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DISCRIMINATE, v.i. To note the particulars in which one person or thing is, if possible, more objectionable than another.
Ambrose Bierce
Discriminate
Note
Objectionable
One
Particulars
Person
Possible
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MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.
— Ambrose Bierce
Adj
Less
Minor
ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive. Each is all three.
— Ambrose Bierce
Case
Cases
English
CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."
— Ambrose Bierce
Animal
Brings
Cunning
HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
— Ambrose Bierce
Follies
Hermit
Not
Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.
— Ambrose Bierce
Degree
Laziness
Low