rearmament
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incursion
n.1) a sudden invasion, attack, or raid.
2) the act of running or leaking into; penetration.
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funk
informal. chiefly Brit.
;n.1) Also called: blue funk.
2) a coward.
;vb.3) to flinch from (responsibility) through fear.
4) (tr; usually passive) to make afraid.
;n. US slang.
a strong foul odour
;n. informal.
a type of polyrhythmic Black dance music with heavy syncopation
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putative
adj.1) (prenominal) commonly regarded as being.
2) (prenominal) considered to exist or have existed; inferred.
3) grammar denoting a mood of the verb in some languages used when the speaker does not have direct evidence of what he is asserting, but has inferred it on the basis of something else.
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austerity
n., pl -ties.
1) the state or quality of being austere.
2) (often plural) an austere habit, practice, or act.
3).
a) reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods, esp when brought about by government policy.
b) (as modifier).
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splurge
n.1) an ostentatious display, esp of wealth.
2) a bout of unrestrained extravagance.
;vb.3) (often foll by on) to spend (money) unrestrainedly or extravagantly.
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fend
vb.1) (intr; foll by for) to give support (to someone, esp oneself); provide (for).
2) (tr; usually foll by off) to ward off or turn aside (blows, questions, attackers, etc.).
3) (tr) archaic to defend or resist.
4) (intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to struggle; strive.
;n.5) Scot and Northern English dialect a shift or effort.
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revanchist
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impenetrable
adj.1) incapable of being pierced through or penetrated.
2) incapable of being understood; incomprehensible.
3) incapable of being seen through.
4) not susceptible to ideas, influence, etc.
5) physics (of a body) incapable of occupying the same space as another body.
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glutinous
adj.resembling glue in texture; sticky
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inertia
n.1) the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act.
2) physics.
a) the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
b) an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change.
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ineptitude
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probity
n.confirmed integrity; uprightness
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pedantry
n., pl -ries.
the habit or an instance of being a pedant, esp in the display of useless knowledge or minute observance of petty rules or details
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leeway
n.1) room for free movement within limits, as in action or expenditure.
2) sideways drift of a boat or aircraft.
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ardent
adj.1) expressive of or characterized by intense desire or emotion; passionate.
2) intensely enthusiastic; eager.
3) glowing, flashing, or shining.
4) rare burning.
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relish
vb. (tr).
1) to savour or enjoy (an experience) to the full.
2) to anticipate eagerly; look forward to.
3) to enjoy the taste or flavour of (food, etc.); savour.
4) to give appetizing taste or flavour to (food), by or as if by the addition of pickles or spices.
;n.5) liking or enjoyment, as of something eaten or experienced (esp in the phrase with relish).
6) pleasurable anticipation.
7) an appetizing or spicy food added to a main dish to enhance its flavour.
8) an appetizing taste or flavour.
9) a zestful trace or touch.
10) music (in English lute, viol, and keyboard music of the 16th and 17th centuries) a trilling ornament, used esp at cadences.
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mayhem
n.1) law the wilful and unlawful infliction of injury upon a person, esp (formerly) the injuring or removing of a limb rendering him less capable of defending himself against attack.
2) any violent destruction or confusion.
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brim
n.1) the upper rim of a vessel.
2) a projecting rim or edge.
3) the brink or edge of something.
;vb. brims, brimming, brimmed.
4) to fill or be full to the brim.
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frugal
adj.1) practising economy; living without waste; thrifty.
2) not costly; meagre.
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rogue
n.1) a dishonest or unprincipled person, esp a man; rascal; scoundrel.
2) often jocular a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp.
3) a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety.
4).
a) any inferior or defective specimen.
b) (as modifier).
5) archaic a vagrant.
6).
a) an animal of vicious character that has separated from the main herd and leads a solitary life.
b) (as modifier).
;vb.7).
a) (tr) to rid (a field or crop) of plants that are inferior, diseased, or of an unwanted variety.
b) to identify and remove such plants.
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luscious
adj.1) extremely pleasurable, esp to the taste or smell.
2) very attractive.
3) archaic cloying.
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verdant
adj.1) covered with green vegetation.
2) (of plants, etc.) green in colour.
3) immature or unsophisticated; green.
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wee
adj.1) very small; tiny; minute.
;n.2) chiefly Scot a short time (esp in the phrase bide a wee.).
;n.1).
a) the act or an instance of urinating.
b) urine.
;vb.2) (intr) to urinate.
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fares
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motif
n.1) a distinctive idea, esp a theme elaborated on in a piece of music, literature, etc.
2) Also: motive.
3) a single added piece of decoration, such as a symbol or name on a jumper, sweatshirt, etc.
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commissioned
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embellished
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congruent
adj.1) agreeing; corresponding; congruous.
2) having identical shapes so that all parts correspond.
3) of or concerning two integers related by a congruence.
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banish
vb. (tr).
1) to expel from a place, esp by an official decree as a punishment.
2) to drive away.
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lexicon
n.1) a dictionary, esp one of an ancient language such as Greek or Hebrew.
2) a list of terms relating to a particular subject.
3) the vocabulary of a language or of an individual.
4) linguistics the set of all the morphemes of a language.
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overt
adj.1) open to view; observable.
2) law open; deliberate. Criminal intent may be inferred from an overt act.
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secular
adj.1) of or relating to worldly as opposed to sacred things; temporal.
2) not concerned with or related to religion.
3) not within the control of the Church.
4) (of an education, etc.).
a) having no particular religious affinities.
b) not including compulsory religious studies or services.
5) (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order.
6) occurring or appearing once in an age or century.
7) lasting for a long time.
8) astronomy occurring slowly over a long period of time.
;n.9) a member of the secular clergy.
10) another word for layman.
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indispensable
adj.1) absolutely necessary; essential.
2) not to be disregarded or escaped.
;n.3) an indispensable person or thing.
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elusive
adj.1) difficult to catch.
2) preferring or living in solitude and anonymity.
3) difficult to remember.
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aperture
n.1) a hole, gap, crack, slit, or other opening.
2) physics.
a) a usually circular and often variable opening in an optical instrument or device that controls the quantity of radiation entering or leaving it.
b) the diameter of such an opening.
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resin
n.1) any of a group of solid or semisolid amorphous compounds that are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations. They are used in medicine and in varnishes.
2) any of a large number of synthetic, usually organic, materials that have a polymeric structure, esp such a substance in a raw state before it is moulded or treated with plasticizer, stabilizer, filler, etc.
;vb.3) (tr) to treat or coat with resin.
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inroads
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Deflated
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materialise
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euphoria
n.a feeling of great elation, esp when exaggerated
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calibre
n.1) the diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm.
2) the diameter of a shell or bullet.
3) ability; distinction.
4) personal character.
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overtures
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perplexity
n., pl -ties.
1) the state of being perplexed.
2) the state of being intricate or complicated.
3) something that perplexes.
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voracious
adj.1) devouring or craving food in great quantities.
2) very eager or unremitting in some activity.
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hastily
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writhe
vb.1) to twist or squirm in or as if in pain.
2) (intr) to move with such motions.
3) (intr) to suffer acutely from embarrassment, revulsion, etc.
;n.4) the act or an instance of writhing.
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recoiled
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fudge
n.1) foolishness; nonsense.
;interj.2) a mild exclamation of annoyance.
;vb.3) (intr) to talk foolishly or emptily.
;n.1) a small section of type matter in a box in a newspaper allowing late news to be included without the whole page having to be remade.
2) the box in which such type matter is placed.
3) the late news so inserted.
4) a machine attached to a newspaper press for printing this.
5) an unsatisfactory compromise reached to evade a difficult problem or controversial issue.
;vb.6) (tr) to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way.
7) (tr) to misrepresent; falsify.
8) to evade (a problem, issue, etc.); dodge; avoid.
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pliant
adj.1) easily bent; supple.
2) easily modified; adaptable; flexible.
3) yielding readily to influence; compliant.
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fraught
adj.1) (usually postpositive and foll by with) filled or charged; attended.
2) informal showing or producing tension or anxiety.
3) archaic (usually postpositive and foll by with) freighted.
;n.4) an obsolete word for freight.
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foster
vb. (tr).
1) to promote the growth or development of.
2) to bring up (a child, etc.); rear.
3) to cherish (a plan, hope, etc.) in one's mind.
4) chiefly Brit.
a) to place (a child) in the care of foster parents.
b) to bring up under fosterage.
;adj.5) (in combination) of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents.
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clutch
vb.1) (tr) to seize with or as if with hands or claws.
2) (tr) to grasp or hold firmly.
3) (intr; usually foll by at) to attempt to get hold or possession (of).
;n.4) a device that enables two revolving shafts to be joined or disconnected as required, esp one that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox in a vehicle.
5) a device for holding fast.
6) a firm grasp.
7) a hand, claw, or talon in the act of clutching.
8) (often plural) power or control.
9) Also called: clutch bag.
;n.1) a hatch of eggs laid by a particular bird or laid in a single nest.
2) a brood of chickens.
3) informal a group, bunch, or cluster.
;vb.4) (tr) to hatch (chickens).
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trope
n.1) rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense.
2) an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy.
;n. combining form.
indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to
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malign
adj.1) evil in influence, intention, or effect.
;vb.2) (tr) to slander or defame.
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revolt
n.1) a rebellion or uprising against authority.
2).
;vb.3) (intr) to rise up in rebellion against authority.
4) (usually passive) to feel or cause to feel revulsion, disgust, or abhorrence.
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motley
adj.1) made up of elements of varying type, quality, etc.
2) multicoloured.
;n.3) a motley collection or mixture.
4) the particoloured attire of a jester.
5) obsolete a jester.
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porous
adj.1) permeable to water, air, or other fluids.
2) biology, geology having pores; poriferous.
3) easy to cross or penetrate.
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sieve
n.1) a device for separating lumps from powdered material, straining liquids, grading particles, etc., consisting of a container with a mesh or perforated bottom through which the material is shaken or poured.
2) rare a person who gossips and spreads secrets.
3).
;vb.4) to pass or cause to pass through a sieve.
5) (tr; often foll by out) to separate or remove (lumps, materials, etc.) by use of a sieve.
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rue
vb. rues, ruing, rued.
1) to feel sorrow, remorse, or regret for (one's own wrongdoing, past events with unpleasant consequences, etc.).
;n.2) archaic sorrow, pity, or regret.
;n.any rutaceous plant of the genus Ruta, esp R. graveolens, an aromatic Eurasian shrub with small yellow flowers and evergreen leaves which yield an acrid volatile oil, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic and stimulant
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foe
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dilettante
n., pl -tantes or -tanti [-ˈtɑ:ntɪ].
1) a person whose interest in a subject is superficial rather than professional.
2) a person who loves the arts.
;adj.3) of or characteristic of a dilettante.
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vandalise
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attuned
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bumper
n.1) a horizontal metal bar attached to the front or rear end of a car, lorry, etc., to protect against damage from impact.
2) a person or machine that bumps.
3) cricket a ball bowled so that it bounces high on pitching; bouncer.
;n.1) a glass, tankard, etc., filled to the brim, esp as a toast.
2) an unusually large or fine example of something.
;adj.3) unusually large, fine, or abundant.
;vb.4) (tr) to toast with a bumper.
5) (tr) to fill to the brim.
6) (intr) to drink bumpers.
;n. Austral old-fashioned informal.
a cigarette end
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boon
n.1) something extremely useful, helpful, or beneficial; a blessing or benefit.
2) archaic a favour; request.
;adj.1) close, special, or intimate (in the phrase boon companion).
2) archaic jolly or convivial.
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heave
vb. heaves, heaving, heaved or chiefly nautical hove.
1) (tr) to lift or move with a great effort.
2) (tr) to throw (something heavy) with effort.
3) to utter (sounds, sighs, etc.) or breathe noisily or unhappily.
4) to rise and fall or cause to rise and fall heavily.
5) (past tense and past participle hove) nautical.
a) to move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position.
b) (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch or roll.
6) (tr) to displace (rock strata, mineral veins, etc.) in a horizontal direction.
7) (intr) to retch.
;n.8) the act or an instance of heaving.
9) a fling.
10) the horizontal displacement of rock strata at a fault.
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perky
adj. perkier, perkiest.
1) jaunty; lively.
2) confident; spirited.
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wobbly
adj. -blier, -bliest.
1) unsteady.
2) trembling, shaking.
;n.3).
;n., pl -blies.
a member of the Industrial Workers of the World
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fallacy
n., pl -cies.
1) an incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning.
2) unsound or invalid reasoning.
3) the tendency to mislead.
4) logic an error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid.
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nuance
n.1) a subtle difference in colour, meaning, tone, etc.; a shade or graduation.
;vb. (tr; passive).
2) to give subtle differences to.
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wobble
vb.1) (intr) to move, rock, or sway unsteadily.
2) (intr) to tremble or shake.
3) (intr) to vacillate with indecision.
4) (tr) to cause to wobble.
;n.5) a wobbling movement, motion, or sound.
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frivolous
adj.1) not serious or sensible in content, attitude, or behaviour; silly.
2) unworthy of serious or sensible treatment; unimportant.
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quaint
adj.1) attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style.
2) odd, peculiar, or inappropriate.
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predicament
n.1) a perplexing, embarrassing, or difficult situation.
2) <FONT COLOR=RED>[ˈprεdɪkəmənt]</FONT> logic obsolete one of Aristotle's ten categories of being.
3) archaic a specific condition, circumstance, state, position, etc.
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exhilarate
vb. (tr).
to make lively and cheerful; gladden; elate
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tinge
n.1) a slight tint or colouring.
2) any slight addition.
;vb. tinges, tingeing or tinging, tinged (tr).
3) to colour or tint faintly.
4) to impart a slight trace to.
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precipice
n.1).
a) the steep sheer face of a cliff or crag.
b) the cliff or crag itself.
2) a precarious situation.
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devolve
vb.1) (foll by on, upon, to, etc.) to pass or cause to pass to a successor or substitute, as duties, power, etc.
2) (intr; foll by on or upon) law (of an estate, etc.) to pass to another by operation of law, esp on intestacy or bankruptcy.
3) (intr; foll by on or upon) to depend (on).
4) archaic to roll down or cause to roll down.
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adversary
n., pl -saries.
1) a person or group that is hostile to someone; enemy.
2) an opposing contestant in a game or sport.
;adj.3) the US term for adversarial 2).
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insurgent
adj.1) rebellious or in revolt, as against a government in power or the civil authorities.
;n.2) a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion; insurrectionist.
3) international law a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency.
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moot
adj.1) subject or open to debate.
;vb.2) (tr) to suggest or bring up for debate.
3) (intr) to plead or argue theoretical or hypothetical cases, as an academic exercise or as vocational training for law students.
;n.4) a discussion or debate of a hypothetical case or point, held as an academic activity.
5) (in Anglo-Saxon England) an assembly, mainly in a shire or hundred, dealing with local legal and administrative affairs.
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divisive
adj.1) causing or tending to cause disagreement or dissension.
2) archaic having the quality of distinguishing.
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pun
n.1) the use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendoes in their meaning, usually for humorous effect; a play on words. An example is: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannonball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms." (Thomas Hood).
;vb. puns, punning, punned.
2) (intr) to make puns.
;vb. puns, punning, punned (tr) Brit.
to pack (earth, rubble, etc.) by pounding
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slur
vb. slurs, slurring, slurred (mainly tr).
1) (often foll by over) to treat superficially, hastily, or without due deliberation; gloss.
2) (also intr) to pronounce or utter (words, etc.) indistinctly.
3) to speak disparagingly of or cast aspersions on.
4) music to execute (a melodic interval of two or more notes) smoothly, as in legato performance.
5) (also intr) to blur or smear.
6) archaic to stain or smear; sully.
;n.7) an indistinct sound or utterance.
8) a slighting remark; aspersion.
9) a stain or disgrace, as upon one's reputation; stigma.
10) music.
a) a performance or execution of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part.
b) the curved line indicating this.
11) a blur or smear.
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chant
n.1) a simple song or melody.
2) a short simple melody in which several words or syllables are assigned to one note, as in the recitation of psalms.
3) a psalm or canticle performed by using such a melody.
4) a rhythmic or repetitious slogan, usually spoken or sung, as by sports supporters, etc.
5) monotonous or singsong intonation in speech.
;vb.6) to sing or recite (a psalm, prayer, etc.) as a chant.
7) to intone (a slogan) rhythmically or repetitiously.
8) to speak or say monotonously as if intoning a chant.
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prudish
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litigation
n.1) the act or process of bringing or contesting a legal action in court.
2) a judicial proceeding or contest.
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abet
vb. abets, abetting, abetted (tr).
to assist or encourage, esp in crime or wrongdoing
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rancid
adj.1) (of butter, bacon, etc.) having an unpleasant stale taste or smell as the result of decomposition.
2) (of a taste or smell) rank or sour; stale.
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bigotry
n., pl -ries.
the attitudes, behaviour, or way of thinking of a bigot; prejudice; intolerance
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hush
vb.1) to make or become silent; quieten.
2) to soothe or be soothed.
;n.3) stillness; silence.
4) an act of hushing.
;interj.5) a plea or demand for silence.
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;vb. (tr).
1) to run water over the ground to erode (surface soil), revealing the underlying strata and any valuable minerals present.
2) to wash (an ore) by removing particles of earth with rushing water.
;n.3) a gush of water, esp when artificially produced.
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drab
adj. drabber, drabbest.
1) dull; dingy; shabby.
2) cheerless; dreary.
3) of the colour drab.
;n.4) a light olive-brown colour.
5) a fabric of a dull grey or brown colour.
;n.1) a slatternly woman.
2) a whore.
;vb. drabs, drabbing, drabbed.
3) (intr) to consort with prostitutes.
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apathy
n.1) absence of interest in or enthusiasm for things generally considered interesting or moving.
2) absence of emotion.
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outman
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queasy
adj. -sier, -siest.
1) having the feeling that one is about to vomit; nauseous.
2) feeling or causing uneasiness.
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glean
vb.1) to gather (something) slowly and carefully in small pieces.
2) to gather (the useful remnants of a crop) from the field after harvesting.
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bristle
n.1) any short stiff hair of an animal or plant.
2) something resembling these hair.
;vb.3) (when intr, often foll by up) to stand up or cause to stand up like bristles.
4) (intr; sometimes foll by up) to show anger, indignation, etc.
5) (intr) to be thickly covered or set.
6) (intr) to be in a state of agitation or movement.
7) (tr) to provide with a bristle or bristles.
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bespoke
adj. chiefly Brit.
1) (esp of clothing or a website, computer program, etc.) made to the customer's specifications.
2) making or selling such suits, jackets, etc.
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foray
n.1) a short raid or incursion.
2) a first attempt or new undertaking.
;vb.3) to raid or ravage (a town, district, etc.).
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