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| 1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc; misconception, 2. a misleading or unsound argument, 3. erroneous, 4. any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound. |
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| 1. elaborately adorned, often excessively or showily so, 2. rhetorically florid |
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| 1. to roll about or lie in water, mud, dust, etc., as for refreshment: goats wallowing in the dust , 2. to indulge oneself; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality. |
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| 1. a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm, 2. the lowest or most hopeless depths. |
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| 1. extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from hunger or weariness, 2. bleak, desolate, or grim. |
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| 1. to hesitate, waver, or fail: courage that never faltered, 2. to speak hesitatingly, 3. to move unsteadily; stumble. |
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| 1. obstruction; hindrance; obstacle, 2. any physical defect that impedes normal or easy speech. |
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| 1. a recess in a wall or the like, usu. semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue, 2. a suitable place or position: to find one's niche in the world, 3. the position and function of a particular species or population in an ecological community. |
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| not meant to be taken seriously or literally |
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| 1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature; unsophisticated ;ingenuous, 2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. |
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| done maliciously or unjustifiably |
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| to speak derisively; mock; jeer |
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| an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter, a person who scavenges for useful material |
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| a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer |
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| something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; inherited lot or portion |
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| 1. to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth 2. to take great pleasure; revel. |
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1. to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure, 2. to make illegible. |
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| 1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body, esp. by wounding, 2. to impair; disfigure |
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| 1. to settle (a dispute) as an intermediary |
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