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| becoming successively larger, stronger, or more effective |
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| a concise, witty, and often paradoxical remark or saying; a short satirical poem expressing a single idea |
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| to move the arms or hands when speaking, or express something with movements of the arms or hands |
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| to win and hold somebody's attention, interest, or devotion; to mislead or deceive somebody |
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| eager for or enthusiastic about something |
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| a place with a lot of crisscrossing, complicated passages, tunnels, or paths in which it's easy to become lost |
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| to bring undigested food up from the stomach to the mouth; to repeat or reproduce what's been heard |
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| a small raised platform that the conductor of an orchestra, lecturer, or speaker can stand on |
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| deprived of somebody or something loved or valued |
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| to explain or clarify something |
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| softening or soothing, especially to the skin |
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| a mixed feeing of happiness, sadness, and longing when recalling something from the past |
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| to make amends, show remorse, or suffer punishment for wrongdoing |
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| a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true |
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| a typical, ideal, or classic example of something |
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| commonplace, not unusual, and often boring |
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| soothing anxieties or other intense emotions; alleviating pain and symptoms without elimination the cause |
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| to cause or stir up trouble or rebellion |
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| describes animals that hunt, kill, and eat other animals; attacking and stealing from other people |
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| able to recover quickly from setbacks |
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| obtrusive and conspicuous in an offensive way, often intentionally |
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| thin to the point of resembling a skeleton or corpse |
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| the supposed ghost of a dead person, or any ghostly and insubstantial apparition |
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| acuteness of discernment or perception |
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| not relevant or applicable; coming from the outside |
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| a sudden and uncontrollable expression of emotion; a sudden onset or intensification of a symptom |
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| soft, limp or lacking firmness; lacking energy or enthusiasm |
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| having little or no money, and so unable to lead a comfortable life |
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