corrugated
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labyrinth
n.1) a mazelike network of tunnels, chambers, or paths, either natural or man-made.
2) any complex or confusing system of streets, passages, etc.
3) a complex or intricate situation.
4).
a) any system of interconnecting cavities, esp those comprising the internal ear.
b) another name for internal ear.
5) electronics an enclosure behind a high-performance loudspeaker, consisting of a series of air chambers designed to absorb unwanted sound waves.
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a huge maze constructed for King Minos in Crete by Daedalus to contain the Minotaur
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implement
n.1) a piece of equipment; tool or utensil.
2) something used to achieve a purpose; agent.
;vb. (tr).
3) to carry out; put into action; perform.
4) archaic to complete, satisfy, or fulfil.
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eloquence
n.1) ease in using language to best effect.
2) powerful and effective language.
3) the quality of being persuasive or moving.
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diffidence
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acrid
adj.1) unpleasantly pungent or sharp to the smell or taste.
2) sharp or caustic, esp in speech or nature.
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cryptic
adj.1) hidden; secret; occult.
2) (esp of comments, sayings, etc.) obscure in meaning.
3) (of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape.
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impede
vb. (tr).
to restrict or retard in action, progress, etc.; hinder; obstruct
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effervescence
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precarious
adj.1) liable to failure or catastrophe; insecure; perilous.
2) archaic dependent on another's will.
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sycophant
n.a person who uses flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toady
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miserly
adj.of or resembling a miser; avaricious
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disinclination
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antidote
n.1) medicine a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison.
2) anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy.
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authoritarian
adj.1) favouring, denoting, or characterized by strict obedience to authority.
2) favouring, denoting, or relating to government by a small elite with wide powers.
3) despotic; dictatorial; domineering.
;n.4) a person who favours or practises authoritarian policies.
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discount
vb. (mainly tr).
1) to leave out of account as being unreliable, prejudiced, or irrelevant.
2) to anticipate and make allowance for, often so as to diminish the effect of.
3).
a) to deduct (a specified amount or percentage) from the usual price, cost, etc.
b) to reduce (the regular price, cost, etc.) by a stated percentage or amount.
4) to sell or offer for sale at a reduced price.
5) to buy or sell (a bill of exchange, etc.) before maturity, with a deduction for interest determined by the time to maturity and also by risk.
6) (also intr) to loan money on (a negotiable instrument that is not immediately payable) with a deduction for interest determined by risk and time to maturity.
;n.7) a deduction from the full amount of a price or debt, as in return for prompt payment or to a special group of customers.
8) Also called: discount rate.
a) the amount of interest deducted in the purchase or sale of or the loan of money on unmatured negotiable instruments.
b) the rate of interest deducted.
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a) (in the issue of shares) a percentage deducted from the par value to give a reduced amount payable by subscribers.
b) the amount by which the par value of something, esp shares, exceeds its market value.
10) the act or an instance of discounting a negotiable instrument.
11).
12) (modifier) offering or selling at reduced prices.
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evanescent
adj.1) passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing.
2) ephemeral or transitory.
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incidental
adj.1) happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous.
2) (postpositive; foll by to) found in connection (with); related (to).
3) (postpositive; foll by upon) caused (by).
4) occasional or minor.
;n.5) (often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action.
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cajole
vb.to persuade (someone) by flattery or pleasing talk to do what one wants; wheedle; coax
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deprecate
vb. (tr).
1) to express disapproval of; protest against.
2) to depreciate (a person, someone's character, etc.); belittle.
3) archaic to try to ward off by prayer.
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compliance
n.1) the act of complying; acquiescence.
2) a disposition to yield to or comply with others.
3) a measure of the ability of a mechanical system to respond to an applied vibrating force, expressed as the reciprocal of the system's stiffness.
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analogous
adj.1) similar or corresponding in some respect.
2) biology (of organs and parts) having the same function but different evolutionary origin.
3) linguistics formed by analogy.
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ostentatious
adj.characterized by pretentious, showy, or vulgar display
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piety
n., pl -ties.
1) dutiful devotion to God and observance of religious principles.
2) the quality or characteristic of being pious.
3) a pious action, saying, etc.
4) now rare devotion and obedience to parents or superiors.
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ebullient
adj.1) overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant.
2) boiling.
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usurp
vb.to seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc.) without authority
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commemorate
vb. (tr).
to honour or keep alive the memory of
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discrepancy
n., pl -cies.
a conflict or variation, as between facts, figures, or claims
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thrive
vb. thrives, thriving; thrived or throve; thrived or thriven [ˈθrɪvən] (intr).
1) to grow strongly and vigorously.
2) to do well; prosper.
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desiccate
vb.1) (tr) to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate.
2) (tr) to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dry.
3) (intr) to become dried up.
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illicit
adj.1) another word for illegal.
2) not allowed or approved by common custom, rule, or standard.
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integrity
n.1) adherence to moral principles; honesty.
2) the quality of being unimpaired; soundness.
3) unity; wholeness.
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turmoil
n.1) violent or confused movement; agitation; tumult.
;vb.2) archaic to make or become turbulent.
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recluse
n.1) a person who lives in seclusion.
2) a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress.
;adj.3) solitary; retiring.
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diffuse
vb.1) to spread or cause to spread in all directions.
2) to undergo or cause to undergo diffusion.
3) to scatter or cause to scatter; disseminate; disperse.
;adj.4) spread out over a wide area.
5) lacking conciseness.
6) (esp of some creeping stems) spreading loosely over a large area.
7) characterized by or exhibiting diffusion.
8) botany (of plant growth) occurring throughout a tissue.
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glacial
adj.1) characterized by the presence of masses of ice.
2) relating to, caused by, or deposited by a glacier.
3) extremely cold; icy.
4) cold or hostile in manner.
5) (of a chemical compound) of or tending to form crystals that resemble ice.
6) very slow in progress.
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erudite
adj.having or showing extensive scholarship; learned
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arrogance
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avarice
n.extreme greed for riches; cupidity
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subside
vb. (intr).
1) to become less loud, excited, violent, etc.; abate.
2) to sink or fall to a lower level.
3) (of the surface of the earth, etc.) to cave in; collapse.
4) (of sediment, etc.) to sink or descend to the bottom; settle.
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prattle
vb.1) (intr) to talk in a foolish or childish way; babble.
2) (tr) to utter in a foolish or childish way.
;n.3) foolish or childish talk.
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parsimony
n.extreme care or reluctance in spending; frugality; niggardliness
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edify
vb. -fies, -fying, -fied (tr).
to improve the morality, intellect, etc., of, esp by instruction
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elegy
n., pl -gies.
1) a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead.
2) poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas.
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cliche
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novelty
n., pl -ties.
1).
a) the quality of being new and fresh and interesting.
b) (as modifier).
;n.ovelty value.
2) a new or unusual experience or occurrence.
3) (often plural) a small usually cheap new toy, ornament, or trinket.
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buttress
n.1) Also called: pier.
2) any support or prop.
3) something shaped like a buttress, such as a projection from a mountainside.
4) either of the two pointed rear parts of a horse's hoof.
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5) to support (a wall) with a buttress.
6) to support or sustain.
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refute
vb.1) (tr) to prove (a statement, theory, charge, etc.) of (a person) to be false or incorrect; disprove.
2) to deny (a claim, charge, allegation, etc.).
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egotistical
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debunk
vb. (tr) informal.
to expose the pretensions or falseness of, esp by ridicule
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gullible
adj.easily taken in or tricked
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conciliatory
adj.intended to placate or reconcile
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pitfall
n.1) an unsuspected difficulty or danger.
2) a trap in the form of a concealed pit, designed to catch men or wild animals.
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concur
vb. -curs, -curring, -curred (intr).
1) to agree; be of the same mind; be in accord.
2) to combine, act together, or cooperate.
3) to occur simultaneously; coincide.
4) rare to converge.
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predecessor
n.1) a person who precedes another, as in an office.
2) something that precedes something else.
3) an ancestor; forefather.
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restraint
n.1) the ability to control or moderate one's impulses, passions, etc.
2) the act of restraining or the state of being restrained.
3) something that restrains; restriction.
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fallacious
adj.1) containing or involving a fallacy; illogical; erroneous.
2) tending to mislead.
3) delusive or disappointing.
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equitable
adj.1) impartial or reasonable; fair; just.
2) law relating to or valid in equity, as distinct from common law or statute law.
3) law (formerly) recognized in a court of equity only, as claims, rights, etc.
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torpor
n.a state of torpidity
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morose
adj.ill-tempered or gloomy
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ominous
adj.1) foreboding evil.
2) serving as or having significance as an omen.
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hedonist
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ambiguous
adj.1) having more than one possible interpretation or meaning.
2) difficult to understand or classify; obscure.
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credulity
n.disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility
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prelude
n.1).
a) a piece of music that precedes a fugue, or forms the first movement of a suite, or an introduction to an act in an opera, etc.
b) (esp for piano) a self-contained piece of music.
2) something serving as an introduction or preceding event, occurrence, etc.
;vb.3) to serve as a prelude to (something).
4) (tr) to introduce by a prelude.
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repudiate
vb. (tr).
1) to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify.
2) to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt).
3) to cast off or disown (a son, lover, etc.).
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obliterate
vb. (tr).
to destroy every trace of; wipe out completely
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cacophonous
adj.jarring in sound; discordant; harsh
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mercurial
adj.1) of, like, containing, or relating to mercury.
2) volatile; lively.
3) (sometimes capital) of, like, or relating to the god or the planet Mercury.
;n.4) medicine any salt of mercury for use as a medicine.
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precocious
adj.1) ahead in development, such as the mental development of a child.
2) botany (of plants, fruit, etc.) flowering or ripening early.
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conflagration
n.a large destructive fire
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levity
n., pl -ties.
1) inappropriate lack of seriousness.
2) fickleness or instability.
3) archaic lightness in weight.
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polemical
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animosity
n., pl -ties.
a powerful and active dislike or hostility; enmity
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obstinate
adj.1) adhering fixedly to a particular opinion, attitude, course of action, etc.
2) self-willed or headstrong.
3) difficult to subdue or alleviate; persistent.
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acclaim
vb.1) (tr) to acknowledge publicly the excellence of (a person, act, etc.).
2) to salute with cheering, clapping, etc.; applaud.
3) (tr) to acknowledge publicly that (a person) has (some position, quality, etc.).
;n.4) an enthusiastic approval, expression of enthusiasm, etc.
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fitful
adj.characterized by or occurring in irregular spells
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extol
vb. -tols, -tolling, -tolled or US -tolls or -tolling or -tolled (tr).
to praise lavishly; exalt
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eclectic
adj.1) (in art, philosophy, etc.) selecting what seems best from various styles, doctrines, ideas, methods, etc.
2) composed of elements drawn from a variety of sources, styles, etc.
;n.3) a person who favours an eclectic approach, esp in art or philosophy.
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sage
n.1) a man revered for his profound wisdom.
;adj.2) profoundly wise or prudent.
3) obsolete solemn.
;n.1) a perennial Mediterranean plant, Salvia officinalis, having grey-green leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates).
2) the leaves of this plant, used in cooking for flavouring.
3) short for sagebrush.
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