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1. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment |
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1. a conception of something in its perfection. |
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1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty |
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1. to engage in thought or reflection; meditate |
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1. forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages |
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1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute |
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1. intended to instruct, esp excessively |
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1. to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant. |
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1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: |
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1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: |
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1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: |
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noun, plural -ries.
1. the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight. |
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1. to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at ): |
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1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous. |
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| sadness, dejection, despondency |
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1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: |
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1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
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a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism: |
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| an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church. |
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