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having sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
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to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
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A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold |
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agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe |
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude |
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tending to believe too readily; gullible |
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
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to disclose something secret |
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to flatter or praise excessively |
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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about to happen; impending |
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
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damaging; harmful; injurious |
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not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
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to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising |
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characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
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calm; sluggish; unemotinal |
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a overabundance; a surplus |
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practical rather than idealistic |
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overstepping due bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties |
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
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a natural predisposition or inclination |
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excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
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a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
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foolishly impracticable; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
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occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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diligent; persistent; hard-working |
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a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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one who spends money wastefully |
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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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implied; not explicitly stated |
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brief and concise in wondering |
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to publicly praise or promote |
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
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