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painstakingly careful to do what is right; heeding moral scruples |
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a sudden, impulsive action |
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to suppose based on slight evidence
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a guess |
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to send off or away with speed
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1. an official message
2. haste, promptness |
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hard to please; fussy |
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an artificial or insincere manner |
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1. flexible
2. yielding easily |
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needlessly and tediously displaying learning; insisting on trivial details |
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1. an outpouring of emotions or words
2. a pouring forth, as of fluids |
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anxious care and protectiveness |
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lazy; disinclined to move |
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appropriateness and good taste in conduct |
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courtesy, politeness: the behavior of civilized people |
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formal, elaborate praise, in oratory or writing |
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to reason earnestly, esp. in disagreement |
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promptness in response; cheerful readiness |
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to offend or insult
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an insulting act |
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concise in expression to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
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doing good; charitable |
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harshness of surface, sound, or manner |
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friendliness; pleasant manner |
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reluctant to speak; silent, stern (not to be confused with tacit, which means "unspoken") |
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brilliant effect, publicity, dazzling success |
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to reproach severely, scold |
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friendliness; eagerness to please (not to be confused with complacence or complacency) |
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the holder of an office
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1. holding office
2. imposed as a duty |
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to be dejected, esp. to long for something |
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skeptical, disbelieving |
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careful to consider all consequences; prudent |
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1. ill will, esp. when suppressed and/or released
2. an organ that helps regulate blood supply |
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respectful yielding to a superior |
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appropriateness; conformity to what is socially acceptable |
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to give a false impression of, usu. with the intent to deceiveprop |
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strong natural tendency or preference |
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of or pertaining to money |
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stead, place (usu. in lieu of) |
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to agree or yield to a request or demand |
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to support with evidence or authority; to confirm |
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annoyance due to embarrassment, failure etc.
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to vex, disappoint, humiliate |
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amazement or dismay that hinders or confuses |
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1. subject to different interpretations; misleading (often intentionally)
2. hard to classify or judge |
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to calm, relieve, soothe |
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1. an order or command
2. a legal writ requiring or forbidding someone to do something |
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habitually complaining or whining |
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to accept or submit without opposition (used with 'in' or 'to') |
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private conversation between two persons (french for 'head-to-head') |
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to accuse; to attribute blame |
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peevishness, irritability, ill temper |
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harshness or sharpness of speech or disposition |
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to make less serious; to ease |
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to take the full attention of; to occupy completely |
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sinfully pleasure-seeking; recklessly wasteful
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a self-indulgent person who spends recklessly |
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intolerable, unbearable |
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1. intended to delay
2. tending to procrastinate |
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to relieve, lessen; to make more bearable |
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planning beforehand to commit an act |
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tolerance or restraint when provoked |
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1. to amuse, esp. as relief from worry
2. to distract
3. to turn aside |
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(usu. plural) tardiness in meeting obligations |
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1. a joke; playful conversation
2. a polite social remark |
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