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| adj. thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, baltant |
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| n. light and playful conversation |
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| v. to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent |
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| v. to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first |
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| n. one of a series of levels or grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement |
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| v. to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful |
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| adj. stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way |
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| adj. that cannot be disproved; beyond argument |
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| n. a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
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| adj. lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted |
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| n. a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternatingwith responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list |
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| adj. grisly, gruesome;horrible, distressing; having death as a subject |
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| n. an inadecuate quantity, scarcity, dearth |
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| v. to indicate beforhand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of |
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| v. to tear down, destroy completely; to cut off or scrape off or out |
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| v. to withdraw a satement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract |
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| v. to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully |
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| adj. of gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood |
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| v. to cast off, discard, to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through or as if through mud, n. a mire, state of depression |
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| adj. pertaining to the essence or substance of something; existing in its own right; real; not apparent; solid; of major importance |
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