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to work or operate with the hands

to artfully manage or influence someone in an unfair way

to falsify something for one’s own benefit

written in the margin of a page

close to the border or limit, especially a lower limit

not good enough

a piece of grassland, especially one used as a pasture or for growing grass for hay

a low grassland near a river or lake

a person who serves as an intermediary for bringing about a peaceful solution to a problem between two or more persons, groups, companies, and so on

related to thinking about something constantly

a soft, thin, pliable sheet of animal or vegetable tissue that protects an organ, and through which dissolved nutrients can pass

any thin sheet meant to separate or filter

behaving like a slave

working exclusively for money, rather than for an ideal

seeking payment

a soldier working for pay in the army of another country, or in a paid private military force

a person who will do nearly anything for money

not too good, not too bad

of or containing the element mercury

having qualities attributed to the god mercury—for example, cleverness, shrewdness, eloquence

quality of temperament and character, especially high quality

all means of communication, such as radio, television, cinema, and print matter that provide the public with news and entertainment

one’s surroundings or environment, especially a cultural or social setting

compulsive idea

menacing or threatening

courteous and polite

to chop or cut into tiny pieces

to weaken or lessen the force of

a person who hates or distrusts everybody else

preoccupy the mind of excessively

available wealth

to make bigger and stronger

a greedy person who hoards money even at the expense of his or her own comfort

consisting of, produced by, or being between molecules

the way in which something is done

the smallest particle of an element or compound that exists and still retains the properties of that element or compound

a very small particle

traditional behaviors that seem so conducive to the welfare of a group that they come to have the force of law and sometimes even become part of the legal code

he pledging of a property as security for a sum of money

the deed that a mortgager holds

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