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Capillary
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pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
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resembling a strand of hair; hairlike.
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Broach
-to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject. |
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Acquisition:
-the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate. |
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Affable:
-pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman. |
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Encumbered
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to impede or hinder; hamper: Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action.
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to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous: a mind encumbered with trivial and useless information.
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Emaciated:
-to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh. |
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Dissociate:
-to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past. |
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Insensible:
-incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow. |
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Onslaught:
-an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one. |
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Mausoleum
-a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building. |
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Preposterous
-completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale. |
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Notation
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a system of graphic symbols for a specialized use, other than ordinary writing: musical notation.
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the process or method of noting or setting down by means of a special system of signs or symbols.
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