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Scavenge |
to clean refuse(waste) from; to remove unwanted substance from They scavenge for food behind the restaurants. |
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Immure |
to lock up or confine Her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum. |
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Gesticulate |
to show, express or direct through movement They were shouting and gesticulating to get someone's attention. |
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Efflorescence |
the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms These works are the efflorescence of his genius. |
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Uncommunicative |
not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions He must have been equally uncommunicative to my mother, because she never mentioned your existence. |
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Crumple |
to gather something into wrinkles or small folds He crumpled up the paper bag. |
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Swathe |
to wrap in swaddling clothes His hand was swathe in bandages. |
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Irrelevance |
the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand He regarded religion as an irrelevance. |
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Immerse |
to cause to be thrown into Immerse the water in paper for twenty minutes. |
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Submerge |
to put into water Houses had been flooded and cars submerged. |
