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accolade
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praise, distinction
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assiduous
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constant; unremitting:
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anodyne
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relieving pain.
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bode
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v. to foreshadow something
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acumen
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keen insight; shrewdness:
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leviathan
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a sea monster.
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adage
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old saying or proverb
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plural form of corpus
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corpora
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abject
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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:
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deferential
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showing deference; deferent; respectful.
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buoyant
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not easily depressed; cheerful.
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enrapture
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v. to fill with pleasure
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nettle
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to irritate, annoy, or provoke.
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castigate
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to criticize or reprimand severely.
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cryptic
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mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous:
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discomfit
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to confuse and deject; disconcert:
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poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings:
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chaste
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refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
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dolt
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a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
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adjure
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v. to entreat earnestly and solemnly
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stealthy
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done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive:
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illicit
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not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
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fervid
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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.:
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colloquial
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characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
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prolix
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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
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ephemeral
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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory:
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abridge
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to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
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martial
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inclined or disposed to war; warlike:
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wax
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to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.:
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taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
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boreal
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of or pertaining to the north.
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doctrinaire
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dogmatic about others' acceptance of one's ideas; fanatical:
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merchandise management
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: is the analysis, planning, acquisition, handling and control of the merchandise investments of a retail operation
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marionette
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a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs.
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nostrum
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a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
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foil
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to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk:
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phobia
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a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
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explicate
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to make plain or clear; explain; interpret.
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connoisseur
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a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste:
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axiom
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a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
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enervate
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to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
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laconic
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
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petulance
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the state or quality of being petulant.
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sybarite
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a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
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dank
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unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly:
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cajole
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to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.
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income statement
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is a financial statement that provides a summary of the sales and expenses for a given time period
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melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression.
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corporeal
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of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
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pragmatic
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of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
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extempore
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on the spur of the moment; without premeditation or preparation; offhand:
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aureole
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a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
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anathema
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a person or thing detested, loathed, consigned to damnation or destruction; a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication
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ossify
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to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
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whet
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to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
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rejoice
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to be glad; take delight (often fol. by in):
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didactic
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teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
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ventriloquist
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a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
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precursor
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a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
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balk
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to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually fol. by at):
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renegade
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a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
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other income or expenses
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includes income or expense items that the firm incurs which are not in the course of its normal retail operations
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Divisible
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Let a and b be integers. We say a is divisible by b, denoted b|a, provided that there is an integer c such that a=bc.
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