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filled with bitterness, sharpness is words
Synonym: Rancorous |
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| to earnestly caution, to warn against or avoid a course of action |
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to have or show exceptional skill, nimble
Synonyms: Dexterous, Deft |
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| relating to what is beautiful, an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive |
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agreeable, marked by a pleasing personality, warm and friendly
Synonyms: Amiable/Genial/Gregarious |
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very wealthy
Synonym: Opulent |
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| an indirect or brief reference to a person, event, place, phrase, or literary work that assumes a common knowledge with the reader |
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| detached, distant physically or emotionally reserved, standing near but apart |
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| a mixture or blend, combination of different elements |
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| unclear, uncertain, open to more than one interpretation |
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| contradictory, having mixed feelings |
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to make a situation better
Antonym: Exacerbate |
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agreeable, marked by a pleasing personality, warm and friendly
Synonyms: Affable/Genial/Gregarious |
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| the false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the thing couldn't have existed |
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a similarity or likeness
Synonym: Analogy |
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| a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
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| agonizing physical or mental pain, torment |
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strong dislike, ill will, state of detesting someone
Synonyms: Antipathy |
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| abnormality, deviation from the norm |
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a preceding even
Synonym: Forerunner |
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strong dislike, ill will, state of detesting someone
Synonyms: Animosity |
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direct opposite, the complete reverse
Synonyms: antipode |
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marked by a lack of interest or concern
Synonym: Indifferent |
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| self-assurance, confident composure, admirable poise under pressure |
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| the policy of granting concessions to maintain peace |
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characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialist; obscure
Synonym: Esoteric |
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| old-fashioned, out of date, no longer part of contemporary use |
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| a person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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| fearlessly and recklessly daring, very bold |
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a ruler having unlimited power
Synonym: Despot, Dictator |
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| a self-operating machine, a mindless follower who acts in a mechanical fashion |
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| independent, not controlled by others |
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| excessive desire material wealth, greedy covetous |
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a statement universally accepted as true
Synonym: Maxim |
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unoriginal, overused, cliched
Synonym: Trite/Hackneyed/Platitudinous |
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| to surround with problems or beset |
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| to give a false impression, to contradict |
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| hostile and aggressive, warlike |
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a person who makes a gift or bequest
Synonym: Patron |
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| the recipient of funds, titles, property and other benefits |
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| a strong tendency, a leaning or inclination |
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to go down in the sense of being empty, completely lacking in substance or quality
Synonym: Devoid |
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| timely benefit or blessing |
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vulgar, characterized by crude behavior and deplorable manners
Synonyms: Uncouth |
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| to remove or delete parts of a book, song or other work that are considered offensive |
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abrupt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt
Synonym: Curt |
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charming, unspoiled countryside
Synonyms: Rustic, Pastoral |
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| someone who is clumsy or inept, a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence |
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| to grow rapidly and expand |
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| harsh clashing sounds, jarring, grating |
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| emotionally hardened, insensitive, unfeeling |
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not straightforward; insincere
Synonym: Disingenuous |
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| to surrender or comply without protest |
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very changeable, fickle characterized by constantly-shift moods
Synonyms: Mercurial |
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| a representation in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated for comic effects |
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| Everyday: any agent that provokes or triggers change |
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Chemistry: substance that burns or destroys organic tissue by chemical action
Everyday: comments that hurt or burn |
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| an arrogant attitude, a haughty disregard for others |
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Intellectual rather than emotional
Antonym: Visceral |
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| the feeling of distress caused by humiliation, failure, or embarrassment |
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| to direct or guide along a desired course |
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| fake, fraud, imposter or cheat |
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| to restrain, to hold back or contain |
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| deception by subterfuge; deliberate trickery |
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| given to fantastic schemes, existing only as a product of an unchecked imagination |
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ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Synonym: Sullen, Surly |
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| acting circular and therefore indirect in language, behavior or action |
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| to draw a line around and therefore to narrowly limit or restrict actions |
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to look carefully around and therefore to be cautious and careful
Synonym: Prudent |
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| to circle around and therefore bypass or avoid by artful maneuvering |
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| having supposed power to see objects and events that cannot be perceived with the five traditional sense |
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secret, covert, not open or aboveboard
Synonym: Surreptitious |
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| to force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats or torture |
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| to devise a new word or phrase |
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| amiable, agreeable, marked by a pleasing personality |
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| association or participation in a wrongful act |
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| to reduce the quality or value of something, to jeopardize or place at risk |
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feelings of sincere and deep regret
Synonyms: Contrition, Remorse |
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puzzled, confused, bewildered
Synonyms: perplexed/mystified |
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| an inference based upon guesswork a suppositions |
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| a state of great dismay and confusion |
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quarrelsome; argumentative; likely to provoke a controversy
Synonym: Disputatious |
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| sharing an edge or boundary, touching |
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feelings of sincere and deep regret
Synonyms: Compunction, Remorse |
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| a difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution |
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| fond of feasting, drinking and good company |
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| winding, twisting, and therefore difficult to understand, intricate |
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| filled with abundance, plentiful |
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worldly; sophisticated; open-minded and aware of the big picture
Antonyms: Provincial, Parochial, Insular |
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| to attempt to gain the favor or support of a person or group |
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| to strongly desire, to crave |
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| characterized by acting in a cowardly manner |
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easily convinced; tending to believe too readily;
Synonym: Gullible |
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| having a hidden or ambiguous meaning, mysterious |
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| Excessive greed, especially for wealth; covetous |
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| general acceptance or use, prevalence |
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abrupt in manner or speech; discourteously blunt
Synonym: Brusque |
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scarcity or shortage of something
Synonym: Paucity |
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| to put down by exposing false and exaggerated claims |
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| to put down in sense of openly condemning, to express strong disapproval |
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to have or show exceptional skill, nimble
Synonyms: Dexterous, Adroit |
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| going down in the sense of having a harmful effect, injurious |
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| a leader who appeals to the fears, emotions and prejudiceces of the populace |
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| to go all the way down in sense of ending by death, the cessation of existence or activity |
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| the study of the characteristics of human populations |
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| to put down in the sense of a making a formal accusation, to speak against |
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| any decrease or loss in value caused by age, wear, or market conditions |
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| to put down with contemptuous jeering, to ridicule or laugh at |
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| thoroughly dried out, lifeless totally arid |
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feeling downcast, very dejected
Synonym: Forlorn |
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very poor
Synonyms: Impoverished, Indigent |
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to go down in the sense of being empty, completely lacking in substance or quality
Synonym: Bereft |
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a bitter abusive denunciation, a thunderous verbal attack
Synonyms: Tirade |
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designed or intended to teach or instruct
Synonym: Edify |
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| lacking self-confidence, not assertive |
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| to depart from a subject or ramble |
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| having fallen into a state of disrepair; broken-down; in deplorable condition |
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| an amateur or dabbler, a person with a superficial interest in an art or branch of knowledge |
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| a funeral hymn that is slow and mournful |
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to take back, to reject
Synonym: Repudiate, Renounce, Recant |
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insightful and perceptive
Synonym: Prescient, Perspicacious |
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| uneasy; in a state of embarrassment |
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| not in harmony; incompatible; detail that doesn't fit a pattern |
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| characterized by the ability to make fine distinctions, refined taste |
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to loss the right to vote
Antonym: Enfranchise |
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| very discouraging and dispiriting |
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not straightforward; insincere
Synonym: Candid |
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| showing indifference or disregard, to reject |
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| to speak of in slighting or disrespectful way, belittle |
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| an inequality or imbalance |
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quarrelsome; argumentative; likely to provoke a controversy
Synonym: Contentious |
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| disturbing; upsetting; causing unease |
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liars and deceivers
Synonym: Prevaricator |
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immoral or debauched
Synonym: Licentious |
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create disunity or dissensions, to break up into opposing factions
Synonyms: Polarize |
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| Characterized by very strict laws and punishments |
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| deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech |
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| out of the center, departing from a recognized conventional or established norm, an odd person |
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| choosing or using a variety of sources |
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| to overshadow, outshine or surpass |
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designed or intended to teach or instruct
Synonym: Didactic |
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| favoring social equality, belief in a society in which all people have equal political, economic and civil rights |
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| a vigorous spirit, a great enthusiasm |
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| to make clear or plain, especially by explanation |
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| out of reach and therefore difficult to define or describe |
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| Everyday: guided by practical experience, not theory |
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to receive the right to vote
Antonym: Disenfranchise |
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| mysterious, puzzling, unfathomable or baffling |
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| to inform, instruct, illuminate and thus remove darkness and ignorance |
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| the scientific study of insects |
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| a person who organizes and manages a business |
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very brief, lasting only for a short time
Synonyms: Fleeting |
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| a long narrative poem written in a grand style to celebrate the feats of a legendary hero |
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| a sudden realization, an insightful moment |
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| calmness, composure, even-tempered, poise |
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| filled with errors, wrong |
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| to avoid; shun; stay clear of |
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characterized by knowledge that is known only to a small group of specialist; obscure
Synonym: Arcane |
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| a praising speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died |
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| soothing or pleasant sounds, harmonious |
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| an imaginative re-creation |
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to take out of delete
Synonym: Excise, Expunge |
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to express strong disapproval; condemn
Synonym: Lambaste |
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to free from guilt or blame
Synonym: Exonerate |
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detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
Synonym: Odious, Repugnant |
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| standing out from the norm, outstanding, worthy of imitation |
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to encourage, urge
Synonyms: implore |
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to free from guilt or blame
Synonym: Exculpate |
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| out of orbit and therefore unreasonably expensive |
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to take out of delete
Synonym: Excise, expurgate |
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to take out of delete
Synonym: Excise, Expunge |
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both mean to lecture or speak without notes
Synonym: Improvise |
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| excessive and therefore lacking restraint |
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| to get out of the difficult situation or entanglement |
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to behaving in a servile manner
Synonym: Subservient |
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capable of being accomplished, possible
Synonyms: Viable |
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| intellectually productive or inventive |
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| a complete failure, a debacle |
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| to become weak, feeble or spiritless; to loss interest |
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| acting in a very theatrical manner; showy |
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| treating serious matters with lighthearted humor or lack of respect |
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| very flowery in style; excessively ornate |
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| The floating wreckage of a ship; debris |
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feeling downcast, very dejected
Synonym: Despondent |
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| to suggest or indicate that something will happen in a story |
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| strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage |
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| of accidental but fortunate occurrence, having unexpected good fortune |
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| A general commotion; an uproar |
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| completely useless, doomed to failure |
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| to electrify, to stir into action as if with an electric shock |
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annoyingly talkative
Synonym: Verbose, Loquacious |
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agreeable, marked by a pleasing personality, warm and friendly
Synonyms: Affable/Amiable/Gregarious |
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| to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections |
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Science: to carry within the uterus for conception to delivery
Everyday: to conceive and develop in the mind |
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a surplus
Synonyms: Plethora, Surfeit |
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| a serious situation or problem |
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beginner
Synonyms: Novice, Neophyte |
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| treacherous cunning; skillful deceit |
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unoriginal, commonplace, overused, cliched
Synonyms: Trite/Banal/Platitudinous |
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| idyllically calm and peaceful, an untroubled golden time of happiness and tranquility |
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indications or omens that something important or calamitous is about to come
Synonyms: Portent, Presage |
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| a person who believes that pleasure is the chief goal in life |
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| an interruption in time or continuity; a break |
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| Excessively dramatic; a deliberate display of emotion |
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| a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, extreme exaggeration |
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| a person who attacks an ridicules cherished figures, ideas and institutions |
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| a trait or mannerism that is peculiar to an individual |
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| charmingly simple and carefree |
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| a deadlock, stalemate, failure to reach an agreement |
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| poor, penniless, not affluent |
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| domineering and arrogant; haughty |
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| a stimulus encouragement that results in increased activity |
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| no capable of being placated or appeased |
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| not coherent and therefore lacking organization. lacking logical or meaningful connections |
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| indisputable, beyond doubt |
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very poor
Synonyms: Impoverished, Destitute |
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| characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust |
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| not open to questions, undeniable, irrefutable |
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very determined; unwavering
Synonym: Resolute |
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| characterized by excessive generosity, overly tolerant |
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| a feeling that cannot be put to words; indescribable |
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| not capable of being stopped, relentless, inevitable |
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| harmless, not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility |
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| a person who introduces something new |
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| a veiled reference, an insinuation |
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| a sever interrogation, a systematic questioning |
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mysterious, puzzling, unfathomable or baffling
Synonym: Enigmatic |
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| causing harm in a subtle or stealthy manner, devious |
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limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Synonyms: Parochial, Provincial |
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| not capable of being surmounted or overcome |
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| lacking restraint, excessive |
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| an intruder; a gatecrasher |
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very stubborn and unyeildingly persistent
Synonym: Obdurate |
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| a form of speech in which what we say or write conveys the opposite of its literal meaning |
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| lacking proper respect or seriousness disrespectful |
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traveling from place to place
NOT sedentary |
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| good-humored, cheerful, jocular |
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| an irresistible force that crushes everything in its path |
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to express strong disapproval; condemn
Synonym: Excoriate |
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to praise or applaud
Synonyms: Extol, Tout, Acclaim |
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immoral or debauched
Synonym: Dissolute |
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annoyingly talkative
Synonym: Verbose, Garrulous |
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| sensational, shocking or ghastly |
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| learned and authoritative |
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| filled with generosity and forgiveness forgoing resentment and revenge |
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| misconduct or wrongdoing especially by a public official |
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easily shaped, especially by outside influences or forces
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a statement universally accepted as true
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| an autobiography, personal journal |
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very changeable, fickle characterized by constantly-shift moods
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| a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unrelated objects |
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extremely careful, very exacting
Synonym: Painstaking |
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| a person who hates or distrusts humanity |
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| filled with importance, significant |
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| approaching death or about to become obsolete |
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| unaffected simplicity, lacking worldly experience, unsophisticated, overly credulous |
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| vague, cloudy or misty, lacking a fully developed form |
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| Extremely wicked, villainous, vile |
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| to successfully travel through, around or over an obstacle or terrain |
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| having an air of casual indifference, coolly unconcerned |
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| completely puzzled; totally bewildered |
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| a sentimental longing for the past |
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| harmful or injurious to physical, mental or moral health |
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| a subtle shade of meaning or feeling; a slight degree of difference |
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very stubborn and unyeildingly persistent
Synonym: Intractable |
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| lacking conscious awareness; unmindful; unaware |
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| no longer in use, outmoded in design or style |
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| noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly |
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detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
Synonym: Execrable, Repugnant |
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| filled with bad omens that for tell the imminent arrival of something that will be menacing |
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| hard to understand, impenetrably dense and obscure |
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very wealthy
Synonym: Affluent |
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| a person considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinions |
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characterized by elaborate and expensive decorations
Synonym: Lavish |
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| Everyday: gradual and often unconscious process of assimilation |
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| showy; intended to attract notice; pretentious |
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| to deliberately exclude from a group |
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dash and flamboyant, especially in artistic performance or composition; great vigor and energy
Synonyms: Verve |
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| an epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population |
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| a framework or model of thought |
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| a seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth |
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limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Synonyms: Provincial, Insular |
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| excessively cheap with money, stingy |
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| a person with strong and therefore biased beliefs |
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scarcity or shortage of something
Synonym: Dearth |
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| undistinguished, ordinary and conventional |
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liking or preference for something
Synonyms: Inclination, Predilection |
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| treacherous; traitorous; deceitful |
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| something performed in a spiritless mechanical and routine manner |
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| highly injurious; destructive; deadly |
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| a figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human abilities or qualities |
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insightful and perceptive
Synonym: Prescient, Discerning |
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| relevant and to the point, a clear illustration of a major point |
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| something of small value or importance, petty trifling |
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| to sooth or calm; appease |
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calm or quiet, undisturbed by disorder
Synonyms: Serene |
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easily shaped, especially by outside influences or forces
Synonym: Malleable, Pliable |
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unoriginal, commonplace, overused, cliched
Synonyms: Trite/Hackneyed/Banal |
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a surplus
Synonyms: Glut, Surfeit |
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easily shaped, especially by outside influences or forces
Synonym: Plasticity, Malleable |
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| moving, touching, heartrending |
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| filled with excessive self-importance pretentious |
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indications or omens that something important or calamitous is about to come
Synonyms: Harbinger, Presage |
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| practical, sensible, not idealist or romantic |
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| to speak in a foolish manner, babble |
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| an act or instance that is used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances |
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| a result or outcome of an action |
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| to make impossible; to rule out; prevent |
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liking or preference for something
Synonyms: Inclination, Penchant |
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indications or omens that something important or calamitous is about to come
Synonyms: Portent, Harbinger |
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insightful and perceptive
Synonym: Perspicacious, Discerning |
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| overbearing, impertinently bold, characterized by brashly overstepping ones place |
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| an excuse, an alleged cause |
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characterized by being everywhere, omnipresent, widespread
Synonyms: pervasive |
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liars and deceivers
Synonym: Dissembler |
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| remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization |
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| a person with great talent at a young age |
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| someone who is wasteful with time and money by living for the moment |
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| a person who makes prediction based upon current information and data |
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| to appease, to conciliate, to regain the favor or goodwill of |
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| one who argues in support of something Synonym: advocate |
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| readily taking on varied forms and meanings |
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limited in perspective; narrow; restricted in scope and outlook
Synonyms: Parochial, Insular |
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| temporary or for the time being |
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| provoking discussion and stimulating controversy |
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| careful, sensible, cautious |
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to look carefully around and therefore to be cautious and careful
Synonym: Circumspect |
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defiantly aggressive, eager to fight
Synonym: Truculent |
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| an expert commentator, an authority who express his or her opinion usually on political issues |
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| marked by inactivity, a state of quiet repose |
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| foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals, impractical idealism |
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| a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
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filled with bitterness, sharpness is words
Synonym: Acrimonious |
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| to assert again, to confirm and state positively |
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| to repel or drive back, to bluntly reject |
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| stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance (obstinate/obdurate) |
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to take back, to reject
Synonym: Repudiate, Renounce, Disavow |
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| a person who leads a secluded or solitary lifestyle |
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| exuding fragrance; full of a special smell |
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| the duplication or repetition of elements to provide backup in case the primary systems fail |
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| obstinately resistant to authority or control |
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| to make young again, too restore youthful vigor and appearance |
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| elevation of a land surface |
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| a disloyal person who betrays his or her cause, a traitor or deserter |
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| to make new again, restore by repairing and remodeling |
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to express disapproval or scold
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| a morally unprincipled person |
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to take back, to reject
Synonym: Recant, Renounce, Disavow |
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detestable; repulsive; extremely bad
Synonym: Odious, Execrable |
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| to leap back, to come back from adversity or misfortune |
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very determined; unwavering
Synonym: Indomitable |
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| the act of making goof or compensating for a loss, damage or injury |
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| to hold back one's thoughts, feeling and personal affairs, restrained or reserved |
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to regard with great respect; to hold in high esteem
Synonym: Venerate |
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| an eloquent writer or speaker, master of the art of speaking and writing |
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charming, unspoiled countryside
Synonyms: Bucolic, Pastoral |
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| a long narrative story, a heroic tale |
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| an official approval or disapproval for an action |
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| cheerful confidence; optimism |
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mocking, derisive, taunting, stinging
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| a work that ridicules human vices and follies, comic criticism |
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Ecology: animals that remain in one area their entire lives
Everyday: settled and therefore accustomed to little exercise |
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| an accidental but fortunate discovery |
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| a figure of speech often introduced by 'like' or 'as', which compares two unlike things |
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| An office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
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| a person who doubts, a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith |
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| a disrespectful or disparaging remark |
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| showing great care and concern; attentive |
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| A plausible but deliberately misleading argument designed to deceive someone |
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| a stereotypical and formulaic character in a novel or film |
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| a person who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; someone who is emotionless |
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| a temporary solution designed to meet an urgent need |
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to stop or prevent, frustrate
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| a secondary plot in fiction or drama |
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to behaving in a servile manner
Synonym: Fawn |
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| a gradual change that is difficult to detect immediately |
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ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Synonym: Churlish, Surly |
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| haughty disdain; arrogant superiority |
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| shallow, lacking in depth, concerned with the surface appearances |
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unnecessary; extra
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a surplus
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ill-tempered; rude; lacking civility
Synonym: Churlish, Sullen |
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secret, not open or aboveboard
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| a person who seeks favors by flattering people of influence, someone who behaves in a servile manner |
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a brief summary of the major points of a thesis or literary work, an abstract
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| produced artificially in a man-made environment |
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| Habitually quiet; uncommunicative |
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| filled with boredom, very tiresome, dull and fatiguing |
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| exercising moderation and restraint |
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| characterized by holding fast, showing great determination in holding on to something valued |
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a bitter abusive denunciation, a thunderous verbal attack
Synonyms: Diatribe |
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unoriginal, commonplace, overused, cliched
Synonyms: Hackneyed/Banal/Platitudinous |
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| a group or association of three leaders |
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defiantly aggressive, eager to fight
Synonym: Pugnacious |
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characterized by being everywhere, omnipresent, widespread
Synonyms: pervasive, prevalent |
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courageous, resolute and fearless
Synonyms: Intrepid |
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| to assume financial responsibility for |
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not ordinary or typical, characterized by avoiding customary conventions
Synonym: Unconventional |
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| without previous example, an event that has never happened before |
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| empty, lacking serious purpose |
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| corrupt, dishonest and open to bribery |
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to regard with great respect; to hold in high esteem
Synonym: Revere |
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annoyingly talkative
Synonym: Garrulous, Loquacious |
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| characterized by suffering from dizziness; having Vertigo |
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dash and flamboyant, especially in artistic performance or composition; great vigor and energy
Synonyms: Panache |
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capable of being accomplished, possible
Synonym: Feasible |
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Medicine: an extremely infectious disease or poisonous toxin
Everyday: refers to language that is bitterly hostile and antagonistic |
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Instinctive rather than rational
Antonym: Cerebral |
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| characterized by verbal abuse, bitter criticism |
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a huge appetite that cannot be satisfied
Synonyms: Insatiable, Ravenous |
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| critical point that marks a change of course, a turning point |
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| dry humor, humorous with a clever twist or touch of irony |
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| a very enthusiastic person, a champion or true believer |
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