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        | (v) to assert without proof or confirmation |  | 
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        | (adj) thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant |  | 
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        | (n) light and playful conversation |  | 
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        | (v) to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, amke consistent |  | 
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        | (v) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |  | 
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        | (n) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organizecd military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |  | 
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        | (v) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |  | 
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        | (adj) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |  | 
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        | (adj) impossible to disprove; beyond argument |  | 
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        | (n) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |  | 
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        | (adj) lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |  | 
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        | (n) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |  | 
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        | (adj) grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |  | 
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        | (n) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth |  | 
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        | (v) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |  | 
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        | (v) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out |  | 
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        | (v) to withdraw a statement or belief to whiche one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |  | 
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        | (v) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |  | 
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        | (adj) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |  | 
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        | (v) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n) a mire; a state of depression |  | 
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