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noun an amount of money removed from or owed on an account, or the record of that amount.This debit of fifteen dollars in your checking account reflects a fee that the bank…

transitive verb to subject (esp. those belonging to a different political, religious, or racial group) to persistent harassment, punishment, or ill-treatment.Among those persecuted by the Nazis were Jews, Romanies, Poles, and political…

noun excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness.She had never seen such a display of egotism as when he was showing off all his trophies to her. See the full entry

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noun a small group, often of military officers, acting as the rulers of a nation, esp. provisionally after the overthrow of a previous government.The military junta stripped away many of the rights…