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1.a botanical garden devoted to trees.
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2.a large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in.
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a.The science or study of plants.
b. The plant life of a particular area.
c. The characteristic features and biology of a particular kind of plant or plant group.
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| 4. Any of various tropical Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleonidae, charac their ability to change color. |
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a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.
b. To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).
c. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
d. To form and refine, as by education.
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1. The area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs: a marine habitat.
2. The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found. |
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1. A structure that affords a controlled environment for living in extremely inhospitable locations, such as an underwater research laboratory. |
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a. The claw of a bird of prey.
b. The similar claw of a predatory animal. |
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| A. A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes small land animals, such as turtles and lizards, are kept and observed. |
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a.The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.
b. The animal life of a particular area or period: the zoology of Alaska; the zoology of the Pleistocene.
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| a. Asaying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use. |
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| a.The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. |
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a. The act of alluding; indirect reference.
b. An instance of indirect reference. |
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a. A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays.
b. A miscellany, assortment, or catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas. |
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a. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
b. Of, constituting, having to do with, or suggestive of a literary epic.
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| a. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in i could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. |
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a. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama.
b. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic.
c. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment. |
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a. To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being:
b. To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.
c. To represent (an abstract quality or idea)
d. To be the embodiment or perfect example of |
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| a.A fictitious name, especially a pen name |
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| a.To write or publish in serial form. |
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a.That is heard or that can be heard.
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a. The quality or state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts.
b. Physics The property of being coherent, as of waves. |
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| a.To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. |
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a. Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse.
b. Vividly or movingly expressive. |
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a. To mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible..
b. Archaic To sort out; cull. |
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a. Something, such as a speech, that is made or done extemporaneously.
b. Music A short composition, especially for the piano, performed in an offhand or extemporized style.
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a. One who delivers an oration.
b. An eloquent and skilled public speaker. |
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a. To announce officially and publicly; declare.
b. To indicate conspicuously; make plain.
c. To praise; extol. |
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| a. To say or do again or repeatedly. |
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| a. Brief and to the point; effectively concise. |
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