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understood by very few; esoteric |
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To rub or sprinkle on, especially in context with religious ceremonies.
Think of a televanglist sprinkling something on someone, anointing them with the 'power of Jesus' |
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To explain the meaning of or intent of something |
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deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as to act in two different ways concerning to different people about the same manner
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something that is the cause of annoyance or nuisance |
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous |
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readilty open to being noticed or observed |
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excessively particular; hard to please |
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avarice
Hint: Think of the finianical intents of oil company executives |
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insatiable greed for riches; a hoarder of wealth |
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to confuse in a disconcerting manner |
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erstwhile
Hint: Your childhood friends are now your.........friends |
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extadinorany in size and amount
ex: a prodigious grant to restore the Chesapeake Bay |
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causing sorrow or pitty
ex: Teddy Chin looked at Adam ruefully for attention |
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a gross, stupid, or careless mistake
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excessivily particular, critical, demanding; hard to please |
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very old fashioned, out of date |
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to enflame with wrath; to make angry |
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to obtain by begging or imposing on someone's genoristy |
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a sitaution of great peril
ex: Bush nearly put us in the precipice of a conflcit with North korea |
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to see or discern by looking carefully
ex: Columbus and his ship mates were hoping to descry land after days of being out at sea |
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shining forth brilliantly; radiant |
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a huge marine object or animal, such as a large ship or a whale |
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen, practical sense |
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indicative of being skeptical; showing disbelief |
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a destructive fire, usually exensive |
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persistent in effort, stubbornly bold and tenacious |
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holding fast; keeping a firm grip |
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The buying or selling of sacred or religious objects or privileges. |
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to omit incident word or phrases in a book or piece of writing (leave out all the dirty slang shit) |
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