Definition: (verb) To assert formally as a fact.
Synonyms: allege, say.
Usage: For as my conscience does not accuse me, I aver that I am not a criminal.
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Definition: (verb) To assert formally as a fact.
Synonyms: allege, say.
Usage: For as my conscience does not accuse me, I aver that I am not a criminal.
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Definition: (noun) A heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs.
Synonyms: burial mound, grave mound, barrow.
Usage: The tumulus marked the spot where his ancestor was buried.
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Definition: (noun) The way a person behaves toward other people.
Synonyms: deportment, conduct, behavior.
Usage: She had a charming demeanor that endeared her to her many friends.
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Definition: (noun) A four-sided polygon.
Synonyms: quadrangle, quadrilateral.
Usage: Long after the teacher had moved on from the geometry lesson, Alice found herself absentmindedly sketching tetragons in her notebook.
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Definition: (noun) A plug of keratin and sebum within a hair follicle that is blackened at the surface.
Synonyms: blackhead.
Usage: On the morning of the school dance, she was dismayed to discover a large comedo on her chin.
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Definition: (noun) Crystallization of a compound in at least two distinct forms.
Synonyms: pleomorphism.
Usage: Calcium carbonate possesses the characteristic of polymorphism, since it crystallizes as calcite or aragonite.
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Definition: (noun) A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.
Synonyms: ruffle, flounce, frill.
Usage: Those dresses are good, sensible, serviceable dresses, without any frills or furbelows about them, and they're all you'll get this summer.
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Definition: (noun) A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.
Synonyms: scar.
Usage: It was clear from the cicatrix on his back that he had been punished at one time, but, whether as a slave or as a thief, we could not tell.
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Definition: (verb) To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition.
Synonyms: infuse, instill.
Usage: All of virtue and chivalry and true manhood which his old guardian had neglected to inculcate in the boy's mind the good priest planted there.
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