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(n) a loud ringering sound;
(v) to make a loud ringing noise |
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| (v) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
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| (v) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
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(n) a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated;
(v) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
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| (v) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
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| (adj) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
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| (v) to ooze out; to discharge through the pores; to emanate (as a quality or a personal impression) |
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| (adj) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
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| (n) an eager desire for something; greed |
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| (v) to enslave; to imprison; to captivate, charm, hold spellbound |
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| (adj) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) |
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| (adj) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
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| (adj) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence |
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| (adj) superior, outstanding; prominent |
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| (n) a model of excellence or perfection |
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| (adj) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
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| (adj) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious |
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| (adj) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestiong of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
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| (adj) dull, ordinary, lacking in distinction and originality; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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(v) to restate in other words;
(n) a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
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| (adj) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
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