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Able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property |
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To claim or take without right |
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Hackneyed, trite, commonplace |
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To work on excessively, to thrash soundly |
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Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
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petty, nagging criticism |
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful |
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To change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make flexible or rigid |
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To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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A formal expression of praise |
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To avoid, shun, keep away from |
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Relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
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So great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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Refusing to compromise |
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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A survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination |
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To establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to |
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Habitual silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little |
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To stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise |
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Capable of being held or defended |
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