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| inclination, tendency, a natural ability |
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| to make certain, exact, or precise |
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| to strengthen; to give approval to; ratify |
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| an act or instance of releasing air or gas; a reduction in size or importance |
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| the process of removing bound water |
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| to expose to view; to make known or public; reveal |
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| the act of extending or enlarging from internal pressure; swelling |
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| a person who deviates from an established pattern or from accepted conduct |
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| a person who talks about himself/herself to much or who has an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
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| one who frees from restraint, control, or the power of another |
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| an obscure speech or writing; something that is hard to understand or explain |
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| extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books |
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| something that serves as a model or example |
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| to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship; to clear from accusation or blame |
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| he act of taking full utilization or working of a natural resource |
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| the act of destroying completely |
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| to court favor by a cringing or flattering manner |
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| the control or judicious use of resources; conservation |
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| lacking life, spirit, or zest |
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| marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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| wealth, affluence, abundance |
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| pertaining to effective communication; in some contexts, insincere in language |
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| make express conditions; specify |
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| the act or process of knowing, including both awareness and judgment |
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| deficiency in amount or quality; disadvantage |
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| an act or instance of opening up, exposing to view, or making known |
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| a formal statement of facts; an exposure of something discreditable |
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| capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed; implied |
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| the use of words to express something other than the literal meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result |
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| a female who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
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| a small portion; a limited quantity |
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| an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
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| the quality of being sharp and/or intense |
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| to destroy to the ground; demolish |
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| speaking or writing verbosely; verbal expression |
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| to form or place in layers |
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| to work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort |
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| taking the place of another person or thing |
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| similar in position, purpose, form, etc. |
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| lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull |
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| causing or tending to cause sleep |
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| antiquated; of an earlier time |
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| the act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment |
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| expert or nimble in the use of hands or body |
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| having or showing success, rank, wealth, etc. |
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| extreme delicacy or subtlety in action |
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| rightness of principle or conduct |
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| calling upon a deity for aid |
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| a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it |
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| public declaration of intentions |
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| the hearing and determining of a dispute or the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them |
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| the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form |
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| a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing |
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| a rhetorical figure involving the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |
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| a rhetorical figure in which two ideas are directly opposed |
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| a rhetorical figure involving the deliberate omission of conjunctions to create a concise, terse, and often memorable statement |
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| the implicit rather than explicit meaning of a word consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word |
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| the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or second meaning |
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| word choice intended to convey a certain effect |
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| the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action |
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| applying human qualities to nonhuman things |
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| the literary art of diminishing a subject by making it ridiculous and exposing what is wrong or hypocritical about it. |
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| a form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole |
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| the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence |
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| the central message of a literary work |
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| the speaker or author's attitude toward the subject, which is revealed by the words he or she chooses |
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