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1. of, relating to, or resembling a fox
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| of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus; specifically : requiring continual and often ineffective effort |
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1. conversation, dialogue
2. a high-level serious discussion : conference
The company's employees worried and speculated as the executive team remained closeted in an intense colloquy for the entire morning |
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| affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute, or quaint |
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| 1. one that drills wells in the hope of finding oil in territory not known to be an oil field
2. one that promotes unsafe and unreliable enterprises; especially : one that sells stocks in such enterprises
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1. to work hard, drudge
2. to be in continuous agitation, churn, swirl
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| 1. of or relating to a sensory threshold
2. barely perceptible
3. of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition, in-between, transitional
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| The teenager’s careless insouciance about her schoolwork does not bode well for her grades. |
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of or related to jails or prisons
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1. a (small) measurement of weight
2. a small ammount of something |
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| lack of knowledge or awareness, ignorance |
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an array, collection, aggregation
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| of, relating to, or characterized by faithlessness or disloyalty; treacherous |
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| a feeling of agitation or anxiety |
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| to steer, direct, or guide
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| incapable of being narrated, indescribable |
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| to exploit succesfully; to increase or otherwise transform into something of much greater value |
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| leaving the nest soon after hatching |
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| ambush, a trap in which concealed persons lie in wait to attack by surprise; also : the persons so concealed or their position |
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| having or being known by multiple names |
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| marked by scandalous crime or vice : villainous (related to flagrant) |
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1. roughness
2. harshness of manner or of temper |
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| also: to waste away as by fasting |
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1: to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
2: to long for something |
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acquired or occurring in a hospital
a nosocomial infection |
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| the material or significant part of a grievance or complaint |
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| marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images |
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| the quality of being uncommunicative |
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| the quality of being expressive or talkative |
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ALSO: marked by accuracy, delicacy, or skill
ALSO: particular, showing finicky tastes |
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| a person of integrity and honor |
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a large number or quantity of
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1: to make holy or set apart for holy use
2: to respect greatly : venerate
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| extravagant, costly, rich, or magnificent |
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1: deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking
2: deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity
3a : indirectness or deliberate obscurity of speech or conduct b : an obscure or confusing statement |
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sparing, restrained
frugal to the point of stinginess |
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(n) a means of protecting against a loss
(v) to protect against a loss; to protect oneself financially |
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| ALSO: (V) to trust or believe |
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pompous, lofty
formal, stiff |
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a : lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy (ungainly movements) b : hard to handle : unwieldy (an ungainly contraption)
2: having an awkward appearance (a large ungainly bird) |
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| a : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : precursor b : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come |
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not plain and straightforward : devious (a mealymouthed politician)
(a mealymouthed compliment from a jealous competitor) |
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1: to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure (begrudge money)
2: to look upon with disapproval (begrudge their rivals' success) |
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| to raise trivial and frivolous objections |
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| to prolong in time or space, to extend or make larger |
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1: to strike or sting with or as if with nettles
2: to arouse to sharp but transitory annoyance or anger
(The mayor's recent actions have nettled some members of the community.) |
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| marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite |
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1. gentry; of or belonging to the gentry
2. courtesy; decorum of conduct |
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1. negligent; lacking in due care
2. slow, sluggish |
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having an inflexible or ultraconservative character
(the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years) |
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| to skip about in play : frisk, frolic |
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1: disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse (raucous voices)
2: boisterously disorderly (a…raucous frontier town — Truman Capote) |
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arbitrary, overbearing; having no cern for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others
(a high-handed judge) |
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1a. to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
1b. to give by way of reply (refused to vouchsafe an explanation)
2. to grant as a privilege or special favor (He vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples.) |
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1. the tossing of cargo as to make a ship lighter
2. to do as above
3. to get rid of something superfluous or encumbering |
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| one who is apparently or supposedly unresponsive to pleasure or pain |
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1. having a drooping crest or hanging head
2. feeling shame or humiliation; dejected
(she was crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job) |
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to eat into; corrode
to chafe or irritate; to wear away
to cause or experience emotional strain
to decorate with designs or carve patterns on |
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(n) one that serves merely for wages; especially; a soldier hired into foreign service
(adj) serving merely for pay or sordid advantage; venal; also: greedy
His motives in choosing a career were purely mercenary.
They were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned. |
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1. to lapse morally or in the practice of religion
2. to revert to a worse condition : retrogress
Smokers who quit often backslide within a year. |
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desiring material possessions urgently and excessively and often to the point of ruthlessness
Her grasping children fought over her property when she died. |
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1. excessively grasping or covetous
2. living on prey
3. ravenous (a rapacious appetite) |
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| a major division of a long poem |
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| embarrassment, mortification, abashment |
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| a tool used to hold something in place, such as by a carpenter |
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| a workshop; an artist or designer's studio |
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| rapidity of motion or action |
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notable polite or polished in manner
1. The dialogue is witty and urbane.
2. ...a gentlemanly and urbane host of elegant dinner parties. |
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1. having discrete markings of different colors (variegated leaves)
2. varied
(a variety of variegated tulip that is highly prized by gardeners) |
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1 : the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
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a : linguistics; especially : historical and comparative linguistics b : the study of human speech especially as the vehicle of literature and as a field of study that sheds light on cultural history |
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1. (v) to convene, call together, collect
2. (v)to come together, congregate
3. (n) an act of assembling
4. (n) a specimien or sample |
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1. inhabitants; citizens
2. people who frequent a particular place |
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(n) : ruler, sovereign; broadly : one who wields great power or sway
Charles inherited the position of potentate of the Holy Roman Empire from his grandfather, as well that of king of Spain from his father. |
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| one who abandons their faith or defects from their previous loyalties |
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high praise
a praiseful speech, especially honoring the dead |
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a type of poem
a poem mourning the dead |
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| one who switches to an opposing side or party, a traitor |
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peevish
rude or insolent in speech or behavious |
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dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor
(He hated the drudgery of his work.) |
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| omission of a sound or syllable |
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(adj) : lagging or tending to lag : dilatory
(n) one who is as abovee.
e.g., laggard motorists |
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1. a quantity of paper
2. a large amount of something |
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1: the top of a mast
2a : the printed matter in a newspaper or periodical that gives the title and details of ownership, advertising rates, and subscription rates b : the name of a publication (as a newspaper) displayed on the top of the first page |
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| 1a : causing little or no pain
1b : slow to develop or heal
2a : averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
2b : conducive to or encouraging laziness
2c : exhibiting indolence |
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| miser; a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means |
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(n) a : a rude or unscrupulous person b : a person who uses foul or abusive language
(v) : to talk about or address in abusive terms |
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1: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness, recklessness
2: an act or instance of temerity
(She had the temerity to ask my boyfriend if she could go out with him should he and I ever break up.) |
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timid, fearful, expressing or showing timidity
e.g., proceed with doubtful and timorous steps — Edward Gibbon |
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1: a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
2: a modern heroic narrative resembling the Icelandic saga
3: a long detailed account (e.g., a saga of the Old South) |
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