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bate
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(v) soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"

(v) flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons

(v) moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"

aversion
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(n) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

(n) a feeling of intense dislike

conceit
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(n) the trait of being vain and conceited

(n) feelings of excessive pride

loath
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(s) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"

rampart
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(n) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

extort
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(v) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

(v) obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

(v) obtain through intimidation

tarry
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(v) leave slowly and hesitantly

(v) be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

(s) having the characteristics of pitch or tar

perpetrate
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(v) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

decorum
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(n) propriety in manners and conduct

luxuriant
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(s) produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"

(s) marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

cant
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(n) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

(n) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

(n) insincere talk about religion or morals

(n) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

(n) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

(v) heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

enjoin
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(v) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

(v) issue an injunction

avarice
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(n) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)

(n) extreme greed for material wealth

edict
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(n) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

(n) a formal or authoritative proclamation

disconcert
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(v) cause to lose one's composure

(v) cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

symmetry
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(n) (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions

(n) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

(n) balance among the parts of something

capitulate
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(v) surrender under agreed conditions

arbitrate
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(v) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

cleave
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(v) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

(v) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

(v) make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

append
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(v) state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"

(v) fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"

(v) add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"

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