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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity. |
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concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
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to combine, to mix together |
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doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways |
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to make better, to improve |
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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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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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to judge a dispute between two opposing sides |
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intense and passionate feeling |
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able to speak clearly and expressively |
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to make something unpleasant less severe |
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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severe or stern in appearance; indecorated |
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predictable cliched boring |
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pompous in speech and manner |
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impartial and honest in speech |
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changing one's mind quickly and often |
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to punish or criticize harshly |
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something that brings about a change in something else |
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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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deception by means of craft or guile |
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convincing and well reasoned |
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
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intricate and complicated |
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intricate and complicated |
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steadily increasing volume or force |
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; proproety |
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to speak of or treat with contempt; to moch |
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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an abusive condemning speech |
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someone with an 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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fundementally different; entirely unlike |
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ro present 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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a firmly held opinion; often a religous belief |
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dictatorial in one's opinion |
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to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
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a sorrowful poem or speech |
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
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to copy; to try to equal or excel |
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to produce, cause, or bring about |
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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wandering and unpredicatable |
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learned, scholarly, bookish |
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known or understood by only a few |
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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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urgent; requiring immediate action |
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clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
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acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
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intensely emotional; feverish |
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excessively decorated or embelished |
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a tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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not capable of being disturbed |
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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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not fully formed; disorganized |
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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lacking interest or flavor |
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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to overwhelm, to cover with water |
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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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clear and easily understood |
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bright, brilliant, glowing |
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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extremely careful about details |
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a person who dislikes others |
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to calm or make less severe |
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lacking sophistication or experience |
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hardened in feelings; resistant to persuasion |
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overly submissive and eager to please |
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to prevent; to make unnecessary |
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to stop up; to prevent passage of |
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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a contradiction or dilemma |
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model of excellence or perfection |
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someone who shows off learning |
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willing to betray one's trust |
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done in a routine way; indifferent |
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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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able to be molded, altered, or bent |
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practical as opposed to idealistic |
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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to lie or deviate from the truth |
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
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to increase in number quickly |
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to conciliate; to appease |
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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs |
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sharp and irritating to the senses |
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to make thinner and sparser |
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to reject the validity of |
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effective writing or speaking |
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to satisfy fully or overindulge |
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causing sleep or lethargy |
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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a mark of shame or discredit |
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unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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long harsh speech or verbal attack |
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extreme mental or physical sluggishness |
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temporary, lasting a brief time |
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to sway physically, to be indecisive |
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filled with truth and accuracy |
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easily aroused or changeable |
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to fluctuate between choices |
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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