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| n: a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state |
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adj: for this specific purpose; improvised
adv: with respect to this |
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| n: the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison |
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| N:the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimenatality |
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| ADJ: ill-tempered, quarrelsome |
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| N: the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles |
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ADJ: actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned
ADV: in reality, actually |
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| N: the act of preying upon or plundering |
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| N: a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else |
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N: a forerunner, herald
V: to herald the approach of |
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| N: the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure |
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| ADJ: lacking brilliance or vitality; dull |
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ADJ: discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions
N: such a person |
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| ADJ: flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed |
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| N: undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives |
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V: to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others
N: a person who does this |
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| N: a minor sin or offense; a trifiling fault or shortcoming |
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| N: the principal dish of a meal; the principle event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment |
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| V: to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court |
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| N: a group of symptoms or signs tat collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormality, etc. |
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