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| n, poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perprendicularity |
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| adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| adj. without feathers; without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise |
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| n. saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense;v. to let saliva flow from mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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| n. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| v. to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| adj. adv. by virtue of holding a certain office |
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| v. to violate, tresspass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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| v. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
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| n. an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be |
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| adj. belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; orginating in a bodily organ or part; good for its own sake |
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| v. to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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| n. weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| n. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy, prosperity, or peace |
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| adj. mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; v. to hide, conceal; eclipse;n. matters involving the supernatural |
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| v. to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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| v. to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; adj. characterized by excessive hate; n. moiosture; the product of an action or process |
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| adj. strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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| v. to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; n. an idea or thought that seems likely but lacks definite proof |
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