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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
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dismay, confusion
Syn: shock, amazement, bewilderment |
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fat; having a large, bulky body
Syn: overweight, heavy, obese |
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to deny responsibility for or connection with
Syn: disown, diclaim |
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impartial; calm, free from emotion
Syn: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached |
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disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
Syn: strife, discord, contention |
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to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
Syn: dsiperse, strew, diffuse, waste |
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to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse, purify
Syn: purge, censor |
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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
Syn: dare, trial, punishment |
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based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional for tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
Syn: assumed, supposed, conditional |
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mean, low, base
Syn: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable |
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to call into question; to attack as false
Syn: challenge, deny, dispute, question |
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immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
Syn: excessive, extreme, unrestrained |
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hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
Syn: shame |
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faithlessness, treachery
Syn: betrayal, disloyalty, treason |
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to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Syn: transfer, demote, exile |
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inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively refined
Syn: queasy, delicate, oversensitive |
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subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote to some end
Syn: secondary, useful |
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open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance
Syn: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable |
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