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bent
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leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency
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He had a naturally artistic bent. |
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broach
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bring up; announce; begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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cardinal
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major
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as in cardinal sin |
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color
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to change as if by dyeing; i.e. to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first)
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Yellow journalism colored the truth. |
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damp
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to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound, etc., as with a baffle (a device that damps sound, natch!)
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die
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a tool used for shaping
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as in a tool and die shop |
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essay
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to test or try; attempt, experiment
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exact
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to demand, call for, require, take
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Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price. |
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fell
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where trees are cut to extract lumber
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flag
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to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
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Think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits. |
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alloy
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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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"unalloyed" means pure |
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appropriate
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to take for one's own use; confiscate
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arrest or arresting
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to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention
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as in arrested adolescence; an arresting protrait |
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august
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majestic; venerable
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