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To engage in boisterous merrymaking; revel noisily. To behave in a blustering manner; swagger.

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A woman who assists another woman during labor and provides support to her, the infant, and the family after childbirth.

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Proper or sound condition. Mental or emotional state; spirits.

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Very cautious; wary.

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Easily bent; supple.

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A transposition of sounds of two or more words, especially a ludicrous one, such as Let me sew you to your sheet for Let me show you to your seat.

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A ruffle or flounce on a garment. A piece of showy ornamentation.

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To pamper. A pet, especially a pet lamb.

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Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery.

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Superfluity; excess.

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To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.

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To scatter (a liquid) in drops or small splashes. To spot, splash, or soil. To sully the reputation of; defame.

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Belonging to or having the characteristics of both the male and the female.

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To direct or impose with authority and emphasis. To prohibit or forbid.

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One who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch.

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Holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters.

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Sullenly ill-humored; gruff. Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous.

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To bring together; meld or fuse.

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Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the arrant luxury of the ocean liner.

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A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way.

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A bully. To bully.

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Perception; understanding.

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Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal.

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To adorn (oneself) in a showy manner. To primp.

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Having a boundary in common; contiguous. Having the same scope, range of meaning, or extent in time.

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To cause to appear pale and sickly: a face that was etiolated from years in prison. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.

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View with mistrust.

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To leap about playfully; frolic.

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Marked by stouthearted courage; brave.

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To toil; slave.

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