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officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch | |
relating to or involving money, consisting of or measured in money | |
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink, marked by temperance in indulgence | |
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) | |
one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts | |
auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | |
revoke formally, repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement) |
having or showing a ready disposition to fight | |
function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | |
harmful to living things, causing harm or damage | |
authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public |
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide | |
a powerful circular current of water, the shape of something rotating rapidly | |
all of the same or similar kind or nature | |
shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth |
shrewdness shown by keen insight, a tapering point | |
auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | |
generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility | |
person having dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries |
relating to or involving money, consisting of or measured in money | |
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes | |
involving trust, referring to paper currency depending on securities for its value | |
harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
full of trivial conversation, tending to talk a great deal; talkative | |
relating to or involving money, consisting of or measured in money | |
shedding foliage at the end of the growing season, being shed at the end of a period of growth | |
all of the same or similar kind or nature |
having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way | |
an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) | |
necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove | |
compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors, compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury |
tending to vanish like vapor, soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing | |
unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities | |
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them | |
harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | |
one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe, one of two (approximately) equal parts | |
the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time | |
having a bad disposition, rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |