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| loathe; to regard with extreme repugnance |
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adulation adulation of puppies |
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| excessive admiration or flattery |
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amicable amicable neighbor |
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| characterized by friendly goodwill; peaceable |
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auspicious auspicious symbols |
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cartography you have to be a good cartographer if you want to become a geographer |
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| the science or art of making maps |
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collusion baseball collusions are bad |
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| secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
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decorous an important part of rhetoric is to be decorous |
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| marked by propriety and good taste |
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destitution hobos are in a state of destitution |
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| to be in a state of lacking possessions and desirables; poverty |
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diffidence diffident at first, she grew more assertive later on |
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| state of being shy; unassertive; and reserved |
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| state of something held at an established opinion; pertaining to laws and doctrines |
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equanimity state of peaceful equanimity |
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| evenness of mind under stress; balance; right disposition |
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equivocal equivocal death |
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| of an uncertain nature or classification |
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a commendatory writing especially in honor of one deceased; high praise
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evanescent humans are evanescent |
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| tending to vanish like vapor |
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| marked by careful restraint; implies absence of luxury and simplicity of lifestyle |
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| a person who seeks pleasure and happiness as the sole purpose in life |
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| an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology; ideal; theorist |
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| marked by impulsive passion, power, or force |
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| marked by forceful energy; powerful; intensely emotional |
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impregnable impregnable fort |
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| incapable of being taken by assault; impenetrable; unconquerable |
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incisive incisive analysis |
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| impressively direct and decisive |
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intrepid intrepid explorer |
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| characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
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| to lag or intending to lag; tending to cause delay; dilatory |
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malleable gold is malleable |
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| capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influenced easily |
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obstreperous obstreperous-ostrich-scared of loud noises |
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| marked by unruly noisiness; stubbornly resistant to control |
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polarization polarization of magnets |
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| division into two opposites |
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precocious precocious kids skip grades |
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| exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age; early in development or occurence |
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rancor rancor filled every line of his letter |
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| bitter brooding; deep-seated ill will |
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rebuke rebuke your outrageous claim |
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| to criticize sharply; reprimand; to keep in check |
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staid a quiet and staid community |
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| suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness and prim self-restraint |
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swagger as a cripple, i swagger |
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| to conduct oneself in an arrogant or pompous manner; boast; brag |
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vindictive vindictive villain |
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disposed to seek revenge or cause anguish and hurt |
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