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1. account, n. View full entry c1300
...Counting, reckoning, enumeration; computation, calculation; (also) a style or mode of reckoning; an amount established by counting. Now chiefly in money of account: see money2....
2. acquiescency, n. View full entry 1646
...= acquiescence (in various senses)....
3. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
4. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
5. and, conj.1, adv., and n.1 View full entry eOE
...Simply connective....
6. as, adv. and conj. View full entry OE
...Of quantity or degree: in that degree, to that extent (in or to which). Obs....
7. bad, adj., n.2, and adv. View full entry 1203
...Of poor quality or little worth....
8. be, v. View full entry eOE
...To have place in the objective universe or realm of fact, to exist; (spec. of God, etc.) to exist independently of other beings. Also: to exist in life, to live....
9. divest, v. View full entry a1616
...trans. To unclothe, undress, disrobe; to strip of clothing, or of any covering, ornament, etc....
10. fakir, n. View full entry 1609
...‘Properly an indigent person, but specially applied to a Mahommedan religious mendicant, and then loosely, and inaccurately, to Hindu devotees and naked ascetics’ (Yule)....
11. hippodrome, n. View full entry 1585
...In Ancient Greek Hist. and Roman Hist. A course or circus for horse-races and chariot-races. Sometimes used as a high-sounding name for a modern circus....
12. hunger, n. View full entry c825
...The uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite. Also, the exhausted condition caused by want of food....
13. idee, n. View full entry 1542
...= idea (in various senses)....
14. Irish, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry OE
...Of a person: native to Ireland; that is a citizen of Ireland; (also) descended from emigrants from Ireland to another country, esp. the United States or Australia (cf. Irish-American, ...
15. issue, n. View full entry c1330
...The action of going, passing, or flowing out; egress, exit; power of egress or exit; outgoing, outflow....
16. know, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To perceive (a thing or person) as identical with one already perceived or considered; to recognize; to identify. Formerly freq. with for; also with by (a...
17. kudos, n. View full entry 1831
...Glory, fame, renown....
18. learn, v. View full entry c900
...trans. To acquire knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an art, etc.) as a result of study, experience, or teaching. Const. from, of (arch.), †at...
19. mind, v. View full entry a1382
...trans....
20. much, adj., adv., pron., and n. View full entry a1154
...Of any physical object or entity: great in size or dimension; spec. (of a person) tall, large, bulky; (formerly also) †adult, grown up, mature (obs.). Now only in...
