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relevant; pertinent: an ad rem remark.
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without digressing; in a straightforward manner: to reply ad rem.
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the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
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a full assembly, as a joint legislative assembly.
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a space, usually above a ceiling or below a floor, that can serve as a receiving chamber for air that has been heated or cooled to be distributed to inhabited areas.
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the whole of space regarded as being filled with matter ( opposed to vacuum).
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utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
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too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
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like a diamond in luster.
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to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
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to throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.
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to circulate freely: to bandy gossip.
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(of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed: a new method for correcting bandy legs.
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of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
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having a goatish odor.
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to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters.
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to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business.
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to practice chicanery of any sort.
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occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
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of or lasting for four years: a quadrennial period.
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a vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.
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anything that transforms, purifies, or refines.
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insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
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the private language of the underworld.
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the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
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whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.
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a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
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a feudal vassal or subject.
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owing primary allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
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pertaining to the relation between a feudal vassal and lord.
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loyal; faithful: the liege adherents of a cause.
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of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
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giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
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uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
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flowing smoothly or abundantly forth. |
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to belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.; pertain or relate (usually followed by to ): privileges that appertain to members of the royal family. |
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glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light. |
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a careless or indifferent person. |
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verb (used without object)
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to form a fork; branch.
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suitable for use as food; edible. |
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a direct or exact opposite. |
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to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
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to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
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to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
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to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
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to slacken; abate; relax: to remit watchfulness.
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to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
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to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
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Medicine/Medical . contracting; constrictive; styptic.
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harshly biting; caustic: his astringent criticism.
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stern or severe; austere.
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sharply incisive; pungent: astringent wit.
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a woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc. (often used as an additional title to differentiate her from the wife of the present king, duke, etc.): a queen dowager; an empress dowager.
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an elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position: a wealthy dowager.
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characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful. |
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Slang . something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
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a person or thing that gasses.
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the shattering effect of a high explosive. |
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to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors. |
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of or pertaining to spring: vernal sunshine.
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appearing or occurring in spring: vernal migratory movements.
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appropriate to or suggesting spring; springlike: vernal greenery.
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belonging to or characteristic of youth: vernal longings.
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a large number or quantity; mass.
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the great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things.
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full of moits.
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a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
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able to be forgiven or pardoned; not seriously wrong, as a sin ( opposed to mortal).
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excusable; trifling; minor: a venial error; a venial offense.
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shining brightly; dazzling; resplendent: fulgent patterns of sunlight. |
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
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juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
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lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
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deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.
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having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
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a pejorative form or word, as poetaster.
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of brownish-gray or dusky color. |
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of or pertaining to the open seas or oceans.
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living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms.
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fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
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Botany . falling or fading early.
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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
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to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of: Your behavior will disparage the whole family.
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introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign: extraneous substances in our water.
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not pertinent; irrelevant: an extraneous remark; extraneous decoration.
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subordinate; subsidiary.
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something that serves in an ancillary capacity: Slides, records, and other ancillaries can be used with the basic textbook.
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sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected. |
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lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
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an instance or exhibition of this.
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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
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(of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.
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tending to repair; repairing; mending.
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pertaining to or involving reparation.
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actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
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Medicine/Medical . highly infective; malignant or deadly.
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Bacteriology . causing clinical symptoms.
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violently or spitefully hostile.
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intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious: a virulent attack.
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causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease. |
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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
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to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
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to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
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keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
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Archaic . keen vision.
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to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
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to put outside the protection of the law; outlaw.
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to announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property.
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resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious. |
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going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article. |
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary. |
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excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance. |
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a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
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an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging.
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a raised platform or stage for exhibiting spectacles, seating spectators, etc.
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a suspended platform that is used by painters, window washers, and others for working on a tall structure, as a skyscraper.
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lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche. |
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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
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not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
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(of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
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indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
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the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
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the act or an instance of discerning.
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happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
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lucky; fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career.
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| to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. |
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without vigor, force, or strength; languid. |
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a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb. |
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a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
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a universally accepted principle or rule.
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Logic, Mathematics . a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.
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to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
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to penetrate through the pores, interstices, etc., of.
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to be diffused through; pervade; saturate: Cynicism permeated his report.
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to become diffused; penetrate.
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causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
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deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
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Obsolete . evil; wicked.
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extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
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extremely rapacious: a ravenous jungle beast.
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intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction.
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physical beauty; comeliness. |
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
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characterized by great generosity: a munificent bequest.
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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous. |
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in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
2.
of, pertaining to, or attended by putrefaction.
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having the odor of decaying flesh.
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thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or evil.
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of very low quality; rotten.
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required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
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using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures to control rioting.
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not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
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disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.
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to put (thought) into words; utter or state: to express an idea clearly.
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to show, manifest, or reveal: to express one's anger.
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to set forth the opinions, feelings, etc., of (oneself), as in speaking, writing, or painting: He can express himself eloquently.
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to represent by a symbol, character, figure, or formula: to express water as H 2 O; to express unknown quantities algebraically.
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to send by express: to express a package or merchandise.
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a destructive fire, usually an extensive one. |
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to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
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demeanor; conduct; behavior.
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the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.
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finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
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sharp, piercing, or biting: a keen wind; keen satire.
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characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears.
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having or showing great mental penetration or acumen: keen reasoning; a keen mind.
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animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: keen competition.
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careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
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down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
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Archaic . wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel.
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disposed to love; amorous. |
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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
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liveliness; briskness.
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sluggish inactivity or inertia.
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lethargic indifference; apathy.
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a state of suspended physical powers and activities.
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dormancy, as of a hibernating animal.
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of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters.
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commonplace; ordinary.
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Biology . (of names of organisms) specific, as distinguished from generic.
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very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
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to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
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to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).
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covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand. |
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to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
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to move (oneself) violently with impatience, contempt, or the like: She flung herself angrily from the room.
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to put suddenly or violently: to fling a suspect into jail.
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to project or speak sharply, curtly, or forcefully: He flung his answer at the questioner.
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to involve (oneself) vigorously in an undertaking.
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expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company's retirement plan. |
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a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight. |
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high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
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conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
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lofty; high: eminent peaks.
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prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.
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apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
2.
consisting of or characterized by distinct or individual parts; discontinuous.
3.
Mathematics .
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(of a topology or topological space) having the property that every subset is an open set.
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defined only for an isolated set of points: a discrete variable.
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using only arithmetic and algebra; not involving calculus: discrete methods.
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the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
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moral degeneration or decay; turpitude.
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unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.
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( often initial capital letter ) the decadent movement in literature.
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thin or slender in form, as a thread.
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lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
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thin in consistency; rare or rarefied.
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of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial: He holds a rather tenuous position in history.
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lacking in clarity; vague: He gave a rather tenuous account of his past life.
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having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment. |
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
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severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.
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characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
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desiring to help others; charitable: gifts from several benevolent alumni.
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intended for benefits rather than profit: a benevolent institution.
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characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. |
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free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
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artless; innocent; naive.
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Obsolete . honorable or noble.
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having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
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not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive: an apathetic audience.
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lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
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agile, nimble, or active.
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sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.: The speaker attacked him with great acrimony. |
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
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dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.
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a conversational exchange; dialogue.
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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
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reluctant or restrained.
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to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
2.
to violate the chastity of.
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to make impure for ceremonial use; desecrate.
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to sully, as a person's reputation.
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an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
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good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the first job she applied for.
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to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public. |
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offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
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harmful or injurious to health; noxious.
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an unfavorable or censorious comment: to make animadversions on someone's conduct.
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the act of criticizing.
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swollen; distended; tumid.
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inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. |
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a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
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temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers.
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scarcity and dearness of food; famine.
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not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
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not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
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not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
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Obsolete . keen of scent.
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
2.
restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
3.
Archaic . distrustful.
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in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
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Archaic . standing out; protruding.
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likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
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projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.
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to dry thoroughly; dry up.
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to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
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bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
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tending to float in a fluid.
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capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
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not easily depressed; cheerful.
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cheering or invigorating.
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sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
2.
suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
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due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.
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to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
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to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
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a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
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a narrow groovelike or trenchlike depression in any surface: the furrows of a wrinkled face.
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a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
2.
a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment: The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.
3.
a gradual reduction in work force without firing of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced.
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the act of rubbing against something; friction.
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a wearing down or away by friction; abrasion.
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to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
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to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
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a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
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a lover of an art or science, especially of a fine art.
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1.
to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.
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to efface; wipe out or destroy.
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natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. |
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an indefinite portion, part, or share.
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Anthropology . one of two units into which a tribe or community is divided on the basis of unilineal descent.
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