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GOAL |
What is aimed at |
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TARGET |
What is aimed at |
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MARK |
That toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at;
what one seeks to hit or reach. |
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BACHELORSDEGREE |
What is regularly sought at university |
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TINSELTOWN |
What Hollywood is called at Christmas time? |
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POINT-BLANK |
The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other
missile is aimed. |
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HIT |
To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed,
-- often with implied chance, or luck. |
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BETRAY |
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious
at first, or would otherwise be concealed. |
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BLANK |
The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot;
hence, the object to which anything is directed. |
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CATER |
By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at
theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to. |
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DESTINATION |
The place set for the end of a journey, or to which
something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
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FICTION |
Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing
more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really
at issue. |
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HOUR |
The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and
indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At what hour shall we
meet? |
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QUEER |
At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some
odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a
queer story or act. |
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SCRAMBLE |
To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown
upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch
rudely at what is desired. |
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DETAINER |
The keeping possession of what belongs to another;
detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may
have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. |
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BATTLER |
A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from
the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for,
answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. |
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YIELD |
To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as
payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money
at interest yields six or seven per cent. |
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BYE |
A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary
object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye,
i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. |
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EAVESDROP |
To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the
door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence,
to listen secretly to what is said in private. |
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EXTRA |
Something in addition to what is due, expected, or
customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation,
or for which an addi... |
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MATTER |
That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place
or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of
action, discussion... |
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PRECOCIOUS |
Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age;
exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used
especially of men... |
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INEXPEDIENT |
...not
tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to
time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient... |
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EAVESDROPPING |
... other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly
listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is
indic... |