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| (n) a substance that contracts bodily tissues - (adj) causing contraction; tightening; stern, austere |
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| (v) to waste away, as from lack of use; to wither |
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| (n) an absolute monarchy; goverment where one person holds power - autocrat |
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| (adj) conferring benefits; kindly; doing good |
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| (n) insincere or hypocritical statements of high ideals; the jargon of a particular group or occupation |
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| (n) crude or surly behavior, behavior of a peasant |
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| (n) a parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote |
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| (adj) too sugary; too sentimental or flattering |
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| (adj) to the point; clear; convincing in its clarity and presentation |
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| (adj) possessing the power to think or meditate; meditative; capable of perception |
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| (adj) touching; or adjoining and close, but not touching |
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| (adj) stupid, unrefined; gross |
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| (n) disaster; collapse; a rout |
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| (v) to enfeeble; to wear out |
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| (adj) suitable; proper; seemly |
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| (adj) harmful; hurtful; noxious |
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| (v) to defame, to blacken or sully; to belittle |
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| (v) to express disapproval of; to protest against |
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| (v) to laugh at with contempt; to mock |
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| (adj) spread out; verbose; not focused |
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| (v) to converse; to communicate in orderly fashion |
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| (adj) separate; individually distinct |
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| (n) an overflowing of high spirits; effervescence |
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| (adj) softening or soothing to the skin; having power to soften or relax living tissues |
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| (v) to weaken; to deprive of nerve or strength |
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| (adj) vanishing quickly; dissipating like a vapor |
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| (v) to speak against; to contradict; to deny |
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| (adj) calm; not easily excited |
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| (adj) getting to the heart of things; to the point |
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| (adj) noble; honorable; candid; naive |
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| (adj) sparing of words; terse; pithy |
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| (v) to soften by steeping in liquid (i.e. stomach juices) |
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| (adj) spotted, blotched; hence defiled, impure - (v) to stain, spot, defile |
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| (n) a quality of nobleness of mind, disdaining meanness or revenge |
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| (n) model, prototype; pattern |
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| (adj) very frugal; unwilling to spend |
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| (adj) emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching |
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| (adj) peevish; cranky; rude |
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| (v) to speack equivocally or evasively, i.e., to lie |
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| (n) state of being at rest or without motion |
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| (n) strong ill will; enmity |
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| (adj) stubbornly rebellious |
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| (adj) not genuine, false; bogus |
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| (adj) inclined to silence; speaking little; dour, stern |
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