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contaminate

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vt.

to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association

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contempt

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n.

the act of despising: the state of mind of one who despises; disdain

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content

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adj.

feeling or manifesting satisfaction with one’s possessions, status or situation

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contentious

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adj.

exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

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contort

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v.

to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression

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contradictory

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adj.

involving, causing or constituting a contradiction

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contravene

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v.

to oppose in argument; contradict

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contrite

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adj.

grieving and penitent for sin or shortcoming

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control

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n.

an individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment

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contumacious

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adj.

stubbornly disobedient; rebellious

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convalesce

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vi.

to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness

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convene

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v.

to come together in a body

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convenience

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n.

something (as an appliance, device, or service) conductive to comfort or ease

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convention

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n.

usage or custom especially in social matters

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conventional

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adj.

lacking originality or individuality; trite

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convergent

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adj.

tending to move toward one point or to approach each other; converging

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conversant

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adj.

having frequent or familiar association

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convert

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vt.
n.
to bring over from one belief, view or party to another

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convex

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adj.

curved or rounded like the exterior of a sphere

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convey

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vt.

to transfer or deliver to another

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conviction

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n.

a strong persuasion or belief

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convoke

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v.

to call together to a meeting

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convoluted

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adj. 盘绕的，卷曲的； 复杂的

involved, intricate

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convulsion

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n.

an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles

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coop

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n.

a cage or small enclosure(as for poultry)

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copious

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adj.

present in large quantity; taking place on a large scale

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copiousness

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n.

plentiful in number

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coquette

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n.

a woman who endeavours without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men

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cord

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n.

a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 448 feet or 128 cubic feet

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cordiality

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n.

sincere affection and kindness; cordial

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cordon

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n.

a line of persons or objects around a person or place

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cornucopia

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n.

a inexhaustible store; abundance

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coronation

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n.

the act or occasion of crowning; also: accession to the highest office

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corporeal

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adj.
having, consisting of or relating to a physical material body; as not spiritual or not immaterial or intangible; substantial

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corral

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vt.
n.
a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock

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corroborate

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vt.

to support with evidence or authority; make more certain

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corrosive

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adj.

tending or having the power to corrode

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cosmopolitan

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n.

having world wide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing

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cosset

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to treat as a pet; pamper

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countenance

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n.
v.
to extend approval or toleration to; sanction

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counterfeit

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n.

made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive; forged

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court

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n.
vt.
to seek the affections of; especially: to seek to win a pledge of marriage from

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courtesy

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n.

a courteous act or expression

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coven

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n.

an assembly or band of usually 13 witches

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covetous

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adj.

marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another’s possessions

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cow

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v.

to destroy the resolve or courage of

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cowardice

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n.

lack of courage or resolution

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cower

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vi.

to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers or dismays

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cozen

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v.

to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive

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cramp

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adj.

restricted, narrowed

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crass

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adj.

having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination

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craven

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adj.

lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly fainthearted

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craving

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n.

an intense, urgent or abnormal desire or longing

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credence

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n.

acceptance as true or valid; belief

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credulous

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adj.

ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence

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creek

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n.

a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river

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creep

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vi.

to move slowly, quietly and carefully, esppo as not to attract attention

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crescendo

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n.

a gradual increase; specifically: a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage

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crest

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n.

the top of a wave

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crestfallen

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adj.

feeling shame or humiliation; dejected

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cronyism

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n.
partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications

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croon

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v.
to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner; especially: to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems

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crouch

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v.

to bend or bow servilely; cringe

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crown

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vt.

to place a crown or wreath on the head of; specifically: to invest with regal dignity and power

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crucial

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adj.

important or essential as resolving acrisis; decisive

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crude

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adj.

marked by the primitive, gross or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity

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crutch

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n.

a support typically fitting under the armpit for use by the disabled in walking

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crux

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n.

an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome

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cryptic

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adj.

having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious

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cuisine

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n.

manner of preparing food; style of cooking; also: the food prepared

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culpable

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adj.

meriting cndemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful

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cultivated

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adj.

refined, educated

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cumbersome

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adj.

unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk

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cunning

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adj.

characterized by williness and trickery

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curator

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n.
one that has the care and superintendence of something; especially : one in charge of a museum, zoo, or other plae of exhibit

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curmudgeon

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n.

a crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man.

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curriculum

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n.

a group of related courses, often in a special field of study.

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cursory

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adj.

rapidly and often superficially performed or produced; hasty

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curt

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adj.

sparing of words; terse

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curtail

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vt.

to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part

81
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cyclone

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n.

a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure and often brings heavy rain.

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cynical

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adj.

having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic; especially: contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives

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dab

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v.

a gentle touch or stroke; pat

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dabble

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vi.

to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest

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daft

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adj.

silly, foolish

86
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dagger

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n.

a sharp pointed knife for stabbing

87
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damn

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v.

to eclare

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damp

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adj.
v.
moisture, humidity, dampness

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dampen

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v.

to check or diminish the activity or vigor of; to become deadened or depressed

90
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damper

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n.

a dulling or deadening influence

91
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dandy

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n.

a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance

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dapper

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adj.

neat and trim in appearance

93
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dappled

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adj.

marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background

94
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daredevil

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n.

a recklessly bold person

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dart

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vi.

to move suddenly or rapidly fall

96
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dashing

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adj.

splendid

97
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daunt

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vt.

to lessen the courage of; cow, subdue

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dawdle

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v.

to move lackadaisically

99
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deactivate

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vt.

to make inactive or ineffective

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