Avenge

1. Exact punishment for something: To inflict punishment because of a wrong done.

2. Retaliate on behalf of somebody: To retaliate on behalf of yourself or somebody else for a wrong done.

Pretty simmular to revenge. The DIFFERENCE, however is, that revenge is to get even with someone for something he did to you. Avenge is to get even with someone for something he did to someone you care about.
1. She swore to avenge his death.
2. She was determined to avenge her brother.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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Demented

1. Entirely irrational: Completely unreasonable or lacking any sense of the consequences of actions taken.

2. Affected with dementia: Affected by the loss of intellectual functions that is associated with dementia. This usually only happens to elderly (old) people.
My friend's granpa is demented, he can't remember a thing.
by Jafje April 05, 2007
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Respite

1. Brief interval of rest: A brief period of rest and recovery between periods of exertion or after something disagreeable.

2. Delay: A temporary delay.

3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
The woman was given some days of respite, she didn't have to work for some days after what happened.
by Jafje April 05, 2007
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Colony

A country which is run by the government of another country. Officials and many inhabitants often come from the "mother country".
The mother country is the country that governs the colony.
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Attainment

Noun;

1. Accomplishment of something: the achievement of the goals that somebody has set.

2. A skill, accomplishment, or distinction, especially one achieved through effort.
1. They forced them to reach the attainment.
2. He's got attainments, he's got skills.
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Apprentice

A young person who is learning a trade or proffesion by working alongside an expert, usually for a set period of time at low wages.
The apprentice learns from a master or misstress.
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Erect

1. Straight and vertical: In an upright position.

2. Physiology firm and rigid: Stiff and swollen as a result of being filled with blood, e.g. when sexually aroused.

3. Right side up: Describes an optically produced image that is right side up and not inverted.

4. To build a structure from basic parts and materials.

5. To fix something in an upright position.

6. To bring an organization, system, or theory into being.

7. To draw or construct a line or figure on a given base.
1. An erect plant stem.
2. An erect penis.
3. An erect picture.
4. The building was erected in 1885.
5. Fixing things..
6. The corporation erected a new legal department to deal with mergers and acquisitions.
7. Drawing an erect graph.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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