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devious |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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n. a face |
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adj. winding; indirect |
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analogy |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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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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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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discursive |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another |
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n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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nettle |
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adj. wise; using or exhibiting good judgment |
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n. faithfulness |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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n. one who denies that God exists |
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peruse |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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v. to read carefully |
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v. to speak or write at great length |
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adj. festive; gay |
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devoid |
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n. a flattering speech or act |
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adj. kindly; charitable |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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delinquent |
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n. an offender |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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v. to converse or talk; to discuss |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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egotistic |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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adj. conceited |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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proximity |
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adj. fat |
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n. an original pattern |
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n. nearness |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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10.
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dogmatic |
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n. an opponent |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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n. inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion; asserting an opinion as though it were an undisputed fact |
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allude |
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n. a beginner |
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v. to guess |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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convivial |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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adj. festive; gay |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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articulate |
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n. a remedy for all ills |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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adj. unharmonious sounding |
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v. to speak clearly or distinctly |
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affable |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner |
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adj. objectionable |
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adj. disgustingly excessive |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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immaculate |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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adj. spotless; pure |
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n. a dull and commonplace remark |
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inordinate |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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adj. excessive |
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v. to increase or enlarge |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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authentic |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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n. an officeholder |
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adj. genuine |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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dispel |
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v. to be sorry for |
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n. an original pattern |
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adj. dry; barren |
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v. to drive away; to scatter |
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obsolete |
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n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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adj. no longer in use |
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n. faithfulness |
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myriad |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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adj. innumerable |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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adj. dry; barren |
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avarice |
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n. excessive greed |
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n. a privilege or power attaching to a position |
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adj. prosperous, flourishing; copious |
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v. to quicken, speed tip |
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incarcerate |
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v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions |
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adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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v. to imprison |
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effete |
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adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving |
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adj. designed to teach, imparting a lesson |
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adj. no longer productive; hence, lacking in or, worn out |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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hovel |
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v. to calm; to lessen in severity |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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v. to pretend |
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n. a dirty or wretched dwelling |
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impeach |
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v. to accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon |
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n. injury inflicted in turn for one received |
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adj. remarkable for early mental development |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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sanctimonious |
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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. clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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ostracize |
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adj. pertaining to the beautiful |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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adj. unmoved or indifferent; casual |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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perverse |
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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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adj. deadly |
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adj. not essential; foreign |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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consternation |
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n. prolonged duration of life |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation |
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n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect |
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tangible |
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adj. real; actual |
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adj. excessive |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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n. a curse |
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cantankerous |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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n. approval; praise |
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deprecate |
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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. of little worth or importance |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action |
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adj. of various colors; of mixed ingredients |
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irksome |
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n. honesty, moral soundness |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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adj. very pleasing |
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adj. tedious, monotonous |
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virago |
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n. a scolding or ill-tempered woman |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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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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apprise |
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n. a beginner |
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n. alliance; merging of various units into one unit |
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adj. entertaining |
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v. to inform |
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grimace |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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n. anger |
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n. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling |
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n. nearness |
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erratic |
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adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior |
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v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim |
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v. to exclaim or utter suddenly |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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innocuous |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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adj. hurried; hence, superficial |
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v. to make fun of or copy by imitating |
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adj. lying flat on the back; inert, inactive, averse to taking action |
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ramification |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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retribution |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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v. to set forth in detail; to explain |
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adj. entertaining |
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n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action |
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