") |
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| Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the state of drowsiness preceding sleep. |
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adjective:
Refusing to compromise; uncompromising.
noun:
a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics. |
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1. lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
2. proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit |
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1. To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid.
2. To oppose; to contradict. |
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| one who is 100 years old or older |
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1. extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly
2. extermely poor; destitute, indigent
3. poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources |
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1) a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
2) the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.
3) a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles. |
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| Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness. |
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1. Demonstrating childlike simplicity; innocent; naive.
2. Free from reserve, restraint, or guile; open; frank. |
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1. Having a pale or sickly hue; pale; pallid.
2. Lacking vitality, as from weariness, illness, or unhappiness;
feeble.
3. Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble. |
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| Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; juvenile; childish. |
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| to bear; suffer; tolerate |
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| recent in origin; modern; new. |
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1. A showy but useless or worthless object; a gewgaw.
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1. Tastelessly showy; cheap; gaudy. |
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| Of or pertaining to fever; indicating fever or derived from it; feverish. |
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| A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble. |
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1. A harsh settlement unilaterally imposed on a defeated party.
2. An authoritative decree or order. |
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| The highest point of something; the highest level or degree attainable. |
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| To show in a clear manner; to manifest; to make evident |
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| a long-lasting, bluish-green pigment, consisting of a hydrated oxide of chromium. |
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| the act of administering aid, care, religious services, etc. |
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1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern.
2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive.
3. Extremely careful; meticulous.
4. Full of desire; eager. |
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| power; force; energy; spirit; vigor |
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1: to cause to emerge : discharge
2 : to march out into open ground : emerge, issue |
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| A connoisseur of good food and drink. |
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1. To harass; beset
2. To surround with troops; besiege. |
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1. Lacking liveliness and spirit; unanimated; spiritless; dull; as, "a vapid speech."
2. Flavorless; lacking taste or zest; flat; as, "vapid beer." |
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| a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. |
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1. A speech addressed to a large public assembly.
2. A noisy or pompous speech; a rant.
3. To deliver a harangue to; to address by a harangue.
4. To make a harangue; to declaim. |
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| Pertaining to fields or the country; rural; rustic. |
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1. A burden; an obligation; a disagreeable necessity.
2. a: A stigma. b: Blame.
3. The burden of proof. |
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| A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. |
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1.the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
2. trifling nicety of subtle distinction, as in argument. |
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1. a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
2. interchange or alternation, as of states or things.
3. vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years.
4. regular change or succession of one state or thing to another.
5. change; mutation; mutability. |
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| having very many parts or aspects |
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1: the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
2: a highly rhetorical speech |
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| Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time. |
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1. To enclose within walls, or as if within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate.
2. To build into a wall.
3. To entomb in a wall. |
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*1 : a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas
2 a : a formal meeting at which several specialists deliver short addresses on a topic or on related topics
b : a collection of opinions on a subject; especially : one published by a periodical
3 : discussion |
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1. Of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the compumption of alcoholic drink
2. readily absorbing fluids or moisture |
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1. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms.
2. A very ornate style of speech or writing.
3. Music. A style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression. |
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1. Capable of laughing; disposed to laugh.
2. Exciting or provoking laughter; worthy of laughter; laughable; amusing.
3. Relating to, connected with, or used in laughter; as, "risible muscles.” |
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| Good nature; pleasant and easy manner. |
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| Using or marked by the use of a minimum of words; brief and pithy; brusque. |
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1. Any of various small sea birds of the family Hydrobatidae, having dark plumage with paler underparts; also called storm petrel.
2. One who brings discord or strife, or appears at the onset of trouble. |
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1. Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
.2. Composed of or including markedly dissimilar elements. |
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1. A simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with
simple, rustic life; pastoral scenes; and the like.
2. A narrative poem treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme.
3. A lighthearted carefree episode or experience.
4. A romantic interlude. |
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| 1. a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury. (similar to hedonist). |
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| Being with child; heavy with young or eggs; pregnant. |
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1. Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
2. Pathology. suffering from, caused by, or attended by trouble with the bile or liver.
3. Peevish; irritable; cranky.
4. extremely unpleasant or distasteful: a long scarf of bright, bilious green. |
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1) of or related to tailoring or to a tailor
2) of or relating to clothing, or to style or manner of dress |
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| Speech or action that flatters and tends to coax, entice, or persuade; allurement -- often used in the plural. |
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| A beginner in learning; a novice. |
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1. A space between things or parts, especially a space between things closely set; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; an interval.
2. An interval of time. |
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| not injurious to physical or mental health; harmless: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; not causing disapproval; innocent: lacking intent or capacity to injure |
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To present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of proceedings -- usually used with 'with'.
transitive verb:
To say or plead in protest, opposition, or reproof. |
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| To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner. |
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1.deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
2.an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery. |
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Of or pertaining to the river Styx, the principal river of the underworld in Greek mythology; hence, hellish; infernal.
Dark and dismal. |
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| propaganda, especially communist political propaganda disseminated through literature, drama, music, or art |
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1 : joker, wag
2 : a writer or actor of farce |
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to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
to revel noisily or without restraint. |
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| Existing or extending beyond the physical world. |
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Intended to instruct.
Morally instructive.
Inclined to teach or moralize excessively. |
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Being or serving as a guardian or protector: tutelary gods.
Of or relating to a guardian or guardianship. |
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| Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment. |
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| able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin (opposed to mortal), trifling |
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| enforcing uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality. |
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| A branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity |
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| small village, cluster of houses in the country |
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Avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive.
Conducive to or encouraging laziness or inactivity.
Causing little or no pain.
Slow to heal, develop, or grow. |
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1. Complex or ingenious in form or function; intricate.
2. Skillful; artistic; ingenious. |
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1 A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.
2 An object, place, or area that reflects its history: |
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1. Cheerful; merry; gay; light-hearted.
2. Causing joy or pleasure; agreeable; pleasant. |
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| To stimulate or startle into sudden activity as if by a galvanic (electrical) current. |
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| To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. |
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| Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous. |
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1. Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is legally competent to transact business.
2. A select group. |
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adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the common people
2. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the ancient Roman plebs
3. common; commonplace; vulgar (a plebian joke)
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1. a member of the common people
2. a member of the ancient Roman plebs |
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1. Lacking liveliness and spirit; unanimated; spiritless; dull; as, "a vapid speech."
2. Flavorless; lacking taste or zest; flat; as, "vapid beer." |
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| To smarten up; to spruce up. |
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1. To pacify; to soothe or calm in temper or disposition.
2. To reduce in intensity; to temper.
3. To soften; to reduce the rigidity of. |
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1. Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wide field; digressive; rambling.
2. Utilizing, marked by, or based on analytical reasoning -- contrasted with intuitive. |
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1. (Bible) Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority or authenticity; equivocal; fictitious; spurious; false. |
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| A short, witty, and instructive saying |
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a case made to resemble a book, with front cover and foredge hinged, or a book with the center of all the pages cut out used to conceal objects.
Verb: to hide something in the aforementioned noun. |
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| hypocritically pious or devout |
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| noun: 1. removal or separation; banishment or exile, 2. a withdrawal into seclusion; retirement, 3. Law: the sequestering of property, confiscation or seizure. |
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| noun: 1. a complicated and embarrassing state of things, 2. a confused or complicated disagreement or misunderstanding, 3. an intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction, 4. a confused mass; a tangle. |
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| 1. lacking foresight or forethought, 2. negligent or thoughtless. |
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| 1. prone to using long words, 2. (of a word) containing many syllables. |
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| 1. existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way, 2. accompanying; concurrent |
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| 1. unmoved by persuasion, pity or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding, 2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent. |
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| 1. a method of execution formerly practiced in Spain, in which a tightened iron collar is used to strangle or break the neck of a condemned person, 2. strangulation, especially in order to rob. |
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verb: to indent; to notch
adjective: having notches or indentations. |
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| the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; nonchalance. |
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| to beg, to get by begging |
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| immoral or grossly unfair behavior. |
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| a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation |
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| To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper. |
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| 1 : guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection2 : tending to prevent or ward off |
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| 1. Pathological obsession with a single subject or idea. 2. Excessive concentration of interest upon one particular subject or idea. |
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| 1. A rude or unscrupulous person; a scoundrel. 2. A person who uses foul or abusive language. |
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| . 1) to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine. 2) Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury. |
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