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upend

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v. set or turn something on its end or upside down

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wry

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adj. using or expressing dry esp. mocking, humor

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bawdy

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adj. dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent

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indolent

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indolent - adj. wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

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sultry

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adj hot and humid (weather) ; attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature (of a person esp. woman)

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derisive

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adj. expressing contempt or ridicule

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sardonic

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adj. grimly mocking or cynical

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disconcert

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adj. disturb the compose of; unsettle

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dispel

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v. to make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear

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contemptuously

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adj. showing contempt or scornful

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delectable

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adj. of food, delicious; chiefly humorous, extremely beautiful or attractive

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waspish

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adj. readily expressing anger or irritation

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perdition

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n. in christian theology, a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death

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penitent

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adj. feeling of regret or sorrow after having done wrong; repentant

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bereave

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v. be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, esp. due to the loved one's death

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insolent

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adj. showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

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litany

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n. a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to a recurring formula by the people; a tedious recital or repetitive series (a litany of complaints)

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rectify

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v. put something right or correct

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mar

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v. impair the appearance of; disfigure

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seeth

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v. bubble up as a result of being boiled

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jar

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v. send a painful or damaging shock through (sth esp. a part of the body); strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt; have an unpleasant, annoying, or disturbing effect

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resolute

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adj. admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering (on character and a firm adherence to your own goals and purposes rather than to those of others)

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egregious

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adj. outstandingly bad; shocking

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progeny

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n. descendants of a person, animal, or plants; offspring (the progeny of mixed marriages)

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asunder

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adv. apart; divided (those whom God hath joined let not man put asunder

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pugnacious

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adj. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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palpable

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adj. able to be touched or felt

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coterie

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n. a small group of people who shared interests or taste, esp. one that is exclusive of other people

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dissident

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n. a person who opposes official party, esp. that of an authoritarian state/ adj. in opposition to official policy

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taut

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a. stretched or pulled tight; not slack

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bulbous

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a. fat, round, and bulging

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enamor

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v . be filled with feeling of love for; having a liking or admiration for

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impish

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a. inclined to do naughty things for fun; mischievous

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pelt

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v. attack someone by repeated hurling things at them

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rebuff

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v. reject in a abrupt or ungracious manner

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accost

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v. address and approach someone boldly and aggressively

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obtuse

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a. annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

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affront

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v. offend the modesty or values of / n. an action or remark that causes outrage or offense

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nubile

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a. sexually mature (of a girl or young woman); suitable for marriage

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wince

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v. give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress

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sully

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v. damaged the purity or integrity of; defile

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gaily

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adv. in a cheerful and lighthearted way

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wanton

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a. (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked; sexually immodest and promiscuous

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despondent

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a. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

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wayward

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a. difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior

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faction

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n. a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, esp. in politics

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flibbertigibbet

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n. a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person

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preposterous

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a. contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous

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prophylactic

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a. intended to prevent disease/ n. a medicine or course of action used to prevent disease

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copulate

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v. have sexual intercourse

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avuncular

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a. of or relating to an uncle. kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person

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retribution

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n. punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved

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resolve

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n. firm determination to do sth

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punitive

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(measures) - a. inflicting or intended as punishment

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snootful

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n. enough alcoholic drink to make one drunk

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ration

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v. allow each person to have only a fixed amt of

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festoon

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v. adorned a place with chains, garlands, or other decorations

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vertigo

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n. a sensation of whirling and loss of balance associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vesibular nerve; giddiness

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excrete

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v. separate and expel as waste

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acrimonious

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a. typically of speech or a debate, angry and bitter

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lugubrious

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a. looking or sounding sad and dismal

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latrine

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n. a toilet esp. a communal one in a camp or barracks

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insinuating (oneself into)

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- maneuver oneself into by subtle manipulation

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waif

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n. a homeless & helpless person, esp. a neglected or abandoned child

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androgyne

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n. hermaphrodite

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coital

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n sexual intercourse

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rodomontade

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n. boastful or inflated talk or behavior/ v. talk boastfully

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halitosis

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n. bad breath

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impudent

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a. not showing due respect for another person; impertinent

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blather

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(blether, blither) - v. talk long-windedly without making very much sense/ n. long winded talk with no real substance