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(Adj) Incipient, still developing or incomplete.
(Adj) Imperfectly formed , incoherent or lacking order |
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(Adj) Unyielding to persuasion; Resistant to appeals or softening influences.
(Adj) Persistent in wrongdoing or impenitent; hardened against emotions.
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Amalgamate (uh·mal·guh·mate) |
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(V) to mix, merge, or combine into a whole. |
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Effrontery (ē·front·tuh·rē) |
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(N) Insolence, blodness, or presumption.
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(V) To make or become thin, less compact, or less dense.
(V) To purify, refine, or make more spirtual. |
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(N) Bitter, abusive criticism or denunciation. |
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Precipitate (pre·sip·i·tate) |
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(V) To throw or fall down headlong.
(V) To bring about or cause to happen, especially abruptly or prematurely.
(V) to cause (a substance) to separate from a solution; to condense or cause to condense and fall from the sky as snow, rain, etc.
(Adj) Speeding headlong, rapidly, or dangerously; proceeding with undue haste and without necessary forethought.
(Adj) Occuring abruptly or unexpectedly.
(Adj) Steep or rushing steeply downward. |
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(V) To free someone from a misconception or deception. |
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(V) To assert ro affirm positively.
(V) To formally assert or prove in pleading a case or cause. |
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(V) To support, uphold, hearten, or boost. |
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(V) To weaken by washing away the support or foundation underneath.
(V) To weaken, injure, or ruin by degrees or a little at the time; to sap.
(V) To subvert secretly or insidiously.
(Adj) To dig mine or tunnel underneath. |
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Deliberate (de·lib·er·ate) |
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(V) To think carefully or consider.
(Adj) 1. Carefully considered 2. Slowly, unhurriedly decided 3. Done intentionally or with awareness of the consequences.
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(V) To make less intense or severe; to ease.
(V) To satisfy, appease, or quench.
(V) To pacify, sooth, or quiet. |
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(Adj) Concise, terse, or extremely sparing with words. |
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(Adj) Intelligible or readily understandable.
(Adj) Sane or rational.
(Adj) Translucent or clear; bright or luminous.
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(V) To weaken or sap the strength, vigor, or vitality of. |
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(Adj) Sullen, gloomy, or melancholy. |
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(N) A praising speech or tribute, especially honoring someone who has died.
(N) Hight praise. |
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(V) To soothe the anger of , molligy, or appease. |
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Antagonism ( an·tag·ō·nism) |
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(N) Hostility, opposition, or active resistance. |
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(Adj) Showing, expressing, or given to doubt or questioning. |
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(Adj) Resolutely fearless or undaunted. |
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(V) To soothe or calm the temper or feelings.
(V) To soften or make less rigid; to temper or lessen the intensity of. |
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Anomalous (uh·nom·uh·lus) |
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(Adj) Deviating from the norm or expectations; irregular.(Adj) uncertain or incongruous in nature. |
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(Adj) Ordinary, practical, commonplace; banal or uninteresting.
(Adj) Of or related to theis world, as opposed to the heavens. |
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Quotidian (Kwoh·tid·ē·uhn) |
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(adj) Everyday, commonplace or ordinary. |
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(V) To produce or send out new growth; to sprout or bloom.
(V) To grow, expand, or develop quickly and often profusely. |
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(N) 1. The circulatory fluid of a plant; an essential bodily fluid 2. Health, vitality, or energy (metaphor related to "essential body fluid") 3. Agullible person, fool, or dupe.
(V) 1. To deplete, drain, or weaken, especially of energy or vitality 2. To diminish the intensity or supply of 3. To undermine the foundations of. |
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(Adj) Secret or withheld from the uninitiated.
(Adj) Mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend.
(Adj) of, related to, or concered with magic or the supernatural. |
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(V) To deny or prove galse.
(V) To oppose or speak out against. |
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(N) The core, essence, or substance of a matter.
(N) Mettle or vigor.
(N) Importance or signifcance. |
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(N) The central point or essence; the heart of the matter.
(N) The ground of a legal action. |
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(Adj) Unoriginal, so commonplace as to be stale; trite, or banal (devoid of freshness) |
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Corroborate (kuh·rob·uh·rate) |
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(V) To support with evidence, make mor certain, or confirm. |
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Plasticity (Pla·stis·i·tee) |
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(N) Capacity to be molded or made to assume or hold a shape. |
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Ebullience (ih·buhl·yuh·ns) |
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(N) Liveliness or exuberance, especially in manner or expression. |
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(N) Excess, profussion, or overabundance. |
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(Adj) Uncultured or ignorant, lacking in knowledge.
(Adj) Poorly or crudely made.
(Adj) Without artifuciality; natural, sincere. |
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(N) A crafty, cunnin trick or stratagem.
(N) De ception or false behavior.
(N) Cleverness, skill, or ingenuity.
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(N) Aloud, clamourous noise. |
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Precarious ( pri·kair·ē·uhs) |
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(Adj) Lacking stability, dangerously uncertain, or subject to unknown circumstances.
(Adj) Based on uncertain or dubious premises. |
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(N) Failure to meet an obligaiton, especially a financial obligation; failure to make a court appearance; failure to participate in a contest.
(V) to fail to do any of the above. |
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(Adj) Winding; containing numerous twists, turns, or bends.
(Adj) Crooked, tricky, or devious.
(Adj) Highly involved, circuitous,or complex. |
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(Adj) Present or available in great amount; plentiful, bountiful, or copious.
(Adj) Pouring forth freely or abundanly; extravagant. |
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Propitiate (pruh·pish·ē·ate) |
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(V) To gain or regain the favor of; appease or conciliate. |
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(N) The hightest point, culmination. |
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(V) To dry out completely.
(V) To preserve (food) by drying. |
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Veneration ( ven·er·rā·tion) |
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(N) The act of regarding or treating with profound respect, awe, or admiration. |
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(Adj) Not dense; thin or diluted in consistency.
(Adj) Slender.
(Adj) Lacking substance or strength, flimsy; shaky. |
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