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fathom |
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v. to disagree; to differ in opinion |
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adj. genuine |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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accord |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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abridge |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness |
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adj. designed to teach, imparting a lesson |
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v. to shorten |
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n. a conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises |
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anarchy |
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n. state of confusion or lawlessness |
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adj. juicy |
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n. improper act, manners, or expression |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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accelerate |
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v. to quicken, speed tip |
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n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics |
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n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing |
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v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words |
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lavish |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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adj. sentimental to the point of tears |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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candid |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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adj. coarse and stupid |
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adj. incapable of being defended or held |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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prognosticate |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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adj. capable of existing together in harmony |
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v. to forecast |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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cryptic |
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adj. to express sorrow or grief over |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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err |
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adj. separate |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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adj. no longer productive; hence, lacking in or, worn out |
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v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong |
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exodus |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning |
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n. departure, emigration |
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adj. bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite |
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machiavellian |
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adj. pertaining to the clergy or the church |
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n. an offender |
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adj. sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning |
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n. a sudden notion or passing fancy |
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supine |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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adj. lacking firmness |
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adj. lying flat on the back; inert, inactive, averse to taking action |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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idiosyncrasy |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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adj. queer; unusual in appearance |
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n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics |
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n. trickery, deception |
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extirpate |
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v. assign |
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v. to root out, destroy totally |
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adj. wise; shrewd |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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curt |
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adj. materially or practically useful |
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v. to follow or result |
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v. to root out, destroy totally |
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adj. rudely abrupt |
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abandon |
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v. to give up completely |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner |
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n. a cliff |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation |
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zealous |
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adj. lacking in self-confidence |
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adj. full of enthusiasm or eagerness |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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impale |
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adj. genuine |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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adj. equivalent |
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sordid |
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adj. mean and base; filthy |
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adj. secret; stealthy |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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adj. sentimental to the point of tears |
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hypothesis |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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n. an assumption made for the sake of argument |
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v. to exclaim or utter suddenly |
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blithe |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood |
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n. a cliff |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect |
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adj. entertaining |
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provisional |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect |
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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. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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amenable |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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v. to make fun of or copy by imitating |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another |
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accolade |
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adj. untiring |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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n. an award or salute |
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caricature |
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adj. entertaining |
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adj. corpselike; hence, haggard, pale |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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n. a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features |
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itinerant |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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n. a god |
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adv. with one's identity concealed |
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adj. to belittle or speak slightingly of |
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virago |
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adj. rigorously self-denying |
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n. a scolding or ill-tempered woman |
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n. art authoritative statement; a saying |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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gregarious |
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v. to pretend |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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retrieve |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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n. temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain; a temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence |
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complacent |
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adj. self-satisfied |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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adj. pertaining to public discussion or law courts |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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extraneous |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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adj. not essential; foreign |
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v. assign |
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n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action |
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paradox |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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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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genesis |
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v. to draw out |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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n. origin |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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incisive |
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adj. fearful |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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v. to disagree; to differ in opinion |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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abrogate |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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adj. uncertain or risky |
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bumptious |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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adj. accidental |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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n. a stick or staff |
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plebiscite |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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adj. unrefined in speech or manners |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship |
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calumniate |
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v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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n. a privilege or power attaching to a position |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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prevaricate |
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n. trickery, deception |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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adj. designed to teach, imparting a lesson |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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