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| a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect |
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| a magical or medicinal potion |
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| a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases |
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| a person who exaggerates or feigns illness in order to escape duty or work. |
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| a medicine, esp. one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person. |
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| the likely course of a disease or ailment |
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| harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant |
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| of or having indigestion or consequent irritability or depression. |
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| not logical or reasonable. |
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| expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear |
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| someone who bacame insane |
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| suffering from, caused by, or relating to neurosis. |
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| of, denoting, or suffering from a psychosis |
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| out of control with anger or excitement; wild or frenzied |
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| an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder |
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| behave uncontrollably and disruptively |
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| put (old ideas or material) into a new form without significant change or improvement |
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| the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. |
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| occurring often or repeatedly |
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| an apparition or double of a living person. |
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| a repeated passage in music. |
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| summarize and state again the main points of |
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| the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style |
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| express or feel disapproval of |
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| lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring |
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| make an exact copy of; reproduce |
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| damage the reputation of (someone or something) in the opinion of others |
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| damage the purity or integrity of; defile |
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| extremely dirty and unpleasant, esp. as a result of poverty or neglect |
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| having an untidy or disheveled appearance |
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| a stretch of swampy or boggy ground. |
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| the act of washing oneself |
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| perfectly clean, neat, or tidy |
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| rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release |
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| remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account |
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| remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), esp. with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective |
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| not mixed or diluted with any different or extra elements; complete and absolute |
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| apply the fumes of certain chemicals to (an area) to disinfect it or to rid it of vermin. |
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| conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, esp. by being clean; sanitary |
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| in its original condition; unspoiled |
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| blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff. |
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