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n.
elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display


Spelling Word: pageant
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a. Syn. incomplete; fragmentary; sectional
incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others


Spelling Word: partial
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ad.
in a regular periodic manner; intermittently


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v.
be destroyed; pass away; become nothing


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a.
proper to be permitted; allowable; admissible.


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n.
quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment


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v.
endure; be persistent, refuse to stop


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n.
crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material


Spelling Word: piracy
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n. Syn. part; section; segment
section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole


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v. Syn. depict; describe; draw
depict; describe; draw


Spelling Word: portray