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1. Division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)






2. Stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk






3. Urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent






4. Daily; occurring during the daytime






5. Process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive






6. Swirling current of water - air - etc.; V.






7. Skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity






8. Oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging






9. Underlying character of a culture - group - etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person - group - or culture; Ex. the company ethos






10. Exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice






11. Trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V.






12. Make amends for (a sin)






13. Make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate






14. Medical treatment and care of old age






15. Groom oneself with care; adorn oneself






16. (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air






17. Force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling - reduce fever - etc.






18. Harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically






19. Little round hill; hillock






20. Overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy






21. Experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy






22. Decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.






23. Build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society






24. Every two years






25. Damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure






26. Able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved






27. Wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality






28. (of something written or painted) still in existence






29. Trickery; deception






30. Crude dwelling; shack






31. Deep dish for serving soup






32. Authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental - nonbinding remark (something said in passing)






33. Untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman






34. Deprived of (someone beloved through death)






35. Frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail






36. Overcome






37. Place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work






38. Please intensely; fill with rapture and delight






39. Having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt






40. Plants of a region or era






41. Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect






42. Good-fellowship; CF. comrade






43. Bog; marsh; soft - wet - boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself






44. Send out of the country; behave; N. deportation - deportment






45. Clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions






46. Stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate cough; N. obstinacy






47. Rebellious; N.






48. Distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation






49. Repeat






50. Reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.







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