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1. Definition: 1. a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

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1. Definition: 1. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

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1. Definition: 1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

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1. Definition: 1. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

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1. Definition: 1. administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

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1. Definition: 1. of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"

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1. Definition: 1. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

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1. Definition: 1. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

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1. Definition: 1. highly recommended; "a book that is must reading"

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1. Definition: 1. feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

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1. Definition: 1. (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"

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1. Definition: 1. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

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1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

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1. Definition: 1. especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves"

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1. Definition: 1. fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

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1. Definition: 1. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

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1. Definition: 1. cover with a primer; apply a primer to

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1. Definition: 1. manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"

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1. Definition: 1. pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"

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1. Definition: 1. inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"

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1. Definition: 1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

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1. Definition: 1. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"

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1. Definition: 1. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

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

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1. Definition: 1. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

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1. Definition: 1. that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

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1. Definition: 1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

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1. Definition: 1. take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

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1. Definition: 1. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"

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1. Definition: 1. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

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1. Definition: 1. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

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1. Definition: 1. provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"

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1. Definition: 1. existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution"; "virtual reality"

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1. Definition: 1. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

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1. Definition: 1. especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves"

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1. Definition: 1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

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1. Definition: 1. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

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1. Definition: 1. cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

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1. Definition: 1. brought about or caused; not spontaneous; "a case of steroid-induced weakness"

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1. Definition: 1. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

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1. Definition: 1. used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source; "imported wines"

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1. Definition: 1. of qualities that are spread throughout something; "ambition is immanent in human nature"; "we think of God as immanent in nature"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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1. Definition: 1. make someone do something

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1. Definition: 1. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

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1. Definition: 1. preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas"; "the book still has its original binding"; "restored the house to its original condition"; "the original performance of the opera"; "the original cast"; "retracted his original statement"

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1. Definition: 1. in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"

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1. Definition: 1. required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

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1. Definition: 1. repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant

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1. Definition: 1. necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful"

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1. Definition: 1. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"

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1. Definition: 1. unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary consequences of one's actions"

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1. Definition: 1. a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties; "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"

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1. Definition: 1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"

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1. Definition: 1. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

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1. Definition: 1. not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

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1. Definition: 1. requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

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1. Definition: 1. happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

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1. Definition: 1. a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement

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1. Definition: 1. preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"

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1. Definition: 1. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

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1. Definition: 1. fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"

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1. Definition: 1. not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"

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1. Definition: 1. the lowest tone of a harmonic series

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1. Definition: 1. something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"

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1. Definition: 1. the most typical example or representative of a type

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1. Definition: 1. unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"

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