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| n. the native language or dialect of a country or region; everyday or informal language; adj. using everyday language. |
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| adj. the effective use of words designed to be impressive; showy and oratorical |
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| adj. stimulating; pushing or tending toward an action, thought, or strong feeling |
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| v. to emphasize; to heighten the effect of; to pronounce or mark with an accent |
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| n. condition or state of being complex, involved, or detailed; elaborateness. |
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| adj. given to examination of ones own thoughts and feelings; contemplative |
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| adj. well chosen for the occasion; appropriate; apt; having an agreeable or delightful manner of writing or speaking. |
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| v. to take (power, rights, position, etc.) buy force, wrongfully, or without rights. |
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| adj. of wide scope;inclusive; thorough |
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| adj. having more than one possible meaning; uncertain; vague or unclear |
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| n. introductory lines of a play; the preface to a literary work; an introductory or a preceding event |
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| n. an opinion without proof; guesswork; v. to speculate; to guess |
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| adj. brief and to the point (in writing or speaking); concise |
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| n. an individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings. |
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| n. a symbolic story in which people, setting, or actions represent ideas or moral qualities |
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| adj. lacking moral restraint; very wicked; immoral; undisciplined. |
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| n. the main character in a story or play; a person who plays a leading or active part in something |
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| adj. contemptible; deserving of scorn; vile |
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| adj. not suitable or appropriate; not consistent, not conforming to a pattern |
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| n. the quality of being fierce, savage, or relentless |
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| n. a meeting fro discussing a particular subject; a collection of writing on a subject |
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| v. to indicate or suggest beforehand; to give a warning of. |
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| v. to examine closely or critically |
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| adj. avoiding by cleverness; not straightforward; misleading. |
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| v. to conclude on the basis of reasoning observation |
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| adj. easily understood; clear; rational and sane |
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| v. to make a perpetual, ongoing or constant to cause to be remembered |
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| v. to call fort; to bring out; to elicit; to produce (a reaction) |
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| n. a word or phrase that describes or characterizes a person or thing; a descriptive name. |
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| adj. praiseworthy; commendable |
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| n. an inexperienced person; a beginner |
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| n. teasing or mocking in a good natured, playful manner; v. engage in such playfulness |
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| n. the suggested, or implied, meaning of a word, not its strict literal meaning; an idea or feeling associated with a word |
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| adj. having a longing for things past |
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| n. fixed or regular pay; a salary or allowance |
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| adj. wealthy; abundant; plentiful |
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| v. to decorate or adorn; to improve a story by adding details, even false ones |
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| n. briefness of duration; shortness; the quality of being concise or to the point |
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| v. to drink in or absorb; to take in with the mind and keep (as in ideas or principles) |
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| n. a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters |
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| n. a prod for driving cattle; anything that drives or urges; an irritating stimulus; v. to prod into action; to urge on |
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| adj. not committing to any one position or course of action; not revealing ones purpose or position |
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| adj. not committing to any one position or course of action; not revealing ones purpose or position |
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| n. the act of declaring something; a claim or declaration stated positively |
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| adj. impractically idealistic; marked by a romantic notion of noble or chivalric ideas deeds |
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| adj. logically connected; consistent; clearly expressed |
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| v. to talk or argue violently and loudly; to denounce; t explode suddenly |
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| n. the long snout of an animal; a nose, especially a prominent one; a tubular organ |
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| adj. impossible to explain or understand |
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| v. to guess or supposed; n. a guess based on a little |
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| adj. of the highest point; of the most intense part of a story or event |
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| n. loyalty, faithfulness; accuracy; accuracy of the reproduction of a sound or picture |
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| n. a brief, entertaining account of an interesting incident |
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| adj. loyal, steadfast; strong or solid; watertight; v. to check the flow of (blood, etc.) |
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| n. a person with extraordinary talents, especially a highly gifted child; an act or thing that causes amazement ; a marvel |
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| n. something that someone does very well; a strong point |
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| n. a short concluding section at the end of a literary work; speech at the end of a play |
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| n. a mark of shame; a stain; in botany, the portion of a flower's pistil on which pollens deposited for germination |
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| n. a person suffering from abnormal anxiety about his or her health; one who imagines he or she is sick or has symptoms of a disease |
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| adj. done, said, or performed with a little or no preparation; unrehearsed; offhand |
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| adj. submissive; obedient; useful or of service, especially as a subordinate |
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| n. a fundamental principle, rule, or step (usually used in the plural); an early or undeveloped form or stage |
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| v. to make mocking remarks; to jeer; to scoff at; n. a derisive remark; a taunt |
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| adj. conceited and arrogant; crudely and unpleasantly forward |
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| n. a quick, witty reply or retort; skill in making a clever, witty replies |
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| adj. in agreement, accord, harmony; n. any letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel. |
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| v. to satisfy an appetite fully; to provide with more than enough; to glut |
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| n. authorized permission or approval; a step taken by a country to force another country to obey international law; v. confirm, approve, or permit officially |
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| adj. animated; lively; spirited; sprightly |
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| v. to quote; to mention by way of example or proof; to commend for bravery in an official report; to summon before a court. |
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| adj. having a pleasant appearance; attractive; suitable |
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| n. a villain; an evildoer; adj. criminal; evil |
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| v. to show off; to display oneself proudly or conspicuously |
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| adj. false; mistaken; incorrect |
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| n. a process, condition, or period of decline or decay; deterioration; moral decay |
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| n. generalization, oversimplified view or opinion that members of a group rigidly apply to a thing, an idea, or another group |
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| adj. claiming an unserved distinction; affectedly grand |
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| adj. too showy; done in an overly elaborate way to attract attention |
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| adj. too sever in judgment |
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| adj. easily angered; given to outburst of temper; irritable |
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| n. a mouselike animal that eats insects; a bad tempered, nagging woman. |
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| adj. profitable; producing money or wealth |
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| adj. talking too much, especially about unimportant things. |
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| v. to shorten the number of words; to condense |
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| adj. wordy, using or containing more words than necessary |
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| v. to call upon a higher power for assistance; to ask or appeal for; to call forth |
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| n. the quality or condition of being complete or settled; conclusiveness |
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| adj. without previous thought or preparation; spontaneous |
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| adj. showing scorn and haughtiness; disdainful; aloof or conceited |
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| n. a correction; a change in a written text |
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| adj. not capable of being touched; not material; vague |
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| adj. characteristic of a particular language |
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| n. an oath or exclamation, usually profane; a word with no meaning of its own, used to complete the pattern of a phrase or sentance |
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| adj. friendly, cordial, pleasant and easy to talk to; showing friendliness |
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| n. a long narrow pillow; anything used as a support; v. to prop up, support or reinforce |
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| v. to give, do. or take in return; to move wiht a backward-forward motion |
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| adj. full of longing; yearning; wishful |
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| n. frenzied anger; rage; public uproar or outburst of indignation; great enthusiasm for |
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| n. a trick, excuse, or deception used to escape something unpleasant |
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| adj. gaudy; showy and cheap |
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| disparaging; belittling;meant to show an unfavorable opinion |
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| fond of eating and drinking with friends;festive, social |
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| to grantor agree condescendingly to do something;stoop |
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| a natural attraction or liking for a person or a thing; a close relationship |
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| hard to please, easily disgusted; overly dainty |
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| to move back and forth like a pendulum; to vary between 2 or more opinions, thoughts or actions; to vacillate |
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| fearlessly daring; bold; insolent; contemptuous decorum |
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| a person who had refined tastes in eating and drinking |
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| to bring oneself into someone's good graces or favor |
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| an orderly arrangment of persons or objects; splendid dress; to set in proper order(especially soldiers); to dress or adorn |
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| to strips off the skin, as by whipping; to scold or criticize severely. |
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| a crime of such seriousness(such as murder, kidnapping, or burglary) that it is punishable by a sever sentance |
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| producing the desired effect; effective |
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| to explain in a manner that is false but seeems reasonable; to devise self serving but false reasons; to explain away |
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| to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities, a person having low moral standards; adj. having grown worse or deteriorated |
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| domineering; overbearing; arogant |
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| to give in or yield to something; to become less harsh |
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| wishing harm or evil t others; showing or having ill will toward others; spiteful |
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| wishing harm or evil t others; showing or having ill will toward others; spiteful |
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| a horseback rider; adj. pertaining to horses or the riding of horses |
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| to toss back and forth; to exchange; to discuss lightly |
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