 | Term | Definition |
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alloy |
to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior |
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appropriate |
to take for one's own use; confiscate |
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arrest |
to suspend; to engage; to hold one's attention |
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august |
majestic; venerable |
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bent |
leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency |
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broach |
to bring up or announce; to begin to talk about |
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brook |
to tolerate, endure, or countenance |
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cardinal |
of great importance |
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color |
to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect |
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damp |
to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
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die |
a part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts |
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essay |
to test or try; to attempt or experiment |
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exact |
to demand, call for, require or take |
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flag |
to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline |
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flip |
sarcastic, impertinent |
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ford |
to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream |
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grouse |
to complain or grumble |
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guy |
a cord or cable used to steady or guide something |
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intimate |
to imply; suggest or insinuate |
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list |
to tilt or lean to one side |
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lumber |
to move heavily or clumsily |
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milk |
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of |
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mince |
to pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully; also, to take tiny steps or tip toe |
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nice |
exacting; fastidious; extremely, even excessively, precise |
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obtain |
to be established, accepted, or customary |
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occult |
hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension |
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pedestrian |
commonplace; trite; unremarkable; quotidian |
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pied |
multicolored, usually in blotches or patches |
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plastic |
moldable; pliable; not rigid |
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pine |
to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn |
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prize |
to pry; to press or force with a lever; somethign taken by force; spoils |
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rail |
to complain about bitterly |
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rent |
torn, past or rend; an opening or tear caused by such |
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quail |
to lose courage; to become frightened |
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qualify |
to limit |
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sap |
to enervate or weaken the vitality of |
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scurvy |
contemptible; despicable |
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singular |
exceptional; unusual; odd |
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steep |
to saturate or completely soak |
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strut |
the supporting structural cross-part or a wing |
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table |
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration |
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waffle |
to equivocate; to change one's position |
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wag |
wit; joker |
