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n. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
n. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
(*) gazette
(*) stalemate
(*) sceptic
(*) repertoire
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n. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; language
n. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; language
(*) terminology
(*) lambency
(*) tryst
(*) casualty
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v. diminish; decrease
v. diminish; decrease
(*) mewl
(*) bate
(*) converge
(*) premeditate
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v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; smirch; asperse; denigrate; calumniate; smear; besmirch
v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; smirch; asperse; denigrate; calumniate; smear; besmirch
(*) sully
(*) liquidate
(*) ruminate
(*) cajole
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adj. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
adj. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
(*) opaque
(*) rancid
(*) brackish
(*) debonair
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n. a miserly person
n. a miserly person
(*) fulcrum
(*) friskiness
(*) pastorale
(*) tightwad
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n. a person who is markedly small; nanus
n. a person who is markedly small; nanus
(*) runt
(*) holocaust
(*) midget
(*) garrulity
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adj. corpse-like; ghastly
adj. corpse-like; ghastly
(*) cadaverous
(*) contiguous
(*) bounderish
(*) obtrusive
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adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; granitic; obdurate; stony
adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; granitic; obdurate; stony
(*) parched
(*) nitwitted
(*) portly
(*) flint
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n. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
n. the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
(*) inerrancy
(*) fancier
(*) impinging
(*) maxillary
