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debacle |
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n. breaking up; downfall |
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v. confuse; puzzle |
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v. attribute; ascribe |
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adj. without feeling |
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cauterize |
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n. fitness; talent |
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v. burn with hot iron or
caustic |
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adj. not to be taken away;
nontransferable |
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n. serious or fatal accident |
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squabble |
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n. small group of persons secretly
united to promote their own interests |
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adj. disloyal |
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n. minor quarrel; bickering |
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v. waste |
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vulpine |
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v. reduce; exhaust |
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n. projection; conjecture |
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n. lavish expenditure;
overabundant condition |
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adj. like a fox; crafty |
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hibernate |
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v. sleep throughout the
winter |
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adj. deprived of; lacking |
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v. worsen; diminish in value |
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adj. ordinary; unimaginative |
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gambit |
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v. remove (forcible) |
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adj. deserving blame |
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v. abstain from; resist n.
chorus |
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n. opening in chess in which a
piece is sacrificed |
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metallurgical |
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adj. lustful |
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adj. praising |
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adj. at the point of death |
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adj. pertaining to the art of
removing metals from ores |
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maxim |
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n. meeting |
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n. proverb; a truth pithily
stated |
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adj. shining; issuing light |
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n. forewarning |
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ephemeral |
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adj. confused; discomposed |
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adj. short-lived; fleeting |
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adj. motionless; stale |
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v. provide a refuge for; hide |
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reparable |
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adj. pertaining to marriage |
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adj. proper; appropriate |
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v. recede; lessen |
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adj. capable of being
repaired |
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genre |
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n. particular variety of art or
literature |
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n. study of language |
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adj. haphazard; careless |
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n. ungrateful person |
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thrifty |
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n. union; coalition |
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v. dig into |
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adj. careful about money;
economical |
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v. equip |
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rote |
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adj. having an evil influence;
virulent |
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n. repetition |
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adj. neat and trim |
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n. one who serves for hire
(usually used contemptuously) |
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erode |
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n. place of spiritual
expiation |
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v. eat away |
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n. excuse |
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n. varying form of an element |
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appreciate |
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v. weaken; sap |
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v. be thankful for; increase in
worth |
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adj. reserved or aloof; cold in
manner |
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v. quench; sate |
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nutrient |
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adj. concise; meaty |
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n. nourishing substance |
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adj. secret; mysterious |
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adj. attractive; agreeable |
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finite |
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n. harmless substance prescribed
as a dummy pill |
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v. agree |
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v. steal another's ideas and pass
them off as one's own |
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adj. limited |
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execrate |
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n. retort; comeback |
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n. boredom; weariness |
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n. something new; newness |
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v. curse; express abhorrence
for |
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ogle |
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v. move briskly |
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n. violation of a law; sin |
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v. glance coquettishly at; make
eyes at |
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adj. showy; pretentious |
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esteem |
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n. clothing |
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n. violation |
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adj. faultfinding |
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v. respect; value |
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