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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
2. the object, state, or result desired or sought after
3. desire for work or activity; energy
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4. to seek after earnestly; aspire to. |
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1. to serve to distinguish between
2. to perceive, show,
3. to become dissimilar or distinct
4. to change during development to more specialized forms |
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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
4. an ultimate object or aim of endeavor, especially one of high or noble character
5. something that exists only in the imagination.
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6. conceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence
7. regarded as perfect of its kind
8. existing only in the imagination; not real or actual
9. advantageous; excellent; best |
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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.
3. to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks |
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1. forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages
2. any self-restraint, self-denial, or forbearance.
3. the conserving of current income in order to build up capital or savings. |
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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,or destitute
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2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance |
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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. |
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a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism |
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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 destroy the ideals, illusions, or false ideas of |
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1. incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
2. trifling; frivolous; unimportant |
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1. authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory
2. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a command.
3.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
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3. affected with, characterized by, mournful; depressed
4. causing sadness; saddening |
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1. suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme
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 mock at; deride.
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2. an expression of mockery, derision, doubt, or derisive scorn; jeer.
3. an object of mockery or derision |
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1. the path described by an object moving in air or space under the influence of such forces as thrust, wind resistance, and gravity |
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