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stipulate |
to make into a legal contract |
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undertake |
to attempt, put oneself under obligation |
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coin |
to invent |
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denote |
to indicate |
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annotate |
to make explanatory notes |
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nod off |
to fall asleep |
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finicky |
excessively nice, meticulous in standards |
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celibate |
not married, abstention from sex |
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stodgy |
slow, conservative, boring |
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effete |
no longer fertile; decadence |
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plumbed |
vertical or true, to weight w/ lead |
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elegiac |
relating to elegy(sad poem or song) |
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banter |
raillery |
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commingling |
thorough combination of parts |
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rave |
extravagant praise |
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farce |
mockery |
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galled |
vexed |
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flag |
to decline |
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thin-skinned |
quick to resent jest; uptight |
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unanimous |
in complete agreement |
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pan |
to criticize harshly |
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huckster |
retailer of small articles; persuasive salesperson |
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pine |
to fruitlessly long for |
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stifle |
to repress |
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skinflint |
miser, scrooge |
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secular |
worldly; not overtly or specifically religious |
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fortnight |
2 weeks |
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blot |
besmirching spot |
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deice |
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on |
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monolith |
something solidly formed |
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mutiny |
resistence to authority |
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casuistry |
sophistry; specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning |
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magisterial |
having authority |
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