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| v. to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully |
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| adj. equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the samestandards |
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| adj. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent |
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| n. profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary |
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n. a quick raid, especally for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor
v. to make such a raid |
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| n. a type, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted |
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| n. a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
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| v. to enclose or confinr within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate |
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| adj. blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky |
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| n. a mold; the surrounding situation or environment |
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| n. funeral rites or ceremonies |
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| n. a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display |
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| n. a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes |
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| n. a bitter verbal attack |
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| adj. having lustful desires or interest; tending to arouse sexual desires |
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| adj. very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questing or attack |
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| adj. of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems |
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| adj. intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan |
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n. a change, variation, or alteration
pl. successive or changing phases or conditions |
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| adj. failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed |
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| v. to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumers |
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| adj. insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating |
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| n. a short saying; an authoritive statement |
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| v. to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place |
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| adj. attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, r institutions |
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| adj. in or into the middle of a lot; into the middle of things |
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| adj. mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed |
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| adj. lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgement |
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| adj. excessively or effusively sentimental |
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| v. to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust |
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| adj. foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous |
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| n. knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight |
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| n. something given in exchange or return for something else |
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| adj. conducive to health or well-being; wholesome |
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| adj. characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness |
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| n. means of testing worth or genuineness |
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| adj. so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substancial psychological damage |
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| v. to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of |
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| adj. fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll |
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