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| a man who is too concerned with his looks and clothes |
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| to move about or travel, usually in a kind of aimless way |
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noun: an evil spell
verb: to put an evil spell on someone |
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| one's understanding; the limits of their knowledge |
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verb: to plant a seed, literally or figuratively
noun: a female pig |
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verb: to mix or combine into a unified whole
noun: the result of being amalgamated |
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| made up from a variety of sources |
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| comprehensive; of broad scope |
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1. composed of a variety of sources
2. having many colors |
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| to bring in new evidence to strengthen or support an idea or argument |
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| apart; into separate pieces |
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| dispersion of a people from their original homeland; dispersion of a language or culture |
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1. to split; to cut; to penetrate
2. to stick to; to be faithful to |
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| to scatter widely; to disperse |
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| food or drug that makes one feel more amorous |
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| something related to forces from the underworld |
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| to bully or to try to force someone to do something |
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1. literally sealed off
2. a profession that is "sealed off" to those who have not been given its supposed secrets |
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| a woman who is unusually tall and stately and so beautiful as to seem divine |
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| used to describe someone whose moods change very rapidly |
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| memory, or relating to memory |
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1. to lose oneself in thought
2. passively gotten to a state of unfocused thinking |
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| a journey, whether literal or figurative |
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| gloomy; bitterly sarcastic; mocking |
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1. extremely generous and forgiving
2. courageously noble in mind and heart |
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1. extremely wasteful
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3. lavishly abundant |
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1. stingy; unwilling to spend money
2. poverty-stricken or destitute |
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1. contributing to charity
2. dependent upon charity |
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| low; base; miserly and stingy |
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| lenient; willing to gratify |
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| describes anything bearing the characteristics of horses, asses, or zebras |
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1. of or relating to the characteristics of cows, oxen, or buffaloes
2. sluggish and dull |
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1. extremely hungry
2. greedily taking by force
3. pertaining to the characteristics of a wolf |
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| bear-like; usually a physical description |
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| resembling a swine or a pig, either physically or behaviorally |
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| resembling an ape or a monkey |
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| snake-like in behavior (sly and tempting) or physically resembling a snake |
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| thick-skinned; pertaining to the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus |
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| having the characteristics or birds |
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| the study of reptiles and amphibians |
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| one who says very little; same as taciturn |
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| precision of wording; often applies to writing, not speaking |
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| a style of word that is both brief and forceful |
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| describes concise speaking or writing |
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| talking a great deal; rambling |
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| negative connotation - describes one whose words come easily, seen as speaking without enough thought |
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| describes a wordiness of manner; too many words or phrases |
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| negative connotation; one who rambles on when they could have been more precise |
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