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| to renounce under oath; forswear; to recant solemnly |
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| quickness and keenness of judgment or insight |
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| warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious |
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| to endow with the rights of citizenship, esp. the right to vote |
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| vacuously, smugly and unconsciously foolish; delusive |
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| feeble or ineffective; careless and irresponsible |
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| of or relation to holding of something in trust for another |
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| lacking social polish; tactless |
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| the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another |
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| impossible to dispute; unquestionable |
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| to impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill |
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| not interesting; dull; 2. lacking maturity; childish |
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| to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission; to show servile deference |
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| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| 1. a half 2. a part, portion or share. |
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| the science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from individual atoms and molecules |
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| not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination |
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| the art or study of standard spelling |
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| any of numerous natural or synthetic compounds of usu. high molecular weight consisting of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule. |
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| like a precipice, extremely steep |
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| an extremely distant celestial object whose power output is thousands of times that of our entire galaxy |
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| to repeat in concise form |
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| feeling or showing haughty disdain |
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| needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy; 2. an empty statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false: e.g., “Either we’ll go or we’ll stay.” |
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| characterized by affect, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness; 2. having the characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery |
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| to separate the chaff form (grain) by means of a current of air; to rid of undesirable parts |
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| attendant, servant, or lesser official in a noble household |
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| a temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories |
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| a dictionary; 2. a stock of terms used in a particular profession/subject |
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