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coldest

  1. not hot or warm
  2. not kind or emotional
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economic

1 of or relating to the economy
2 that which is efficient or makes good financial sense.

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gradual

adjective, happening slowly but steadily;
adverb, gradually.

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republic

a country in which the supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives, or by an elected or nominated president, but not by a king or a queen.

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burdens

1 an oppressive duty,
obligation, task, expense
emotion, etc.
2 a load,
especially a heavy one;
adjective, burdensome.

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contrary

adjective, I oppositional, unfavorable, or adverse
2 obstinate or awkward.

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democratic

1 of, like, practicing, advocating, or constituting democracy or a democracy
2 favoring social
equality.

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executive

a senior person or body of persons in a business or government organization with managerial or administrative responsibility.

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realities

1 what is real or existent
2 the real nature of a thing or the truth that underlies appearances.

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routine

1 a regular way of doing things
2 a set sequence in performance, especially a dance, comedy act, etc.
3 (in computing) a
sequence of instructions
for performing a task.

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tiresome

  1. I boring
    2 annoying.
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sighted

(sighted; sighting) to see
or observe something.

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summoning

to order
somebody to come or
appear
2 'to summon
up'

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concluding

Pres. Part. of: conclude

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inseparably

adverb, in a manner that shows one is unable or unwilling to be separated;

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linked

to connect or join two things together

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misery

  1. great unhappiness or suffering
  2. a specific event which has caused suffering
  3. someone who is miserable or always complaining
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thrived

  1. to grow strongly and healthily
  2. to prosper
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acquainted

  1. to become acquainted with
  2. to familiarize yourself with something
  3. to make somebody aware of something
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draftsmanship

having or showing skill in making drawings or plans

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ravaging

  1. to devastate
  2. to plunder
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undertook

  1. to make oneself responsible for, engage in, or enter upon work, an enterprise, a responsibility, etc.
  2. to accept an obligation
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clattering

  1. to make a rattling sound
  2. to talk noisily
  3. to fall or move
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cuckoo

a type of bird

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readied

to make ready or prepare for use

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shod

to fit

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sprung

  1. to move or leap rapidly or suddenly
  2. to originate or arise from something
  3. to come into being or appear, especially suddenly
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customarily

  1. usually
  2. customary
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glimpse

  1. a momentary or partial view
  2. a momentary and fleeting appearance
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holder

  1. a device or implement for holding something
  2. the possessor of a title
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plank

a long, flat piece of sawn wood used for flooring

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sealing

  1. to stamp or fasten with a seal
  2. to certify as correct with a seal or stamp
  3. to settle or decide
  4. to put barriers around an area to prevent entry or exit.
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telescope

a tube with lenses at each end, through which you can see distant things more clearly

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circumstance

  1. a fact, condition, event. Connected with someone or something.
  2. one's state of financial or material welfare
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ego

self

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finances

  1. the money or resources of a state, company, or person
  2. the management of money
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productive

  1. that which produces a lot of things
  2. useful
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absurdity

the wildly unreasonable illogical, or inappropriate nature of an event, situation, person, etc.

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accusers

a person who states and maintains that another person has committed a crime, made a mistake, etc.

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adding

  1. to increase
  2. to put one thing with another
  3. to add up
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cited

  1. to provide as an instance
  2. to quote from a passage, book, or author in support of an argument
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dashing

  1. spirited
  2. attractive
  3. stylish
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prompting

  1. to cause or encourage somebody to do something
  2. to remind an actor of his words
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seconding

to support a proposal, motion, etc.

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compile

to collect and arrange information

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enabled

to make something possible for somebody

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evaluated

to estimate the worth of something

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indicted

  1. to criticize or find fault with
  2. to formally accuse someone of a crime
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mastery

  1. to give an account of something
  2. to tell a story
  3. narrative
  4. narrator
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rifled

  1. search thoroughly
  2. to rob of all that can be found
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variations

  1. a different type of something
  2. a departure from a former or normal condition, action, or from a standard or type
  3. the act or instance of varying
  4. a repetition of a theme in a changed, more complex form
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impartial

not favoring one side

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obviate

to get around or do away with a need

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unmerited

  1. undeserved
  2. unearned
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adjacent

near or next to

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ceaselessly

  1. without end
  2. relentlessly
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cloths

a piece of cloth

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presses

  1. to hasten determinedly
  2. to apply steady force to something
  3. to compress or apply pressure to a thing to flatten, shape, or smooth it, as by ironing
  4. to squeeze
  5. to embrace
  6. to exert
  7. to make an insistent deman
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rapidity

  1. speed
  2. swiftness
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scribbling

  1. write hurriedly, untidily, or carelessly
  2. to draw carelessly
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wastes

  1. to wear away gradually
  2. to make or become weak
  3. to devastate or ruin
  4. to fail to use
  5. to be expended without useful outcome or result
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Narrated

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