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insatiable |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw
from one's country |
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v. to check or hinder |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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anonymous |
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ad. indicating a happy
outcome |
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n. one who denies that God
exists |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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v. to root out, destroy
totally |
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atheist |
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v. to make clear; to explain |
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n. a state of happiness; a high
ability |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected
way |
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n. one who denies that God
exists |
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cogent |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make
unnecessary by appropriate actions |
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adj. pertaining to the common
people; hence, common or vulgar |
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adj. having the force to compel,
usually by appealing to reason |
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n. approval; praise |
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apprehensive |
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adj. fearful |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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n. working together secretly for
an evil purpose |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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compensation |
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n. payment for services |
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v. to give a false idea of |
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v. to draw out |
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adj. sacrificing moral principles
in order to attain power; politically cunning |
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countenance |
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adj. excessive |
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n. eagerness; cheerful
promptness |
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adj. worthy of belief |
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n. a face |
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fictitious |
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n. amazement; lack of courage
caused by fearful prospect |
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n. a remedy for all ills |
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adj. unreal; made-up |
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v. to paralyze with horror, fear,
or surprise |
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archetype |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise
form; to sum up |
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adj. inclined to quarrel;
warlike |
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n. an original pattern |
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n. one who proudly shows off his
learning or who overrates his knowledge |
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erudite |
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adj. acting solely from a
consideration of reward or profit |
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adj. having or containing a lot of
specialist knowledge |
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v. to exclaim or utter
suddenly |
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adj. moderate in the use of food
or drink |
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plagiarism |
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adj. roomy |
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v. to yield; to admit as true |
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n. adopting and reproducing,
without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of
another and passing them off as one's own |
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v. to exercise self control; to
keep from |
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innuendo |
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n. an indirect reference or
suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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adj. festive; gay |
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adj. having the force to compel,
usually by appealing to reason |
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adj. objectionable |
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raconteur |
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n. a little world, or a universe
in miniature |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to
extravagance |
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adj. excessive |
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misanthropic |
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adj. deserving blame or
censure |
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adj. excessive |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely
and noticeably bad |
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adj. hating or distrusting
mankind |
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incisive |
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v. to be sorry for |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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adj. inclined to believe anything;
easily imposed upon |
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adv. with distrust |
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onus |
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n. nearness |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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n. boredom; weariness of mind |
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n. burden; duty |
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aesthetic |
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n. compelling a person by physical
force or other means to do something against his
will |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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adj. winding; indirect |
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adj. pertaining to the
beautiful |
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convivial |
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adj. secret; stealthy |
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n. feeling of displeasure or
indignation resulting from mistreatment or
abuse |
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adj. swollen, inflated; using big
or high-sounding words |
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adj. festive; gay |
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dolorous |
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adj. constantly changing or
varying in pattern or scenes |
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n. an indirect reference or
suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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n. a privilege or power attaching
to a position |
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culpable |
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adj. deserving blame or
censure |
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adj. inclined to believe anything;
easily imposed upon |
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v. to quicken, speed tip |
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n. eagerness; cheerful
promptness |
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anthology |
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n. an indirect reference or
suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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n. payment for services |
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n. a collection of choice literary
works |
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n. one who dabbles in the fine
arts for amusement only and without concentrated
study |
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promulgate |
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adj. fearful |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the
world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to
spread abroad |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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crass |
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adj. rigorously self-denying |
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adv. with distrust |
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adj. traveling about;
wandering |
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adj. coarse and stupid |
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proletariat |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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v. to express sympathy with
another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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adj. devoted to religious
observances |
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adj. objectionable |
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sleazy |
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n. a cliff |
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n. a distortion of the face to
express an attitude or feeling |
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n. one who is at home in all
countries |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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grimace |
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adj. smooth-spoken, fluent |
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v. to twist about (usually with
pain) |
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n. a distortion of the face to
express an attitude or feeling |
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v. to express sympathy with
another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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exultation |
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n. faithfulness |
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adj. positive in expressing an
opinion |
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n. coward |
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n. great rejoicing |
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bizarre |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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adj. queer; unusual in
appearance |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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ubiquitous |
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v. to postpone or put off to
another time |
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adj. all-powerful |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected
way |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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exotic |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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v. to walk about (or talk)
aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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adj. pretending to be
religious |
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adj. demonstrating originality,
skill, or resourcefulness |
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promontory |
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adj. trembling |
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adj. apparent; pretended |
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n. a cliff |
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n. to interpret, explain the sense
of, or analyze |
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hyperbole |
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adj. supreme power and authority;
independent of the control of any other
government |
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adj. ridiculous; producing
laughter |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for
effect |
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n. boredom; weariness of mind |
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jettison |
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n. one who proudly shows off his
learning or who overrates his knowledge |
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adj. lacking in
self-confidence |
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v. to throw overboard (as cargo);
to throw off (as a burden or something in the way
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adj. simple and straightforward;
concealing nothing |
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blithe |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in
spirit or mood |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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adj. of little worth or
importance |
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adj. well-deserved (applied
chiefly to punishment) |
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benevolent |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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adj. kindly; charitable |
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n. boredom; weariness of mind |
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adj. genuine |
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fiasco |
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adj. deadly |
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n. a ludicrous and complete
failure |
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adj. queer; unusual in
appearance |
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n. one who is at home in all
countries |
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flaunt |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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adj. gripping and moving the
feelings powerfully; piercing, biting,
pointed |
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adj. despotic |
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n. great rejoicing |
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writhe |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob;
preying on, others |
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v. to twist about (usually with
pain) |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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adj. unrefined in speech or
manners |
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ire |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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v. to follow or result |
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n. an assumption made for the sake
of argument |
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n. anger |
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hypothesis |
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adj. in an early stage of
development |
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n. an assumption made for the sake
of argument |
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adj. given to joking or
inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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adj. given to joking or
inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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