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| In a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect. |
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| In good order; trim and neat |
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| A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others |
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| Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy |
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| Fail to act resolutely or decisively |
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| Done with speed and efficiency. |
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| Brisk and cheerful readiness |
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| Showing great care and perseverance |
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| Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great |
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| Rebuke or punish severely |
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| Speak or write authoritatively about a topic |
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| Digressing from subject to subject |
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| A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject. |
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| A talk on a religious or moral subject |
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| An independent treble melody usually sung or played above a basic melody. |
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| A summary or abstract of a text or speech. |
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| Intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself. |
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| The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain |
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| Regard or represent as being of little worth. |
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| Praise highly in speech or writing. |
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| Things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison |
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| The state or condition of being equal, esp. regarding status or pay |
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| Wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion |
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| Make (someone) anxious or unsettled. |
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| Not feeling or showing emotion. |
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| Communicate (information) |
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| Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. |
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| Easy to control or influence. |
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| Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. |
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| A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction |
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| Lacking the ability or strength to move |
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| In a state or period of inactivity or dormancy |
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| Excessively harsh and severe |
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| Deceitfulness; double-dealing |
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| Sly or cunning intelligence. |
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| The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. |
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| Make a deceptive or distracting movement, typically during a fight |
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| The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose |
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| In a state of severe disrepair |
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| Worn and shabby; unkempt; unwell |
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| Showing dedication and diligence |
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| Work very energetically and hard |
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| having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences |
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| Defeat thoroughly in a match or contest. |
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| A discursive style of writing |
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| One that rambles aimlessly from one subject to another |
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| A long essay on a particular subject |
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| To make larger; add to; to speak or write (about) in greater detail |
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| to speak or write (about) in greater detail |
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| Synonym of discriminate. Keen understanding |
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| Difference or inequality as of age character or quality |
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| A state that occurs when communication is not happening when it should be |
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| Deeply distressed or agitated |
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| In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety. |
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| irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock. |
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| excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain |
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| unresistingly or humbly obedient |
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| easily persuaded or controlled. |
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| persistent or obstinate in what is wrong. |
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| Hard to control or deal with. |
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| Present or potential but not evident or active |
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| Having great power, influence, or effect. Male connotation |
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| Synonym of drastic. Extremely thorough |
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| Lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation |
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| The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency |
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| An act appearing to be an act of friendship, which is in fact harmful to the recipient. |
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emulate
simulate |
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| You don't emulate an action |
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faint
feint |
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| Feint is another word for trickery. Faint can mean to lose consciousness, or grow weary. |
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resemble
dissemble |
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| Resemble means to look or seem alike physically. And Dissemble means to disguise or conceal a feeling |
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discrete
discreet |
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| Discrete means sperate while discreet means inconspicuous or diplomatic |
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boor
bore |
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| Boor is a rude, unmannerly person. While Bore is to make (someone) feel weary and uninterested by tedious talk or dullness |
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manners
mannerisms |
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| Manners refer to social behavior whereas a mannerism is a personal exaggerated behavioral habit. |
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capital
capitol |
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Capitol is used almost always to refer to a building
Capital" is used in almost every other case: capital letter, capital punishment, state capital |
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allude
elude |
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Allude means 'to refer to indirectly'.
Elude means 'to avoid' or 'to evade'. |
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aesthetic
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Aesthetic has to do with beauty,
ascetic has to do with avoiding pleasure, including presumably the pleasure of looking at beautiful things |
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To emend means to improve a text whether as
amend may also mean to enrich something as in the case of enriching a soil. |
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Solid means "firm" or "not liquid or gas." When applied to a person's character it implies reliability.
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Relegate means to REFER someone to another for action or decision.
Delegate means to ASSIGN someone to a particular duty. |
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Depreciated is a financial term - it relates to assets losing value over time. It means "writing something off" for taxes.
Deprecation is a computer software term meaning to phase something out over time. If a feature is deprecated, it's obsolete, |
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Envious
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Enviable:causing envy.
Envious: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages |
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Complaisant
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Complaisant means 'eager to please' and 'showing a cheerful willingness to fulfill others' wishes'.
Complacent is quite the opposite, 'being pleased with oneself; contented to a fault'. |
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Honorable
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Honorable means bringing or worthy of honor
Honorary means conferred as an honor, without the usual requirements or functions. |
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Authoritative
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Authoritarians are basically like nazis and demand obedience no matter what
Authoritative is a someone who listens, but still uses fear and threats to make someone behave |
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Imperial
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Imperial means pertaining to an empire or emperor.
Imperious means authoritative. |
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Allay means to relieve or alleviate
Ally means to cooperating with another |
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Venial |
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Venal is an adjective that means corruptible
venial is an adjective that means a slight flaw or offense |
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| See the handwriting on the wall |
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| A warning or presentiment of danger |
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| Any distinguishing practice that is indicative of one's social or regional origin |
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| a person who insists on proof before he will believe anything; sceptic |
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| Separate the sheep from the goats |
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| A speech or literary work expressing a bitter lament or a righteous prophecy of doom |
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| Hide one's light under a bushel |
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| To conceal one's talents or positive qualities, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention. |
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| A compassionate person who unselfishly helps others. |
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| One thought to bring bad luck. |
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| One's loyalties must be undivided |
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| Deal with problems due to past mistakes |
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| an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus |
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| Responding to an aggressor without violence |
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| Describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world. |
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| Cast one's bread upon the waters |
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| To do good without being rewarded |
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| Before the flood. Old and old fashioned |
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| Something you need which you did not expect to recieve |
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| To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate it. |
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| Fail to act resolutely or decisively; Indecisive behavior |
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| Whether one likes it or not; Without direction or planning |
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| Waste time through aimless wandering or indecision. |
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| Pretend to be something you're not |
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| Lacking a sense of responsibility; reckless. |
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| Mix socially, esp. with those of higher social status. |
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| Noisy, showy, and exciting activity and display designed to attract and impress. |
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| Swindle (someone) with a confidence game; Nonsensical talk |
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| Disreputable or undesirable people |
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| Absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas. |
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| Trivial or nonsensical fuss |
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A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people.
A busy, noisy situation. |
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| A musical instrument with a droning sound played by turning a handle. |
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| In disorderly haste or confusion. |
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| Take the right to vote away from |
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| Oppressively solemn or sober in mood |
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| Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. |
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| A long essay on a particular subject, esp. one written as a requirement for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. |
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| Making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things |
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| Inclined to agree with others or obey rules |
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| English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus |
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| slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it. |
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| Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. |
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| Cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. |
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