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1. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment |
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1. to become unlike or dissimilar; change in character.
2. to make a distinction. |
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1. a conception of something in its perfection.
2. a standard of perfection or excellence.
3. a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation |
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1. adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2. the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished
3. a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition |
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1. to engage in thought or reflection; meditate
2. to indulge in conjectural thought |
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1. forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
2. any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance.
4. the state of being without a drug, as alcohol or heroin, on which one is dependent. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or capable of walking
2. adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals.
3. moving about or from place to place; not stationary |
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1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute |
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a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism |
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1. intended for instruction; instructive
2. inclined to teach or lecture others too much
3. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
4. the art or science of teaching. |
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1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
2. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc |
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1. to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.
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2. a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction |
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1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful2. trifling; frivolous; unimportant. |
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1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory
2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
3. Law . permitting no option; not to be disregarded or modified |
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1. a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
2. sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
a. the condition of having too much black bile, considered in ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominess and depression.
b. black bile.
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6. soberly thoughtful; pensive. |
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1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts
4. gruesome; grisly. |
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1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
2. characterized by great generosity |
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1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time |
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1. to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at
2. to mock at; deride. |
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1. the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.
2. Geometry . a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle |
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