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Definition: (verb) To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious.

Synonyms: overrun.

Usage: During the year that followed, Clayton was several times attacked by the great apes which now seemed to continually infest the vicinity of the cabin.

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Definition: (verb) To divest of covering; make bare.

Synonyms: strip.

Usage: Rake in hand, Flora set out to denude her lawn of fallen leaves.

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Definition: (noun) A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.

Synonyms: dirty dog, git, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, bum, crumb, rat.

Usage: Only a lowlife would steal money from his own child.

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Definition: (verb) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.

Synonyms: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish.

Usage: The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.

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Definition: (noun) Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.

Synonyms: trachea.

Usage: Poisonous vapors … crept like evil spirits over the ship, stealing into the nostrils and windpipes of the unwary and causing fits of sneezing and coughing.

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Definition: (noun) Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.

Synonyms: conjurer, magician, prestidigitator.

Usage: The illusionist snapped his fingers and was suddenly holding a dove, much to the delight of his adoring audience.

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Definition: (adjective) Of or relating to a wedding.

Synonyms: bridal, spousal.

Usage: My fiancé was less than thrilled when I suggested that we write our own nuptial vows.

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Definition: (adjective) Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.

Synonyms: innovative.

Usage: Groundbreaking innovations in technology have made electronic devices both smaller and more powerful.

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Definition: (verb) Give or delegate power or authority to.

Synonyms: authorize.

Usage: The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis.

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Definition: (noun) The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation.

Synonyms: greenness.

Usage: Midsummer eve had come, bringing deep verdure to the forest, and roses in her lap, of a more vivid hue than the tender buds of Spring.

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