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1. to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
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to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
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to move unsteadily; stumble.
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1. lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy.
2. lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer.
3. lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman.
4. not well planned or designed for easy or effective use: an awkward instrument; an awkward method.
5.requiring caution; somewhat hazardous; dangerous: an awkward turn in the road. |
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a shade of brown tinged with yellow; dull yellowish brown
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the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum.
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1.characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes. |
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1. lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark. |
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1. distracted; deeply agitated.
2. mentally deranged; crazed.
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1.disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk. |
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1. lack of concord or harmony between persons or things; (marital discord)
2. disagreement; difference of opinion.
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1. to approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate.
2. to designate oneself as payee of (a check) by signing, usually on the reverse side of the instrument.
3. to sign one's name on (a commercial document or other instrument).
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| attorney; a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law |
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| failure to perform or to pay |
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