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Pore
- noun - a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
- any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
- any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
- direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Pure
- adjective - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"
- free from discordant qualities
- free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen"
- in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"
- inviolate
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
Pyre
- noun - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Rare
- adjective - (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"
- having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
- marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
- not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
- not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"
- recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
Sere
- adjective - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
Sire
- noun - a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
- make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
- male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse
- the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
Sore
- adjective - an open skin infection
- causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
- hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
- roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"
Sure
- adjective - (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure (or trusted) friend"
- certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle"
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"
- definitely or positively
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"
- impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof"
- infallible or unfailing; "a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment"
- physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground