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intoxicate |
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v. to impede with obstacles |
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adj. notoriously bad |
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v. to make drunk |
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v. to frighten away |
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predominant |
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n. a trying and purifying test or agency |
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adj. superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree |
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v. to make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with |
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v. to start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread |
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sinuosity |
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n. the quality of curving in and out |
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n. a figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted |
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n. a formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act |
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n. the book containing the service for the celebration of mass |
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imprudent |
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adj. heedless |
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adj. incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled |
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n. a note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other |
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n. word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas" |
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penury |
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adj. adhering to the existing order of things |
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n. an instrument for measuring |
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n. fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case |
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n. indigence |
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inane |
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adj. not suitable to be selected or chosen |
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adj. silly |
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n. a measure, one-eighth of a mile |
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n. those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations |
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fief |
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n. a landed estate held under feudal tenure |
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adj. containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory |
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n. the quality of frankness or outspokenness |
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n. any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege |
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ambush |
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n. the act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy |
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n. a liquid and dry measure of 10 liters |
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v. to write over again (something already written) |
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v. to dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air |
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belle |
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n. a sense of injury |
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n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc |
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n. anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead |
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n. a loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn |
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distill |
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adj. extended widely in space, time, or scope |
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n. the murder of a parent |
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v. to extract or produce by vaporization and condensation |
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n. the communication of disease from person to person |
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interminable |
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n. artifice |
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n. lamentation |
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adj. having no limit or end |
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n. the quality or character of being godlike |
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deciduous |
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adj. derived from authoritative direction |
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n. royal state |
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adj. falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc |
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n. one who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose |
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outbreak |
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n. a dealer in flowers |
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n. a component or essential part |
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adj. of little importance or value |
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n. a sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained |
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philosophize |
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n. onset |
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n. wanton and malicious mischief |
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n. a mark for failure or bad conduct |
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v. to seek ultimate causes and principles |
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access |
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adj. accidental, by chance |
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n. coercion |
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n. a way of approach or entrance; passage |
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n. cutting and reproachful language |
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automaton |
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n. any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical |
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n. a human skull as a symbol of death |
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n. a tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner |
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adj. melancholy |
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perversity |
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v. to be violently excited or agitated |
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n. wickedness |
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adj. oily |
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n. a member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor |
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day-man |
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v. to offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong |
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n. student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution |
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adj. awkward or slow |
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n. a day-laborer |
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incidence |
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n. casual occurrence |
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n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc |
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v. to write over again (something already written) |
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n. a sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror |
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outdo |
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n. the act of rising |
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v. to surpass |
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n. an official |
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n. fitness, as of time or place |
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alacrity |
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n. a sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror |
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n. a number of persons combined for a common purpose |
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adj. suitable to be eaten |
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n. cheerful willingness |
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signification |
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n. the right or act of purchasing before others |
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n. a metallic copy of any surface, as a coin |
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n. the meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs |
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v. to restore brightness or beauty to |
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diplomatic |
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adj. characterized by special tact in negotiations |
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adj. adding emphasis or force |
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n. a rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like |
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n. neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction |
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bumper |
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n. something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place |
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n. a small body of water leading into a larger |
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n. a cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health |
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n. inflammation of the stomach |
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liner |
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n. a waiting room for those who seek audience |
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n. a mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing |
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adj. operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities |
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n. a vessel belonging to a steamship-line |
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efflorescence |
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n. modernized Latin |
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n. the state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance |
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n. a grain or seed |
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v. to extend |
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intolerant |
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n. one attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting |
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v. to twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress |
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adj. capable of or characterized by clear reasoning |
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adj. bigoted |
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outlaw |
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v. to regard or speak of slightingly |
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adj. serving or tending to force |
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n. an image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy |
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n. a habitual lawbreaker |
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detriment |
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n. one who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress |
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n. an act or a means of cunning deception |
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n. something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss |
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n. a Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing |
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omniscience |
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n. splendor |
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n. unlimited or infinite knowledge |
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adj. devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking |
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adj. implanted by nature |
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demagogue |
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v. to turn away or aside |
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n. an unprincipled politician |
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n. a driving onward or forward |
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n. thorough dislike |
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disparity |
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adj. of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy |
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n. enmity |
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adj. green with vegetation |
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n. inequality |
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gosling |
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n. a mediator |
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n. a young goose |
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v. to trespass upon |
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adj. not having made a valid will |
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sterling |
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n. the act of ending or concluding |
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n. the period of time during which anything lasts |
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adj. genuine |
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adj. praiseworthy |
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adieu |
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int. good-by; farewell |
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n. a right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions |
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v. to give unusual pleasure |
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adv. in or at whatever place |
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succumb |
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v. to fill with an overflowing abundance |
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v. to subvert in an underhand way |
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v. to cease to resist |
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adj. passing from one subject to another |
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devilry |
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n. malicious mischief |
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n. denial of what is asked |
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n. one who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place |
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n. one's line of ancestors |
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Bowdlerize |
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adj. of a wild, fierce, and savage nature |
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v. to apportion |
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n. politeness |
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v. to expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages |
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sophistical |
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n. an instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music |
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adj. a person of between eighty and ninety years |
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v. to manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully |
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adj. fallacious |
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puissant |
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adj. cutting, especially into two parts |
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adj. belligerent |
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adj. possessing strength |
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n. solitude |
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