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v. to join at one end or be next to; ot support, prop up
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abut
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n. clothes,apparel, garb
v. to dress, adorn, or bedeck |
attire
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v. to be of use or benefit to; to make use of ; to take advantage of; to profit of benefit;
n. use , benefit or value |
avail
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n. a very close friend, pal, chum buddy
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crony
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adj. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
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cryptic
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adj. going in different directions; different form eachother; departing from convention, deviant
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divergent
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n. hatred, ill-will
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enmity
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adj. very earnest , emotional, passionate; extremely hot
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fervent
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adj. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
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gaunt
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v. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
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infiltrate
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v. to make no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
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nullify
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adj. capable of being graspd by the senses or mind
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perceptible
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v. to plunge staight down;
n. a weight fastened to a line |
plummet
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v. to declare publically or officially
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proclaim
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n. an agent, substiture; a written permission allowing one perosn to act in another's plave
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proxy
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v. to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness( with the suggestion that the pain grows worth with time)
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rankle
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n. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
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scavenger
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v. to limit, be sparing and frugal;
n. a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity |
stint
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adj. self- controlled, not showing feeling in resonse to pleasre or pain
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stoical
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v. tireless, continuing with vigor
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unflagging
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