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| n. a representation (esp. a drawing) in which the subjects's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; v. to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
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| n. a loud ringin sound; v. to make a loud ringing noise |
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| adj. side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
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| n. an eager desire for something; greed |
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| v. to raise to a higher degreel; to increase the value of the desirability of |
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| v. to enslave; to imprison; to captivate, charm, hold spellbound |
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| v. to lesson the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
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| v. to ooze out; to discharge through the pores; to emanate (as a quality or a personal impression) |
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| adj. implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
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| adj. sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectness) |
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| adj. marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
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| n. a model of excelllence or perfection |
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| v, to restate in other words; n. a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
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| adj. prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
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| adj. superior, outstanding; prominent |
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| adj. dull, ordinary, lacking in distinction and orginality; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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| adj. extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
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| adj. making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious |
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| adj, part. sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
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| adj, charming, attractive, pleasing (often siggesting a childlike charm and innocence |
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