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rotary |
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adj. turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus |
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v. to pitch tents for a resting-place |
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n. the part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country |
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n. a physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw |
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transmute |
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v. to change in nature, substance, or form |
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n. one who has two spouses at the same time |
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n. a principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide |
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adj. without experience of the world |
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assimilate |
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n. the quality or character of being godlike |
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v. to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter |
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n. impending evil or danger |
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v. to adapt |
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incompressible |
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adj. resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure |
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adj. perceiving or feeling beforehand |
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n. any act of saving property |
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adj. thin and weak |
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dignitary |
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n. one who holds high rank |
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adj. eating or living on flesh |
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adj. resonant |
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adj. a place for cremating dead bodies |
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rondo |
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n. a musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times |
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n. low drollery, coarse jokes, etc |
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v. to bring about |
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adj. of no avail or effect |
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indefinitely |
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n. anything that indicates what is to happen |
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n. the substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell |
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adj. using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right |
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adv. in a vague or uncertain way |
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datum |
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n. hatred of marriage |
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n. the pressure of necessity |
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adj. pertaining to education or schools |
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n. a premise, starting-point, or given fact |
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reproduction |
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adj. living both on land and in water |
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v. to ask information about |
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n. a general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war |
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n. the process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind |
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riddance |
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adj. dangerous and close at hand |
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n. a substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties |
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n. the act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable |
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n. one's line of ancestors |
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retrench |
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n. the state of being white or glowing with heat |
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adj. easily under a specified power or influence |
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v. to cut down or reduce in extent or quantity |
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n. an embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow |
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buoyancy |
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v. to extend in time or duration |
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n. power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas |
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n. a mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension |
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v. to issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance |
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speculator |
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n. any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one |
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n. hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation |
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n. one who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit |
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n. a square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative |
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choleric |
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adj. opening in flower |
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adj. easily provoked to anger |
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n. prolongation |
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n. confinement |
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indiscernible |
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adj. clinging or sticking fast |
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n. a collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons |
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adj. not perceptible |
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adj. of degraded character or nature |
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pendant |
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n. anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use |
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n. that upon which the mind is set |
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adj. possessing distinguished merit |
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adj. pliable |
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versatile |
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adj. having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects |
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n. the time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination |
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adj. auxiliary |
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v. to delight extravagantly or intensely |
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reassure |
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n. forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical |
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adj. humble |
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adj. fit to be compared |
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v. to give new confidence |
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confidant |
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n. one to whom secrets are entrusted |
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adj. deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance |
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n. the constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment |
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adj. tranquil |
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ostentation |
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n. a display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery |
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n. dependence |
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adj. consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum |
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n. a goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance |
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retort |
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adj. of or pertaining to heat |
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v. to treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively |
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v. to keep oneself back (from doing or using something) |
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n. a retaliatory speech |
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intercession |
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n. entreaty in behalf of others |
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v. to pour forth |
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n. a feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust |
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n. an obstacle |
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facile |
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adj. not difficult to do |
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adj. speechless |
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adj. valueless |
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n. one who receives a nomination |
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accredit |
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adj. ghastly and sensational |
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adj. obese |
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v. to give credit or authority to |
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v. to strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment |
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pacify |
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n. an inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father |
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v. to bring into a peaceful state |
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n. an officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums |
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n. interpretation |
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maleficent |
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adj. mischievous |
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adj. naked |
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v. to act upon |
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n. a cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids |
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ductile |
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v. to collect into a mass |
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v. to make warm by genial heat |
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adj. beneficial |
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adj. capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread |
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entwine |
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n. one of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure |
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v. to interweave |
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n. a riddle |
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n. a concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness |
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acquiesce |
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adj. of undisputed origin |
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n. one who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc |
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n. sourness, with bitterness and astringency |
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v. to comply; submit |
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dogma |
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adj. having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity |
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n. repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention |
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n. one having a taste for or interest in special objects |
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n. a statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority |
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hillock |
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n. a small hill or mound |
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v. to filter |
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n. a musical composition |
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n. the language of one's country |
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permanence |
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n. intuitive sagacity or perception |
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n. a print made by printing from stone |
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n. a continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature |
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adj. of prodigious size, bulk, or degree |
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knighthood |
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n. an artificial trance-sleep |
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adj. helpful |
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n. chivalry |
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n. the utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position |
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unnecessary |
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adj. insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography |
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n. double-dealing |
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adj. not essential under the circumstances |
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n. chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold |
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furtive |
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v. to talk about vainly or foolishly |
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v. to designate as a candidate for any office |
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adj. stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief |
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adj. hurtful, morally or physically |
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transmit |
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v. to keep sacred |
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v. to be full to overflowing |
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adj. having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge |
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v. to send trough or across |
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Achillean |
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adj. invulnerable |
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v. to give unusual pleasure |
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n. thesis |
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adj. juicy |
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diagnosis |
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n. a place where things are stored or gathered together |
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n. determination of the distinctive nature of a disease |
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adj. laying down |
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adj. directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications |
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ascent |
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n. a rising, soaring, or climbing |
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n. inability or unwillingness to bear or endure |
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adj. still existing and known |
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n. one who asks humbly and earnestly |
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inverse |
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n. a spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept |
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n. a component or essential part |
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adj. contrary in tendency or direction |
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n. a raging epidemic |
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