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able to get or retain ideas or information, concerned with acquiring
wealth or property
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| to claim or take without right. |
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way;
(n.) petty, nagging criticism
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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| to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model |
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| a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
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| to avoid, shun, keep away from |
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| relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting |
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| so great or demanding as not to be satisfied |
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment.
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of
preliminary inspection or examination.
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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| habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little. |
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision, to compromise
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capable of being held or defended.
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