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abrogate
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v 1: revoke formally
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agate
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n 1: an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony;
used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
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aggregate
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adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;
"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions
combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of
indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated,
aggregative, mass]
2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels
or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits"
n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality,
aggregate]
2: material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to
make concrete, mortar, or plaster
3: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn:
aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]
v 1: amount in the aggregate to
2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
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bigot
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n 1: a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions
differing from his own
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braggart
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adj 1: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful,
braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big,
cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-
aggrandising]
n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger,
braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter,
vaunter]
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conjugate
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adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn:
conjugate, conjugated, coupled]
2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets
3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein"
[syn: conjugate, conjugated]
4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds
each separated from the other by a single bond [syn:
conjugate, conjugated]
n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B
produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another
of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate]
v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down
into the original compounds
2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense,
aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb"
3: undergo conjugation
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delegate
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n 1: a person appointed or elected to represent others
v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute]
2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task
to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
assign]
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ergot
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n 1: a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
2: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact
black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains
of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and
of lysergic acid [syn: ergot, Claviceps purpurea]
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frigate
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n 1: a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th
centuries
2: a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller
than a cruiser
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garget
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n 1: tall coarse perennial American herb having small white
flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping
racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root
are poisonous [syn: poke, pigeon berry, garget,
scoke, Phytolacca americana]
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gigot
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n 1: lamb leg suitable for roasting [syn: leg of lamb,
gigot]
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ingot
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n 1: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient
handling [syn: ingot, metal bar, block of metal]
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legate
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n 1: a member of a legation [syn: legate, official emissary]
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maggot
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n 1: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in
decaying organic matter
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nougat
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n 1: nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
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nugget
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n 1: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found
in the earth
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profligate
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adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
[syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate,
spendthrift]
2: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and
degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched,
degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute,
libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake,
rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue]
2: a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal,
profligate, squanderer]
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surrogate
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adj 1: providing or receiving nurture or parental care though
not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent";
"foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father" [syn:
foster, surrogate]
n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn:
surrogate, alternate, replacement]
2: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
[syn: deputy, surrogate]
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vulgate
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n 1: the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and
Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century;
as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for
the Roman Catholic Church
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yogurt
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n 1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: yogurt,
yoghurt, yoghourt]
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margate
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n 1: a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to
Brazil [syn: margate, Haemulon album]
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drugget
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n 1: a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a
wool filling
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swaggart
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mctaggart
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virgate
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hoggart
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