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1. Definition: 1. too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"

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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. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

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1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

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1. Definition: 1. superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense; "a glossy TV series"

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1. Definition: 1. concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

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1. Definition: 1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

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1. Definition: 1. sharp

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1. Definition: 1. strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"

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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. inclined to or marked by tedious moralization

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1. Definition: 1. ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"

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1. Definition: 1. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

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1. Definition: 1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

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1. Definition: 1. briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject"

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1. Definition: 1. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

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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. serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish"

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1. Definition: 1. instructive (especially excessively)

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1. Definition: 1. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"

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1. Definition: 1. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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1. Definition: 1. easily deciphered

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1. Definition: 1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

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1. Definition: 1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"

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1. Definition: 1. evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"

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1. Definition: 1. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

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1. Definition: 1. taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

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1. Definition: 1. given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"

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1. Definition: 1. tending to suggest something improper or indecent; "a suggestive nod"; "suggestive poses"

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1. Definition: 1. intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"

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

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1. Definition: 1. commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance"

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