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anachronism |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing |
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adj. pertaining to spring |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad |
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cantankerous |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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adj. serving as a model; commendable |
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adj. stubborn in determination not to be subdued |
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provisional |
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adj. free from feeling or partiality |
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n. an officeholder |
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adj. all-powerful |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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kaleidoscopic |
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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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obviate |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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adj. sharp or harsh in language or temper |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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fiasco |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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n. a ludicrous and complete failure |
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v. to greet |
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v. to follow or result |
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flaunt |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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n. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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ephemeral |
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n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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n. one who is at home in all countries |
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adj. very short-lived |
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adj. lacking in self-confidence |
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novice |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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n. a beginner |
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accolade |
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v. to set forth in detail; to explain |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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n. an award or salute |
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collusion |
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adj. full of enthusiasm or eagerness |
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n. a face |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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precarious |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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adj. uncertain or risky |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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truculent |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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adj. saying much in few words |
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adj. unconquerable |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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instigate |
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adv. with one's identity concealed |
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v. to stir tip |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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consensus |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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n. general agreement |
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adj. burdensome and clumsy |
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genealogy |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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n. a record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives |
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n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes |
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adj. tending to induce sleep |
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elicit |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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v. to draw out |
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v. to boast |
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supine |
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adj. entertaining |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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adj. deadly |
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adj. lying flat on the back; inert, inactive, averse to taking action |
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belligerent |
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adj. horrible, deathlike |
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adj. engaged in war |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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forbear |
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adj. dark; cloudy |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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adj. forceful |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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imminent |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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adj. very short-lived |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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adj. likely to occur soon |
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import |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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adj. spotless; pure |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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chicanery |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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n. trickery, deception |
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commodious |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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n. an opponent |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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adj. roomy |
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belie |
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n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect |
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v. to give a false idea of |
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n. two words having the same sound but different meanings |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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equanimity |
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adj. sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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annals |
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adj. stubborn in determination not to be subdued |
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n. a privilege or power attaching to a position |
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n. historical records |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation |
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culpable |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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v. to guess |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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n. trust or belief |
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atheist |
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n. one who denies that God exists |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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n. a dull and commonplace remark |
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low |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. containing hidden meaning |
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v. to bellow softly like cattle |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes |
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fluctuate |
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v. to give a false idea of |
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v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly |
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n. an award or salute |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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allude |
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adj. lacking firmness |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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n. a curse |
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peremptory |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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n. amazement; lack of courage caused by fearful prospect |
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morose |
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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. elaborately showy |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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adj. hurried; hence, superficial |
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copious |
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adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors |
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adj. plentiful |
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v. to stir tip |
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v. to agree to |
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sinister |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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adj. no longer existing or active |
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integrity |
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adj. incapable of being penetrated |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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n. honesty, moral soundness |
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n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor |
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deity |
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n. a god |
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adj. incapable of being defended or held |
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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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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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dearth |
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adv. with one's identity concealed |
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n. scarcity |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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homonym |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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n. two words having the same sound but different meanings |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. incurring public disgrace |
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