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retribution |
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adj. disgustingly excessive |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action |
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compunction |
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adj. trembling |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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n. regret for wrongdoing |
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novice |
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n. excessive greed |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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n. a beginner |
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adj. secret; stealthy |
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fiasco |
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adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive |
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n. a ludicrous and complete failure |
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adj. of various colors; of mixed ingredients |
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adj. widely known (in a bad sense) |
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flaccid |
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adj. lacking firmness |
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adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive |
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adj. fat |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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turgid |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words |
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v. to estrange |
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adj. equivalent |
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anarchy |
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adj. bulging or swelling out |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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n. state of confusion or lawlessness |
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panacea |
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n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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n. a remedy for all ills |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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anonymous |
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n. state of confusion or lawlessness |
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v. to speak clearly or distinctly |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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discourse |
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v. to converse or talk; to discuss |
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adj. fat |
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n. a disorderly quarrel |
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adj. unconquerable |
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retrieve |
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n. a principle of belief held as true |
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adv. with distrust |
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adj. widely known (in a bad sense) |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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antithesis |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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n. historical records |
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n. contrast; the direct opposite |
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compatible |
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v. to warn or find fault gently |
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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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adj. capable of existing together in harmony |
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v. to tear down completely |
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sanguinary |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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adj. winding; indirect |
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adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar |
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laconic |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. saying much in few words |
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adj. sentimental to the point of tears |
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v. to beg earnestly |
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dolorous |
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adj. gentle; polite |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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adj. bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite |
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larceny |
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adj. excessive |
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n. theft |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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banal |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad |
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adj. engaged in war |
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adj. bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite |
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refute |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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gossamer |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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n. a very thin gauzelike fabric or structure |
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zenith |
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adj. swollen, inflated; using big or high-sounding words |
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adj. accidental |
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n. the highest point |
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v. to read carefully |
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extemporaneous |
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adj. done or spoken on the spur of the moment or without preparation |
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n. trickery, deception |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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instigate |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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v. to stir tip |
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v. to instruct or uplift, particularly in morals or religion |
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adj. good-natured; friendly |
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sacrosanct |
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adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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adj. very holy |
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adj. juicy |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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fatuous |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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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. all-powerful |
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reiterate |
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n. a disorderly quarrel |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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n. a state of happiness; a high ability |
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adj. very holy |
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remunerative |
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adj. tedious, monotonous |
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v. to speak angrily or bitterly |
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adj. profitable |
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v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer |
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ken |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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n. range of sight or understanding |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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adj. coarse and stupid |
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respite |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect |
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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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writhe |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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n. an introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step |
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v. to echo |
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delectable |
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adj. very pleasing |
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v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language |
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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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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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genealogy |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives |
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vituperate |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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analogy |
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n. unwise or reckless boldness |
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n. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost |
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n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge |
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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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allude |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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v. to imprison |
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adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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misnomer |
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n. contrast; the direct opposite |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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n. a beginner |
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n. a name or term that describes wrongly |
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latent |
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adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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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. spotless; pure |
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elucidate |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing |
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lucid |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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adj. excessive |
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adj. self-satisfied |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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apprise |
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n. regret for wrongdoing |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another |
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n. a little world, or a universe in miniature |
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v. to inform |
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