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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
Syn: humanitarian, charitable |
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pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
Syn: wasted, emaciated, ghastly |
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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up; to devise, invent, fabricate
Syn: create, rustle up |
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coarse, unfeeling; stupid
Syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless |
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to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adluterate; to cause to deteriorate
Syn: cheapen, corrupt, demean |
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
Syn: profane, defile, violate |
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of
Syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze |
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Syn: majestic, bombastic |
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trifling, unimportant
Syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry |
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a breaking of a law or obligation
Syn:violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Syn: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish |
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to rob of goods by open force; plunder; the act of looting; booty
Syn: ravage, sack, loot; booty |
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
Syn: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber |
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very careful and exact, attentive, to fine points of etiquette or propriety
Syn: precise, exacting, fussy, finicky |
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Syn: fearsome, awesome |
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Syn: chastise, reproach |
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the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage
Syn: compensation, reimbursement, restoration |
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strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, a strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
Syn: sturdy, valiant |
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Syn: dfenseless, exposed, unguarded |
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