GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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LAWFUL, adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
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POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find it palatable only when suffering from the recurrent disorder known as thirst, for which it is a medicine.
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IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral.
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FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
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QUOTIENT, n. A number showing how many times a sum of money belonging to one person is contained in the pocket of another usually about as many times as it can be got there.
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