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1. Definition: 1. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

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1. Definition: 1. well and tightly constructed; "a snug house"; "a snug little sailboat"

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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. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

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1. Definition: 1. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

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1. Definition: 1. give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

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1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

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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. the absence of sound;

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1. Definition: 1. an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"

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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. 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. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the witness remained silent"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"

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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. surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"

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

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1. Definition: 1. brief and to the point; effectively cut short;

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1. Definition: 1. make more complex, intricate, or richer;

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1. Definition: 1. expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

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

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1. Definition: 1. make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

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1. Definition: 1. sharp

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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. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;

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1. Definition: 1. habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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1. Definition: 1. reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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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. impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

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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. expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

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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. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

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

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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. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

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1. Definition: 1. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

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1. Definition: 1. temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"

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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. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

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

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