- Definition: 1. intense mournfulness
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- Definition: 1. (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
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- Definition: 1. leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
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- Definition: 1. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
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- Definition: 1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"
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- Definition: 1. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
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- Definition: 1. dried seaweed especially that cast ashore
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- Definition: 1. some situation or event that is thought about;
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- Definition: 1. form metals with a swage
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- Definition: 1. a ship that has been destroyed at sea
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- Definition: 1. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
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- Definition: 1. (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
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- Definition: 1. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
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- Definition: 1. break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"
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- Definition: 1. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
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- Definition: 1. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
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- Definition: 1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
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- Definition: 1. flog with or as if with a flexible rod
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- Definition: 1. a concluding action
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- Definition: 1. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
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- Definition: 1. a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
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- Definition: 1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
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- Definition: 1. a sudden and violent collapse
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- Definition: 1. (logic) the first term of a proposition
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- Definition: 1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"
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- Definition: 1. n. a subordinate or auxiliary plot in a novel, play, film etc.
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- Definition: 1. drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
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- Definition: 1. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
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- Definition: 1. someone who is unsuccessful
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- Definition: 1. the act of stopping something;
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- Definition: 1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
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- Definition: 1. disturbance usually in protest
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- Definition: 1. an act that has disastrous consequences
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- Definition: 1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
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- Definition: 1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
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- Definition: 1. suffer failure, as in some enterprise
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- Definition: 1. intense aversion
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- Definition: 1. a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
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- Definition: 1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
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- Definition: 1. the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
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- Definition: 1. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
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- Definition: 1. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
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- Definition: 1. an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"
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- Definition: 1. an instance of misfortune
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