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aggregate
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noun: a whole formed by combining several different elements
Verb: combine into a whole adjective: formed or calculated by combining many separate items |
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ardor
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great enthusiasm; passion
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asceticrictly
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stricktly self-disciplined and advoding any pleasures or luxuries
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bemuse
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confuse or dewilder someone
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burlespue
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1. Preformance or writing making fun of something through comic exageration
2. a variety show, typically including bawdy humor and striptease |
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convalesce
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gradually recover one's health after an illness or medical treatment
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didactic
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intended to teach or give moral guildance
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gariush
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unpleasantly bright and showy; lurid
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hitherto
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untill the point in time under discussion
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ideology
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noun: a system of ideas and principles forming a the basis of an economic or political theory
noun: the set of beliefs held by a particulare social group |
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insidious
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proceeding or spreading gradually or without notice, by causing serious harm
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insinuate
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suggest or hint at something bad in an idirect or unpleasant way
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irridescent
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showing bright colors that seem to change when seen from different angels
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limpid
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1. (of liquid or the eye) clear
2. (especially of writing or music) clear or melodious |
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nebulous
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1. in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy
2. not clearly defined; vague |
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opalescence
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somehting showing many small points of shifting color
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parse
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divide a sentence into parts and describe the grammar of each word or part
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prefidy
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the state of being decietful and untrustworthy
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torpid
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mentally or physically inactive; lacking energy
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uncanny
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1. strange or mystirious
2. so accurate or intense as to be unsettling |
