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| verb intransitive--to block up or fill with what is obstructive or superfluous. |
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| noun--a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock. |
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| adjective--mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner. |
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| noun--a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult. |
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| adjective--having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful. |
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| noun--a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste. |
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| verb (v.i. and v.t.)--to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax. |
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| adjective--indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures. |
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| adjective--vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous. |
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| verb intransitive--to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship. |
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