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| malicious misrepresentation |
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| shell or jewel carved in relief; stars special appearance |
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| unfounded rumor; exaggerated report |
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| insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves |
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| story set to music to be sung by a chorus |
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| private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
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| casual and offhand; arrogant |
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| make frivolous objections |
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| yield to, surrender formally |
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| yielding to another; ceding |
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| worthless products of an endevour |
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| divine gift; great popular charm or appeal |
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| quack; pretender to knowledge |
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| ornament a metal surface by indenting (secondary meaning) |
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| framework and working parts of an automobile. |
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| discipline; punish in order to correct |
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| fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative. |
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| swindle or cheat (secondary meaning) |
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| nonentity; worthless person or thing |
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| indirect or roundabout expression |
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| having foresight, foruneteller |
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| relating to the highest point |
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| concluding section of a musical or literary comp. |
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adj.
1. Situated or running side by side; parallel.
2. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
3. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
4. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
5. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
6. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.
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| pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend. with the ______ of his friends embarrass his teacher. |
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