transmigrate
Definition: (verb) Be born anew in another body after death.
Synonyms: reincarnate
Usage: Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all birds that fly.
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relent
Definition: (verb) Give in, as to influence or pressure. Synonyms: soften, yield Usage: At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented. 
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fetter
Definition: (verb) Restrain with fetters. Synonyms: shackle Usage: My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon. 
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spittle Definition: (noun) A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches. Synonyms: saliva Usage: Her face…was distorted with passion, and in her tumultuous speech the spittle dribbled over her lips. 
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midpoint
Definition: (noun) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. Synonyms: center Usage: I measured the width of the picture frame and calculated its midpoint so that I could hang it properly on the wall. 
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madcap
Definition: (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive Usage: This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us...to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company?
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plagiarize
Definition: (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: lift Usage: At the beginning of the semester, the teacher warned her students not to plagiarize their reports because she would find out and fail them. 
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repulse
Definition: (verb) Force or drive back. Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel Usage: The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack.
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entresol Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building. Synonyms: mezzanine Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat down for a cup of coffee in the entresol of the hotel.
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meager
Definition: (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Synonyms: scrimpy, stingy Usage: So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact that was in no way remarkable among the tillers of the fields of Mars.
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