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captious | |
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adj. festive; gay | |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles | |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another | |
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adj. unsound; misleading | |
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lethal | |
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adj. elaborately showy | |
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n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse | |
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adj. deadly | |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) | |
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zealous | |
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adj. entertaining | |
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v. to be sorry for | |
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adj. prejudiced | |
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adj. full of enthusiasm or eagerness | |
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4.
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dispassionate | |
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adj. burdensome and clumsy | |
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v. to examine carefully | |
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adj. hurried; hence, superficial | |
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adj. free from feeling or partiality | |
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impostor | |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others | |
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v. to deprive or leave desolate by loss | |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight | |
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adj. relating to the countryside | |
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inveigh | |
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v. to speak angrily or bitterly | |
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adj. very holy | |
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n. range of sight or understanding | |
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adj. pertaining to money | |
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nocturnal | |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner | |
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adj. pertaining to, or occurring in, the night | |
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v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions | |
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adj. relating to the countryside | |
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8.
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ecclesiastic | |
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adj. despotic | |
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adj. pertaining to the clergy or the church | |
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v. to give up claim to | |
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adj. burdensome and clumsy | |
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platitude | |
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n. a dull and commonplace remark | |
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adj. roomy | |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally | |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions | |
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crass | |
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adj. coarse and stupid | |
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v. to attack or criticize as false; to call in question | |
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v. to read carefully | |
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n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea | |
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vicissitude | |
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n. a change from one condition to another, often unexpected | |
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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual | |
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n. excessive greed | |
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adj. passing swiftly | |
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kaleidoscopic | |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship | |
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adj. flimsy and cheap | |
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adj. elaborately showy | |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes | |
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nautical | |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive | |
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v. to win another's favor or good opinion | |
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n. a lover of books | |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation | |
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awry | |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight | |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color | |
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adj. profitable | |
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adj. fearful | |
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convivial | |
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adj. relating to the countryside | |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical | |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship | |
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adj. festive; gay | |
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asseverate | |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another | |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm | |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh | |
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n. inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank | |
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dilemma | |
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adj. pertaining to spring | |
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n. a situation calling for a choice between two equally difficult alternatives; hence, a difficult or perplexing situation | |
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adj. lacking in self-confidence | |
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adj. containing hidden meaning | |
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lachrymose | |
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n. behavior; bearing | |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears | |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect | |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor | |
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bumptious | |
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n. a party slogan | |
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v. to deliver a long. noisy speech | |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive | |
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n. a branching; sub-division | |
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obdurate | |
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adj. wise; shrewd | |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn | |
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adj. varied; different | |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome | |
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21.
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mettle | |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age | |
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n. disposition; spirit | |
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adj. saying much in few words | |
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n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest | |
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depreciate | |
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adj. to belittle or speak slightingly of | |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome | |
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v. to follow or result | |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) | |
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sacrosanct | |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion; asserting an opinion as though it were an undisputed fact | |
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adj. very holy | |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness | |
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n. trust or belief | |
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tantamount | |
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n. a scolding or ill-tempered woman | |
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adj. cutting, penetrating | |
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adj. equivalent | |
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n. departure, emigration | |
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consummate | |
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adj. workable, proved practical by previous experience. | |
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v. to free from blame | |
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adj. pretending to be religious | |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished | |
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paradox | |
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adj. dry; barren | |
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n. a self -contradictory statement; something 'that appears to be absurd and yet may be true -"Life is too important a matter to he taken seriously." | |
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adj. deadly | |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form | |
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dearth | |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical | |
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n. scarcity | |
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adj. festive; gay | |
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adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation | |
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deplore | |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive | |
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adj. cutting, penetrating | |
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v. to abolish or render void | |
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adj. to express sorrow or grief over | |
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fallible | |
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adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived | |
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v. to pretend | |
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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual | |
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n. a god | |
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panacea | |
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v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong | |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) | |
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n. a remedy for all ills | |
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n. a principle of belief held as true | |
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meticulous | |
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v. to make public or reveal | |
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adj. relating to the countryside | |
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n. a petty fault | |
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adj. fussy about minute details | |
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procrastinate | |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun | |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome | |
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v. to postpone or put off to another time | |
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v. to prove incorrect or false | |
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increment | |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun | |
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n. a principle of belief held as true | |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind | |
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n. an increase | |
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vaunt | |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade | |
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v. to boast | |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) | |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun | |
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banal | |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor | |
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adj. deadly | |
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n. a self -contradictory statement; something 'that appears to be absurd and yet may be true -"Life is too important a matter to he taken seriously." | |
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n. departure, emigration | |
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clement | |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation | |
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n. a change from one condition to another, often unexpected | |
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v. to empty or to use up | |
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adj. merciful; gentle | |
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genesis | |
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n. origin | |
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adj. faultless | |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others | |
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n. a collection of choice literary works | |
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baton | |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat | |
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adj. relating to the countryside | |
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n. a stick or staff | |
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adj. dry; barren | |
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39.
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chauvinist | |
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n. an extreme patriot | |
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n. disposition; spirit | |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit | |
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adj. festive; gay | |
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40.
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elicit | |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action | |
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v. to draw out | |
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n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view | |
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n. the highest point | |
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