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To renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid |
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Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
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Keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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Excessive praise; intense adoration |
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To foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow |
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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To increase in power, affluence, and reputation |
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Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals; esp. base metals into gold |
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To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior |
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To combine, to mix together |
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Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways |
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To make better, to improve |
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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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Something out of place in time
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Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
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A solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing |
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Soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts |
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Deviation from what is normal |
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To annoy or provoke to anger |
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Lack of interest or emotion |
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Farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith |
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One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions |
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Deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection |
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An expression of approval or praise |
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To take for one’s own use; to confiscate |
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
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Intense and passionate feeling |
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To suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention |
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Able to speak clearly and expressively |
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One who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
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Severity, rigor, roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability |
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To aver, allege, or assert |
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Diligent, hard-working, sedulous |
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To make something unpleasant less severe |
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Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
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To reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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Sever or stern in appearance; undecorated |
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To state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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A universally recognized principle |
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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
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Predictable, clichéd, boring |
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Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike |
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Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency |
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Pompous in speech and manner |
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To bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about |
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To tolerate; to endure; to countenance |
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Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas & their inhabitants |
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To grow rapidly or flourish |
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To slander, to make a false accusation |
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Impartial and honest in speech |
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An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
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Changing one’s mind quickly and often |
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Disposed to point out trivial faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument |
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To punish or criticize harshly |
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Severe criticism or punishment |
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Something that brings about a change in something else |
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To find fault without good reason |
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Speed, alacrity, accelerate |
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Great disorder or confusion |
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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
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An illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster |
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Convincing and well reasoned |
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To change as if by dyeing (to distort, gloss, or affect) |
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The willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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To overlook, pardon or disregard |
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Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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Sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
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Regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness |
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Insubordinate; rebellious; |
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A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude |
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Intricate and complicated |
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To provide supporting evidence |
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Steadily increasing volume or force |
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To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
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Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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Rout, fiasco, complete failure |
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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a ploy |
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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
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To discriminate or discern |
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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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Am abusive, condemnatory speech |
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Intended to teach or instruct |
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Reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence |
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To make larger; to expand |
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Someone with amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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A funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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To set right; to free from error |
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To perceive, to recognize |
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Conflicting, dissonant, or dissimilar |
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Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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Free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
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To prevent a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character |
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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds |
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To disclose something secret |
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A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
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To deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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Departing from norms or conventions |
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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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A sorrowful poem or speech |
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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
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Soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying, an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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Based on observation or experiment |
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To copy; to try to equal or excel |
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Glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy |
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Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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To produce, cause, or bring about |
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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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To count, list, or itemize |
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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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Wandering & unpredictable |
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Learned, scholarly, bookish |
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Known or understood by only a few |
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To test or try; to attempt; to experiment |
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Speech in praise of someone |
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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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Tending to disappear like a vapor; vanishing |
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To demand; to call for; to require; to take |
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To censure scathingly, to upbraid |
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To clear from blame; prove innocent |
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To denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil |
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Critical examination, explication |
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Urgent; requiring immediate attention |
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To atone or make amends for |
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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
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Improvised, done without preparation |
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To destroy, to exterminate, to cut out, to exscind |
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An invalid or incorrect notion, a mistaken belief |
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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
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To cause to fall by striking |
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Greatly emotional or zealous |
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Intensely emotional; feverish |
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Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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To sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline |
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Excessively decorated or embellished |
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To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream |
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Happening by accident or chance |
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Quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, refractory, irritable |
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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
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To loudly attack or denounce |
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Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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To deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose |
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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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Pompous speech or expression |
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A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a… |
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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses |
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The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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Violating accepted dogma or convention |
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Unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic |
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Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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Difficult or embarrassing situation |
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About to happen; impending |
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Lacking funds, without money |
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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
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Quick to act without thinking |
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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
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Immunity from punishment or penalty |
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Not fully formed; disorganized |
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Beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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Not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged |
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Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
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Unmoving, lethargic, sluggish |
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Unfortunate, inappropriate |
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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity, Artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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Lacking interest or flavor |
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Unconcerned, carefree, heedless |
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To imply, suggest, or insinuate |
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Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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To overwhelm; to cover with water |
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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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To obtain by deception or flattery |
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Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual |
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Vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile |
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To express sorrow; to grieve |
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To give praise; to glorify |
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To give unsparingly (v); extremely generous or extravagant (adj) |
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Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
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To tilt or lean to one side |
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Lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery |
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Clear and easily understood |
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To move heavily and clumsily |
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Bright, brilliant, glowing |
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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
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Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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Associated with war and the armed forces |
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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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Cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy, attracting by false show |
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A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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To exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of |
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Menacing, threatening (e.g. Minotaur) |
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To pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize to speak too carefully. Also, to take tiny steps |
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A person who dislikes others |
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To calm or make less severe |
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Of the world, typical or concerned with the ordinary |
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Lacking sophistication or experience |
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Coming in to being; in early development stages |
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Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form |
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A new word, expression, or usage, the creation or use of new words or senses |
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A recent convert; a beginner; a novice |
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Exacting, fastidious, extremely precise |
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Baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think |
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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
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To deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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Overly submissive and eager to please |
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Noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous |
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To be established, accepted, or customary |
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Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or precision |
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To prevent, to make unnecessary |
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To stop up; to prevent the passage of |
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Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension |
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Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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Troublesome & oppressive; burdensome |
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Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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Tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone |
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A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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To make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense |
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Formal praise, eulogy, encomium |
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A contradiction or dilemma |
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Model of excellence or perfection |
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A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature or art |
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The profession or principles of teaching or instructing |
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Someone who shows off learning |
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Commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian |
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Transparent, easy to understand, limpid |
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Penny-pinching, excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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Recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly |
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Willing to betray one’s trust |
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Done in a routine way; indifferent |
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Extremely hateful; potentially causing death |
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The concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech |
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Acutely perceptive, having keen discernment |
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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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Calm; sluggish; unemotional
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Multicolored, usually in blotches |
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To yearn intensely; to languish; to love vigor |
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Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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To illegally use or reproduce |
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The essential or central part |
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Pounding, thundering, resounding |
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Able to be molded, altered or bent |
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A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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Courage, spunk, fortitude |
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To plunge or drop straight down |
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Controversial; argumentative |
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Practical as opposed to idealistic |
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To babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty & idle manner |
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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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One that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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A disposition in favor of something, a preference |
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To dress up, to primp, to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurrence |
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Overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties |
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To lie or deviate from the truth |
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Fresh and unclean; uncorrupted |
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To pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils |
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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
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A natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
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Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
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To increase in number quickly |
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Producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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To conciliate; to appease |
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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs |
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Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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Wisdom, caution, or restraint |
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Childish, immature, jejune, nugatory |
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Sharp and irritating to the senses |
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To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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To lose courage; to turn frightened |
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Misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy |
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Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations |
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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
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Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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To complain about bitterly |
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Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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To make thinner or sparser |
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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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To retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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Awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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Radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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To disprove, to successfully argue against |
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To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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To fail or honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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Torn (past of rend); an opening or tear caused by such |
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To reject the validity of |
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To invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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Effective writing or speaking |
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Having sound judgment; perceptive, wise, like a sage |
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Lustful, lascivious, bawdy |
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Promoting health or well-being |
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Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement |
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Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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Cheerful, confident, optimistic |
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To satisfy fully or overindulge |
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A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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Gloomy, dark, sullen, morose |
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Diligent; persistent; hard-working |
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Aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively |
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A piece of broken pottery or glass |
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Exceptional, unusual, odd |
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Concerned & attentive; eager |
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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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Causing sleep or lethargy |
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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul |
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Thin, not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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One who spends money wastefully |
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Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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Sordid; wretched and dirty as a form of neglect |
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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Not moving, active, or in motion, at rest |
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To saturate or completely soak, as in tea |
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Extremely loud and powerful |
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A mark of shame or discredit |
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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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The supporting structural cross-part of a wing |
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To stun, baffle, or amaze |
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A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
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Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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To take the place of; to supercede |
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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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Toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer, parasite |
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The combination of parts to make a whole |
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To remove (a parliamentary motion) from consideration |
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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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Biased, showing marked tendencies |
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Having little substance or strength; flimsy |
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Brief and concise in wording |
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Timid, fearful, diffident |
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Long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
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Lethargic, sluggish, dormant |
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Extreme mental & physical sluggishness |
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A force that causes rotation |
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Winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
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To publicly praise or promise |
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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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Temporary, lasting a brief time |
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Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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Fierce & cruel, eager to fight |
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Novice, greenhorn, rank amateur |
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Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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Genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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Sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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To sway physically; to be indecisive |
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Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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Filled with truth & accuracy
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To defame; to characterize harshly |
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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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To corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective |
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To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
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Fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language |
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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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To equivocate; to change one’s position |
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To fluctuate between choices |
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Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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Sparing in eating and drinking, temperate |
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Without guile; open & honest |
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Contradict; give a false impression |
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Make shiny by rubbing; polish |
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Concluding section of a musical or literary composition |
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Brief, comprehensive summary |
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Lacking coherence, separated at the joints |
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Calmness of temperament; composure |
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Prevent by taking action in advance |
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Narrow-mindedness; isolation |
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Uncertain how to act; weak |
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Languor; weariness; depression |
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Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services |
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Ostracize; banish; outlaw |
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Minor objection or complaint |
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Marked with parallel bands; grooved |
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Turmoil, bewildering jumble |
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Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body |
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