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200 Cards in this Set
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Stave off |
Stop something bad from happening / ward off / defense oneself against, fend off |
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Compatible |
(of two things) able to exist or occur together without problems or conflict |
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Drivel |
Nonsense claptrap twaddle rubbish Mumbo-jumbo |
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Secession |
Withdrawal break breakaway separation severance |
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Shackle |
Chains fetters irons / chain with shackles |
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Feckless |
Useless worthless inefficient incompetent inept |
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Dead pan |
Expressionless unexpressive inexpressive blank impassive inscrutable |
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Contiguous |
Adjacent neighboring adjoining bordering nextdoor |
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Freak |
Oddity eccentric person crank misfit / fan enthusiastic fanatic addict |
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Litany, a litany of |
a tedious recital repetitive series Repetition recitation enumeration account refrain list |
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Annum |
Yearly annually |
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Stint |
Period spell time stretch run session turn term |
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Thereof |
Of the thing just mentioned, of that "the member state or a part thereof" |
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Brat |
a child, typically one that is badly behaved. |
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FWIW |
For what it's worth |
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Undercut |
Weaken impair undermine damage sap / charge less than, charge a lower price than, undersell underbid |
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Avow |
Assert confess declare state maintain aver |
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Missive |
a letter, especially a long or official one. Message |
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Bleary |
Blurred blurry unfocused fogged |
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Likable |
Pleasant friendly nice agreeable |
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Frumpy |
Dowdy old-fashioned unfashionable frumpish drab |
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Tart |
Sour sharp sharp tasting tangy / acerbic biting cutting sharp caustic mordant / prostitute / decorate renovate refurbish retouch / dress oneself up make oneself up |
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Resuscitate |
Revive restore revitalize resurrect regenerate |
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Gridlock |
a situation of very severe traffic congestion. / Stalemate deadlock impasse standstill standoff checkmate |
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Ensconce |
Settle install establish park shut plant lodge position seat |
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Rapacious |
Grasping greedy avaricious acquisitive covetous insatiable |
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Splice |
Interweave entwine plait braid |
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Blithely |
in a way that shows a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper. |
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Cadence |
Rhythm tempo metre measure beat pulse modulation inflection |
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Dish out |
give or tell something such as information or your opinions |
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Quash |
Put an end to, get rid of, finish end suppress / cancel rescind repeal reverse |
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Lockstep |
a way of marching with each person as close as possible to the one in front |
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Disavow |
Deny renounce contradict disclaim disown reject repudiate rebut abjure eschew forswear |
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Sentience |
The quality of being able to experience feelings |
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Instantiate |
represent as or by an instance. |
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Inspo |
something or someone that serves as inspiration or motivation. "we can provide outfit inspo" |
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Grove |
Copse wood thicket coppice |
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Imbecile |
Fool idiot cretin moron dolt / stupid foolish idiotic silly doltish |
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Skit |
Comedy sketch, act piece turn |
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Pique, pique one's curiosity |
Stimulate arouse rouse provoke whet kindle stir |
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Dangle |
Hang droop sag swing |
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Clout |
a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object. Smack punch slap thump / influence or power, especially in politics or business. pull weight / hit (someone or something) hard. strike smack punch slap thump |
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Let |
Let let let |
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Compunction |
Scruples qualms misgivings worries unease uneasiness hesitation hesitancy |
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Swabble |
Fight rumble |
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Anticlimactic |
causing disappointment at the end of an exciting or impressive series of events. |
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Predicate |
Base found establish build ground be dependent premise rest |
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Et al, et alia |
And others |
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Accoutrement |
equipment paraphernalia stuff things |
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Shenanigans |
secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring. |
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Lean |
Unfatty non-fatty |
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IRL |
In real life |
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Buckle |
Bend warp twist / fasten hook strap tie do up |
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Scaffold |
A temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, decoration, or repair of a building |
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Comrade |
Companion friend colleague associate |
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Migrate |
Relocate resettle move / roam wander drift rove |
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Atrocious |
Brutal brutish barbaric barbarous savage vicious / terrible appalling dreadful unpleasant poor |
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Ass cheek |
Buttock, butt cheek |
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Circa |
Approximately about around roughly |
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Skittish |
Excitable nervous scared restive |
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Pesky |
Causing trouble, annoying |
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Tonal |
Of or relating to tone, tonality, or tonicity |
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Tiff |
Quarrel fight squabble row argument contretemps |
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Jady |
Vicious tricky ill-conditioned |
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Jaded |
Tired weary exhausted / satiated sated surfeited glutted |
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Groan |
Moan murmur whine whimper |
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Crock |
something considered to be complete nonsense. / Jar pot urn |
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Earthenware |
Pottery crockery crocks stoneware china porcelain |
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Widow Maker |
dangerous machine or piece of equipment. |
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Gamut |
Range spectrum span sweep scope compass area breadth width |
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Flop |
A total failure disaster debacle catastrophe / (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally. not work fall flat misfire / fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way. drop dangle droop sag flap |
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Banner |
Excellent outstanding |
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Sheen |
Shine lustre gleam patina gloss |
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Retrospective |
an exhibition or compilation showing the development of an artist's work over a period of time / backdated retroactive backward-looking ex post facto |
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Wonky |
Crooked lopsided askew skew / unsteady unstable shaky rocky wobbly |
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Convention |
Agreement protocol accord pact / Congress meeting conference / custom usage practice |
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Knelt |
Kneel knelt knelt |
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Decedent |
A deceased person |
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Far-fetched |
Implausible improbable unconvincing unlikely |
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Head |
Be in charge of, be at the head of / lead be at the front of, be the leader of / move towards, go towards |
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Stench |
Stink bad smell foul smell reek |
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Tuck into tuck in |
Devour consume eat heartily gobble up |
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HVAC |
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
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Head over to |
depart and move or travel toward a specific destination. |
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Get under one's skin |
Irritate annoy irk gall / obsess intrigue captivate charm |
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Salubrious |
Healthy health-giving / (of a place) nice pleasant agreeable select |
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Festoon |
Adorn decorate ornament trim |
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Brigadoon |
a place that is idyllic, unaffected by time, or remote from reality. |
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Redoubt |
a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences. |
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Flank |
Side loin haunch quarter / side aspect facet wing face |
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Foothold |
a secure position from which further progress may be made |
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In terms of |
With regards to, as to, as regards, regarding, concerning, in respect of, with reference to, in the matter of, in connection with |
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SMB |
Small and medium sized business |
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Underbanked |
describing people or organizations who do not have sufficient access to mainstream financial services and products |
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Quier |
A person who acts as if they are gay |
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On the block |
For sale at auction |
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Scuttle |
Scamper scurry scramble bustle |
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Penultimate |
last but one in a series of things; second last. "the penultimate chapter of the book" |
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Elliptical |
Elliptical trainer, cross trainer / terse concise circumvent succinct / elliptic oval ovate |
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Emphysema |
condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness. |
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Crush |
a person with whom someone is infatuated. |
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Leet |
Elite |
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Afoot |
On foot / going on, around, about, happening |
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Constraint |
Obstruction hindrance impediment limitation restriction curb damper |
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Us |
To or for ourselves / me |
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Shoehorn |
force into an inadequate space. "people were shoehorned into cramped corners." |
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Skiff |
a light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person. |
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Sunder |
Devide split cleave separate rend |
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****** |
An affable but hopelessly stupid person / vagina / river turtle |
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Uncouth |
Uncultured uncultivated uncivilized |
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Fidgety |
inclined to fidget; Restless restive uneasy on edge |
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Passel |
a large group of people or things. |
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Salacious |
Obscene pornographic indecent improper |
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Tipple |
Alcohol drink strong drink |
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Abet |
Assist aid help |
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Hawk |
carry about and offer (goods) for sale, typically advertising them by shouting. |
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Alight |
Get off step off get down dismount |
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Doodle |
a rough drawing made absent-mindedly. |
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Crackhead |
a person who habitually takes or is addicted to crack cocaine. |
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Pace |
Walk tread stride march pound |
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DOTD |
Deal of the day |
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Out |
a way of escaping from a problem or dilemma. |
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Soothsaying |
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means |
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Ingression |
act or process of entering or intruding |
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Knell |
Toll tolling ringing chime |
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Revile |
Criticise condemn attack censure |
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Passivity |
acceptance of what happens, without active response or resistance. |
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Pledger |
a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. |
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Foist |
Impose thrust offload force |
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Fare |
Proceed progress get on get along make out |
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Stoke |
Add fuel to, mend tend keep burning |
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Run the gamut |
experience, display, or perform the complete range of something. |
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Patina |
the impression or appearance of something. |
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Dupe |
Duplicate |
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Intervene |
occur in the time between events. "Over the intervening decade" |
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Totemic |
regarded as being symbolic or representative of a particular quality or concept. |
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Lead up |
an event, point, or sequence that leads up to something else. |
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Erst |
Long ago, formerly |
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Lay bare |
reveal or uncover private information or feelings |
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Visceral |
relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect |
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Diocese |
a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. Parish see bishopric |
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Dowdy |
Unfashionable unstylish frumpish frumpy drab dull outmoded |
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Rowdy |
Disorderly unruly |
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Vex |
Irritate anger annoy infuriate |
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Ziff |
An unknown material or item, probably a metal |
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Litany |
Recital recitation repetition list catalogue enumeration |
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Descend on a person or a place |
(a lot of people) arrive at somewhere often unexpectedly "Crowds of tourists descended on the tiny church." |
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Set |
Solidify harden stiffen clot coagulate |
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Rid |
Clear free cleanse |
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Frisson |
a sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear; a thrill. |
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Slake |
Quench satisfy |
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Hell-bent |
Determined set intent bent |
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Deterrence |
the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences |
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Subaltern |
an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant |
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Protégé |
Student pupil apprentice trainee |
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Dud |
A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless. |
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Bean counter |
A person, typically an accountant or bureaucrat, perceived as placing excessive emphasis on controlling expenditure and budgets. |
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Weed out |
remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group |
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Modality |
a particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed. |
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OTT |
Excessive exaggerated |
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Sleet |
rain containing some ice, as when snow melts as it falls. |
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Slather |
spread or smear (a substance) thickly or liberally. "slather on some tanning lotion" |
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Scores of |
a group or set of twenty or about twenty |
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Fini |
Finished done over |
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Back down |
Surrender concede give in yield submit |
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Sentry |
Sentinel guard watch lookout |
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Taxidermy |
the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals with lifelike effect. |
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Perv, perve |
Pervert |
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Resoundingly |
in an unmistakable or emphatic manner; totally. |
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Valiant |
Fearless courageous brave valorous plucky |
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Excoriate |
Criticize censure denounce condemn arrain attack lambaste pillory find fault with light into |
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Grill |
subject (someone) to intense questioning or interrogation. |
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Revulsion |
Disgust repulsion repugnance abhorrence abomination |
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Cleric |
a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one. Origin |
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Rot |
Nonsense rubbish / corruption on the part of officials. / Decay |
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Decor |
Decoration furnishing furbishing ornamentation |
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Give teeth to something |
make something powerful; give something a real effect. |
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Atheist |
Non-believer disbeliever unbeliever non-theist |
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Mullah |
a Muslim learned in Islamic theology and sacred law. |
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Underneath |
Beneath below |
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Try-on |
an attempt to fool or deceive someone |
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Stonk |
a concentrated artillery bombardment. |
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Wacky |
funny or amusing in a slightly odd or peculiar way. Zany offbeat eccentric quirky madcap outlandish |
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someone's (or something's) days are numbered |
Limit restrict fix limit in number |
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Saink |
Something |
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Ruck |
a quarrel or fight, especially a brawl involving several people / a tightly packed crowd of people. |
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Underhole |
cut away or mine out the lower portion of a coal seam or a part of the underclay so as to win or get the overlying coal. |
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In a hole |
in a difficult or embarrassing situation. |
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Tear up |
damage, remove, or effect an opening in / get tears in one's eye |
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Disillusioned with |
Disappointed disenchanted let down |
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Hump day |
Wednesday |
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Whittle down |
gradually make (something) smaller by removing parts. erode wear away eat away |
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Clift |
a cleft of crack; a narrow opening. / the fork of the legs; the crotch |
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Skate |
pass over or refer only fleetingly to (a subject or problem) |
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Befall |
Happen to, overtake come upon fall upon |
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Salve |
Ointment cream balm unction |
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Beauty is the eye of the beholder |
Everyone views the world in a different way. the person who is observing gets to decide what is beautiful |
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Plastered |
Very drunk |
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Not bat an eyelid |
show no surprise or concern. |
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Asunder |
Apart |
