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January 30, 2015
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What does drollery mean?

drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness(noun)
a comic incident or series of incidents

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January 29, 2015
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What does venerate mean?

reverence, fear, revere, venerate(verb)
regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

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January 28, 2015
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What does heaving mean?

heave, heaving(noun)
an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)

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January 27, 2015
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What does modification mean?

alteration, modification, adjustment(noun)
the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

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January 26, 2015
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What does crease mean?

fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend(noun)
an angular or rounded shape made by folding

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January 25, 2015
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What does brotherhood mean?

brotherhood(noun)
the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

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January 24, 2015
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What does vitalise mean?

vitalize, vitalise(verb)
give life to

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