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to choose not to do something;
forbear, refrain, withhold |
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to make impure;
debase, doctor, load |
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lack of interest or emotion;
disinterest, disregard, indifference |
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fearless and daring;
adventuresome, assertive, bold, brave |
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changing one's mind quickly and often;
arbitrary, chance, changeable, erratic, fickle, mercurial |
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to support with evidence
buttress, substantiate, verify |
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to dry out thoroughly
dehydrate, parch |
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to produce, cause, or bring about;
beget, generate, procreate, proliferate, reproduce, spawn |
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lasting a short time;
evanescent, fleeting, transient |
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easily deceived;
credulous, exploitable |
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of a similar kind;
consistent, standardized, uniform, unvarying |
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using few words;
concise, curt, pithy, taciturn, terse |
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| praiseworthy, commendable |
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talkative;
effusive, garrulous, verbose |
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to soften, to lessent;
allay, alleviate, assuage, ease, lighten, mollify, palliate |
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someone who shows off learning;
doctrinaire, nit-picker, pedagogue, scholar, sophist |
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practical, as opposed to idealistic;
rational, realistic |
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the quality of behaving in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs;
decorum, appropriateness |
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to physically sway, to be indecisive;
dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, waver |
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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive;
capricious, erratic, fickle, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial |
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