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1. a person who has invested personal weath in business
2. a very wealthy person |
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Surrender; ending resistance |
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to cut off the head of; to behead |
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1. a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock
2. the edge of a dangerous situation |
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1. to throw down from a great height
2. to make happen suddenly or quickly
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speeding along heedlessly; headstrong |
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1. the restatement of a main idea
2. a summary or concise review |
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1. pertaining to the brain
2. intellectual |
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the action of thinking; thought |
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to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something) |
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1. to wipe out; to obliterate. also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out
2. to make oneself inconspicuous |
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1. a face of a building
2. the face or front of anything, especially and artificial or false front |
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1. one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel
2. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth |
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to insult intentionally; to offend or embrass
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an insult or offensive act |
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1. to stand or come directly in front of
2. to face with defiance or hositility |
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flippant or insultion boldness; audacity |
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disdainful; haughty and aloof |
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relentless; unyeilding |
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1. a shrine where the ancient greeks consulted one of their gods for advice r prophecy
2. a prophecy made at such a shrine
3. a person who transmits prophecy from a deity
4. a person or thing regarded as able to give wise guidance |
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an address or formal speech given on a special occasion |
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a mouth or vent; an opening |
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to kiss (usually used playfully) |
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1. a written contract between two parties
2. an agreement binding an apprentice to work for a master
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to bind by written contract |
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a long three-pronged fork or weapon |
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a specialist who corrests irregularly positioned teeth |
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1. a deep, narrow passage with rocky sides, enclosed between mountains
2. gluttonous eating
3. a feeling of nausea
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1. to eat greedily
2. to fill full; to stuff |
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1. to expel from the throat or stomach;to vomit
2. to discharge violently |
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of immense size; gigantic |
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a grotesque carved human or animal figure, especially one used as a rainspout carrying water clear of a wall |
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1. to cause to pour back or cast up partially digested food; to vomit
2. to rush or surge back |
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