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to combine; unite in one body |
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to pacify or soothe; relieve |
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to inform sent. = when he was apprised of the information |
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to acquire; take possession of for one's own use |
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hard; strenuous sent. = her arduous efforts |
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without guile; open and honest |
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practicing self-denial; austere sent. = the ascetic life led by the clergy man |
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to ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger) |
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to make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree) |
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
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self-governing, independent |
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to assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact |
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hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality sent. = cliches made it seem banal |
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to contradict; give a false impression |
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pompous; using inflated language |
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to grow forth; send out buds sent. = the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come |
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to make shiny by rubbing; polish |
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unpredictable; fickle sent. = the storm was fickle and changed course constantly |
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punishment; severe criticism |
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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action |
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burning; sarcastically biting |
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trickery; deception sent. = depended on chicanery to win the tobacco lawsuit |
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to thicken; congeal; clot |
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes |
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convincing sent. = several cogent reasons for doing so |
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount; proportionate |
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brief, comprehensive summary |
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging |
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yielding; conforming to requirements |
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to overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse |
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person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art |
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claim; thesis sent. = it is our contention that |
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quarrelsome sent. = became so contentious they threw him out |
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penitent sent. = her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence |
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riddle; difficult problem sent. = invented conundrums to entertain the kids |
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to approach, tend to meet; come together s = men converged on the princess |
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coiled around; involved; intricate s = his convoluted theory was hard to understand |
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cowardly s = craven refusal to join the group was met with criticism |
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to intimidate; frighten s = the hero said "words cannot daunt me" |
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners s = even good students have problems with decorum on the last day of school |
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failure to act s = team lost the game by default OR jack had defaulted on his car payments and his jaguar was taken away |
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courteous regard for another's wish s = in deference to the minister's request, please don't take photos |
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to portray; depict; sketch s = the author delineated the character |
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to blacken
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to ridicule; make fun of
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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to dry up
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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something that discourages; hindrance
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bitter scolding; invective
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split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
the dichotomy between joining the circus or going to college |
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shyness
he needs to overcome his diffidence to be a salesman |
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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lament with music
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to correct a false impression; undeceive
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mentally quick and observant; having insight
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not harmonious; conflicting
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to defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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to expand; swell out
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to purify; refine; concentrate
distills mash into whiskey |
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to vary; go in different directions from the same point
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to strip; deprive
divested of his power and could no longer rule the people |
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to provide written evidence
documented her expenses |
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opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
he was dogmatic and could never be convinced otherwise |
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sleeping; lethargic; latent
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someone easily fooled
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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
her ebullient nature could not be repressed |
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selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
his interior decoration was eclectic: bits and pieces from different places |
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power to produce desired effect
efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage |
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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
she didn't like him and he had the effrontery to ask her for a recommendation |
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poem or song expressing lamentation
composed the elegy for the death of the king |
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to draw out by discussion
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to adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story
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based on experience
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to imitate; rival
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prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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to weaken
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to cause; produce
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to increase; improve
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short-lived; fleeting
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calmness or temperament; composure
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to lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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learned; scholarly
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hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
sent. = "he passed away" is a euphemism for "he died" |
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to worsen; embitter
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to clear from blame
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urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
sent. = the exigencies of war gave impetus to computer research |
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projection; conjecture
sent. = based on their extrapolation of the voting, obama will win |
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joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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to help bring about; make less difficult
sent. = vitamin C should facilitate your health |
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false; misleading
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
sent. = the fans fawned upon the rock stars |
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
sent. = famous for his felicitous remarks, he was chosen to host the meeting |
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glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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to droop; grow feeble
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inexperienced
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to reject; mock; show contempt for
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to stir up; instigate
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to prevent by taking action in advance
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thrift; economy
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useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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to deny
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loquacious; wordy; talkative
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to urge on
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to overcharge
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pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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lack of consistency; difference
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separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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lacking genuine candor; insincere
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unprejudiced
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lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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to eliminate from consideration; reject
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basically different; unrelated
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to disguise; pretend
sent. = tried to dissemble his reason for taking dance, but they knew it was to see girls |
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to distribute; spread; scatter
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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discord; opposite of harmony
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sociable; Typically, party-throwers are gregarious; hermits are not. |
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without deceit; He is naive, simple, and guileless; he can not be guilty of fraud. |
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long, passionate, and vehement speech. In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. |
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exaggeration; overstatement |
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attacking cherished traditions; Deeply iconoclastic, Jean Genet purposely set out to shock conventional theatergoers |
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worship of idols; excessive admiration |
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unchangeable; nothing is immutable |
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without feeling; imperturbable; stoical Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive. |
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impervious; not permitting passage through its substance. Material impermeable to liquids. |
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impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed. |
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incapable of being pacified. Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family. |
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understood but not stated |
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burst inward. If you break a vacuum tube, the glass tube implodes. |
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unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
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recently begun; rudimentary; elementary. Before the creation, the world was an inchoate mass. |
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lack of harmony; absurdity. The incongruity of his wearing sneakers with formal attire amused the observers. |
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insignificant; unimportant. |
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introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite |
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uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite. When interest rates shall rise is indeterminate. |
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lazy
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inactive; lacking power to move. Tony lay in bed inert. |
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated |
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harmless
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unconscious; unresponsive |
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lacking in flavor; dull.
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unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness |
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overwhelm; flood; submerge.
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accustomed; hardened.
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irritable; easily angered. |
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uncertain how to act; weak. |
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languor; weariness.
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potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden |
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lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity. |
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easily understood; clear; intelligible |
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable |
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lying; habitually dishonest |
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lessen in intensity; moderate; appease. sent. = Conversion to the use of solar energy may help mitigate global warming. |
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ill-humored; sullen; melancholy |
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cancel out; nullify; deny |
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slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic |
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make unnecessary; get rid of |
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infamy; vilification sent. = He refused to defend himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record. |
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vibrate pendulumlike; waver |
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention. |
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showing off learning; bookish sent. = Leavening her decisions with humor, Judge Judy was not at all the pedantic legal scholar. |
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strong inclination; liking |
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superficial; not thorough; lacking interest; care, or enthusiasm |
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calm; not easily disturbed |
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reverence for God; devoutness |
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pacify; conciliate sent. = The store manager tried to placate the angry customer, offering to replace the damaged merchandise or to give back her money. |
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rash; premature; hasty; sudden |
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arrogant; taking liberties |
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characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled. |
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uprightness; incorruptibility
sent. = his probity was taken for granted until he stole something |
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doubtful; unsettled; questionable; perplexing |
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wasteful; reckless with money |
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deep; not superficial; complete
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tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid |
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to grow rapidly; spread; multiply |
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fitness; correct conduct
sent. = behave with propriety |
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to ostracize; banish; outlaw |
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic |
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limited; restricted
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minor objection or complaint |
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at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive |
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made less dense (of a gas) |
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obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly |
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to disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error |
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hermit; loner
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abstruse; profound; secret |
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to banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign |
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to express disapproval or disappointment |
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person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency |
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to disown; disavow
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determination; firmness of purpose |
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reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence |
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person celebrated for wisdom |
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to satisfy fully
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to enjoy, have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality |
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to hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism |
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fragment; generally of pottery |
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally) |
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to be thrifty; set limits |
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to make express conditions, specify |
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marked with parallel bands; grooved |
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pompous walk; supporting bar |
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writ summoning a witness to appear |
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to settle down; descend; grow quiet |
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to establish by evidence; verify; support |
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to cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete |
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understood; not put into words |
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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extended scolding; denunciation; harangue |
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lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy |
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to revere
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life |
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changeable; explosive, evaporating rapidly |
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turmoil; bewildering jumble |
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capricious (given to unaccountable or sudden changes); fanciful |
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fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal (eager enthusiasm) |
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