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querulous |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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n. a beginner |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. given to fault-finding and complaining |
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convivial |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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adj. festive; gay |
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adj. all-powerful |
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soporific |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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adj. pertaining to the theater; designed for show |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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adj. tending to induce sleep |
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disconsolate |
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adj. depressed; without hope or possibility of consolation |
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adj. calm; peaceful |
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n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view |
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adj. clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose |
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extirpate |
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n. excessive greed |
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v. to root out, destroy totally |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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n. art authoritative statement; a saying |
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forensic |
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n. an introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step |
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adj. pertaining to public discussion or law courts |
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n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship |
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sinister |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer |
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v. to deprive or leave desolate by loss |
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ingenuous |
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adj. inflicting, or concerned with, punishment |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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n. a name or term that describes wrongly |
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adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing |
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lucid |
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n. a temporary suspension of hostilities. |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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succulent |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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adj. relating to the countryside |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. juicy |
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chauvinist |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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adj. remarkable for early mental development |
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n. a speech by one person |
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adj. pertaining to spring |
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inference |
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n. a conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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n. an offender |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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conjecture |
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v. to guess |
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adj. deadly |
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adj. widely known (in a bad sense) |
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adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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scintilla |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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n. danger |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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approbation |
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adj. pertaining to the sky; heavenly |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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n. approval; praise |
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adj. in an early stage of development |
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haughty |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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adj. incurring public disgrace |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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innocuous |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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n. an opponent |
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v. to laugh at; to utter with scorn |
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adj. bloody |
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compensation |
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adj. real; actual |
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adj. deadly |
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v. to estrange |
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n. payment for services |
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arbiter |
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adj. fat |
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v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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devoid |
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adj. sentimental to the point of tears |
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adj. apparent; pretended |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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adj. smooth-spoken, fluent |
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harangue |
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v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language |
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v. to deliver a long. noisy speech |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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v. to exclaim or utter suddenly |
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predatory |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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adj. dry; barren |
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n. a sudden notion or passing fancy |
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inhibit |
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n. an officeholder |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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v. to check or hinder |
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kaleidoscopic |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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n. art authoritative statement; a saying |
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adj. deadly |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes |
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prerogative |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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n. a privilege or power attaching to a position |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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n. a sudden notion or passing fancy |
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credible |
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adj. worthy of belief |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others |
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n. front or face, especially of a building |
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peremptory |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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adj. moderate in the use of food or drink |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language |
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abet |
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n. a public command or proclamation issued by an authority |
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adj. workable, proved practical by previous experience. |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action |
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import |
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v. to guess |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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obdurate |
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n. faithfulness |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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adj. roomy |
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dolorous |
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adj. demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness |
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adj. despotic |
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v. to punish severely; to afflict |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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impervious |
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v. to control, check, or restrain |
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v. to use for one's selfish purpose |
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n. widespread ruin |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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redolent |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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adj. fragrant; reminiscent of |
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annals |
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adj. slender; not substantial |
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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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n. historical records |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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condole |
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v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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adj. having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge |
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n. art authoritative statement; a saying |
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cogent |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason |
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adj. pertaining to the sky; heavenly |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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prevaricate |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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raze |
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v. to tear down completely |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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n. an opponent |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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cringe |
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v. to greet |
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n. nearness |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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v. to shrink in fear |
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err |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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n. behavior; bearing |
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v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong |
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