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having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence

found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day

put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue

either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, an indirect way of expressing something

marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently

a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts

put down by force or intimidation, make subservient, force to submit or subdue

revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts

weaken mentally or morally, disturb the composure of

revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

shrewdness shown by keen insight, a tapering point

lacking social polish, lacking ease or grace

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells are suspended

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative

shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth

massive and extremely remote celestial object

lacking social polish, lacking ease or grace

lacking in nutritive value, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger, characterized by violent emotions or behavior

a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

a divine manifestation, twelve days after Christmas

characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control

any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy, expressive of contempt

the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)