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| slang, used as a special language, of such groups as baseball players, musicians, criminals, etc. (n) |
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| hobby;calling, minor occupation |
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to strew or cover (a surface)
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to express deep sorrow for; lament (tr. v)
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a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire
the place for such an encampment
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a low, contemptible person; scoundrel (n)
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having a coarse, ruddy complexion;
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| a witty remark or comment; clever saying; witticism (n) |
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made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud
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fabric woven with an elaborate design, esp. one having a raised overall pattern (n)
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a stiff cotton fabric for interlinings, book bindings, etc.
stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality (n)
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lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity
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something inconsequential or without merit; absurdity; trifle
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an ill-bred man, esp. one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women
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of or like a cad; dishonorable; ungentlemanly
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(in the Near East) an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans
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to engage in a drunken revel
to drink deeply and frequently
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| specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality; the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct (n) |
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| husks and stems left over when grain has been threshed; worthless, leftover by-products (noun) |
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a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege
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| powerfully persuasive; convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling; to the point; relevant; pertinent (adj) |
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| conspiring in a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy (n)a fraudulent scheme (noun)a secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy (n) |
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| to mix or mingle together; combine (v) |
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to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity (tr.v)
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an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague
close friend; comrade (n) |
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to bear or conduct (oneself); behave (tr.v)
to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually fol. by "with") (intr.v) |
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| to converse informally; chat (intr. v) |
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to overwhelm by argument; refute (v)
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| self-importance; pomposity (noun) |
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to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges
to wrinkle, as the skin or face (tr. v)
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| a small, usually wooded valley; vale (n) |
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to be a mark or sign of; indicate
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a variation upon anything; comment on a subject (n)
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tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
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a person who tries to apply some doctrine/theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist (n)
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| sorrowful; mournful; melancholy (adj) |
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pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia
gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable (adj)
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| shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity; an act or instance of this (n) |
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a country, or esp., an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country; any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one (n)
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fully occupying the mind or attention; absorbing
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to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis
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contained in or carried on by letters
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the upper regions of space; the clear sky; the heavens
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| outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size (adj) |
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to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually fol. by "on" or "upon")
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desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance
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pretentious speech or writing; pompous language (n)
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to encircle or bind with a belt or band
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to prepare (oneself) for action
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to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility
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of or pertaining to actors or acting
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech or overly emotional (adj)
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gray or white with age
ancient or venerable
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exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation
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unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces
unable to contain or retain (usually fol. by "of")
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not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed
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dwelling or situated on an island
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arousing sexual desire
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based on pretense, deception, or insincerity
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a point or period of highest development, greatest prosperity, or the like (n)
of or pertaining to a meridian
of or pertaining to midday or noon
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a written message; letter (n)
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the point, gist, or heart of something
a knob or protuberance
a lump or small piece
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push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or extrude (v)
obtrusive (adj) |
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deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting (adj) |
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| to come into close contact or union; to kiss (v) |
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covering that darkens or obscures; coffin (n)
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| any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion; (pathology) a severe attack or a sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically (n) |
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| a satire or lampoon, esp. one posted in a public place (n, tr. v) |
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| piece of literature or music imitating other works |
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| perhaps; maybe; possibly (adv) |
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| wandering (through fields) |
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| of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance (adv) |
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| any of the bones of the fingers or toes; any closely ranked crowd of people; a body of troops in close array; massed group of soldiers, people, or things |
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| denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information (adj) |
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the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment
the study of postage stamps, revenue stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postal cards, covers, and similar material relating to postal or fiscal history (n) |
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| any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation (n) |
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the important or essential part; essence; core; heart
significant weight; substance; solidity (n) |
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marshy; wet
splashing (adj) |
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an indication or omen of something about to happen, esp. something momentous
threatening or disquieting significance
prodigy or marvel (n) |
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of the nature of a portent; momentous
ominously significant or indicative
marvelous; amazing; prodigious (adj) |
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| creating a favorable impression |
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| a false or unsupportable quality; the advancing of a claim; A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality |
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| to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie (intr. v) |
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| a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, esp. in a self-righteous or irritating manner (n) |
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a first or principal female singer of an opera company;
a temperamental person; a person who takes adulation and privileged treatment as a right and reacts with petulance to criticism or inconvenience
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| existing at the dawn of time |
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to put before a person for acceptance; offer (tr.v)
the act of proffering
an offer or proposal (n) |
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| overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess (n) |
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nearness in place; proximity
nearness of relation; kinship
affinity of nature; similarity
nearness in time (n) |
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| to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate (tr.v) |
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| Favorable; benevolent (e.g. propitious weather); Favorably disposed towards someone; advantageous; Characteristic of a good omen: auspicious |
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stick out (v)
protrusion (n) |
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| heaven-sent: peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention |
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| mischievous; impish (adj) |
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| inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative (adj) |
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to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer (tr.v)
to commit theft; steal (intr.v) |
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to present, esp. deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely
to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply (tr.v)
the meaning, import, or sense
purpose; intention; object (n) |
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| supposed (calculated);purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds |
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charlatan; impostor (n)
quackery (n) |
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quality or amount
a particular amount
a share or portion
a large quantity; bulk (n)
sudden and significant (adj) |
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the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing
a subtlety or quibbling point; triviality
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| like a fanatic; furious (adj) |
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| witty, skillful storyteller |
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| call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (v) |
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to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions
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| reborn, coming into being again |
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| deny, go back on one's word;revoke, fail to fulfill a promise/obligation |
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| return to one's own country (v) |
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to criticize or correct, esp. gently
to disapprove of strongly; censure (tr.v)
to speak in reproof; administer a reproof (intr.v) |
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distasteful, objectionable, or offensive
making opposition; averse
opposed or contrary, as in nature or character
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taking up again; recommencement (n)
resume (v) |
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rise again; flow to and fro (v)
resurgence (n) |
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| holding; having a good memory |
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a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
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| boisterous merrymaking (n) |
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| sudden violent change of feeling; reaction (n) |
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vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous (adj)
a ribald person (n) |
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| opening made by splitting; open space; break in friendly relations (n) |
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an elaborate or complicated procedure;
confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk (n) |
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to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.
to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly (v) |
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of a sickly, yellowish color (adj)
to make sallow (tr. v) |
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a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
a round of fire given as a salute
a round of cheers or applause (n) |
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holiness, saintliness, or godliness
sacred or hallowed character
a sacred thing (n) |
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a person who sees; observer
a person who prophesies future events; prophet
a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers
a person who is reputed to have special powers of divination, as a crystal gazer or palmist (n) |
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abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims
given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous
given to or using pithy sayings or maxims
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to impose penance on (a sinner)
to grant absolution to (a penitent)
to hear the confession of (a person)
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to smile in a silly, self-conscious way (intr.v)
to say with a simper (tr.v)
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| position without responsibility; a paid position that requires little or no work |
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| moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness (n) |
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a temporary stay (n)
to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily (intr. v) |
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comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort
something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief (n)
to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.)
to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.) (tr.v) |
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| the mark, esp. the traditional bazaar, esp. in the Arab countries (n) |
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| seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) (adj) |
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a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition
some object or source of terror or dread
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| to explore caves, esp. as a hobby (intr.v) |
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playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry
done in sport, rather than in earnest
pertaining to or to the nature of a sport or sports (adj) |
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a child; baby
a recruit (n) |
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| active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk (adj) |
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to reject with distain; scorn
to treat with contempt; despise
to kick or trample with the foot
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to show distain or contempt; scorn something (intr. v)
disdainful rejection
contemptuous treatment
a kick
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| sober; sedate;unemotional; serious (adj) |
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a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water; an isthmus;
a position of difficulty, distress, or need
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| disobedience; rebelliousness (n) |
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| haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression; arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending (adj) |
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| to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate (intr.v) |
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to cease from some action; desist
to come to an end (intr.v)
cessation; end (n) |
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| to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand (idiom) |
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| minor quarrel; fit of annoyance (adj) |
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to tinge or tint, as with color (tr.v)
tinged; colored; flavored (adj)
tint; tinge; coloring (n) |
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| a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork (n) |
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a dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic, punctuation, etc.
a very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit (n) |
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pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest
pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, or the like
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something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff
nonsense; twaddle (n)
of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy (adj) |
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swollen; distended; tumid
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having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing
of or pertaining to a guardian or guardianship (adj)
a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian (n) |
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offense; annoyance; displeasure
the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like
leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees
shade or shadows, as cast by trees
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a valley
the world, or mortal or earthly life (n) |
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an invalid;
a person who is excessively concerned about his or her poor health or ailments (n)
in poor health; sickly; invalid
excessively concerned about one's poor health or ailments
of, pertaining to, or characterized by invalidism (adj) |
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an act or prophesying
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greenness, esp. of fresh, flourishing vegetation
green vegetation, esp. grass or herbage
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the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality
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change of fortune (n);a change or variation occurring in the course of something
interchange or alternation, as of states or things
(plural) successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs
regular change or succession of one state or thing to another
change; mutation; mutability (n) |
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of, resembling, or containing wine
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wine
produced by, indicative of, or given to indulgence in wine
wine red; wine-colored (adj) |
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| free choice, free will; act of choosing |
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offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow
performed, undertaken, etc., in consequence of a vow
of the nature of or expressive of a wish or desire (adj) |
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to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay
to await and accost unexpectedly (tr.v) |
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| well-being, prosperity, or happiness (n) |
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