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v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

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v. revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

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a. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence

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n. shrewdness shown by keen insight, a tapering point

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a. belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

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a. auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

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v. represent falsely, be in contradiction with

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a. having or showing a ready disposition to fight

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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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n. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

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a. having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something

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v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle)

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a. shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

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a. harmful to living things, causing harm or damage

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a. showing modest reserve, lacking self-confidence

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v. weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

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v. grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude, grant voting rights

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n. a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas

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n. either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

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a. tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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a. devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless

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a. generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility

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a. involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value

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n. a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

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n. a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

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a. lacking social polish, lacking ease or grace

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v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts

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n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

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n. function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues

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a. all of the same or similar kind or nature

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n. overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence

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n. the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

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v. challenge the honesty or veracity of, bring an accusation against; level a charge against

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a. with your identity concealed

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a. necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove

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v. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

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n. the basic structure or features of a system or organization

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v. estimate the value of, insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

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n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

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a. lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

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a. relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith

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v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

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n. unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities

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n. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

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a. full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

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a. excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal

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n. a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

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n. type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having same number and kind of chromosomes as parent nucleus

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n. one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts

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n. the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)

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n. rejection of all religious and moral principles

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n. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

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a. not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups

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v. authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public

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a. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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n. a political system governed by a few people

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a. having unlimited power, having virtually unlimited authority or influence

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n. a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling

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n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

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n. any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

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a. relating to or involving money, consisting of or measured in money

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n. synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)

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v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

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n. the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended

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n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep

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n. massive and extremely remote celestial object

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a. found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

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v. repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

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a. of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

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n. compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

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n. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide

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n. a blood-red color, confidently optimistic and cheerful

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n. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections, speech you make to yourself

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v. put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue

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n. an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

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a. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, expressive of contempt

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n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily true, useless repetition

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n. practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

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a. pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust ,of or pertaining to construction or architecture

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a. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger, characterized by violent emotions or behavior

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n. the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

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a. characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control

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a. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

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a. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently

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a. characterized by great force or energy, intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

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n. a powerful circular current of water, the shape of something rotating rapidly

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v. blow away or off with a current of air, separate the chaff from by using air currents

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a. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

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n. person having dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries

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n. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

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n. a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians