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jeopardy |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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n. danger |
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festoon |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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n. a garland of flowers, leaves, etc. hung between two points |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions |
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adj. fragrant; reminiscent of |
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indigenous |
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adj. all-powerful |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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adj. native |
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adj. moderate in the use of food or drink |
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blight |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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adj. varied; different |
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adv. with one's identity concealed |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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fallible |
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adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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v. to echo |
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n. excessive greed |
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circumspect |
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n. a change from one condition to another, often unexpected |
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adj. cautious |
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adj. average in quality |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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amenable |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. horrible, deathlike |
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v. to pretend |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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genealogy |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study |
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v. to laugh at; to utter with scorn |
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n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives |
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plebiscite |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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adj. merciful; gentle |
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lachrymose |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears |
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adj. mentally distressed; distracted |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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n. a face |
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mottled |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors |
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tenuous |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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n. an opponent |
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adj. slender; not substantial |
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n. a temporary suspension of hostilities. |
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ostracize |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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v. to draw out |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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larceny |
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n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and passing them off as one's own |
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n. theft |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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adj. objectionable |
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flagrant |
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adj. outstandingly bad |
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adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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adj. winding; indirect |
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forbear |
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adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd |
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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 exercise self control; to keep from |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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distraught |
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n. a flattering speech or act |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears |
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adj. mentally distressed; distracted |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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fictitious |
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n. a brief pointed saying |
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n. a lover of books |
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n. unwise or reckless boldness |
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adj. unreal; made-up |
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atheist |
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n. one who denies that God exists |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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adj. apparent; pretended |
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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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crucial |
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n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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v. to warn or find fault gently |
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adj. decisive or critical; difficult |
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epitaph |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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v. to speak against |
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n. a tombstone inscription |
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n. historical records |
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devout |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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adj. devoted to religious observances |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished |
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n. a scolding or ill-tempered woman |
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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. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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engender |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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v. to cause, produce, or stir up |
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adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior |
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sallow |
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adj. destructive, poisonous |
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v. to paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise |
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adj. sick |
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adj. depressed; without hope or possibility of consolation |
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cryptic |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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n. an officeholder |
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n. a face |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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deference |
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n. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance |
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n. homesickness |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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coterie |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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n. a speech or writing of extravagant praise |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds |
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sanguinary |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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n. a tombstone inscription |
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pensive |
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adj. tedious, monotonous |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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n. a clown |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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mutable |
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v. to speak against |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form |
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attribute |
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v. assign |
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adj. unharmonious sounding |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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compunction |
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adj. pertaining to the sky; heavenly |
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n. regret for wrongdoing |
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n. a principle of belief held as true |
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n. nearness |
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anthology |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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n. honesty, moral soundness |
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adj. mean and base; filthy |
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n. a collection of choice literary works |
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spurn |
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n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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adj. incurring public disgrace |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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obtrusive |
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n. a dirty or wretched dwelling |
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adj. sick |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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adj. remarkable for early mental development |
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frustrate |
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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual |
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v. to estrange |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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nostalgia |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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n. homesickness |
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adj. in an early stage of development |
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castigate |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect |
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adj. no longer existing or active |
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monologue |
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adj. forceful |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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n. a speech by one person |
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adj. plentiful |
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