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acme |
the highest point |
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attribute |
a quality of characteristic belonging to or associated with someone of something; to assign to credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from |
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belittle |
to make something appear smaller than it really is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
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convey |
to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to |
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doctrine |
a belief, principle or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles |
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excise |
to remove by cutting; an in direct tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service |
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exotic |
foreign, charmingly unfamiliar of strickingly unusual |
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haggard |
thin pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering, wild looking |
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jaunty |
lively, easy and carefree in manner;smart or trim in appearence |
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juncture |
a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time |
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manial |
lowly, humble lacking importance or dignity; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks |
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parry |
to ward off fend off, deflect, evade avoid;a defensive movement in fencing and other sports |
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predatory |
preying on, plundering or piratical |
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ravage |
to destroy, to lay waste, ruin; fuinouse damage destruction |
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stance |
a way of holding the body; and attitudeor position on a n issue |
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tawdry |
showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
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turncoat |
a person who switches to an opposing side or party |
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unassuming |
not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest |
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wallow |
to roll about lazily, clumsy, or helpless way, to have in abundance; wet muddy or dusty area used by animals in a sort of bath; a state or moral or phisical collapse |
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waver |
to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of finnese or decision |
