1. Definition: 1. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

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1. Definition: 1. An ancient name of a gum.

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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. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

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1. Definition: 1. marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"

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1. Definition: 1. in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"

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

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"

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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. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

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1. Definition: 1. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

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1. Definition: 1. an item of factual information derived from measurement or research

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1. Definition: 1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

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1. Definition: 1. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

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1. Definition: 1. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

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

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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. an unsophisticated country person

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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. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "

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1. Definition: 1. of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; "the secular clergy"

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1. Definition: 1. the quality possessed by something that is real

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1. Definition: 1. a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

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1. Definition: 1. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"

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1. Definition: 1. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

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1. Definition: 1. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

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1. Definition: 1. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational analysis"

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1. Definition: 1. aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke

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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. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

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1. Definition: 1. aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"

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1. Definition: 1. having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"

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

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1. Definition: 1. neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

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1. Definition: 1. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

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1. Definition: 1. conforming with the principles or methods used in science; "a scientific approach"

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1. Definition: 1. someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility

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1. Definition: 1. facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination

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1. Definition: 1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

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1. Definition: 1. pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"

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