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April 5, 2015
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What does stand up mean?

stand-up(verb)
requiring a standing position

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April 4, 2015
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What does voluminous mean?

voluminous(adj)
large in volume or bulk

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April 3, 2015
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What does striking mean?

contact, impinging, striking(noun)
the physical coming together of two or more things

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April 2, 2015
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What does unsympathetic mean?

unsympathetic(adj)
not sympathetic or disposed toward

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April 1, 2015
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What does wear thin mean?

wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin(verb)
deteriorate through use or stress

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March 31, 2015
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What does ditto mean?

ditto mark, ditto(verb)
a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

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March 30, 2015
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What does unavoidable mean?

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable(adj)
impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

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