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- deserving to be blamed (The judge ruled that both drivers were equally blameworthy and threw out their lawsuit against each other.)
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- a sudden and severe misfortune; a disaster (Failure to put the campfire out completely resulted in a catastrophe.)
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- to express disapproval; to scold (Winona's parents chide her if she uses bad manners.)
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- a lack of something necessary for completeness or pefection; a fault; an imperfection (This coat was on sale because it has a tiny defect in the lining.)
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- a false statement; a lie (Tim's story of how he spent the afternoon was filled with falsehoods.)
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- to steal, especially something small or of little value (Each girl accused the other of trying to filch her pencil.)
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- causing death (Many medicines are lethal if too large a dose is taken.)
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- the outer boundary of an area or the total length of this boundary (Dad measured the yard's perimeter to see how much fencing he would need to buy.)
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- appearing or happening again or from time to time (The beauty of nature is a recurrent theme in the poems of Robert Frost.)
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- long and tired; boring (Copying the entire paper by hand was tedious work.)
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- to keep someone from doing something or keep a thing from being done (The bank's refusal to lend us money will thwart our plans to buy a house.)
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- to move in an unsteady way due to a problem with balance; to stand or walk in a shaky way (The baby managed to totter four steps.)
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- to bring up to date with additions or corrections; to make known the most recent facts, ideas, and so on (Ling will update us on our plans for the class party.)
- a current version or updated report (Mom kept switching stations, hoping for an update on the weather.)
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- having or showing very strong feeling; intensely emotional (The plan to chop down the forest to build new airport runways was met with vehement objections.)
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- in a straight up-and-down position; upright (The sides of a house are usually vertical.)
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