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| prudent | show 🗑
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| show | cut away; trim
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| prurient | show 🗑
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| show | inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying
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| show | pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous
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| show | soul; mind
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| show | doctor who treats mental diseases
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| show | of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers
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| show | pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder
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| show | of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)
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| show | extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger
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| pucker | show 🗑
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| show | hot sweet dish
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| show | childish; immature; CF. puer: boy
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| show | boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing
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| show | combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature
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| show | raised platform used in preaching (in a church)
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| pulsate | show 🗑
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| pulverize | show 🗑
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| show | pommel; beat or pound with fists
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| show | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail
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| show | authority on a subject; expert; learned person
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| pungent | show 🗑
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| show | punishing; Ex. punitive measures
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| show | remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N.
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| purse | show 🗑
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| show | furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide
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| show | disagreeably aggressive
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| putative | show 🗑
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| show | make or become putrid; N. putrefaction
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| show | person with an insane desire to set things on fire
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| show | four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped
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| show | bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
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| show | cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart
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| show | odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
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| show | limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify
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| show | reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated
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| show | uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen.
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| show | dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go.
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| show | isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine
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| show | dig into (to get stone); N: mine;
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| show | dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)
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| show | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy
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| show | suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill
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| show | assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress
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| show | given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining
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| queue | show 🗑
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| show | minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil
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| show | mercury
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| show | tranquillity; calmness
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| show | taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.
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| show | traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling
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| show | tremble; shake; N.
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| show | idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote
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| show | minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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| show | mob; noisy crowd
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| show | of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia
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| show | scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance
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| show | clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.
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| show | immoral or dissolute person
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| show | male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact
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| show | defensive mound of earth
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| show | (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart
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| show | having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
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