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1. Definition: 1. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

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1. Definition: 1. risque English comedian (1925-1992)

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1. Definition: 1. having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"

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1. Definition: 1. the absence of sound;

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1. Definition: 1. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

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1. Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

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1. Definition: 1. very drunk

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1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

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1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

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1. Definition: 1. of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs"

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1. Definition: 1. a cruel and brutal fellow

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1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

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1. Definition: 1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

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1. Definition: 1. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

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1. Definition: 1. excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; "why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"; "a stodgy dinner party"

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1. Definition: 1. strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"

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1. Definition: 1. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

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1. Definition: 1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

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1. Definition: 1. cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"

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1. Definition: 1. darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

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1. Definition: 1. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

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1. Definition: 1. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

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1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"

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1. Definition: 1. not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

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1. Definition: 1. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

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1. Definition: 1. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

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1. Definition: 1. the upward slope of a hill

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

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1. Definition: 1. a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"

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1. Definition: 1. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

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1. Definition: 1. undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"

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1. Definition: 1. being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

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1. Definition: 1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

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1. Definition: 1. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

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1. Definition: 1. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"

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1. Definition: 1. fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

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1. Definition: 1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

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1. Definition: 1. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;

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1. Definition: 1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

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1. Definition: 1. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

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1. Definition: 1. obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"

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1. Definition: 1. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

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1. Definition: 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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1. Definition: 1. make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"

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1. Definition: 1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"

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1. Definition: 1. taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

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1. Definition: 1. complex

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

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1. Definition: 1. extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

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1. Definition: 1. make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

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1. Definition: 1. affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce"

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1. Definition: 1. discontented as toward authority

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1. Definition: 1. raise a formal objection in a court of law

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

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1. Definition: 1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

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1. Definition: 1. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

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1. Definition: 1. incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

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