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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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refusing to compromise irreconciliable
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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able to get or retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or knoledge
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so great or demanding as to not be satisfied
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain timem avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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a formal expression of praise, lavish tribute
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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to claim or take without right
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capable of being held or defended
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to imitate with intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; nagging criticism
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to work on excesively; to thrash soundly
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
