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n. form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly


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ad. hardly; barely; only just


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a. taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence


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a. emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism


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a. very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure


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v. emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor


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a. exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid


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v. make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in an angry or sharp tone


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a. rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil


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n. one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother


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