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| to confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding) |
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(1) an asset or object bought or obtained
(2) the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality |
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| assuming authority without justification; arrogant; domineering |
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(1) oaths or swear words
(2) [grammar] words or phrases used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense |
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(1) v. to faint from extreme emotion; to be emotionally affected by someone or something that one admires; become ecstatic
(2) n. an occurrence of fainting |
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| match or surpass, typically by imitation; to imitate |
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| to persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery |
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| an expert judge in matters of taste |
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(1) to move stealthily or furtively
(2) to keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive |
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(1) v. to walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or agressive gait or manner
(2) n. a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner |
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(1) n. consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected
(2) v. to cause someone to feel consternation and distress |
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| a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation |
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| showing strong feeling; forceful; passionate, or intense |
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| stiffly formal and respectable |
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(1) pleasant to look at; attractive
(2) agreeable; suitable |
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| deceitfulness; doubledealing |
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| amusement, especially as expressed in laughter |
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| ugly or disgusting to look at; extremely unpleasant |
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| childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
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| able to be touched or felt |
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| rich and luxurious; lavish; wealthy |
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| easily irritated, especially by unimportant things |
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| an action intended to deceive someone; a trick |
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| characterized by vulgar or pretentious display |
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| easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered |
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| unusually or disproportionally large; excessive |
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| A holy war, Muslim origin |
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| microorganism (bacteria or virus) that can cause disease |
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| to release from restraint or inhibition |
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| ambiguous, not clear because of duality of nature |
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| a statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions |
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| a spell, a state of being enchanted |
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| to fill with great delight or charm |
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| surrounded by, in the middle of |
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| the state of being holy, sacred, or saintly |
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| within, inborn, innate, from the inside |
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| about to happen, unavoidable |
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| compelling attractiveness |
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(1) to cause to become less harsh or hostile
(2) to make less severe or painful |
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(1) to lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses
(2) to put an end to by satisfying |
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| not to be avoided or evaded; urgent |
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(1) moderately warm; lukewarm
(2) marked by an absence of enthusiasm or conviction |
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| to make invalid or worthless |
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(1) capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation
(2) open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency |
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| a ceremonial act or action; any formal and customarily repeated act or series of acts |
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(1) something falling or rushing forth in quanity
(2) something arranged in a series or in a succession of stages so that each stage derives from or acts upon the product of the preceding stage.
(3) v. to fall or pour in or as if in a cascade |
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| present at all seasons of the year; persistent; enduring |
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(1) to regard with horror or loathing
(2) to reject vehemently |
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| excessively forward or confident; arrogant |
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(1) v. to accumulate or gather by saving or hiding
(2) a hidden fund or supply stored for future use |
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(1) not immediately obvious
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(1) to expose to contagion; infect as with a disease
(2) to make poisonous or rotten; infect or spoil
(3) to stain the honor of someone or something |
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(1) eating and drinking in moderation
(2) restricted to bear necessities; sparing |
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(1) an elevated and comparatively level expanse of land
(2) a relatively stable or inactive period or state |
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(1) plentifully supplied, abounding
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| beyond what is required or sufficient; extra |
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(1) having no marked feeling one way or the other; without a preference
(2) having no particular interest or concern; apathetic |
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(1) dangerously lacking in security or stability
(2) subject to change or unknown conditions |
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(1) to sway from one side to the other
(2) to swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another; waver |
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| smallness of number or quantity; fewness; scarcity |
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| a strong inclination; a definite and continued liking |
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(1) recklessly wasteful; extravagant
(2) profuse; lavish |
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(1) the effort or inclination to increase the well-being of mankind, as by charitable aid or donations
(2) love of mankind in general |
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| an amateur, a beginner, a neophyte |
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| to give into superior power |
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| to shorten by cutting off |
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| to expose the falseness of something or someone |
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| someone who has been accused of committing a crime |
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| (adj) cleverly avoiding or escaping |
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| unable to be proven wrong |
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| causing or intending little or no harm |
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| to make a minor objection, to complain |
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| to take back a law or other decisions |
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| implied, not stated outright |
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| overused, lacking freshness due to overuse |
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| someone who cuts school or neglects his or her duties |
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| known only by a select few |
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| a picture made of small pieces of stone or glass |
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| not transparent, hard to understand |
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| something that seems to contradict itself |
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| occurrences, facts, or observable circumstances |
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| the combining of separate parts to form a whole |
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| to impair the perfection, to slightly ruin |
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| to destroy the validity of something |
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| to wipe out, to remove all traces |
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| signaling something evil is about to happen |
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| an act of thinking about or pondering about something; a guess |
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