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| concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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| to make better; to improve |
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| something out of place in time |
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| similar or alike in some way; equivalent to |
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| deviation from what is normal |
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| to annoy or provoke, to anger |
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| lack of interest or emotion |
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| to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
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| intense and passionate feeling |
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| able to speak clearly and expressively |
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| to make something unpleasant less severe |
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| to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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| severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
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| predictable, cliched, boring |
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| pompous in speech and manner |
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| impartial and honest in speech |
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| changing one's mind quickly and often |
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| to punish or criticize harshly |
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| something that brings about a change in something else |
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| great disorder or confusion |
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| someone prejudiced in favor or a group to which he or she belongs |
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| deception by means of craft or guile |
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| convincing and well reasoned |
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| to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
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| intricate and complicated |
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| to provide supporting evidence |
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| steadily increasing volume or force |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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| to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
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| jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| an abusive, condemnatory speech |
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| to make larger; to expand |
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| someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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| a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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| to set right; to free from error |
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| to perceive; to recognize |
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| fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
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| to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
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| a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds |
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| a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
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| dictatorial in one's opinion |
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| to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
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| selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
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| a sorrowful poem or speech |
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| persuasive and moving, especially in speech |
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| to copy; to try to equal or excel |
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| to produce, cause, or bring about |
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| to count, list, or itemize |
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| to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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| wandering and unpredictable |
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| learned, scholarly, bookish |
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| known or understood by only a few |
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| speech in praise of someone |
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| use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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| to clear from blame; prove innocent |
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| urgent; requiring immediate action |
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| clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
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| acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
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| intensely emotional; feverish |
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| excessively decorated or embellished |
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| a tenacity to be thrifty or cheap |
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| one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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| not capable of being disturbed |
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| impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
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| quick to act without thinking |
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| unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
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| not fully formed; disorganized |
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| showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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| lacking interest or flavor |
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| uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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| to overwhelm; to cover with water |
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| to express sorrow; to grieve |
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| to give praise; to glorify |
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| to give unsparingly (v.); extremely generous or extravagant (adj.) |
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| clear and easily understood |
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| clear and easily understood |
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| bright, brilliant, glowing |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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| extremely careful about details |
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| a person who dislikes others |
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| to calm or make less severe |
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| hardening in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
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| overly submissive and eager to please |
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| to prevent; to make unnecessary |
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| to stop up; to prevent the passage of |
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| troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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| impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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| a contradiction or dilemma |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| someone who shows off learning |
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| willing to betray one's trust |
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| done in a routine way; indifferent |
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| charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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| able to me molded, altered, or bent |
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| practical as opposed to idealistic |
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| to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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| to lie or deviate from the truth |
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| fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
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| to increase in number quickly |
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| to conciliate; to appease |
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| correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs |
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| wisdom, caution, or restraint |
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| sharp and irritating to the senses |
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| to make thinner or sparser |
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| to reject the validity of |
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| effective writing or speaking |
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| to satisfy fully or overindulge |
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| causing sleep or lethargy |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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| a mark of shame or discredit |
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| unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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| long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
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| extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
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| temporary, lasting a brief time |
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| to sway physically; to be indecisive |
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| filled with truth and accuracy |
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| easily abused or changeable; lively or explosive |
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| to fluctuate between choices |
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| acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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