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1. Definition: 1. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

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1. Definition: 1. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

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1. Definition: 1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

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1. Definition: 1. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

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1. Definition: 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

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1. Definition: 1. a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

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1. Definition: 1. spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

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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. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;

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1. Definition: 1. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

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1. Definition: 1. lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

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1. Definition: 1. mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

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1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

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1. Definition: 1. a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"

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1. Definition: 1. remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"

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1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

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1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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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. accumulate money for future use;

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1. Definition: 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

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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. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

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1. Definition: 1. wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"

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

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1. Definition: 1. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

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1. Definition: 1. something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"

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1. Definition: 1. something of sentimental value

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1. Definition: 1. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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1. Definition: 1. tall and thin

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1. Definition: 1. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

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1. Definition: 1. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

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1. Definition: 1. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

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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 dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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1. Definition: 1. pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

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1. Definition: 1. an unsophisticated country person

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1. Definition: 1. cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"

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1. Definition: 1. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

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1. Definition: 1. give in, as to influence or pressure

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1. Definition: 1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

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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. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"

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1. Definition: 1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

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1. Definition: 1. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

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

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1. Definition: 1. subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"

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1. Definition: 1. make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

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1. Definition: 1. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

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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. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

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1. Definition: 1. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

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1. Definition: 1. without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"

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1. Definition: 1. cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

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1. Definition: 1. be on the defensive; act against an attack

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1. Definition: 1. keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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1. Definition: 1. be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"

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1. Definition: 1. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

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1. Definition: 1. not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change"

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1. Definition: 1. stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals

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1. Definition: 1. thin as a twig

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1. Definition: 1. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"

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1. Definition: 1. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

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1. Definition: 1. prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn"

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1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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1. Definition: 1. (of financial resources) not spent; "unexpended funds"; "his unspent allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. use frugally or carefully

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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. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

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

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1. Definition: 1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

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1. Definition: 1. mindful of the future in spending money;

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1. Definition: 1. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

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1. Definition: 1. Uadorned

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

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1. Definition: 1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "

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1. Definition: 1. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of liberating someone or something

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1. Definition: 1. take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"

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1. Definition: 1. the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

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1. Definition: 1. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

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1. Definition: 1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

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1. Definition: 1. something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest; "the policy found little public support"; "his faith was all the support he needed"; "the team enjoyed the support of their fans"

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1. Definition: 1. inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

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1. Definition: 1. pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"

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1. Definition: 1. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

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1. Definition: 1. a quantity much larger than is needed

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1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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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. not subjected to tapping; "an untapped keg"; "an untapped sugar maple"

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1. Definition: 1. not conquered

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1. Definition: 1. relieve temporarily

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1. Definition: 1. (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"

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1. Definition: 1. coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

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1. Definition: 1. immaculately clean and unused; "handed her his pristine white handkerchief"

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1. Definition: 1. be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

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1. Definition: 1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

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1. Definition: 1. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"

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1. Definition: 1. cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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1. Definition: 1. keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"

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1. Definition: 1. not necessary

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1. Definition: 1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

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1. Definition: 1. providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

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1. Definition: 1. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"

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1. Definition: 1. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

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1. Definition: 1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

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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. prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

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

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1. Definition: 1. not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"

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1. Definition: 1. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

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1. Definition: 1. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. (baseball) an out that advances the base runners

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1. Definition: 1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

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1. Definition: 1. not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"

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1. Definition: 1. release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

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1. Definition: 1. not necessary

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

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

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1. Definition: 1. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

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

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