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remove, avoid, prevent
similar words: avert, evade, preclude, eliminate |
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involving strenuous effort, difficult and tiring
synonyms: laborious, tough, toilsome |
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shaped into alternate ridges or grooves
synonyms: wavy, undulating |
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warn, reprimand firmly, advice, urge earnestly
synonyms: exhort, advise, caution |
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a fallacious argument, one used specifically to decieve
synonyms: fallacy, sophistry |
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express severe disapproval formally
synonyms: condemn, decry, reprehension |
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feeling of irritation or resentment from a slight (ego) or excite
synonyms: umbrage, offend, excite |
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make something greater by adding to it, increase
synonyms: magnify, increment, amplify |
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prevent from happening, make impossible
synonyms: debar, hinder, exclude |
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escape or avoid by trickery
synonyms: dodge, shun, eschew |
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requiring time and effort
synonyms: hard, painful, heavy, arduous, toilsome |
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involving hard or tedious work
synonym: arduous, laborious, difficult
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large undulating mass of something like smoke or steam
synonyms: wave, surge, undulate |
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seriously or in a serious manner, showing intense conviction, a sign or promise of what is to come.
synonym: serious, grave, zealous, pledge, handsel |
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express severe disapproval formally
synonym: condemn, decry, reproof, blame |
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offense or annoyance, shade or shadow
synonym: resentment, insult, shade |
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go back on promise or contract
synonyms: default, reverse |
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deceitful, untrustworthy
synonyms: unfaithful, disloyal, treacherous |
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ready to control or instruction, submissive
synonyms: obedient, biddable |
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peel skin off corpse
synonym: strip, peel, fleece |
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Open or responsive to suggestion, susceptible
synonyms: liable, docile, obedient |
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concluding passage of piece, finale |
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to make thin, make offense seem less serious or more forgivable
synonyms: mitigate, abate, relieve, allay, palliate |
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feel or express strong disapproval
synonym: weep, lament, regret |
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prohibit one from doing something, exclude
synonym: forbit, inhibit |
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a person who is over concerned with minor details, a stickler
prig, precisian |
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state of extreme poverty, need, destitution |
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well chosen, appropriate, suited to circumstance;
pleasing, fortunate, opportune, apposite, lucky |
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a self righteous, moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others;
pedant |
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apt in the circumstances, relation to something;
proper, suitable, fit |
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without the basic needs of life; poor, impecunious, indigent, penurious |
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having little or no money; poor, indigent, destitute |
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scare, present in small amounts; deficient |
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affirm or assert; aver, gaurantee, predictate |
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having/showing wish to do evil |
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