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| to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natrual result |
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| a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work |
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| a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
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| hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; a sheltered place, hiding place |
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| pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance |
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| to demand insestently, especially in payment or of debt; a creditor; dark, dull, drab, dingy |
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| effective, producing results |
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| calmness, composure, refusal to panic |
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| accidental, occurring by a happy chance |
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| the essential part, main point, or essence |
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| freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarrented |
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| overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling |
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| a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; abusive, vituperative |
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| showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a jester's costume; a jester |
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| extremely generous, lavish |
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| to delay, put off until later |
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| tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying |
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| exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding |
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| a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; to disapprove of, condemn |
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| characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place |
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| moderate, sparing; characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
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| deserving of blame or correction |
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| likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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| to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
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| an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
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| passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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| to scatter or spread widely |
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| poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
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| highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
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| to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
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| awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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| an opinion different from accepted believe; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
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| to impress on the mind by repitition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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| capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
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| having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
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| extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
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| leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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| to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; full, satisfied |
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| to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface off; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe |
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| deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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| to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
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| a representation in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberatley exaggerated; to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
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| a loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise |
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| side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
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| an eager desire for something; greed |
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| to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
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| to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave, to imprison |
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| to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
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| implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
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| marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
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| a model of excellence or perfection |
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| to restate in other words; a statement that presents a given idea in new language |
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| prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
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| dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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| extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush |
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| making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting |
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| sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant |
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| charming, attractive, pleasing |
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