7th Grade Words for Grass Valley, CA, USA
Words for 7th Grade students of Grass Valley School District.
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abound
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v. be full of; be plentiful | |
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absence
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n. state of being absent; state of being away | |
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absolutely
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ad. completely or definitely; used as a strong way of saying 'yes' | |
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abundant
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a. plentiful; possessing riches or resources | |
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accept
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v. agree to take something | |
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accommodate
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v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable | |
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accumulate
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v. pile up; collect; mount up; increase | |
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accurate
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a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement | |
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achieve
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v. gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill | |
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achievement
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n. feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective | |
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acquaintance
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n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something | |
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acquire
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v. gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with tracking system | |
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address
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n. number of the house, name of the road and town where a person lives or works | |
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adjustable
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a. capable of being changed so as to match or fit | |
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admit
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v. permit to enter; receive; provide the right or a means of entrance to | |
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admittance
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n. the right to enter | |
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adolescent
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n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; | |
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advantage
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n. benefit resulting from some event or action | |
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advantageous
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a. giving an advantage | |
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advice
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n. a proposal for an appropriate course of action | |
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advise
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v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
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against
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prep. in or into physical contact with something | |
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already
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ad. now; so soon; so early | |
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amendment
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n. correction; revision | |
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amiable
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a. good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | |
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amusement
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n. a feeling of delight at being entertained | |
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amusing
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a. arousing or provoking laughter | |
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annex
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v. append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit | |
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anniversary
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a. annual; yearly; annual return of the day on which any notable event took place | |
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apparent
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a. capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to eye | |
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applied
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v. be pertinent or relevant or applicable | |
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appreciate
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v. be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of | |
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arch
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n. any part of a curved line | |
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artificial
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a. made by humans; produced rather than natural. | |
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assignment
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n. task given to students; job or appointment | |
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assume
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v. suppose to be the case, without proof | |
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athlete
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n. sports man; one who contended for prize in public games | |
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attendance
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n. act of being present | |
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attention
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n. act or state of attending or heeding; application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought | |
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attractive
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a. very pleasing in appearance or sound; inviting or tempting | |
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authority
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n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws | |
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awkward
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a. difficult to handle or manage | |
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bachelor
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n. the first or lowest academic degree from colleges | |
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badge
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n. distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person | |
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baggage
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n. trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage | |
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bankruptcy
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n. state of being unable to pay your debts | |
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beautiful
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a. wonderful; very pleasing or satisfying | |
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because
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conj. for reason that; | |
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beginning
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n. the first part or section of something | |
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belief
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n. feeling of being certain that something exists or is true | |
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believable
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a. capable of being believed | |
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belittle
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v. disparage or depreciate; put down | |
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bench
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n. the reserve players on a team | |
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beneficial
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a. helpful; tending to promote physical well-being | |
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between
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ad. in between | |
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bias
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n. preference or inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment; influence in unfair way | |
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bicycle
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n. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | |
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biscuit
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n. a small, flat cake that is dry and usually sweet; cookie | |
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bizarre
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a. fantastic; very strange and unusuall in style or appearance | |
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bliss
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n. a state of extreme happiness | |
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boulevard
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n. a wide street in city, usually with trees on each side or along the centre | |
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bound
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v. walk or run with leaping strides | |
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bouquet
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n. small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | |
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breath
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n. air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration | |
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bulletin
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n. brief statement of facts; any public notice or announcement | |
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bureau
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n. an administrative unit of government | |
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business
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n. an occupation, profession, or trade | |
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calendar
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n. a table showing months, weeks, and days | |
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campaign
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n. battle; a series of actions advancing a principle | |
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cancel
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v. revoke; call off; omit or delete | |
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candid
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a. straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial | |
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capable
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a. having the ability required for a specific task | |
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catalog
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n. a complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order
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category
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n. group, class, or collection of things sharing a common attribute | |
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catsup
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n. ketchup; thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | |
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caught
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v. (past tense) be in time for; trap after chasing or hunting | |
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cease
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v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue | |
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ceaseless
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a. incessant; endless; without stop or pause; constant. | |
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celery
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n. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked | |
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cemetery
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n. place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard | |
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cereal
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n. grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food. | |
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chairman
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n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | |
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challenge
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v. assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to | |
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changeable
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a. capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature | |
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chaperone
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n. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | |
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characteristic
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n. feature that helps to identify, tell apart, or describe recognizably; a distinguishing mark or trait | |
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chocolate
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n. a food made from roasted and ground cacao seeds | |
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chrysanthemum
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n. the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | |
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civilize
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v. educate a society so that its culture becomes more developed | |
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collision
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n. crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals | |
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colonel
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n. a commissioned military officer | |
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column
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n. a tall solid upright stone post | |
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committee
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n. special group delegated to consider some matter | |
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compassion
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n. sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration | |
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competent
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a. capable; adept | |
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complex
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a. complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures | |
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compose
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v. write or create by putting together parts or elements | |
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compound
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a. composed of two or more parts | |
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compressor
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n. device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas; anything which serves to compress | |
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conductor
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n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; person who collects fares on a public conveyance | |
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confidant
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n. someone to whom private matters are confided | |
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confident
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a. assured; having or marked by assurance | |
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congratulations
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n. an expression of approval and commendation | |
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consent
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v. agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow | |
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consequently
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ad. therefore; as a result or consequence of something; subsequently | |
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consumer
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n. people who buy goods or services | |
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content
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n. volume; something contained; material, including text and images | |
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contract
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v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate | |
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control
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n. the power to influence or direct people's behavior | |
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controversial
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a. giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement; disputable | |
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controversy
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n. a lot of disagreement or argument about something | |
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convict
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v. find or declare guilty | |
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cope
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n. a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions | |
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cordially
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ad. in a hearty manner; in a warm and friendly way | |
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courage
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n. a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain | |
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courtesy
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n. polite behavior; act of civility or respect | |
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cousin
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n. the child of your aunt or uncle | |
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cringe
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v. shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility | |
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critic
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n. anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something | |
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criticism
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n. expression of disapproval of someone or something | |
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criticize
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v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | |
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crypt
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n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church | |
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culminate
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v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit | |
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culprit
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n. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing | |
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damage
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n. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right | |
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daughter
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n. a female human offspring | |
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deceive
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v. cause to believe what is not true; mislead | |
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deficiency
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n. scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health | |
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delayed
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v. cause to be slowed down or delayed | |
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delicious
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a. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining | |
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delightful
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a. greatly pleasing or entertaining | |
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deliver
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v. set free from restraint; set at liberty; release; give or transfer | |
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democracy
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n. a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
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denounce
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v. condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner | |
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deny
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v. disagree with; refuse; declare untrue | |
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depression
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n. recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing ; sadness; low spirits | |
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design
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n. a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function | |
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desirous
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n. feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous | |
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desperate
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a. having lost all hope; very serious or bad | |
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determined
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a. determined or decided upon as by an authority | |
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developed
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v. (past tense) grow into a more mature or advanced state | |
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dictionary
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n. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information | |
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digest
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v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances | |
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discipline
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n. training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves | |
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discouraged
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v. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | |
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discuss
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v. to consider or examine in speech or writing | |
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dispersal
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n. the act of dispersing or diffusing something | |
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dispose
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v. get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange | |
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distance
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n. an amount of space between two things or people | |
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division
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n. dividing one number by another | |
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domesticate
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v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | |
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doubt
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n. not being certain about something, especially about how good or true it is | |
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dreadful
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a. very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking | |
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drummer
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n. someone who plays a drum | |
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duplicate
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n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile | |
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either
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a. one or the other of two | |
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electrical
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a. pertaining to electricity; electric | |
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elementary
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a. easily dealt with; straightforward and fundamental | |
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embarrass
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v. cause someone to feel nervous, worried, or uncomfortable | |
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emphasize
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v. stress; underscore; utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice | |
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employ
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v. engage the services of; put to work; apply | |
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enchant
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v. charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites | |
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encircle
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v. form a circle about; enclose within a circle or ring; surround | |
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encounter
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v. confront or meet, especially unexpectedly | |
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encyclopedia
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n. a reference work containing articles on various topics | |
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endurance
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n. perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence | |
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enough
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ad. as much as necessary | |
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entitled
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a. eligible; qualified; qualified for by right according to law | |
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envelope
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n. a flat, usually rectangular, container for a letter or thin package | |
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envious
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a. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | |
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environment
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n. surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions | |
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envy
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n. malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred | |
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equal
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a. being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value | |
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equip
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v. supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for performance | |
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equipped
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v. provide with abilities or understanding | |
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erosion
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n. corrosion; a gradual decline of something | |
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eruption
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n. outbreak; sudden, often violent outburst | |
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especially
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ad. used to single out one thing over all others | |
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ethics
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n. morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. | |
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ethnic
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a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage | |
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every
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a. each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified | |
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evident
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a. easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear | |
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excellent
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a. extremely good; of great worth; eminent | |
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exchange
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n. substitute; trade in; give in return for something received | |
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exhibit
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v. show something publicly, make visible or apparent | |
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expensive
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a. high in price or charging high prices; costing a lot of money | |
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extinct
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a. no longer existing or living; vanished; dead | |
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extortion
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n. extorting; illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property | |
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fabricate
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v. build; put together out of components or parts | |
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failure
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n. an unexpected omission | |
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familiar
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a. well known or easily recognized | |
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famine
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n. shortage of food; starvation | |
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farewell
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n. acknowledgment at parting; goodbye; act of departing or taking leave | |
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fascinating
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a. capable of arousing and holding the attention | |
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fashion
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n. style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model | |
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fault
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n. a crack in the earth; defect, flaw, a wrong action | |
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faultless
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a. without fault or error | |
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favorite
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a. preferred above all others and treated with partiality | |
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fertile
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a. rich; fruitful; inventive; creative; intellectually productive | |
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fiasco
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n. complete failure; sudden and violent collapse | |
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flagrant
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a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice | |
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flamboyant
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a. elaborately or excessively ornamented | |
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flashlight
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n. small portable battery-powered electric lamp | |
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flavoring
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n. something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | |
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fond
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a. having or displaying warmth or affection | |
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foreign
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a. belonging or connected to a country that is not your own | |
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forfeit
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v. lose or be deprived of property or a right or privilege as a penalty for wrongdoing | |
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fortune
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n. arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck | |
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fossilize
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v. convert to a fossil | |
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frayed
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v. cause friction | |
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frequently
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ad. many times at short intervals | |
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friendly
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n. match which is not part of a competition, and is played for entertainment or practice
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friendship
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n. a situation in which two people are friends | |
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frightful
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a. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | |
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fundamental
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a. relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential | |
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funeral
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n. ceremony held in connection with burial; end of existence | |
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gauge
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n. measuring instrument; measure or judge | |
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generate
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v. bring into being; give rise to; produce | |
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genuine
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a. authentic; sincerely and honestly felt or experienced; real or true | |
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gesture
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n. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | |
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ghetto
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n. a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group | |
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ghostly
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a. resembling or characteristic of a phantom | |
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glamorous
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a. attractive; charming | |
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glaze
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n. thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes | |
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government
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n. the governing body of a nation, state, or community | |
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gradual
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a. proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive | |
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grammar
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n. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | |
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grave
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n. place for the burial; death or extinction | |
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grazing
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n. the act of brushing against while passing | |
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grievance
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n. a complaint or a strong feeling caused by unfair treatment | |
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guarantee
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n. a promise that something will be done, will happen, or is true | |
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habitat
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n. type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives | |
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harass
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v. annoy or trouble someone repeatedly; torment persistently | |
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haven
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n. refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port | |
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havoc
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n. wide and general destruction; devastation; waste | |
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heavily
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ad. in a way that needs a lot of effort to move or lift | |
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hesitate
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v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | |
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honestly
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ad. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | |
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horrify
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v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | |
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humid
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a. containing a high amount of water or water vapor | |
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humility
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n. quality or condition of being humble; low estimate of one's self; self-abasement | |
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hygiene
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n. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease; sanitation | |
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hygienic
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a. tending to promote or preserve health | |
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ideal
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a. existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental; imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless | |
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ignorant
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a. lacking education or knowledge; unaware | |
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illegal
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a. prohibited by law, by official, or by accepted rules | |
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illustration
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n. picture; drawing; showing by example | |
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imaginary
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a. having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary | |
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imitative
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a. marked by or given to imitation | |
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immediately
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ad. proximately; directly; without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once | |
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import
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v. bring in from another country | |
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impressive
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a. making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect | |
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inanimate
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a. lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull | |
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inconvenient
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a. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs | |
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incredible
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a. unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding | |
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independent
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a. not dependent; free; not subject to control by others | |
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individual
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n. single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality | |
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infamous
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a. notoriously bad; having exceedingly bad reputation | |
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informant
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n. someone who sees an event and reports what happened | |
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inhabit
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v. live in; occupy; reside in | |
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innocence
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n. the quality of naivete; the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil | |
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inquire
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v. ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries | |
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insane
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a. exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish | |
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inspect
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v. look over; examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws | |
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inspection
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n. formal or official examination | |
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insure
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v. make sure or secure, specifically against loss by a contingent event; give or take insurance on | |
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intelligent
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a. ingenious or wise; mentally acute | |
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interfere
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v. disrupt; hinder; be or create a hindrance or obstacle | |
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invasion
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n. raid or attack, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer | |
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irate
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a. feeling or showing extreme anger; enraged | |
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itinerant
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a. wandering; traveling place to place, especially to perform work or duty | |
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itself
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pron. a reflexive form of it | |
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jealousy
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n. a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has something that you want; envy | |
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judge
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n. a public official authorized to decide questions brought to a court | |
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justice
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n. quality of being just; fairness in the way people are dealt with; uprightness | |
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kettle
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n. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | |
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knitting
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n. creating knitted wear | |
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lampoon
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v. ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art | |
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landmark
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n. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land | |
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language
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n. a body of words | |
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laughter
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n. the act or sound of laughing | |
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legion
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n. a body of foot soldiers; military force; military bands; a great number | |
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leisure
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n. the time when someone are free from work or other duties and can relax | |
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libel
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n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character | |
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lightning
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n. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere | |
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liquid
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n. fluid; juice; substance in fluid state | |
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liquidation
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n. the act of exterminating | |
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longevity
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n. long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation | |
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lubricate
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v. make smooth or slippery | |
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magic
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n. any art that invokes supernatural powers | |
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malice
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n. enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another | |
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malicious
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a. deliberately harmful; proceeding from extreme hatred | |
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manage
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v. come to terms with | |
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management
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n. the act of managing something | |
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marvel
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n. wonder; strong surprise; astonishment | |
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measure
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v. estimate the relative amount by comparison with some standard | |
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memory
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n. faculty of mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events | |
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mercy
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n. compassionate treatment of unfortunate and helpless; willingness to spare or to help; disposition to be kind | |
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merrily
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ad. in a joyous manner | |
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message
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v. send a message to | |
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mileage
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n. distance measured in miles | |
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minute
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n. the 1/60 of an hour; sixty seconds | |
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miscellaneous
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a. mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous | |
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misplace
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v. place something where one cannot find it again | |
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moisture
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n. wetness caused by water | |
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mortgage
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n. transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan | |
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motivate
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v. stimulate; provide with an incentive; move to action | |
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movement
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n. a particular act of changing position or place | |
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multiple
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a. having or involving several parts, elements, or members | |
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musical
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a. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | |
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mystery
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n. something strange or not known that has not yet been explained or understood | |
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natural
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a. of or being what exists or happens ordinarily in the world | |
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neglect
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v. disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to | |
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negotiate
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v. discuss the terms of an arrangement | |
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neighbor
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n. a nearby object of the same kind, a person living near or next door | |
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nervous
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a. worried and anxious | |
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nuisance
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n. something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious | |
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nurture
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v. nourish; help grow or develop; foster | |
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obedient
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a. subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command | |
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obituary
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n. death notice; list of dead | |
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obligation
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n. act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt | |
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oblige
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v. force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for | |
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observe
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v. see and notice; look at with attention | |
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obstacle
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n. one that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress | |
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obviously
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ad. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | |
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occasion
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n. a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened | |
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optimistic
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a. hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways | |
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ordinarily
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ad. under normal conditions | |
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ordinary
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a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status | |
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origin
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n. the first existence or beginning of anything | |
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original
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a. not second hand; not copied or translated from something else | |
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outstanding
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a. distinguished from others in excellence | |
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overt
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a. open to view; not secret or hidden | |
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pamphlet
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n. brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover | |
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panicky
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a. thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | |
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parallel
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a. side by side and having the same distance continuously between them | |
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pardon
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|
v. accept an excuse for | |
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parse
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|
v. analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to a sentence | |
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partial
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|
a. incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others | |
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patient
|
|
n. a person who requires medical care | |
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percent
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|
n. out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred | |
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perfectly
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|
ad. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | |
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permanent
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|
a. lasting for a long time or for ever; remaining without change | |
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permit
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|
v. consent to; give permission | |
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persuade
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|
v. advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; convince | |
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pertinent
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|
a. having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating | |
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peruse
|
|
v. read or examine, typically with great care | |
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phantom
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n. something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; ghost or apparition; sprite | |
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pheasant
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|
n. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere | |
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phrase
|
|
n. a group of words without a finite verb, especially used to form part of a sentence | |
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physical
|
|
a. relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit | |
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pierce
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|
v. penetrate; make a hole into | |
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pledge
|
|
n. promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something | |
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plight
|
|
n. condition or state, especially a bad state or condition | |
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poison
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|
n. a substance that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it | |
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political
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a. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power | |
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popular
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a. of common people; suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended | |
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possess
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|
v. occupy in person; hold or actually have in one's own keeping; have the legal title to | |
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possible
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|
a. able to be done | |
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potent
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|
a. powerful; having power to influence or convince; having great control or authority | |
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preacher
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n. a person who delivers a sermon publicly | |
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pressure
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|
n. stress; tension; condition of being pressed | |
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print
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v. produce text or picture by applying inked types, plates, blocks | |
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privilege
|
|
n. special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively | |
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produce
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|
v. make or manufacture, create, bring forth | |
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profit
|
|
n. advantageous gain or return; income received from investments or property | |
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propose
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|
v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
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prospect
|
|
n. possibility of future success; belief about future | |
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psychology
|
|
n. science that deals with mental processes and behavior | |
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pulp
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|
n. fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass | |
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puny
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a. insignificant; tiny; weak; of inferior size, strength | |
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purchase
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|
v. buy something; acquire something by paying for it | |
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purpose
|
|
n. something set up as an object or end to be attained | |
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questionnaire
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|
n. form containing a set of questions, submitted to people to gain statistical information | |
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quotation
|
|
n. passage or expression that is quoted or cited; practice of quoting from books | |
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quote
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v. name the price of; state a price for securities, goods, or services | |
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rampage
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|
n. violent or riotous behavior; state of excitement, passion, or debauchery | |
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realm
|
|
n. kingdom; domain ruled by a king or queen | |
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rebel
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|
v. revolt; resist or defy an authority; break with established customs | |
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recant
|
|
v. retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song | |
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receipt
|
|
n. something proving that money, goods, or information have been received | |
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receive
|
|
v. get or be given something; accept as true or valid | |
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recognize
|
|
v. perceive the identity of; admit with a formal acknowledgment | |
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regret
|
|
v. feel sad about the loss or absence of | |
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regularly
|
|
ad. having a regular form | |
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remote
|
|
n. a device, used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance | |
|
renewal
|
|
n. act of renewing; filling again by supplying what has been used up | |
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replenish
|
|
v. fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to | |
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reprimand
|
|
v. reprove severely, especially in a formal or official way; rebuke formally; censure severely or angrily | |
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require
|
|
v. insist upon having; request and expect | |
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resigned
|
|
a. accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive; showing hopelessness | |
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restaurant
|
|
n. a place where meals are prepared and served to customers | |
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revert
|
|
v. return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to | |
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rhyme
|
|
n. a word that has the same last sound as another word | |
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rhythm
|
|
n. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound | |
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ridge
|
|
n. long, narrow upper section or crest; chain of hills or mountains | |
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ridiculous
|
|
a. completely lacking of wisdom or good sense | |
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ritual
|
|
n. procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice | |
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roster
|
|
n. list, especially of names | |
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rotten
|
|
a. damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | |
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rough
|
|
a. not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface | |
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rubbish
|
|
n. worthless material that is to be disposed of | |
|
ruined
|
|
n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction | |
|
rustic
|
|
a. typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance | |
|
salvation
|
|
n. act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity | |
|
sandwich
|
|
n. two or more slices of bread with a filling between them | |
|
sanitary
|
|
a. relating to health or the protection of health | |
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satisfied
|
|
v. make happy or satisfied | |
|
saturate
|
|
v. soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance | |
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scarcity
|
|
n. a small and inadequate amount | |
|
scenery
|
|
n. landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country | |
|
schedule
|
|
n. plan for an activity or event; arrange | |
|
scheme
|
|
n. elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object | |
|
schism
|
|
n. separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body | |
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secretary
|
|
n. a person who is the head of an administrative department of government | |
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sedate
|
|
a. composed, and dignified in character or manner | |
|
seize
|
|
v. take hold of; take or capture by force | |
|
select
|
|
a. taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence | |
|
serial
|
|
n. a story appearing in regular installments on tv, magazine, or newspaper | |
|
service
|
|
n. act of dealing with customers in a shop, restaurant, etc. | |
|
severe
|
|
a. serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful | |
|
sheriff
|
|
n. chief officer of a shire or county, to be entrusted the execution of the laws | |
|
shipment
|
|
n. sending of cargo; act of sending off something | |
|
shutters
|
|
v. close with shutters | |
|
siege
|
|
n. seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army | |
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similar
|
|
a. like or alike; of the same kind | |
|
simile
|
|
n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as | |
|
simply
|
|
ad. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | |
|
singular
|
|
a. unique; extraordinary; being only one | |
|
sinister
|
|
a. suggesting or threatening evil; accompanied by or leading to disaster | |
|
skeptical
|
|
a. marked by or given to doubt; questioning | |
|
slavery
|
|
n. the practice of owning slaves | |
|
slumber
|
|
n. sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy | |
|
smudge
|
|
v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging | |
|
sophomore
|
|
n. a student studying in the second year at a US college or high school | |
|
souvenir
|
|
n. token of remembrance; something you buy or keep to help remember a holiday or special event | |
|
spacious
|
|
a. wide, generous, or large in area or extent; sizable | |
|
speaker
|
|
n. electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | |
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spite
|
|
n. ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart | |
|
splurge
|
|
v. indulge oneself | |
|
spotless
|
|
a. completely neat and clean | |
|
spotty
|
|
a. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | |
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starch
|
|
n. naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits | |
|
static
|
|
a. having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary | |
|
statistics
|
|
n. a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data | |
|
stranger
|
|
n. an individual that one is not acquainted with | |
|
stunned
|
|
v. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | |
|
suffrage
|
|
n. vote given in the choice of a man for an office or trust; formal expression of an opinion; testimony; attestation; witness; approval | |
|
sunny
|
|
a. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | |
|
superintendent
|
|
n. a person who is in charge of work done in a particular department or office | |
|
supervisor
|
|
n. director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system | |
|
supplier
|
|
n. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity | |
|
supply
|
|
v. make something available to someone; provide | |
|
support
|
|
v. bear all or part of the weight of; hold up | |
|
susceptible
|
|
a. easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease | |
|
suspicious
|
|
a. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable | |
|
swift
|
|
a. quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed | |
|
swimmer
|
|
n. a person who travels through the water by swimming | |
|
sympathy
|
|
n. compassion; pity; feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune | |
|
tainted
|
|
n. the state of being contaminated | |
|
tender
|
|
a. given to sympathy or gentleness; easily hurt; sensitive; young and vulnerable | |
|
terrify
|
|
v. frighten; fill with terror | |
|
therapy
|
|
n. healing power or quality; treatment of illness | |
|
thorough
|
|
a. complete with regard to every detail; not superficial and not partial | |
|
throughout
|
|
ad. in every part; in or through all parts; during the entire time or extent | |
|
timber
|
|
n. wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood | |
|
tolerate
|
|
v. endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit | |
|
tongue
|
|
n. organ situated in floor of mouth | |
|
toothache
|
|
n. an ache localized in or around a tooth | |
|
tragedy
|
|
n. event resulting in great loss and misfortune; disaster | |
|
traitor
|
|
n. one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country | |
|
treatment
|
|
n. handling; something intended to relieve illness or injury | |
|
treaty
|
|
n. act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation | |
|
trend
|
|
n. popular taste; general direction in which something tends to move | |
|
truly
|
|
ad. with sincerity; without pretense | |
|
undernourished
|
|
v. provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment | |
|
understood
|
|
v. (past tense) perceive the intended meaning | |
|
unexpected
|
|
a. not expected or anticipated | |
|
unfriendly
|
|
a. not friendly | |
|
unheard
|
|
a. not necessarily inaudible but not heard | |
|
uniform
|
|
n. a particular set of clothes for a particular group, like police | |
|
unpopular
|
|
a. regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval | |
|
unsanitary
|
|
a. not sanitary or healthful | |
|
vaccinate
|
|
v. perform or produce immunity | |
|
valuable
|
|
a. worth a great deal of money, especially for use or exchange | |
|
various
|
|
a. different from one another; of different kinds or sorts | |
|
vehicle
|
|
n. automobile; a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, to transport people or goods on land | |
|
victory
|
|
n. successful ending of struggle or contest; defeat of an enemy or opponent | |
|
vigorously
|
|
ad. with vigor; in a vigorous manner | |
|
visible
|
|
a. being in public eye; obvious to the eye | |
|
visual
|
|
a. seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical | |
|
voyage
|
|
n. long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation | |
|
wealth
|
|
n. the quality of profuse abundance | |
|
weary
|
|
a. tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued | |
|
wedge
|
|
n. a piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks | |
|
weekend
|
|
n. a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday | |
|
weird
|
|
a. queer; of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange | |
|
wheeze
|
|
n. breathing with a husky or whistling sound | |
|
wilderness
|
|
n. a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert | |
|
worm
|
|
n. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack | |
|
wreck
|
|
n. destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully | |
|
yield
|
|
v. produce something positive such as a profit; give forth a natural product | |
|
youth
|
|
n. the time of life between childhood and maturity | |
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