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n. An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
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adj. Understood.
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adj. Disinclined to conversation.
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v. To tease.
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n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
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adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
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adj. Lasting for a short time only.
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v. To pursue a policy of delay.
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adj. Strained to stiffness.
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adj. Done as an experiment.
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n. The term during which a thing is held.
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adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
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v. To put an end or stop to.
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v. To fill with extreme fear.
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n. Harangue.
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adj. Untiring.
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adj. Of vast size or strength.
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adj. Calm.
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n. Calmness.
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v. To soothe.
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n. Artifice.
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n. The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
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n. Three things grouped or associated together.
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n. The state of being triple or threefold.
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v. To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
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adj. Characteristic.
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v. To serve as a characteristic example of.
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adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.
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adj. Despotic.
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