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n. 1 [U] one's good reputation (for honesty, integrity, etc.): He is a man of ~ and is totally trustworthy.
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honor
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adj. 1 mentally ill, crazy: The doctors knew the man was~ when he heard voices in an empty room.
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insane
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n. an optical instrument used to make distant objects seem larger: Observatories use giant ~ to look at the sky.
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telescopes
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v. [T] 1 to protect against attack: The army ~ed the city.
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defend
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v. [T] -nated, -nating, -nates 1 to interest greatly, hold the attention of s.o., engross: The customs and traditions of other cultures often ~ people.
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fascinate
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n. a period of 10 years: the decade of the 1990s||The development of the park took a ~ to complete.
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decade
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n. a moon or other object in space that circles a larger object, such as a planet: The moon we see at night is Earth's only ~ .
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satellite
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n. -ies a large system of stars: Our ~ is called the Milky Way.
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galaxy
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adj. singular, one of a kind: Each person in the world has a ~ personality.
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unique
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n. 1 a path in space followed by a planet, moon, or spacecraft: The space vehicle settled into an ~around Mars.
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orbit
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adv. with truth, accurately: She spoke ~.
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truly
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v. [I;T] to send people to live in another area of land or country, while still governing them from the home country: The Spanish, British, and French ~d the Americas.
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colonize
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n. [C;U] the air, land, water, and surroundings that people, plants, and animals live in: The ~ in big cities is usually polluted.
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environment
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adj. related to a city: Many people move to~ areas to have the excitement of city life.
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urban
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to act the same way as another: The boy ~s his father's way of talking.
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imitate
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