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worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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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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a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
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used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that orginated in the coutryside;
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a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
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wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgences) |
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poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpenducularity |
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one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an inturder |
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to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
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without experience; immature, not fully decveloped; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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compusure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances |
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to have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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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 biting (like a strong acid) |
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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental not essencial; (medecint) acquired, not congenital |
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existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously |
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courteous and plesant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a destinctive air or personal quality |
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods;
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illegal, prohibited |
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
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self-government, political control |
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to adorn or embelish; to desplay conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
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to mock, treat with contempt |
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fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
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to whip, punish severely;
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a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
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a generalpardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgivness or absolution |
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estremely strange, unusual, atypical |
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one who rebels or rises against authority
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rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural); anything that confines or restrains;
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to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
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stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
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to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
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to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain;harsh or sour in flavor |
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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