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Definitions by Jafje

Sanctimonious 

Holier-than-thou: Making an exaggerated show of holiness or moral superiority.
Sanctimonious like to act as if they're holy.
Sanctimonious by Jafje April 15, 2007
VERB:

1. To treat somebody or something with scorn or contempt.

2. Mimic somebody: To imitate somebody in a way that is intended to make that person appear silly or ridiculous.

3. To prevent something from succeeding in a way that causes frustration or humiliation.

4. To provoke or annoy someone.
VERB:

1. Mocking someone in an annoying way.
2. Mocking someone in a funny way.
3. Just mock someone.
4. It's the same as provoking someone in an annoying way.
Mock by Jafje April 15, 2007
ADJECTIVE:

1. Imitation: made to appear like something else, usually something older or more expensive.

2. Pretend: Done as an act, especially in order to amuse people.

3. Practice: done as practice for the real thing.
1. To mock leather.
2. Frowned in mock disapproval.
3. Mock exams.
Mock by Jafje April 15, 2007
1. Physically or mentally weak. Lacking physical strenght or health.

2. Unlikely to convince. Weak arguments or exuses.
People and things can be feeble (weak).
Feeble by Jafje April 15, 2007
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.
Erect by Jafje April 15, 2007

Aperture 

1. A small narrow opening.

2. A fixed or adjustable opening in a piece of equipment such as a camera or microscope that lets light pass through a lens or mirror.

3. The diameter of an aperture in a piece of equipment such as a camera.
See definition of aperture above.
Aperture by Jafje April 15, 2007
1. To do or say something without delay, often in order to correct what might otherwise be a misleading impression.

2. To speed something up.

3. To go somewhere quickly or without delay.
1. "But she's perfectly right," he hastened to add.
2. A vacation would hasten his recovery.
3. He hastened to her side.
Hasten by Jafje April 15, 2007