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1.sharpness; acuteness; keenness |
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1.to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
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to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care. |
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1.corrupt, wicked, or perverted. |
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1.to edit or change (a text).
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to free from faults or errors; correct. |
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1.to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken. |
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1.understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions.
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belonging to the select few.
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private; secret; confidential.
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(of a philosophical doctrine or the like) intended to be revealed only to the initiates of a group |
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1.producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful: fecund parents; fecund farmland.
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very productive or creative intellectually: the fecund years of the Italian Renaissance. |
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1.an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: a royal fiat. Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
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a fixed form of words containing the word fiat, by which a person in authority gives sanction, or authorization.
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an arbitrary decree or pronouncement, especially by a person or group of persons having absolute authority to enforce it: The king ruled by fiat. |
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1.a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion: The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination.
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a feigned, invented, or imagined story, theory, etc.: biographical and historical figments. |
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1.to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place.
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to get; acquire; earn: He gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert.
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to gather, collect, or hoard. |
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1.to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
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to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield. |
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1.a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
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the physical constitution peculiar to an individual.
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a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, especially susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc. Compare allergy ( def. 1 ) . |
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1.disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
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shameful or dishonorable quality or conduct or an instance of this. |
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1.a curse; imprecation.
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the utterance of a curse.
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slander. |
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1.of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly: mundane affairs.
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common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
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of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth. |
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1.a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
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a very slight difference or variation in color or tone. |
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1.presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud: a brash, insolent, overweening fellow.
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exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant: overweening prejudice; overweening pride. |
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1.a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports. |
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1.reported or supposed to be such |
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1.a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
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a false argument; sophism. |
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1.entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
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luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid: a sumptuous feast. |
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1.existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants. |
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