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• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
verb
• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Example sentence • He has a persistent cough that won't go away.
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• someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
Example sentence • The prof gave us an extension on the assignment.
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• a second-year undergraduate
Example sentence • She is currently a soph in high school.
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• to take off from the body or head
Example sentence • He doffed his hat as a sign of respect.
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• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Example sentence • He quaffed the entire bottle of champagne at the party.
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• showing your contempt by derision
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• laugh at with contempt and derision
Example sentence • He scoffed at my idea and said it would never work.
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• informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
Example sentence • He is a wealthy toff who lives in a mansion.
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• (entertainment) A big laugh.
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• To have sexual intercourse (with someone)
Example sentence • He delivered a clever boff during his stand-up comedy routine.
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• A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin.
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• To act as a shroff, especially to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.
7 3 Example sentence • He explained the new policy and the reasons whereof .
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• (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
4 1 noun
• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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• An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
Example sentence • He gave her a brushoff when she asked him out.
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• A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
Example sentence • The cattle wandered in the haugh by the river.
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• plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Example sentence • Plants are autotrophs because they produce their own food through photosynthesis.
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• an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition
Example sentence • A lion is a heterotroph because it obtains its energy by consuming other animals.
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• a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation
Example sentence • Chinese characters are an example of a logograph system.
9 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
Example sentence • The auxotroph strain of bacteria requires additional nutrients for growth.
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Example sentence • Voltaire, a famous philosophe , wrote extensively on civil liberties.
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Example sentence • The prototroph bacteria were capable of growing on minimal media.
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• a type of submachine gun made in Russia
Example sentence • The soldier carried a kalashnikov rifle.
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• Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)
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• Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
Example sentence • We need to markoff the boundaries of the construction site.
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• United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)
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• composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943)
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• British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
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• the West African language of the Wolof in Senegal; related to Fula
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• Soviet general who during World War II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)
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• Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)
8 3 noun, adjective n, adj Example sentence • She is known for her morosoph ways, always offering unique and insightful perspectives.
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• Russian physicist whose research into ways of moving electrons around atoms led to the development of masers and lasers for producing high-intensity radiation (1916-2002)
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• a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga
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Example sentence • Some plant pathogens are biotrophs, meaning they require a living host to survive and complete their life cycle.
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Example sentence • He is an avid goff player and spends most of his weekends on the golf course.
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Example sentence • The gymnosophs were ancient Indian philosophers who practiced nude asceticism.
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Example sentence • The necrotrophs are a group of plant pathogens that cause host tissue death and decay.
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Example sentence • A green plant is an example of a phototroph , as it obtains energy from sunlight.
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• Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
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• Russian mathematician (1856-1922)
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• Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)
8 2 verb v Example sentence • They decided to block off the section of the park for maintenance.
12 5 noun n noun
• czar of Russia (1551-1605)
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• United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)
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