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cosmopolitan |
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adj. uncertain or risky |
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adj. likely to occur soon |
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n. one who is at home in all countries |
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n. trust or belief |
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extemporaneous |
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adj. uncertain or risky |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation |
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nonchalant |
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adj. exempt from; protected from |
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n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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adj. unmoved or indifferent; casual |
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deplore |
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adj. roomy |
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adj. roomy |
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adj. burdensome and clumsy |
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adj. to express sorrow or grief over |
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meander |
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adj. juicy |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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diverse |
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adj. varied; different |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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adj. elastic; light-hearted |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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blight |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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v. to yield; to admit as true |
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v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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hypothesis |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge |
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n. an assumption made for the sake of argument |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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sartorial |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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n. danger |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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supine |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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adj. accidental |
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n. one who is at home in all countries |
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adj. lying flat on the back; inert, inactive, averse to taking action |
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extirpate |
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v. to root out, destroy totally |
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adj. in an early stage of development |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight |
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n. the highest point |
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exemplary |
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adj. not essential; foreign |
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adj. lacking in self-confidence |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles |
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adj. serving as a model; commendable |
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condole |
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v. to give up claim to |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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n. conversation which is amusing and not serious |
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confederate |
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adj. affectedly or falsely modest or prim |
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adj. fearful |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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fatuous |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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n. a superficial appearance or show designed to impress one with superiority |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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ghastly |
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n. a privilege or power attaching to a position |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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n. a dull and commonplace remark |
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adj. horrible, deathlike |
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fetish |
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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. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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v. to speak or write at great length |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood |
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harbinger |
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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual |
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n. a lover of books |
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adj. to belittle or speak slightingly of |
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n. a forerunner; ail announcer |
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demeanor |
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adj. spotless; pure |
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adj. pertaining to spring |
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n. behavior; bearing |
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adj. faultless |
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aesthetic |
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adj. indisputable |
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adj. pertaining to the beautiful |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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v. to be sorry for |
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fiasco |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation |
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adj. indisputable |
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n. a ludicrous and complete failure |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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simper |
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adj. secret; stealthy |
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adj. unrefined in speech or manners |
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n. burden; duty |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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irascible |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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n. indifferent, calm in bearing pain or pleasure; practising remarkable self-control over emotions |
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adj. easily angered |
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incarcerate |
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adj. very short-lived |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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adj. unconquerable |
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v. to imprison |
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divulge |
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n. a collection of choice literary works |
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adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words |
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erratic |
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adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior |
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v. to greet |
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adj. sick |
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v. to forecast |
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ludicrous |
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n. an original pattern |
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v. to increase or enlarge |
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adj. ridiculous; producing laughter |
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v. to prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual |
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quash |
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v. to make gestures, or indicate feelings by motions |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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n. an offender |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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credible |
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adj. tedious, monotonous |
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adj. worthy of belief |
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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. pertaining to money |
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peruse |
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n. one who denies that God exists |
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v. to read carefully |
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n. faithfulness |
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adj. equivalent |
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insatiable |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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murky |
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n. a cliff |
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adj. free from feeling or partiality |
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adj. dark; cloudy |
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adj. untidy and dirty |
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import |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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adj. serving as a model; commendable |
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n. a remedy for all ills |
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sanctimonious |
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adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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v. to make fun of or copy by imitating |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad |
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irksome |
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adj. tedious, monotonous |
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n. approval; praise |
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n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes |
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n. origin |
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ostracize |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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adj. loud and noisy |
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notorious |
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adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding |
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adj. bulging or swelling out |
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adj. devoted to religious observances |
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adj. widely known (in a bad sense) |
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callous |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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dilemma |
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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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n. an increase |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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adj. pertaining to the theater; designed for show |
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asseverate |
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v. to yield; to admit as true |
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n. improper act, manners, or expression |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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