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1) food (as pasture) for browsing or grazing animals
2) a search for food or supplies |
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terse
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- dismissed me with a terse "no" |
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1) being brief and to the point
2) curt, brusque |
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| having little substance or strength |
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1) dull or lacking in expression
2) heavy with moisture |
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1) having a delicious taste or smell
2) appealing to the senses |
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| talk long-windedly without making very much sense |
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| long-winded talk with no real substance |
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1) marked by or affect with trembling or tremors
2) fearful, timid
3) caused by or displaying nervousness or shakiness |
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| good-natured teasing or joking |
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| to speak in a friendly but teasing or witty way |
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1) to make return for: repay
2) to make suitable return to for a service or an injury |
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| not original, fresh, or exciting: stale: commonplace |
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| to move or be moved lightly by or as if by the action of wind or waves |
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1) to spend time thinking: meditate
2) to chew the cud: bring up and chew again what has been chewed slightly and swallowed |
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1) highly pleasing: delightful
2) delicious |
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1) depending on unknown conditions or chance events
2) dangerously lacking in security or steadiness |
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1) to filly especially with food beyond desire: glut
2) to satisfy fully |
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1) a strong girth for a pack or saddle
2) an easy thing to do
3) something sure to happen |
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| showing lack of reverence |
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1) honor or respect felt or shown: deference
2) the state of being revered or honored |
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1) an overflowing of the land by water: flood: a drenching rain
2) an overwhelming amount or number |
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1) to overflow with water: inundate, flood
2) to overwhelm as if with a deluge |
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| going beyond the limits of what is fair, reasonable, or expected |
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| having a rude unfriendly disposition |
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remove (a need or difficulty)
avoid; prevent |
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| formed or pronounced in the throat |
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| formed with the back of the tongue touching or near the palate |
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1) abnormal behavior in which sexual pleasure is obtained by hurting another
2) pleasure taken in cruelty; very great cruelty |
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| the fold of the front of a coat that is usually a part of the collar |
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1) a strong pulling or drawing away; withdrawal
2) a sudden or strong reaction or change; a sense of complete dislike |
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| excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures |
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1) something that deserves blame or disgrace
2) loss of reputation; disgrace
3) the act or action of disapproving
4) an expression of disapproval |
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| to find fault with; blame |
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| deception by pretending to feel and act one way while feeling and action another |
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1) the face or front of a building
2) a false or misleading appearance |
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| to supply with too much of something that was originally pleasing |
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| compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something |
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| a long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it |
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| of the pale gray color of ash |
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| referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way |
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| (in music and film) move without interruption from one song, melody, or scene to another |
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| an uninterrupted transition from one piece of music of film scene to another |
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| (of something abstract bet perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source) |
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| feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one; harassed |
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| paleness especially of the face that is caused by illness |
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| time spent recovering from an illness or medial treatment; recuperation |
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| (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires |
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| (especially of comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright |
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1) readily adaptable to new situations
2) capable of being bent without creases or breaks
3) able to bend or twist with ease |
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| (of a person) pleasant because of personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own |
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| on friendly terms; friendly |
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| refuse to accept or be associated with |
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| to be or cause to be confused or bewildered; stupefy |
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| feelings or anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected |
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1) pale, sickly; lacking vitality: feeble
2) dim, faint
3) showing little effort; languid |
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| disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold |
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1) to recede from the flood
2) to fall from a higher level or better state: weaken |
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1) (of writing, pictures, or talk) treating sexual matters in an indecent way and typically conveying undue interest or enjoyment of the subject
2) lustful; lecherous |
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1) capable of eating away by chemical action: corrosive
2) likely to offend or hurt someone's feelings |
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| a soft luster on a surface |
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| shine or cause to shine softly |
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1) cause to pour out
2) remove the sediment from (a sparkling wine) after fermentation |
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| denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis |
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1) important, famous
2) project from something; protuberant |
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| spread throughout (something); pervade |
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| characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness |
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1) (of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin
2) distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people |
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impetus
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-hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus
-the crisis of the 1860s provided the original impetus for the settlements |
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1) the force or energy with which a body moves
2) the forces that makes something happen or happen more quickly |
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verbatim
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-subjects were instructed to recall the passage verbatim |
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| in exactly the same words as were used originally |
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facile
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-a facile victory |
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1) (especially of a theory or argument) appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial
2) (of success, especially in sports) easily achieved, effortless |
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arcane
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-modern math and its arcane notation |
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| understood by few; mysterious or secret |
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anteroom
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-guests will be met in the anteroom |
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| an antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room |
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enamor
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-it is not difficult to see why Edward is enamored of her
-she was truly enamored of New York |
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1) be filled with a feeling of love for
2) have a liking or admiration for |
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altruistic
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-it was an entirely altruistic act |
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| showing a disinterested or selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish |
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