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Abreast |
side by side and facing the same way. In education the Catholic Church endeavours to keep abreast with the best. |
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Brash |
vulgarly self assertive; hasty; rash The demon lord was brash, aggressive – and almost always honest, until it came time to deal. |
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Lolled |
sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way She lolled her head back and closed her eyes. |
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Abolitionist |
a person who favors the doing away with a practice or institution His services as an abolitionist pioneer are recorded in Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade. |
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Speculate |
to form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence If you want me to speculate, I'd say it ran far deeper than that. |
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Solemn |
formal, serious; not cheerful He had been unusually quiet and solemn lately. |
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Bygones |
a thing dating from an earlier time. "India Square" remains, a memento of a bygone day. |
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Lament |
to mourn ( a loss or death) He was lamented by a large circle of friends. |
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Pensive |
reflecting; in serious thought He was lamented by a large circle of friends. |
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Disposition |
a tendency to act in a specified way Their disposition was to leave the Chinese in unmolested possession of the plain. |
