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| (n) the expression of approval or favorable opintion, praise; official approval |
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| (v)to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench |
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| (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| (n) decline, decay or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
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| (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source |
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| (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| (adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| (n) a gap, opening, break |
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| (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference |
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| (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
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| (adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| (adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack o restraint |
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| (adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| (adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| (n) a special right or priviege; a special quality showing excellence |
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(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside
(n) an area; a soldier from a provine or colony |
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| (v) to make a pretence of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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| (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| (n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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| (adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or pity; fatty, oily, pliable |
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