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neat and spruce in appearance
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trim
arrangement or position in a straight line or in parallel lines
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alignment
directly or exactly
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due
slightly wet
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damp
to manipulate something; tinker
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fiddle
to appear partially or briefly
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peep
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture
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entrepreneur
To grasp and hold tightly.
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clutch
a substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or polishing
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abrasive
The rubbing of one object or surface against another
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friction
To attenuate to or almost to the point of disappearing
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dissipate
A group of animals that live, travel, or feed together
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flock
question; a query.
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inquiry
needed, essential
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required
being unable to think with clarity or act with understanding and intelligence
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confused
having or marked by expectation
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expectant
impossible to avoid or prevent
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inevitably
A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate.
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axis
The part of a scene or picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer
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foreground
A half of a symmetrical, approximately spherical object as divided by a plane of symmetry.
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hemisphere
To help or furnish with help, support, or relief.
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aid
To give great pleasure to; delight
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thrill
Transference by gift or sale.
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disposal
Having an ardent desire or unbounded craving; greedy
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avidly
A grating or squeaking sound.
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creak
To make smooth and shiny by rubbing or chemical action.
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polish
One that forms, a maker or creator; Occurring earlier in time
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former
A person or group having administrative or managerial authority in an organization
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executive
The choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities
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alternative
To direct (a weapon) toward an intended target.
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aim
Without a doubt; certainly
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indeed
To become visible
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appear
To be undecided or skeptical about
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doubt
Firm in position or place; fixed
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steadily
The usual methods of dealing with a given situation (?)
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treatment
To get back; regain.
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recover
That is looked for; being searched for
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sought
Make someone agree, understand or realize the truth or validity of something
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convince
A place where roads or railway lines meet
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junction
indicating exactness or preciseness
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precisely
Orderly and clean; tidy
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neatly
Eager to learn more, inquisitive
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curious
1. The act of blinking, an act of shining with intermittent gleams of light; 2. the time it takes to blink once, an instant
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twinkling
not mixed with any extraneous or dissimilar materials, elements, etc.
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pure
One who writes plays; a dramatist.
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playwright
Despite the fact that; although
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though
moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; having no permanent residence; nomadic
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wandering
Writing paper and envelopes; writing materials and office supplies
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stationery
Entertaining or pleasing
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amusing
To make known, expose to view or show
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reveal
1. To guide a course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.; 2. castrated bull, bullock
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steer
in a rich and lavish manner
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lavishly
To set going, initiate; to introduce to the public or to a market
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launch
Extremely large, huge; of boundless or immeasurable size or extent.
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immense
To watch over and direct; supervise
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oversee
To be successful in resisting
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withstand
of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
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centigrade
to maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm; protect
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preserve
to help bring about a result
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contribute
A slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure.
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fibre (fiber)
Pertinence to the matter at hand
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relevance
A bird watcher
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birder
Urgently requiring attention
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compelling
Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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ubiquitous
involving snags or difficulties
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tricky

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