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to move sharply in the opposite direction from an expended force, as a rifle moves against one's shoulder when fired; squinch; flinch; start |
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2. |
to damage or destroy, as by violent action; scourge; spoil; despoil |
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3. |
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest; garner |
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completely heedless of dangers or consequences; rash; daredevil; temerarious; adventurous |
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to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction |
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a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others; sequestered; cloistered; hermetic |
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a royal kingdom; domain; scope; sweep |
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involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood; acroamatic; deep |
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9. |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), esp. publicly; retract; abjure; unsay |
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to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired; accommodate; coordinate; integrate |
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loud, sharp, and rasping, as a voice or laugh; dry; jarring |
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extremely hungry; famished; voracious; rapacious; gluttonous |
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to knock down or tear down (a structure); level; wrack; ruin; demolish |
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to restore to assurance or confidence |
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to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand; lesson; reproach; rack |
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acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration; inconsiderate; unadvised; brash |
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stubbornly disobedient; refractory; ungovernable; intractable |
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a person or thing that receives; receiver |
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19. |
a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something |
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to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea; emend; amend |
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to recover one's health after an illness; mend; convalesce; gain |
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inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate; vulturish; predative |
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involving an exchange, as of feelings, actions, or things, between two parties; mutual; coordinate; companion; double |
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to oppose by contrary proof; keep; rebuff; stave |
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a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances; stave; repulse; hold |