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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.
lessen, diminish |
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| cheerful readiness, promptness or willingness |
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| to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax |
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| subject to, led by, or indicate of caprice or whim; erratic |
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| dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever |
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| to make ones own; to marry; to give in marriage |
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| to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of |
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| any system of persons or things ranked one above another |
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| any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame |
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| an expression of a general ruth or principle, esp. or aphoristic or sententious one |
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| a natural inclination or tendency |
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| physical beauty; comeliness |
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| mentally stimulating or appealing |
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| having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste |
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| to say or do again or repeatedly |
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| to lie or to be at rest, as from work, activity |
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| having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense |
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| refuse water after scourning |
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| sleepy, drowsy, tending to cause sleep |
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| marked by tedium, long and tiresome |
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| lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition |
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| to find fault with or reproach severely; censure |
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| characterized by the use of many words, wordy |
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he act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type. |
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| to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet. |
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–noun
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a blow, as with the hand or fist.
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a violent shock or concussion.
–verb (used with object)
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to strike, as with the hand or fist.
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to strike against or push repeatedly: The wind buffeted the house.
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to contend against; battle. |
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to discipline, esp. by corporal punishment.
to criticize severely. |
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| tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments. |
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to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish
to change; alter. |
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| of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal: a figurative expression. |
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capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
adaptable or tractable: the malleable mind of a child. |
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| o bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm |
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| to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride |
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| characterized by or requiring a sitting posture |
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| sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile. |
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