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| 1. juvenile. 2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial. |
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| 1. offense; annoyance; displeasure 2. the slightest indication or vaguest feeling of suspicion, doubt, hostility, or the like 3. leaves that afford shade, as the foliage of trees. |
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| lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory; fleeting; lasting only a day |
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| Impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things, an act of cursing or reviling God, irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc. |
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| amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish; (n) a jester |
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| temperamentally disinclined to talk; inclined to silence; reluctant to join in conversation; uncommunicative; habitually silent; dour; reticent. |
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| to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken |
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| twisted, bent crooked; contrary; disdainfully ironic or amusing. A distortion or lopsidedness of the face or features. |
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| open to discussion or debate; debateable; doubtful. |
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| 1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church. 2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: 3. prescribed doctrine: 4. a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle. |
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| 1. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior. 2. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. |
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| a group of people who associate closely; an exclusive group; clique. |
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| 1. swollen, distended, bloated 2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic 3. excessively ornate or ostentatious in style or language |
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| Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War. |
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| 1. elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc. 2. impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc. 3. supreme or outstanding 4. complete; absolute; utter. |
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| 1. very angry; enraged; discolored by bruising : Black-And-Blue 2 : ashen, pallid 3 : reddish |
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| a wasting by misuse: mental distraction; amusement; diversion: dissolute way of living, esp. excessive drinking of liquor; intemperance. |
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| talking or tending to talk much or freely; chattering; garrulous. |
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| 1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage 2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process. |
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| to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of |
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| To cause persistent irritation or resentment. To become sore or inflamed; fester. |
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| complete and confident composure or self-assurance |
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| volunteering one’s services where they are neither asked nor needed. (akin to meddlesome) |
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| Marked by cheerfulness and optimism. |
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| integrity and uprightness; honesty; complete and confirmed integrity. |
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| 1. to captivate or charm; to hold spellbound; enchant. 2. to enslave or subjugate. |
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| 1. literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject; 2. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model; 3. any debased or grotesque likeness or imitation |
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| overly dramatic in behavior or speech; of or pertaining to acting; deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional. |
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| 1. to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame 2. to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage 3. to make black; blacken. Syn. Malign, vilify, sully. |
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| a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom. |
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