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1. a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
2. any piece of work.
3. a matter of considerable labor or difficulty. |
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1. to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
2. to put or fit together; put together the parts of: to ________information for a report; to ________a toy from a kit.
3. Computers . compile ( def. 4 ) . |
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1. to be successful or fortunate, esp. in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
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2. Archaic . to make successful or fortunate. |
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1. a lavish meal; feast.
2. a ceremonious public dinner, esp. one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.
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3. to entertain or regale with a banquet: They ________the visiting prime minister in grand style.
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4. to have or attend a _______; feast: They _____on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish. |
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1. a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a _____of aid; a _____not to wage war.
2. something delivered as security for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise.
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9. to bind by or as if by a ____: to ____hearers to secrecy.
10. to promise solemnly: to ____one's support.
11. to give or deposit as a ____; pawn.
12. to stake, as one's honor. |
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–noun, plural -goes, -gos.
1. the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
2. load.
3. ____, pants or shorts having several _____pockets to hold bulky gear and small items. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an enemy: a _____nation.
4. not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable.
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5. a person or thing that is antagonistic or unfriendly.
6. Military . an enemy soldier, plane, ship, etc. |
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1. to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
2. to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to ____a passage through the crowd; to ____a statue from marble.
3. to sever (a part) from a whole by means of cutting blows (usually fol. by away, off, out, from, etc.)
4. to cut down; fell: |
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1. a container made and shaped like a barrel, esp. one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
2. the quantity such a container holds: wine at 32 guineas a ____.
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3. to place or store in a ____ |
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1. the gathering of crops.
2. the season when ripened crops are gathered.
3. a crop or yield of one growing season.
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6. to gather (a crop or the like); reap.
7. to gather the crop from: to _____the fields.
8. to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.). |
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1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to _____Christmas; to _____the success of a new play.
2. to make known publicly; proclaim: The newspaper ________the end of the war in red headlines.
3. to praise widely or to present to widespread and favorable public notice, as through newspapers or novels: a novel ______the joys of marriage; the countryside celebrated in the novels of Hardy.
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5. to observe a day or commemorate an event with ceremonies or festivities.
6. to perform a religious ceremony, esp. Mass or the Lord's Supper. |
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1. characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: _____conduct.
2. self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose.
3. (of a person) given to trifling or undue levity: a _______, empty-headed person.
4. of little or no weight, worth, or importance; not worthy of serious notice: a ______suggestion. |
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| –noun 1. the act of dying; departure from life; death. –verb (used without object) 2. to depart from life; die. |
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1. fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.
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2. usually food. |
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| –adjective 1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a ________killer. 2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: ________for attention. 3. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a ______illness. |
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