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| (verb) to refer to or mention casually |
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| (verb) to plot, scheme, devise a way |
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| (verb) to decrease in value, belittle |
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| (adj) characteristic of old age |
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| (verb) to make up for, pay, remunerate |
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| (verb) to make known, spread widely |
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| (noun) unyielding firmness |
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| (noun-funeral word) a funeral hymn, a song or poem of grief |
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| (noun) equality, equivalence |
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| (adj) rigorous, stern, severely simple |
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| (noun) a calling to mind, recollection |
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| (adj) habitual, deeply established |
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| (verb- business and law) to intrude, trespass |
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| (noun) written defamation |
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| (adj) intended to punish, bringing punishment) |
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| (noun) a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights |
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(adj) behavior is sudden, irregular, and sometimes violent because of strong changes in mood and emotion.
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(verb) say yes in a more positive way
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(adj) quarrelsome, inclined to fight
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(adj) enormous, marvelous, superhuman
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(adj) ahead in development (especially mental); exhibiting exceptionally mature qualities
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(noun- funeral words) pity or sympathy, with an urge to help in some way
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(noun) a ruler with absolute power, a tyrant
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(adj) fleeting, short lived
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(adj) Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
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(adj) strictness or tight controls
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(adj) subject to whims, changeable
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(verb) yeild to a demand
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(adj) fretful, complaining
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(adj) wasteful, extravagant
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(verb) stubborn perseverance
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(noun- funeral words) formal expression of sympathy
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(noun) the supreme ruler, monarch
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(adj) vanishes soon
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deplorably bad or unsatisfactory.
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(noun) self-denial
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| abstract (formal summary), digest (another kind of summary), synopsis (summary of a story, speech, or serious of events), compendium (comprehensive summary or a concise treatise in some field of learning) |
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| assent (say yes), accede (yield), concur (agree) |
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| adulation, blandishments, idolization, panegyric, and eulogy (exaggerated view of a person's worth), grandioseness (exaggerated sense of the bigness, importance, or magnitude of a plan, a dream, or an undertaking), Hyperbole (poetic exaggeration), caricature (exaggeration of certain typical details) |
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| endanger, imperil, ris, hazard, adventure |
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| deft, dexterous, clever, skillful, skillful, dextrous |
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| Inflexible, unalterable, obstinate, obdurate, implacable, irrevocable |
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| preference (mild eagerness), partiality (stronger preference, deliberate or unreasoning), keenness (desire with a sharp edge and is thus mildly thrilling), ardor (spirited or fiery eagerness), zeal (warm, strong, energetic eagerness), rapacity (ruthless or even immoral eagerness), Covetousness (rapacious eagerness), mania (eagerness verging on madness and obsession) |
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| opportunism (act of seizing an unexpected chance and turning it to one's advantage), opportunistic (implies lack of moral scruples) |
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| plebiscite (a vote by people on a specific issue) |
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| compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
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| beneficial, harmless, helpful, life-giving |
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| abstaining, moderate, strict, tempering |
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| creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking |
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| inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable |
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