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| a secret society or fraternal organization, esp. chinese, in the U.S. formerly notorious for gang warfare |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| an act of retaliation, esp. political or military |
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| immoral or unprincipled person |
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| criticism for a fault; rebuke |
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| to refuse or accept; disown |
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| special mass for the repose of the soul of a dead person |
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| an official claim laying claim to the use of property or materials |
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| give something in return for something else; repay |
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| to cancel or repeal; invalidate; retract |
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| increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity or occurrence |
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| quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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| group of attendants accompanying an important person |
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| reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty |
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| person who is cowardly, unfaithful or treacherous |
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| criticize someone in angry and abusive language |
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| pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes |
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| feeling of loathing; disgust |
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| blame or rebuke someone; scold |
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| to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss or expense |
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| person that deserts a cause, political party, religious group, etc. |
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| feel or show discontent; fret |
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| the act or process of reporting news |
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| deserving blame; culpable |
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| to move, live or play freely or irresponsibly |
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| picture painted in watercolor on a wall or ceiling before the plaster is dry |
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| band of sculpture or decoration round the top of a wall or building |
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| dirty and untidy; ill-smelling; slovenly; unkempt |
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| cause something to bear fruit or be fruitful |
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| point on which a lever is supported |
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| protest strongly and loudly; berate, thunder out, explode; to loudly attack or denounce |
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| disgusting; offensive due to excessiveness |
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| person with official duties |
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| person who stimulates or annoys, esp. by persistent criticism |
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| to vex or irritate greatly |
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| producing an electric current by chemical action |
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| to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock |
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| opening move in chess in which a player sacrifices a piece in order to win an advantage later |
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| jump or skip about playfully |
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| talking too much, about unimportant things |
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(adj.) socially awkward or clumsy
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| socially awkward, tactless behavior |
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| people of good social position next below the nobility |
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| government ruled by old people |
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| arrange the boundaries of or divide an area for voting in order to give unfair advantages to one part in an election |
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| nonchalant, insincere, though speaking fluently and without hesitation |
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| supply with much more than is needed; fill to excess |
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| to shirk duty or responsibility |
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| gradual change from one thing to another |
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| planned on a large scale; intended to seem imposing |
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| to play or act so as to impress onlookers |
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| rope or chain used to keep something steady or secured |
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| a writer who aims solely for commercial success |
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| lacking in freshness or originality |
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| lacking dexterity or grace |
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| a loud, long passionate speech |
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| seasoned or steeled by difficult experience; tough |
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1. tool used to break up the earth
2. torture |
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| to give respectful attention to |
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| to harass with impertinent questions, gibes or the like |
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| handle or wheel for moving the rudder of a ship or boat |
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| tightly closed so that air cannot escape or enter |
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| one that a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
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| not conforming with accepted standards or beliefs |
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| of or pertaining to winter |
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| having an inflexible or ultraconservative character |
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| to hasten; speed; go in haste |
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| extravagantly grand and pretentious |
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| land lying behind something, esp. a coast or the shore of a river |
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| extremely old; ancient; white with age |
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| the common people; the masses |
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| arrogant presumption or pride |
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| the organic component of soil |
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| exaggerated statements or claims, not meant to be taken literally |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| dishonorable, shameful, undignified |
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| shame or humiliation; disgrace |
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| persons who are or who claim to be unusually enlightened |
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| based on illusion; deceptive |
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| complicated, confused or embarrassing situation |
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| extending or existing since beyond the reach of memory, record or tradition |
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| kill somebody as a sacrifice |
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| imprison somebody; shut in |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| have an effect on something |
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| not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| persistent, esp. in making requests or demands |
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| (verb) ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something |
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| the action of deliberately deceiving by pretending to be somebody else |
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| indecent or unsuitable behavior |
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| lacking foresight; unwary |
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| rash; not wise or discreet |
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| marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others |
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| to challenge as false; cast doubt upon |
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| lack of power or effectiveness; weakness; powerlessness |
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| exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action |
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| attribute something to somebody |
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| female sweetheart or lover |
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| without meaning; silly or stupid |
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| glowing or shining when heated |
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| in an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| small and relatively unimportant |
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| in an initial stage; beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| mark or decorate with a cut or series of cuts |
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| thoughtless; inconsiderate |
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| uncomfortable, usually because it is too small; inconvenient; not spacious |
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| bad beyond correction or reform; not capable of being improved |
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| to implant (an idea or feeling) by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly |
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| necessary as a part of somebody's duty |
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| cause oneself to suffer; bring upon oneself |
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| never giving up or stopping in spite of tiredness or difficulty; tireless |
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| promise to compensate somebody for any harm he may suffer |
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| security against hurt, loss or damage |
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| to cause somebody to have a particular set of beliefs, esp. by teaching which excludes other points of view |
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| that cannot be subdued or overcome; unyielding; unconquered |
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| too great to be described in words |
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| not to be avoided, changed or resisted; inevitable |
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| unyielding; continuing unstoppably; relentless |
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| unfortunate; not appropriate in application or expression |
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| break (a rule, agreement, etc.) |
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| simple, unsophisticated, innocent girl |
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| candid; lacking in sophistication; not attempting to deceive or conceal; innocent |
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| to establish oneself in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort |
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