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a. bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting


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v. decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence


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n. the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage


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v. pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for


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a. quick and skillful; neat in action or performance


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n. outcome; final resolution or clarification of dramatic or narrative plot


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n. cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface


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v. violate with violence, especially to a sacred place


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n. slandering; act of discrediting from someone's reputation


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a. destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction


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