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(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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(v.) to claim or take without right
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (v.) petty, nagging criticism
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
