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childish; immature
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adj. puerile
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a teacher
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n. pedagogue
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1. a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding
2. a scholarly show-off |
n. pedant
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something that has a real of independent existence
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n. entity
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1. a person or thing of no importance
2. something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
n. nonentity
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1. the basic element; the identifying characterstic
2. a substance in concentrated from obtained from a plant or drug |
n. essence
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branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement
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n. orthopedics
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about to die or end
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adj. moribund
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1. to shame
2. to discipline oneself by denial |
v. mortify
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an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
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n. postmortem
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the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
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n. euthanasia
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possessed at birth; inborn
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adj. innate
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1. childlike; unnsophisticated
2. gullible |
adj. naive
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emerging; coming into existence
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adj. nascent
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a rebirth; a renewal
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n. renaissance
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