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1a. good-looking, handsome
1b. agreeably fashioned, attractive
2. conventionally proper, decorous
3. suited to the occasion, purpose, or person |
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1. a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission; bow
2. acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance; homage |
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| to deride or tease with taunting words |
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| jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| a prolonged lamentation or complaint; a cautionary or angry harangue |
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| (among other meanings:) diffident, shy |
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1. reserved, modest
2. affectedly modest, reserved, or serious; coy |
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1. intended to delay (e.g., dilatory measures)
2. tardy, characterized by procrastination |
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1. to move about freely or at will; wander
2. to speak or write at length or in detail |
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1. (adj.) lagging, dilatory
2. (n.) one that lags or lingers |
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| a beginner, novice, or amateur |
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1. languid, weak
2. becoming progressively less; dwindling (e.g., flagging energy) |
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| a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead |
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| to set right; to free from error, fallacy, or misunderstanding |
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1a. to catch sight of
1b. find out, discover |
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| to hide one's true intentions or character; to present a false appearance |
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1. a brief authoritative formula of religious belief
2. a set of fundamental beliefs; a guiding principle |
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| dictatorial in one's opinions |
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1. dogmatic
2. one who is dogmatic (n.) |
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1. having the characteristics of a master or teacher, authoritative
2. overbearingly dignified or assured |
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1. characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance ; haughty
2. admitting of no contradiction |
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1. to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery
e.g., The old widow was cozened into leaving him a large inheritance.
2. to gain by cozening someone |
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| to dupe, to deceive with false appearances |
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| like an elegy, sorrowful and mourning |
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1. (v.)to reduce in strength or vitality
2. (adj.) lacking in energy or vitality |
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| to produce, cause, or bring about |
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1. to equivocate, to vacillate, to flip-flop
2. to blather |
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| tending to vanish like vapor; transient |
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| learned, scholastic, bookish (e.g., They assembled a group of erudite and well-published authorities in the field.) |
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1. known or understood only by a few or by members of a specialized group
2. difficult to understand |
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| speech in prase of someone |
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1. urgent, requiring immediate attention (e.g., an exigent situation)
2. demanding (e.g., an exigent client) |
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1. excessively decorated or embellished, ornate, covered in flowers
2. reddish in color, ruddy
3. fully developed; manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome |
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| characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance |
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| excessively ornate or intricate |
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1a. the quality of being careful with money or resources; thrift
1b. the quality or state of being stingy |
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| not influenced by strong feeling; not affected by personal or emotional involvement |
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1. quick to act without thinking; vehemently impulsive
2. forceful |
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| showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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| hostile, unfriendly, malevolent |
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1. obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2a. difficult to manage or operate
2b. not responsive to treatment |
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uncompromising; unwilling to yield, compromise, or change
(e.g., The professor was intransigent on the deadline.) |
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| using few words; concise (perhaps overly so) |
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1. clear and easily understood (e.g., a lucid writing style)
2. luminous ; translucent (e.g., lucid seas) |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| to calm, soothe, assuage, appease |
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| shining brilliantly; characterized by glowing spendor (e.g., meadows resplendent with wildflowers) |
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1. adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
2. stubbornly tenacious, obstinate |
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| unreasonably and inflexbily obstinate |
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1. public disgrace or ill fame
2. something that causes public disgrace |
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1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace
2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action |
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| 1. to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light; to infuse |
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1. excess, oversupply
2. something unnecessary or in excess
3. immoderate and luxurious habits or lifestyle |
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| a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
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| not foreseeing or providing for the future |
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1. (adj.) completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness
2. (adj) wildly extravagant : prodigal
3. (n.) a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure |
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1. an act of self-indulgence, especially one that is not harmful; amusement
2. wasteful expenditure, especially drinking |
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1. being attractive or good-looking
2. being conventionally proper or decorous
3. fitting, suited to the occasion |
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1. favorably disposed, benevolent
2. being a good omen, auspicious
3. favorable, advantageous |
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| the process of making something less dense |
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| silent, reserved, restrained in expression |
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1. plausible but fallacious
2. related to the sophists |
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| expressionless, appearing to lack feeling or emotion |
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| 1. marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
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| silent, not talkative, reticent, laconic |
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1. lethargy
2. apathy, dullness |
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1. unduly prolonged or drawn out, too long
2. marked by or using an excess of words |
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1. to abrade, to rub so as to wear away
2. to vex or annoy |
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| the quality or state of being ardent, zeal, passion |
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| a novice, amateur, or beginner in learning |
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1. not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood
2. mysterious |
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1. thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
2. deficient in clarity or purity; foul, muddy |
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1. difficult to understand, deep
2. concealed, hidden |
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1. to contradict, oppose
2. to declare untrue or invalid |
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| to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently, rail |
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to rebuke harshly
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1. to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
2. to express disapproval of; censure |
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| 1. inherent baseness, depravity |
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| 1. adherence to the highest principles and ideals, uprightness |
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| of doubtful authenticity; spurious; fictitious |
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| productive of destruction or woe : seriously harmful |
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| having a menacing quality; threatening |
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| lacking the least bit of courage, contemptibly fainthearted, cowardly |
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1. (ajd) crying for mercy, cowardly
2. (adj) unfaithful to duty or allegiance
3. (n) coward
4. (n) apostate, deserter |
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| hackneyed or boring from much use; not fresh or original |
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1. to make faulty or defective; impair
2. to debase in moral or aesthetic status
3. to make ineffective |
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1. to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical
3a. to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective; negate
3b. to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
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