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| caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc. |
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1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
2. to meditate or muse; ponder |
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| any song of praise, joy, or triumph |
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1. travel from one place to another, esp. on foot.
2. a course of travel; journey. |
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1. extreme poverty; destitution.
2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency. |
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| smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
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| extremely liberal in giving; very generous. |
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| To inflict severe pain on; torture. |
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1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative |
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1. cautious or careful; wary
2. shy; timid.
3. fastidious; choosy
4. sparing (often fol. by of) |
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| utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched |
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| an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession |
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| shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity |
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1. the act of imprecating; cursing.
2. a curse; malediction. |
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1. to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
2. Archaic. to assail (a person) by words or arguments; vilify |
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1. swollen; distended; tumid.
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic |
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| mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness |
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| given to faction; dissentious |
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| unreal; imaginary; visionary |
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1. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching;
2. Characterized by intense emotion
3. Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic |
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