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Petulance |
The quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
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Penitentiary |
A prison for people convicted of serious crimes |
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Legislature |
The legislative body of a country or a state |
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Godsend
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A very helpful or valuable event, person, or thing.
This highway is a godsend to the local community |
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Polygraph
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A machine designed to detect and record changes in physiological characteristics, such as a person's pulse and breathing rates, used especially as a lie detector.
Lie-detector technology has moved on from cumbersome polygraphs that measure physiological responses to questions. |
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Mugger
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A person who attacks and robs another in a public place. They are burglars, dealers, vandals, thugs, muggers , arsonists, a menace to society.
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Swerve
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An abrupt change of direction.
Do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles |
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Obituary
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A notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person.
The obituary of a friend |
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Errand
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A short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, often on someone else's behalf.
She asked Tim to run an errand for her |
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Disown
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Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with. Howard's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage
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