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person or thing intensely disliked; a curse, denunciation
of or relating to dispossessed and uprooted individuals cut off from the economic and social class with which they might normally be identified; plebeian
walking; traveling place to place; Aristotle follower |
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1 : intended for display : open to view
2 : being such in appearance : plausible rather than demonstrably true or real |
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to make obscure
confuse; to be evasive, unclear, or confusing |
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| scolding, vicious woman; a shrew; a hag |
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| 1 : a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves 2 : a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes |
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1 : to make faulty or defective : impair
2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status
3 : to make ineffective |
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having deceptive attraction or allure
having a false look of genuineness or truth |
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to declare to be untrue or invalid
contradict, oppose |
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| glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise; also : an expression of this |
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1 : unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition
rashness, recklessness
2 : an act or instance of temerity (suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger) |
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| malicious satisfaction from the misfortune of others |
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| a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded; bane; bugbear |
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| coolness of mind; calmness; composure |
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something absolutely indispensable or essential
Late Latin, without which not |
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1: final settlement (as of a debt)
2: removal from activity; especially : death
3: something that quiets or represses |
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| a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
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: at first view
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1: of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
2 a: tawdrily and falsely attractive
b: superficially significant |
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1 a: to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b: to give by way of reply
2: to grant as a privilege or special favor |
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1 a archaic : to pray against (as an evil) b: to seek to avert
2: to express disapproval of
3a: play down : make little of
b: belittle, disparage |
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| weight, heaviness (especially of a person) |
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1 a: the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord b: the obligation of such fidelity
2: intense fidelity |
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1 a: lacking social experience or grace; also : not tactful : crude
b: crudely made or done
2: not planar |
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| lewd; lustful; arousing sexual desires |
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| weakly and effusively sentimental |
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1 : stern, harsh
2 : obstinate, unyielding
3 : gloomy, sullen |
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strict disciplinarian
one who stresses rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods |
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calm, untroubled, serene
1 a: marked by transparency : pellucid
b: clear and simple in style
2: absolutely serene and untroubled |
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lacking flavor
lacking vigor or interest |
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precluding a right of action; debate; or delay; haught
insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way |
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| performed mechanically, indifferent |
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| resonant, rich, full, round, booming, deep, clear, mellow, orotund, fruity, strong, resounding, reverberant. |
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| 1: final settlement (as of a debt)2: removal from activity; especially : death3: something that quiets or represses |
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lacking foresight or forethought
negligent, thoughtless |
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refusing to change one's ideas, behavior
stubborn, obstinate |
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| person who takes dictation or copies manuscripts |
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| to speak or write verbosely or windily |
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| to darken or render indistinct or dim |
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| great diversity or variety |
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| harsh criticism or disapprovoal |
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| charlatan, quack; person who deceives others |
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| expressing contempt or disapproval |
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| n. A turbulent ending of a regime or an institution: |
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| custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, esp. a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important : |
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| excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters |
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| a person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites; a sensualist |
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| a foreshadowing; a shadowy sketch |
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| to assume as real/conceded; to suggest |
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| used to express neccesity or inevitability |
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| nickname; descriptive name or epithet |
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1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
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| unfriendly; antagonistic; like an enemy, hostile |
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1 traveling from place to place, esp. working or based in various places for relatively short periods : the peripatetic nature of military life.
2 ( Peripatetic) Aristotelian. [ORIGIN: with reference to Aristotle's practice of walking to and fro while teaching.] |
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| characterized by treachery and slyness, crafty |
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| TENDING TO MAKE OR BECOME WORSE; TO DISPARAGE, BELITTLE |
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| act of retaliating, revenge |
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| rakish; tawdry; vulgar; low |
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| steadily industrious; perseverance |
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| bully; intimidate, use without sharing |
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| beginning to come into being; to become apparent |
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| to provoke envy, resentment, or ill-will |
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| to teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction |
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