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1 : rising steeply with a broad front
2 : frank and outspoken in a good-natured manner
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: to deceive or frighten by pretending to have strength or confidence that one does not really have
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: a high steep bank : CLIFF
: an act or instance of pretending to have the confidence that one does not really have |
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: any of a genus of trouts that have small scales and include the common brook trout
: CHARCOAL
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1 : to change or become changed to charcoal or carbon usually by heat : BURN
2 : to burn or become burned partly or slightly : SCORCH |
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1 a : gently soothing b : TEMPERATE
2 : FOOLISH, INSANE |
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: a narrow passage, ravine, or steep-walled canyon
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: to eat greedily : stuff oneself |
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1 : to convert into stone or a stony substance by the penetration of water and the depositing of minerals which were dissolved in the water
2 : to make lifeless or inactive : DEADEN
3 : to paralyze with fear, amazement, or awe : STUN |
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1 : putting up with wrongs patiently and without complaint : MILD
2 : lacking spirit or self-assurance : HUMBLE |
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1 : a period of time between events or states : PAUSE
2 : a space between things
3 : difference in pitch between tones |
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1 : likely to seek or enjoy companionship : AFFABLE, FRIENDLY
2 : leading to friendliness or pleasant relations |
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1 : MUMBLE
2 : to murmur complainingly or angrily : GRUMBLE |
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1 : a number of animals of one kind kept or living together
2 : the common people
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1 : to assemble or come together into a group
2 : to gather, lead, or drive a group of animals |
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: a clumsy person : LOUT
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: to stare stupidly |
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1 : having or showing success or financial good fortune
2 : strong and healthy in growth |
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1 : an opening made by a break or a parting
2 : a mountain pass
3 : a space or separation : a break in continuity
4 : a wide difference (as in amount, character, or attitude) |
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: to shrink and become dry and wrinkled |
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1 : coming or happening by good luck : bringing good that was not expected
2 : receiving some unexpected or unearned good : LUCKY |
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1 : SLAG
2 a : a piece of partly burned coal or wood b : a hot coal without flame
3 : a piece of lava from an erupting volcano |
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1 a : to stick into water b : to throw a liquid on
2 : to put out : EXTINGUISH |
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: not friendly : ALOOF |
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1 : one that eats too much
2 : WOLVERINE |
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1 : to burn on the surface
2 : to burn so as to dry, wilt, or turn brown
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1 : a result of burning on the surface
2 : a browning of plant tissues usually caused by disease or heat |
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1 : overly proud of oneself or one's own opinions
2 : marked by a sense of one's own importance that shows itself in a proud and insulting way |
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: a deep split or gap in the earth |
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1 : to wrap up so as to conceal or protect
2 : to deaden the sound of |
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1 a : to open the mouth wide b : to open or part widely
2 : to stare with mouth open in surprise or wonder
3 : YAWN |
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: to think highly of (oneself)
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1 : too high an opinion of one's own ability or worth : a feeling of being better than others
2 : a reasonable and justifiable sense of one's own worth : SELF-RESPECT
3 : a sense of pleasure that comes from some act or possession
4 : something of which one is proud
5 : a group of lions |
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