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| northern ANTONYM: austral |
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| to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, store, organization) as a sign of disapproval |
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| the emblem of the medical profession (a staff wutg ubtertwubed snajes and wings at the top) |
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| purification of emotions, especially through art |
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| sentimalism; overdone pathos; triteness; anticlimax |
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| universal ANTONYM: provincial; parochial |
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| resembling the blue of the sky |
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| waste material from the threshing of wheat |
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| waste material from molten metal |
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| scoria; refuse from the melting of metals or reduction of ore |
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| excessive or blind patriotism |
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| (1) adj. shrouded in gloom and darkness; (2) n. a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in gloom |
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| (1) dark and gloomy; (2) relating to the Styx (in Gree mythology, the river of the underworld) |
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| to weaken ANTONYM: invigorate |
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| suave; courteious; sophisticated |
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| falling off or shedding at a certain season; ephemeral; not permanent |
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| properl in good taste; correct |
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| harmful ANTONYM: beneficial; salubrious; salutary |
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| to describe; to portray; to sketch |
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| on who studies and collects coins and tokens |
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| to confuse ANTONYM: clarify |
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| to denounce harshly; to declaim; to castigate |
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| a servile, self-seeking flatterer |
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| relating to the sense of smell |
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| form of government in which control is placed in the hands of a few, especially associated with corruption |
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| one who eats both animals and vegetables |
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| the use of words whose sounds convey their meaning (e.g., buzz, hiss) |
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| the development of an organism |
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| desgrace due to a shameful act |
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| a major work, especially a set of musical compositions |
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| diffusion through a membrane |
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| producing eggs that hatch outside the maternal body |
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| a word, sentence, or number that reads the same backward and foreward (e.g., mom) |
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| to cover up with excuses; to extenuate |
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| high praise; a tribute; an encomium ANTONYM: diatribe |
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| an example; a pattern; an archetype |
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| (1) something true that appears to be false; (2) something false that appears to be logical |
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| the quality of being careful with money; thrift ANTONYM: extravagance |
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| one recently risen to an unaccustomed position and not yet possessing the requisite dignity or characteristics; upstart |
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| to read carefully; to study |
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| one who studies and collects stamps |
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| a love or afiniry for (e.g. philogyny: love of men) |
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| (1) characterized by material rather than spiritual or artistic balues; (2) narrow-minded or uninformed with respect to a specific topic area |
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| (1) n. a lead weight used to find the true vertical; (2) v. to measure the depth of; to fathom |
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| (1) a ceremonial feast, with gifts, ofnorthwest coast Indians; (2) a festival or celebration |
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| one who willfully hinders, through destruction or obstruction, industrial production or a nation's war effort |
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| (1) the highest point; (2) the highest point reached by a celestial body ANTONYM: nadir |
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