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| the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
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| to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease,satisfy, quench |
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| a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay |
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| excessive self-indulgence |
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| to draw forth, bring out from some source |
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| to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference ( derogatory sense) |
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| to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement |
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| wearied, worn out, dulled ( being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| pertaining to outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, simple plain design originating in the countryside; person with narrow point of view; person from outlying area; soldier from province or colony |
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| to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of |
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| to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment ; a vague suspicion |
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| excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give and impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |
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| to improve, make better, correct, a flaw or shorcoming |
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| poise, assurance, great self- confidence; perpendicularity |
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| pompous or overblown language' full of high- sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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| saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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| a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| by virtue of holding a certain office |
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| to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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| to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others ( sometimes used derogatory or critically ) |
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| one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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| belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; origination in a bodily organ or part |
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| to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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| weariness of body or mind, lack or energy |
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| to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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| the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend |
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| resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, non essential; ( medicine) acquired, not congenital |
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| to assign or refer to ( as a cause or resource), attribute |
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| to sympathize with , have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress |
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| to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit |
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| to make easy, cause to progress faster |
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| to make amends, make up for, to avert |
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| a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action |
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| resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental |
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| existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered taking seriously |
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| not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no |
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| to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use |
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| a natural or habitual inclination or tendency ( esp. human character or behavior) |
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| composure or coolness, esp. in trying circumstances |
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| resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established gov. |
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| thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported |
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| bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or bitting |
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| to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end |
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