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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure, to waste away
Syn: Wither, degeneration |
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a fortified place, stronghold
Syn: Bulwark |
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a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
Syn: Strife |
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complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state or completion or perfection
Syn: Clinch |
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disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder
Syn: dishevel |
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urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
Syn: Requirement |
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| floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
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| frenzied, highly agitated |
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to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Syn: Cull |
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a type of game bird; a complaint; to complain, crumble
Syn: Kvetch, Gripe |
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to imprison, confine, jail
Syn: Intern, immure |
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| obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
Syn: waggish |
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ridiculous, laughable, absurd
Syn: Risible, preposterous
Ant: Poignant |
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biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
Syn: Acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic |
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a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
Syn: Peeve, Irk
Ant: Pacify |
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consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Syn: Financial, Monetary |
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Comptempibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Syn: craven, lily-livered
Ant: Stouthearted |
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in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
Syn: Prone, prostrate, supine |
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a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
Syn: ruse, subterfuge |
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