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| moderate; temperate; abstaining; sober; self-controlled |
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| to enlarge oneself; to make oneself richer, make magnificent; to make great or greater in power, rank, wealth or honor; inflate; strengthen |
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| one who lives simply; austere; puritanical |
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| banter; persiflage; playful criticism; jesting |
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The thick shell that covers the back of the turtle, the crab, and other animals.
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| pertaining to the brain; intellectual |
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| gullible; easily deceived; naive |
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| mocking; scornful; contemptuous; ridiculing; disdainful; sarcastic |
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| amateur; dabbler in fine arts; a superficial critic |
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1. To take off, as an article of clothing.
2. To tip or remove (one's hat).
3. To put aside; to rid oneself of. |
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| waste; odorous fumes given off by waste |
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| boldness; brazenness; brashness; gall; audacity |
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| a mournful poem, usually about the dead |
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| evade; dodge; shift; speak with double meaning; not take a definite side |
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| To atone, to make amends for |
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| of the same or similar kind |
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1. To approve officially.
2. To register a specific model of a motor vehicle to make it eligible to take part in a racing competition. |
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| to receive into the mind and take in; absorb |
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| something ascribed; a charge; allegation; attribution |
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| resourceful; clever; inventive; creative; skillful |
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| interval of time between events or eras |
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| induce; persuade; allure; beguile; delude; entice; trick |
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| Tending to promote peace; conciliatory |
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1. Playing lightly on or over a surface; flickering; as, "a lambent flame; lambent shadows."
2. Softly bright or radiant; luminous; as, "a lambent light."
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1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones or engraving on them.
2. Engraved in stone.
3. Of or pertaining to the refined or terse style associated with inscriptions on monumental stone.
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To wander aimlessly or confusedly. |
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| a tribute, a song or expression of praise |
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Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep
Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy |
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| flatterer; one who curries favor; a "yes man" |
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2. A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
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Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous.
Cruel; destructive; ruthless. |
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| omnipresent; existing everywhere; in all places |
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2. Excessively harsh; severe. |
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2. To compensate for; to offset; to furnish or serve as an equivalent to.
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1. Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion.
2. Lacking intensity of color or luminousness.
3. Lacking in vitality or interest. |
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1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.
2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons.
3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, "flagitious times." |
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| To walk about; to roam; to stroll |
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1. A blank space; a missing part; a gap.
2. (Biology) A small opening, depression, or cavity in an anatomical structure. |
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2. To prohibit; to forbid. |
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