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dag
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An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.
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adage
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(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
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adagio
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An external body part that projects from the body.
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appendage
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A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
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bandage
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(weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
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dagger
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The profession of teaching; the activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
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pedagogy
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eat
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A warning; a qualification or exemption.
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One who violates rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
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cheater
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To beseech or supplicate (a person); to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to try to persuade.
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entreat
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A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
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sheath
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Covered in perspiration.
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sweaty
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The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
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weather
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fan
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(of a person's hair) Styled so as to puff out in a rounded shape.
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bouffant
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(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
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fantasy
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A very young human being, from birth to the end of the twelfth month of life.
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infant
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Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
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infantry
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Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
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profanity
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A dry red wine of California. Or, the small black grape from which that wine is made.
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zinfandel
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gab
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(informal) Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
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gabby
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(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
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gable
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(computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.
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gigabyte
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Extremely persistent and untiring.
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indefatigable
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(of a body of water) Deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
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navigable
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1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time. 2. One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood. A vagrant, a hobo. |
vagabond
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hag
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Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
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chagrin
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(anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
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esophagus
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Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition.
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haggard
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A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.
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haggis
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To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
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haggle
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Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
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shaggy
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Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
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cliché
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1. To enhance. 2. To make (someone or something) wealthy or wealthier. |
enrich
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Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.
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lichen
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(ornithology) A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes.
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ostrich
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A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
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quiche
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A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
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sandwich
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