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append
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a. to add as a supplement b. to fix to; attach
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dispense
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a. to prepare and distribute in parts or portions. b. to administer. c. to exempt or release, as from a duty or obligation
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expendable
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a. viewed as not worth keeping or maintaining b. subject to use or consumption
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expenditure
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a. the act or process of consuming or using (something) up; outlay. b. an expense
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impend
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a. to hang or hover menacingly. b. to be about to take place
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pending
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not yet decided; awaiting conclusion
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perpendicular
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intersecting at or forming right angles. b. at right angles to a horizontal line or plane; vertical; exactly upright.
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preponderance
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superiority in weight, quantity power or importance
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recompense
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a. to award compensation. to as for services rendered. b. to make a return for (an action) n. a. payment or compensation for another's loss. b. payment in return for something given or done
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suspension
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a. the temporary deferment of an action. b. the period during which one is excluded from privilege, office or position, usually as punishment c. a device from which a mechanical part is hung
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eulogy
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a speech praising another; tribute b. great praise
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exalt
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a. to glorify; praise; honor. b. to raise in rank, character or status; elevate
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exhort
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to urge or incite by strong argument, advice or appeal
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expatiate
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to speak or write at length; elaborate
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garrulous
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habitually talkative, especially excessively so
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gist
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the central idea of a matter; essence
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histrionic
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excessively dramatic or emotional; affected. b. of or pertaining to actors or acting
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laconic
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using a marketed by the use of few words; terse.
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peremptory
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not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative b. having the nature of expressing a command; urgent c. putting an end to all debate or action
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polemic
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a controversy or argument, especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon the opinions or doctrines of another
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consecrate
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a. to declare or set apart as holy or sacred. b. to dedicate to a worthy goal or service. c. to confirm officially by religious or civil ceremonies
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credo
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a system of fundamental beliefs or guiding principles; creed. b. a formal statement of religious belief
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desecrate
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to violate or abuse the sacredness of; profane. b. to treat irreverently or contemptuously, thereby arousing outrage in others
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laudable
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deserving praise, commendable
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pious
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having or exhibiting reverence and earnest compliance in the observance of religion; devout. b. professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded. c. marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical
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sacrilegious
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disrespectful or irreverent towards something sacred
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sanctimony
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pretended devoutness or righteousness; a hypocritical show of holiness
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sanctity
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a. the quality or condition of being considered sacred; inviolability. b. holiness of life; saintliness.
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supplicate
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a. to make a humble entreaty to; beseech. b. to ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying. C. to make a humble and earnest petition, beg.
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venerate
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to regard with respect, reverence or deference.
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