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an offspring of parents of different breeds;
especially one of uncertainly ancestry
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to drop or plunge straight down
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plumb – to sound, adjust, or test with a plumb
plumb line- a weight on the end of a line,
especially used by builders to show vertical
direction
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lacking life, spirit, or zest
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lackadaisically – adverb
lack – to be deficient in; to be wanting or missing
something;
lackluster –
dull
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noun - tuft or process on the head of an
animal (as a bird); a heraldic device (family
crest); an upper part, edge or limit (the crest
of a hill)
verb – crown; to reach the crest of; to rise to
a crest
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crestfallen -dejected,
dispirited
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to eat up greedily or ravenously; waste,
annihilate
to enjoy avidly, (devour a book)
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devourer – noun – one who devours
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high in the air; in flight
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loft –
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(v.) to strike or throw a ball so that it rises high in the air;
(n.) – attic; and upper floor (as of a warehouse or barn) especially if
not partitioned; also a higher constructed platform area of a room (n.) the
thickness of a fabric or insulated material
lofty-high, tall; extremely proud, noble, superior
loftily – adv.; loftiness - noun
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an animal that lives by predation
predation (noun) - the act of preying or
plundering; a mode of life in which food is primarily
obtained by killing and consuming animals
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Other Related Forms:
predatory - adjective
predaceous or predacious - adjective
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Verb- to cut the hair or wool from; clip, trim; to
deprive by or as if by cutting; to cut or break
sharply
Noun-any of various cutting tools comprised of two blades
fastened together so that the edges slide one past the other; an
action or stress caused by applied forces that cause two parts of a
‘body’ to slide on each other; the act, instance, or result of
shearing
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Related Forms: shearing- n. (can be used to designate a
sheep’s age
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having or showing buoyancy
buoyancy (noun) – having the ability to rise or
float in liquid or air; the power to keep
something afloat; the power of a fluid to
exert an upward force on a body placed in it;
lightness or resilience of spirit
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buoy (noun) – a floating object anchored in
a lake, stream, etc. to warn of rocks, shoals,
etc. or to mark channels.
 buoyage (noun) – a system of or provision
for buoys; buoys, collectively
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the act of despising; the state of mind of one
who despises; disobedience to or open
disrespect of a court or legislature
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contemptible (adj.)–
despicable; contemptibly (adv.)
contemptuous (adj.) – feeling or expressing
contempt; contemptuously (adv.)
to get back, as health or strength;
recover
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recuperation – n.
recuperative – adj.
[from French – brusque (n.) – a plant with stiff twigs,
used for brooms]
curt, blunt, abrupt; syn. gruff, crusty, short,
(as a brush-off; dismissive)
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brusquely (adv.)
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verb- to attend to rapidly or efficiently; to send off
or away, with promptness or with speed, especially
on official business; to put to death – defeat
noun – a news item sent in by a correspondent to
a newspaper; message; the act of dispatching,
especially a shipment; promptness and efficiency in
performing a task; the act of putting to death
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dispatcher (noun)
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To put or plunge under the surface of water;
submerse
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submerging, submerged; submersion
submersible (noun) – capable of being
submerged, especially a small underwater
craft used for deep-sea research
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rapacious; voracious; eager for food; very
hungry
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ravenously (adv.)
ravenousness (noun)
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row, layer; especially one of two or more rows
arranged above one another
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tiered (adjective)
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accumulate; to gather, collect, or
stockpile; to heap or pile up
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gloomily silent; morose; dismal; gloomy
syn: glum, surly, dour, saturnine
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sullenly (adv.)
sulleness (noun)
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a long shallow open box-like container,
especially for water or feed of livestock;
a gutter along the eaves of a house;
a long channel or depression, as between
waves or hills
an elongated area of low barometric pressure
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to move back or away (ex: a receding hairline)
to slant backward; diminish; contract (ex: a
receding deficit)
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receded
receding
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marked by violent upheaval; tending to incite
a tumult
tumult (noun) – violent agitation of mind or
feelings; uproar
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Noun - a noticeable flaw;
Verb - to spoil by a flaw; mar
to transfer from one person or place to another;
 forward; to pass on by, or as if by inheritance;
 to cause or allow to spread to another or abroad – (as
transmit disease)
 to cause (as light, electricity or force) to pass through space
or a medium; to send out (as radio or television signals)
synonyms: convey, communicate, impart
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Related forms: transmitted, transmitting (verb): transmissible (adj.),
transmittable (adj.), transmittal (noun), transmission (noun) – also the
gears by which power is transferred from the engine of an automobile
to the axle that propels the vehicle, transmitter (noun)
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coarse or boisterous in behavior; rough
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rowdier, rowdiest, rowdiness (noun),
rowdyish (adj.), rowdyism (noun)
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something owed; obligation; a condition of
owing; sin, trespass
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debtor (noun) - one that owes a debt; one guilty
of neglect or violation of duty