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generosity.
"Noted for his magnanimity, philanthropist Eugene Lang donated millions to charity." |
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one who feigns illness to escape duty.
"The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all malingerers and force them to work." |
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable.
"Gold is a malleable metal, easily shaped into bracelets and rings."
"Fagin hoped Oliver was a malleable lad, easily shaped into a thief." |
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a rebel; nonconformist.
"To the masculine literary establishment, George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a maverick who fought her proper womanly role." |
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lying; habitually dishonest.
"Distrusting Huck from the start, Miss Watson assumed he was mendacious and refused to believe a word he said." |
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a change of form.
"The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life." |
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excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous.
"Martha Stewart was a meticulous housekeeper, fussing about each and every detail that went into making up her perfect home." |
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one who hates mankind.
"In Gulliver's Travels, Swift portrays human beings as vile, degraded beasts; for this reason, various critics consider him a misanthrope." |
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to lessen in intensity; moderate; appease.
"Because solar energy has the power to reduce greenhouse gases and provide increased energy efficiency, conversion to the use of solar energy may help mitigate global warming." |
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to soothe.
"The airline customer service representative tried to mollify the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class." |
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ill-humored; sullen; melancholy.
"Forced to take early retirement, Bill acted morose for months; then, all of a sudden, he shook of his gloom and was his usual cheerful self." |
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worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday.
"Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual discussions, Tom talked only of mundane matters such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results." |
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