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1. To rub with or as if with a rough file.
2. To grate harshly on (as one's nerves).
3. To speak in a grating tone. |
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Sunder, /'sən-der/, verb tense |
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1. To break apart; seperate; split.
2. To sunder - In parts or pieces. |
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Listless, /ˈlis(t)ləs/, adjective
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1. Spiritless, languid <a~performance> |
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Charlaton, /ˈSHärlətn/, noun
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1. A person making usually showy prentenses to knoledge or ability: fraud, faker. |
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1. Mob
2. Disturbance
3. A fashionable gathering |
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Toothsome, /ˈto͞oTHsəm/, adjective
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1. Agreeable, attractive
2. Pleasing to the taste: delicous. |
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1. To exhaust esp. of strength or resources. |
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Morose, /məˈrōs/, adjective |
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1. Having a sollen disposition; gloomy. |
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Cacophony, /kəˈkäfənē/, noun |
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1. Harsh or discordant sound. |
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1. To unite (as 2 ropes) by weaving the strands together.
2. To unite (as two lengths of film) by connecting the ends together. |
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Makeshift, /ˈmākˌSHift/, noun
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1. A temporary expedient. |
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Smattering, /ˈsmadəriNG/, noun
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1. Superficial knowledge.
2. A small scattered number or amount. |
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1. Linger
2. Hang around idly. |
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Cheeky, /ˈCHēkē/, adjective
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Downfall, /ˈdounˌfôl/, noun
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1. A sudden fall (as from high rank).
2. Something that causes a downfall. |
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Splay, /splā/, ¹verb, ¹- ²adjective |
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1. To spread outward or apart.
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1. Spreadout: turned outward
2. Akward, clumsy.
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Acrid, /ˈakrəd/, adjective
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1. Sharp and biting in taste and odor. |
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Fray, /frā/, ¹noun, ¹-³verb |
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1. Fright, stuggle; quarrel, clispute.
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1. To wear (as an edge ok cloth) by rubbing.
2. To seperate the treads at the edge of.
3. Strain, irritate |
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1. To detract from the wholesome or perfection of: spoil. |
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1. Spirit, rend
2. Shatter |
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Harmony, /ˈhärmənē/, noun
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1. Musical agreement of sounds; esp: the combination of tones into chords and progression of chords.
2. A pleasing arrangement of parts. |
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1. A metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve or cut into a solid material (as wood stone). |
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Dulcet, /ˈdəlsit/, adjective
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1. Pleasing to the ear.
2. Agreeable, soothing |
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Roughhewn, /ˌrəfˈhyo͞on/, adjective
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1. Being rough and unfinished <~beams>.
2. Lacking smooth manners or social grace. |
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