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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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deviating from the norm (noun- aberration) |
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eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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an expression of approval or praise |
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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun- audacity) |
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun- austerity) |
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taken as a given; possing self-evident truth (n-axion) |
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun- cannon) |
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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to undeceive; to set right |
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun -eloquence) |
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj- equivocal) |
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very learned; scholarly (noun- erudition) |
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exonerate; to clear of blame |
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urgen, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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improvised; done without preparation |
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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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to loudly attack or denounce |
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artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication |
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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to praise highly (adj- laudatory) |
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the quality of being onerously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj- magnanimous) |
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associated with war and the armed forces |
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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vague; cloudy, lacking clearly defined form |
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new worlds or senses |
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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a song or hemp of praise and thanksgiving |
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj- perfidious) |
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cursory; done without care or intent |
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun- perspicacity) |
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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acting without excessive haste or impulse |
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj- prescient) |
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deliberately avoid the trough; to mislead |
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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concerned and attentive; eager |
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul |
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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to stun, baffle, or amaze |
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the combination of parts to make a whole (v- synthesize) |
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a force that causes rotation |
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winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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