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Rasp (Noun)
Rasped, Rasping, Raspy, Rasps |
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Definition
Noun
1. A harsh, grating noise
2. A coarse file or similar metal tool with a roughened surface for scrapping, filing, or rubbing down objects of metal, wood, or other hard materials
Verb
1. Make a harsh, grating noise
2. Say is a harsh, grating voice |
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Sunder (Verb)
Sundered, Sundering, Sunders
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Listless (Adj)
Listlessly, Listlessness |
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| 1. (Of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm |
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Charlatan (Noun)
Charlatanism, Charlatans |
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| 1. A person falsely claming to have a special knowledge or skill ;A fraud |
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Noun
1. A disorderly retreat or defeated troops
2. A decisive defeat
Verb
1. Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder |
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Toothsome (Adj)
Toothsomely, Toothsomeness |
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Definition
1. Temptingly tasty
(Informal) 2. (Of a person) good-looking, attractive |
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| (Informal) 1. A small amount of something |
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Deplete (Verb)
Depleted, Depletable, Depletion, Depleting |
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1. Use up the supply or resources of
2. Diminish in number or quantity |
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Morose (Adj)
Morosely, Moroseness |
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| 1. Sullen and ill-tempered |
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Cacophony (Noun)
Cacophonies, Cacophonic, Cacophonus |
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| 1. A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds |
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Splice (Verb)
Spliced, Splicing, Splices |
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Definition
1. Join or connect (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands
2. Join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends |
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| 1. Serving as a temporary substitue; sufficient for the time being |
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Smattering (Noun)
Smatter, Smatterings, Smattered |
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1. A slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject
2. A small amount of something |
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Loiter (Verb)
Loiterer, Loitered, Loitering, Loiters |
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1. Stand or wait around idly or without appearant purpose
2. Traveling indolently and with frequent pauses |
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Cheeky (Adj)
Cheekiness, Cheekily |
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| Impudent or irrevernt, typicaly in an endearing or amusing way. |
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| 1. A loss of power, prosperty, or status |
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Splay (Verb)
Splayed, Splaying, Splays |
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Definition
(Verb)
1. Thrust or spread (things, especialy limbs or fingers) out and apart
2. (Especialy of limbs or fingers) be thrust out or spread apart
(Noun)
1. A widening or outward tapering of something in particular
2. A tapered widening of a road at an intersection to increase visibility.
(Adj)
1. Turned outward or widened |
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Acrid (Adj)
Acridity, Acridly, Acridness |
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1. Having an irritatingly strong or unpleasent taste or smell
2. Angry and bitter |
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Fray (Verb)
Frayed, Fraying, Frays |
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(Verb)
1. (Of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typicaly through constant rubbing
2. (Of a person's nerve or temper) show the effects of strain
(Noun)
1. A situation of intense activity, typicaly one incorporating an element of aggresion or competition
2. A battle or fight |
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Mar (Verb)
Mared, Marring |
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1. Impair the appearence of; disfigure
2. Impair the quality of; spoil |
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| 1. Torn apart, splint, rent, severed |
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Harmony (Noun)
Harmonious, Harmoniously, Harmonies, Harmonic, Harmonical, Harmonize |
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1. The combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasent effect
2. The quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole |
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Chisel (Noun)
Chiseled, Chiseling, Chisels |
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Definition
Noun
1. A long-bladed hand tool with a beveled cutting edge and a plain handle that is struck with a hammer or mallet, used to cut or shape wood, stone, metal, or other hard materials
Verb
1. Cut or shape (something) with a chisel
(Informal) 2. Cheat or swindle (someone) out of something |
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| 1. (Especialy of sound) sweet and soothing (often used ironically) |
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1. Denoting wood or stone that has been cut with a tool such as an ax, so that its surface is not smooth
2. Not sophisticated, polished, or elegant |
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