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artfully
slyly craftfy or cunning;deceitful;tricky
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bolted
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to fasten with or as with a bolt.
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to discontinue support of or participation in; break with:
to bolt a political party.
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to shoot or discharge (a missile), as from a crossbow or catapult.
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to utter hastily; say impulsively; blurt out.
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to swallow (one's food or drink) hurriedly:
She bolted her breakfast and ran to school.
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to make (cloth, wallpaper, etc.) into bolts.
origon is bolted
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fret
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like:
Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
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to cause corrosion; gnaw into something:
acids that fret at the strongest metals.
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to make a way by gnawing, corrosion, wearing away, etc.:
The river frets at its banks until a new channel is formed.
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to become eaten, worn, or corroded (often followed by away):
Limestone slowly frets away under pounding by the wind and rain.
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to move in agitation or commotion, as water
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furrows
to make a furrow or furrows in.
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to make wrinkles in
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grating
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to reduce to small particles by rubbing against a rough surface ora surface with many sharp-edged openings:
to grate a carrot.
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to rub together with a harsh, jarring sound:
to grate one's teeth.
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Archaic. to wear down or away by rough friction.
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hack
to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy,irregular blows (often followed by up or down):
to hack meat; to hack down trees.
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to break up the surface of (the ground).
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to clear (a road, path, etc.) by cutting away vines, trees, brush, orthe like:
They hacked a trail through the jungle.
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to damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment;mutilate; mangle:
The editor hacked the story to bits.
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to reduce or cut ruthlessly; trim:
The Senate hacked the budget severely before returning it to theHouse.
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Slang. to deal or cope with; handle:
He can't hack all this commuting.
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hoary
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gray or white with age:
an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
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ancient or venerable:
hoary myths.
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tedious from familiarity; stale:
Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.
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infamous
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having an extremely bad reputation:
an infamous city.
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deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable:
an infamous deed.
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- deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses.
- of or relating to offenses involving such deprivation.
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laments
to feel or express sorrow or regret for:
to lament his absence.
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loathsome
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causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive:
a loathsome skin disease.
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quench
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
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to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
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to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
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to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell:
to quench an uprising.
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Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
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relished
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to have taste or flavor.
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reprisal
(in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
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an act or instance of retaliation.
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the action or practice of using force, short of war, against another nation, to secure redress of a grievance.
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the forcible seizure of property or subjects in retaliation.
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solace
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to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).
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to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).
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uttered
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce:
unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
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to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice:
to utter a sigh.
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Phonetics. to produce (speech sounds, speechlike sounds, syllables, words,etc.) audibly, with or without reference to formal language.
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to express (oneself or itself), especially in words.
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to give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice:
The engine uttered a shriek.
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to express by written or printed words.
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to make publicly known; publish:
to utter a libel.
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vexed
irritated; annoyed:
vexed at the slow salesclerks.
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much discussed or disputed:
a vexed question.
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tossed about, as waves.
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