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| staid |
self-restrained to the point of dullness; of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious; fixed, settled, or permanent: The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened. |
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| staccato |
marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds: Jack was on fire from the opening note, dancing little jitterbug steps and firing off brilliant bursts of staccato chords. |
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anahitb Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:36:58 GMT |
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| squalid |
filthy; morally repulsive
Every day it becomes more squalid and chaotic, more difficult, more numbing, more exasperating. |
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anahitb Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:36:57 GMT |
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| squabble |
quarrel, wrangle, bicker; Printing. to disarrange and mix (composed type). |
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anahitb Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:36:57 GMT |
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| spurn |
to reject or refuse contemptuously; to scorn; to kick or trample with the foot. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:29:20 GMT |
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| spurious |
lacking authencity; counerfeit, false; of illegitimate birth; bastard
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1. false, sham, bogus, mock, feigned, phony; meretricious, deceitful. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:29:20 GMT |
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| spur |
to prod, anything that goads, impels, or urges, as to action, speed, or achievement; to proceed hurriedly; press forward: We spurred onward through the night. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:29:20 GMT |
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| sprightly |
lively, animated, energetic, Synonyms: spirited, blithe, buoyant, spry. |
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| sportive |
frolicksome, playful, jocose, sprightly, jocular, done in jest rather than seriously |
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| splendid |
grand, illustrious |
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| speculation |
contemplation; act of taking business risks for financial gain, a speculative commercial venture or undertaking. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:29:20 GMT |
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| specious |
deceptively attractive; apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments; pleasing to the eye but deceptive. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:29:20 GMT |
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| spawn |
to generate, produce, to give birth to, give rise to: His sudden disappearance spawned many rumors; Zoology . the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. |
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| sovereign |
having supreme power; a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler; a group or body of persons or a state having sovereign authority; being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc.; efficacious; potent: a sovereign remedy. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| sordid |
contemptible and corrupt; morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods; meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary; dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: sordid housing: He lived in a sordid little hut, strewn with newspapers and beer bottles. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| sophistry |
deceptive reasoning or argumentation; a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| sophist |
ancient greece: any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation: modern: a person good at arguing deviously and speciously rather than soundly |
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| sonorous |
producing a full, rich sound, as in a cavern or in language and verse: high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| somnolent |
drowsy, sleepy; iducing sleep: The somnolent student kept falling asleep and waking up with a jerk. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| somnambulist |
sleepwalker: The clergyman floundered a moment, as is usual with an absent man who is recovering the train of his ideas, or a somnambulist when he is suddenly awakened. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| somber |
1. gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
2. dark and dull, as color, or as things in respect to color: a somber dress.
3. gloomy, depressing, or dismal: a somber mood.
4. extremely serious; grave: a somber expression on his face. |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| solstice |
shortest or longest day of the year |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| solipsism |
belief that the self is the only reality; extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption. The British idealist F.H. Bradley, in Appearance and Reality (1897), characterized the solipsistic view as follows: "I cannot transcend experience, and experience is my experience. From this it follows that nothing beyond myself exists; for what is experience is its (the self 's) states." |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| soliloquy |
literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others: Hamlet's soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.” |
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anahitb Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:30:03 GMT |
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| solidarity |
unity based on common aims or interest: Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margret to cope with her mother's harrowing death. |
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| solicitous |
concerned, attentive; eager (usually fol. by an infinitive): He was always solicitous to please; careful or particular: a solicitous housekeeper. |
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| solecism |
grammatical mistake; a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was; a breach of good manners or etiquette; any error, impropriety, or inconsistency. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| solarium |
room or glassed-in area exposed to the sun |
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| solace |
comfort in destress; consolation: Cathy received much solace from the cards and phone calls received from friends in the weeks after her husband died |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| sojourn |
visit, stay: a temporary stay: during his sojourn in Paris. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| sodden |
thoroughly soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated; expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp. from drunkenness.
(v. seethe, sod or sodden) |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| sobriquet |
nickname: The Bard is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| smutty |
obscene, indecent; soiled with smut; grimy. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| smelt |
to melt metal in order to refine it: Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| slovenly |
untidy, messy, slipshod: After all, keeping that much flesh clean on a regular basis must be something of a chore, particularly for someone who is by nature slovenly. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| sloth |
sluggishness, laziness: From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality. |
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anahitb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:47:36 GMT |
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| slipshod |
careless, hasty or slovenly: slipshod work; In the lawsuit, the government stands accused of slipshod land surveys, an exaggerated advertising campaign and breaking promises. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| slake |
to calm down or moderate, to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying. to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc.: His calm manner slaked their enthusiasm. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| skulk |
to move in a stealthy or cautious manner, slink: The panther skulked through the bush; sneak, to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| sinuous |
winding; intricate, complex; characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: With the sinuous movements of her arms, the dancer mimicked the motion of a snake. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| singe |
to burn superficially or slightly, scorch; to subject (the carcass of an animal or bird) to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| sinecure |
well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| simulated |
fake, made to look real: to simulate crisis conditions, He simulated the manners of the rich. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| simper |
to smirk, smile foolishly, in a silly, self-conscious way; smirk, snigger, snicker. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| simian |
apelike; relating to apes; also, simious . |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| sidle |
to cause to turn sideways; to move along one side; to edge along furtively. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| shirk |
to avoid a task due to laziness or fear; noun: a shirker. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| serrated |
saw-toothed, notched: the serrated blade of a bread knife. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| serpentine |
serpen-like; twisting, winding, having a winding course, as a road: The stream serpentines through the valley; sinuous; shrewd, wily, or cunning. |
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anahitb Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:25:38 GMT |
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| scurrilous |
vulgar, low, indecent; grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor; characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest: When Bruno heard the scurrilous accusation being made about him, he could not believe it because he always tried to be nice to everyone. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scrupulous |
restrained; careful and precise, having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scrivener |
professional copyist (scribe); notary |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| score |
notation for a musical composition |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scion |
descendent, child; also, cion. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scintilla |
very small amount; a minute particle; spark; trace: not a scintilla of remorse. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scathing |
harshly critical; painfully hot: Two hours after breaking up with Russell, Suzanne thought of the perfect scathing retort to his accusations. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scantiness |
barely enough, meager |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scale |
to climb to the top of |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scabrous |
dealing with indecent or scandalous things; blemished, having a rough surface because of minute points or projections: After the incident with the gasoline, Noel's burnt arm remained scabrous, and was susceptible to infections. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| scabbard |
sheath for sword or dagger |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| savory |
agreeable in taste or smell: The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| savant |
a person of extensive learning; a learned person or a scholar |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| saunter |
to amble; walk in a leisurely manner: The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| sardonic |
cynical, scornfully mocking: He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| sapient |
wise |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| sanction |
permission, support; law, penalty |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| sallow |
sickly yellow in color, sallow complexion |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| salient |
prominent or conspicuous; a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line. |
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anahitb Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:40:25 GMT |
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| salacious |
lustful, lecherous, libidinous, having an excessive interest in sex, (of books, magazines, etc) erotic, bawdy, or lewd |
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