1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

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

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1. Definition: 1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

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1. Definition: 1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

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1. Definition: 1. street names for marijuana

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1. Definition: 1. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

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1. Definition: 1. having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"

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

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

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1. Definition: 1. roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

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1. Definition: 1. long and lean

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1. Definition: 1. lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"

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1. Definition: 1. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

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1. Definition: 1. exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"

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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. move into or onto; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck"

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1. Definition: 1. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

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1. Definition: 1. make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"

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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. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";

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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. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

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1. Definition: 1. having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"

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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. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

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1. Definition: 1. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

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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. sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast"

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1. Definition: 1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

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1. Definition: 1. a facility that provides a source of water;

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

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1. Definition: 1. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave"

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1. Definition: 1. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

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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. having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"

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1. Definition: 1. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

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1. Definition: 1. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking clarity or distinctness;

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1. Definition: 1. resembling a reed in being upright and slender

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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. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

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1. Definition: 1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

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1. Definition: 1. abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"

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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. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

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

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1. Definition: 1. become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time"

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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. the act of removing hair with a razor

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1. Definition: 1. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

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1. Definition: 1. impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

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1. Definition: 1. dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds"

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1. Definition: 1. like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness

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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. having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"

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1. Definition: 1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

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1. Definition: 1. urinate, of cattle and horses

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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. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

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1. Definition: 1. of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

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1. Definition: 1. reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"

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1. Definition: 1. only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

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1. Definition: 1. make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"

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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. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

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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. morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

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1. Definition: 1. Thin; lank.

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1. Definition: 1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

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

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1. Definition: 1. more attractive

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1. Definition: 1. the pitch range of the highest female voice

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

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1. Definition: 1. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

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1. Definition: 1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

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1. Definition: 1. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

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1. Definition: 1. degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness"

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1. Definition: 1. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

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

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1. Definition: 1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"

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1. Definition: 1. distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"

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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. showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

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1. Definition: 1. glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes"

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1. Definition: 1. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"

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1. Definition: 1. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety"

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

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1. Definition: 1. In dentistry a type of crown applied to a tooth's surface

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1. Definition: 1. become wider; "His pupils were dilated"

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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. a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies

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1. Definition: 1. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

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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. 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. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

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1. Definition: 1. of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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1. Definition: 1. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

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1. Definition: 1. loud cries made while weeping

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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. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

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1. Definition: 1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

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

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1. Definition: 1. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

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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. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

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1. Definition: 1. appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

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1. Definition: 1. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

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1. Definition: 1. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

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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. sharp

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1. Definition: 1. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

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1. Definition: 1. use frugally or carefully

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1. Definition: 1. complain whiningly

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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. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

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

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1. Definition: 1. record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record"

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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. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking substance or significance;

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1. Definition: 1. (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"

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1. Definition: 1. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

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1. Definition: 1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

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1. Definition: 1. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

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1. Definition: 1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"

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1. Definition: 1. brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"

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1. Definition: 1. more than adequate; "a generous portion"

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1. Definition: 1. in a sparse manner; "sparsely inhabited"

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1. Definition: 1. satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship"

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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. poor enough to need help from others

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1. Definition: 1. made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"

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1. Definition: 1. make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"

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1. Definition: 1. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

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1. Definition: 1. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

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1. Definition: 1. disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"

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1. Definition: 1. penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking aesthetic or social taste

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1. Definition: 1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

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1. Definition: 1. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

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1. Definition: 1. very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

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1. Definition: 1. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

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1. Definition: 1. delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"

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1. Definition: 1. of smaller than atomic dimensions

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1. Definition: 1. inspiring scornful pity;

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1. Definition: 1. reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"

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1. Definition: 1. detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

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1. Definition: 1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"

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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. make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"

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1. Definition: 1. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"

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1. Definition: 1. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

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1. Definition: 1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

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1. Definition: 1. incapable of being conceived or considered

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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. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

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1. Definition: 1. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

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1. Definition: 1. able to be refuted

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1. Definition: 1. beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

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1. Definition: 1. totally unlikely

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1. Definition: 1. as a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held"

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1. Definition: 1. too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

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