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1. showing no intelligence or thought
2. having no meaning or direction; empty |
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| to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care |
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1. the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye
2. to make good-natured fun of someone
3. worthless material; |
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| to moan about or weep for; mourn |
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1. to welcome with loud approval; praise highly
2. a shout or show of approval |
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1. not resisting; compliant
2. not stiff or rigid; easily bent or shaped |
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1. reckless, heartless, or malicious; without reason or excuse
2. not moral; lewd, lascivious |
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1. a person skilled in the techniques of an art, esp. playing a musical instrument; by extension, a person with a cultivated appreciation of artistry
2. showing mastery in artistic skills |
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| not knowing; unaware; unintentional |
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1. a fawning flatterer; humble dependent
2. to attempt to gain favor by fawning or being servile |
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| a practitioner specializing in treatment chiefly by manipulation of the bones and muscles |
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| a large, often scholarly, book |
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| not easily managed; contrary |
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| to remove objectionable words or passages from a document |
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| sudden dread or paralyzing terror |
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1. to make shiny by polishing
2. a polish or shine |
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| unnecessarily or uselessly repetitive |
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| so long as to seem endless; never stopping |
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| three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text |
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| to steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle |
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1. giving freely; generous
2. done with an open hand |
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| to orate; to speak in a loud and emotional manner |
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| narrow-minded and stubborn |
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1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
2. reddish; ruddy
3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4. blood-red; red
5. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
6. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings |
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| Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness. |
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1. acting keenly on the senses; sharp
2. quick in discernment; drawing fine distinctions
3. of an angle, less than 90 degrees
4. happening quickly, briefly, and severely |
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1. to ward off; turn aside (as a thrust or weapon)
2. the act of warding off |
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| suitable or used for war; warlike |
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1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute
3. adapted for cutting or piercing
4. of or pertaining to the incisors |
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1. a person who gets about on foot; walker
2. going on foot; walking
3. without imagination; dull |
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| To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. |
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| Peevish; testy; irritable. |
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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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1. Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
2. A gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person. |
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1. The act of pouring a liquid (usually wine) either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice to some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
2. A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage.
3. An act or instance of drinking. |
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| To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject. |
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| a bitter verbal attack or speech |
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1. Flushed with red; of a lively reddish color.
2. Excessively ornate; flowery; as, "a florid style; florid eloquence." |
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1. Nearness in place; proximity.
2. Nearness in time.
3. Nearness of relation; kinship. |
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1. The commotion or agitation of a crowd, usually accompanied with great noise, uproar, and confusion of voices; hurly-burly; noisy confusion.
2. Violent commotion or agitation, with confusion of sounds; as, "the tumult of the elements."
3. Irregular or confused motion; agitation; high excitement; as, "the tumult of the spirits or passions."
--tumultuous, adjective |
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| The performance of miracles or magic. |
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| The transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words. |
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| To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay. |
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1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic.
2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes. |
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| Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance. |
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1. Protection; support.
2. Sponsorship; patronage.
3. Guidance, direction, or control.
4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus. |
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