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sharing in the knowledge of |
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to pretend (to be affected by) |
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humor or frivolity, especially the treatment of a serious matter with humor (and sometimes a lack of respect) |
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wild or uncontrolled (also marked by or involving public disorder; hilariously funny; having a vivid, varied appearance) |
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haughty, disdainful, or arrogantly superior (also
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state of being easily irritated or bad-tempered (also difficult to control; unruly) (also adj—fractious) |
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feeling or showing misery or loneliness (also deserted; in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness) (also v—to desolate; adv—desolately) |
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to make more noticeable or prominent |
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in a slow, relaxed, lazy, or peaceful manner (also
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in a manner that doesn't attract attention (also
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a feeling of uncritical or even smug satisfaction with oneself or one's accomplishments (also
n—complacence; adj—complacent;
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entirely lacking or free from |
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a period of staying awake when one would normally sleep, esp. to keep watch or pray (sometimes used metaphorically) |
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distrustful of human sincerity or intergrity; contemptuous, mocking; doubting whether something is worthwhile or will really happen (also n—cynic; adv—cynically) |
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contempt; a belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable |
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in a manner that demands immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way (also adj—peremptory) |
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a hint (also v—to intimate) |
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comically or repulsively ugly or distorted; shockingly unfitting or inappropriate to the surroundings (also adv—grotesquely) |
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sharing a common border; touching (also together in sequence) |
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splendid and expensive-looking (also
adv—sumptuously) |
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suffering from anemia (deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin, resulting in weariness and a plae appearance); lacking color, spirit, or vitality |
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(of a person) somewhat fat orr heavily built (also—of an object: strong and thick; of an act, quality, or person: brave and determined) |
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submit to another's wishes or qualities (also to postpone, as in defer a decision) |
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in a careful manner, esp. to avoid offending, to gain an advantage, or to avoid revealing a private information (also adj—discreet, n—discretion) |
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behaving as if one owns something (also relating to an owner or ownership) |
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haughtiness of manner, disdainful pride |
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artifical, pretentious, and designed to impress (also adv—affectedly, n—affectation) |
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neatly skillful and quick (in one's movements) (also demonstrating skill and cleverness) (also adv—deftly; n—deftness) |
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