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| Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise. |
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| Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. |
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| Characterized by an exactitude and extreme refinement that suggests gem cutting. |
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| Brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forceful. |
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| Expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
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| Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language. |
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| Excessively talkative in a rambling, round-about manner, especially about trivial manners. |
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| To talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble. |
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| Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so. |
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| Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy. |
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| To talk in a random, foolish, or meaningless way. |
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| To engage in a petulant or peevish argument; wrangle. |
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| To engage in an argument or debate. |
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| To engage in a petty quarrel. |
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| To struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle. |
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| To argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner. |
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| A struggling together in opposition; strife. |
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| A heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy. |
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| To differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree. |
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| Incapable or being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible. |
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| A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism. |
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| A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack. |
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| A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation. |
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| To speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave. |
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| Verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation. |
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| To criticize or reprimand severely; to punish in order to correct. |
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| To explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue denunciations or the like. |
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| To denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; to strip off or remove the skin from. |
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| To caution, counsel or advise against something; to reprove or scold especially in a mild, good-willed manner. |
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| Vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach; a railing accusation. |
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| Not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. |
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| Lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless. |
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| Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused; cloudy. |
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| Incapable or being perceived by the sense of touch; not definite or clear to the mind. |
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| Having reference to something implied or inferred. |
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| Uncertainty or fluctuation especially when caused by inability to make a choice or a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite of conflicting things. |
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| Mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. |
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| A subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. |
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| Incapable of being expressed in words; inexpressible. |
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| Not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit. |
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| A complete form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft. |
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| Subject to, led by, or indicative or unpredictable change or whim; erratic. |
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| Tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive. |
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| Liable or subject to change or alteration. |
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| To shift back and forth uncertainly. |
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| Deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; having no certain or definite course. |
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| Unpredictable; mercurial. |
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| To waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute. |
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| To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead. |
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| Firmly determined; set in course or opinion |
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| Not discouraged; not forced to abandon purpose or effect; undiminished in courage or valor. |
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| Resolutely fearless; dauntless. |
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| Boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. |
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| Impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy. |
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| Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously. |
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| Shameless or impudent; to face boldly or shamelessly. |
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| Reckless boldness; rashness. |
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| A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as based on error or superstition. |
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| A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere. |
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| A person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without intelligence; robot. |
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| Stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence. |
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| Extraordinary in some bad way; flagrant; glaring. |
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| Howling or wailing, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl. |
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| To reduce in force, intensity, quantity, effect, or value. |
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| Of no real value; trifling; worthless. |
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| Breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence. |
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| Of a sickly yellowish colour. |
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| A grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair. |
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| A spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people. |
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| Sprightliness or spirit or whim; lively intelligence. |
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| Superior status; prestige; an official seal, as on a letter or document. |
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| A natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack. |
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| Mildly or engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish. |
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| Smart; jaunty; dashing; like a rake; dissolute. |
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| Enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit. |
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| Suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful. |
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| Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood. |
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| Having or showing little or no emotion. |
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| Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent. |
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| Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom. |
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| Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner. |
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| Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc. |
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| Full of complaints; complaining. |
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| Moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance. |
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| Cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent. |
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| Full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful. |
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| Lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull. |
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| Of or pertaining to the sense of smell. |
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| Of or pertaining to the sense of touch. |
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| Of or pertaining to the auditory system; a person in whose mind auditory images are predominant or unusually distinct. |
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| Of or pertaining to taste or tasting. |
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| A prefix meaning "nose" used in the formation of compound words. |
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| Hairy; shaggy; of or pertaining to the hair. |
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| Of or pertaining the the organs in the cavities or the body. |
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| To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship. |
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| An ornamental shoulder piece worn on uniforms; chiefly by military officers. |
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