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- shout of welcome
- overwhelming verbal vote of approval
SYN: ovation, cheering, plaudits |
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- characteristic of countryside
- rural
- relating to sheperds and cowherds
- pastoral
SYN: rustic |
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- to slander
- to accuse falsely and maliciously
SYN: defame, libel |
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- extremely cautious, hesitant or slow
- reserved, diffident
SYN: wary, skittish |
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- secret agreement or cooperation
SYN: conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots |
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- dabbler in the arts
- one who engages in an activity in a trifling way
- superficial
SYN: amateur, trifler |
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- not easily excited
- emotionally steady
SYN: unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled |
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- an enlargement, increase, addition
SYN: accretion, gain |
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- authoritative command, order
- to issue an order
SYN: directive |
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- trifling, insignificant
- mean, despicable
- inferior, trashy
SYN: measly, meager, piddling, trivial |
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- sudden outburst
- spasm, convulsion
SYN: fit, seizure |
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- pretentious display of knowledge
- overly rigid attention to rules
SYN: nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery |
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- act of traveling
- an excursion esp. on foot or to foreign country
SYN: journey, wandering, odyssey |
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- fragrant, smelling strongly
- tending to arouse memories
- create aura
SYN: evocative, reminiscent, aromatic |
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- shining, radiant, resplendent
SYN: luminous, splendid |
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- word, expression, or custom that sets a group of people from all others
- commonplace saying
SYN: catchphrase, password, slogan |
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- beginner, novice
- one with little skill/background
SYN: neophyte |
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- not stopping, maintained steadily
- never letting up
- relentless
SYN: constant, incessant, unrelating |
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- to swing indecisively from one idea to another
- waver weakly in mind or will
SYN: seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate |
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- harshly abusive, severely scolding
SYN: abusive, scurrilous, insulting |
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