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| having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
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| to make something better; improve |
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| friendly; agreeable; good-natured |
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| the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period |
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| relating to or resembling a tree or trees |
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| characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old |
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| to find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
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| without decoration; strict |
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| independence; self-determination |
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| drearily commonplace; predictable; trite |
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| eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |
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| producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful |
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| to hearten, support or prop up |
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| given to pompous speech or writing |
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| the quality or state of being brief in duration |
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| extremely complicated or devious |
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| discordant, unpleasant noise |
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| discordant, unpleasant noise |
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| to urge with repeated, appeals, teasing, or flattery |
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| to urge with repeated, appeals, teasing, or flattery |
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| emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
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| completely honest, straightforward |
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| ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
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| impulsive and unpredictable |
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| to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
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| to draw a circle around; to restrict |
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| careful; prudent; discreet |
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| something that completes, goes with, or bring to perfection |
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| appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
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| agreement (antonym: discord) |
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| easy to notice; obvious (antonym: inconspicuous) |
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| sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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| plentiful; having a large quantity |
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| worldly; widely sophisticated |
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| capable of being believed; plausible |
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| disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco |
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| impair the strength of; weaken |
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| to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims |
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| no longer existing or functioning |
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| something that comes from another source |
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| insulting or intended to insult |
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| marked by painstaking effort; hard-working |
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| to speak of negatively; to belittle |
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| to scatter widely, as in sowing seed |
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| to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
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| submissive to instruction; willing to be taught |
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| stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
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| doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
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| made up of a variety of sources or styles |
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| brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
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| to ornament or decorate; to exaggerate |
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| identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motive |
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| a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
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| a group of attendants or associates; a retinue |
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| lasting for only a brief time |
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| a representative or example of a type |
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| open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous (antonym: unequivocal) |
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| to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish |
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| intended for or understood by only a small group |
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| a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term |
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| to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate |
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| exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness |
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| appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy |
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| to remove objectionable content before publication or release |
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| to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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| full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy |
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| to make up in order to deceive |
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| carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please |
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| extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
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| disrespectfully humorous or casual |
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| a clumsy social order; a faux pas |
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| great in scope or intent; grand |
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| given freely; unearned; unnecessary |
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| worn out through overuse; trite |
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| the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding |
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| characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
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| great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
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| suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate |
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| an impelling force or stimulus |
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| to attack as false or questionable |
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| lacking cohesion or connection |
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| lacking in harmony; incompatible |
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| indisputable; not open to question |
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| to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
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| lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness (antonym: disingenuous) |
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| having no adverse effect; harmless |
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| difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable |
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| to introduce or communicate stealthily |
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| uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor |
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| insulting in manner or speech |
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| isolated; narrow or provincial |
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| refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
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| to overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp |
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| a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration |
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| to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |
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| prone to engage in lawsuits |
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| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
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| to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
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| one who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
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| motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain |
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| extremely careful and precise |
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| a small, moderate, or token amount |
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| flagrantly wicked; vicious |
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| stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action |
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| troublesome or oppressive; burdensome |
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| adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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| relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure |
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| equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
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| devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
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| smallness in number; scarcity |
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| excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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| disparaging, belittling, insulting |
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| extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly |
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| humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
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| indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen |
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| one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
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| exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
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| to level to the ground; demolish |
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| seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
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| moral uprightness; righteousness |
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| fragrant; aromatic; suggestive |
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| to make twice as great; to double |
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| to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement |
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| the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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| basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development |
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| plausible but misleading or fallacious argument |
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| having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false |
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| occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time |
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| loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
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| to support with proof or evidence; verify |
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| a deceptive stratagem or device |
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| to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
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| combined action or operation |
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| having little substance or strength; shaky |
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| having or exhibiting healing powers |
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| being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent |
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| lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull |
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| having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored |
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| adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
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| felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |
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