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with speed; quickly; swiftly. |
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a beginner in learning anything; novice |
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to bewilder or confuse. |
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mysterious; obscure; esoteric |
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dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter; esoteric; obscure |
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clouded; opaque; obscured; muddled |
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translucent; limpid; clear in meaning, expression, or style |
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prudent; astute, shrewd or sagacious; skilled; frugal |
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1. a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.
2. the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored. |
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to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country. |
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to deny, dispute; to speak or act against; oppose. |
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to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words |
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1. censure, blame, or abusive language
2. discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation. |
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to expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse |
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to protest, object, or disapprove. |
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1. to criticize or correct, esp. gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
2. to disapprove of strongly; censure: to reprove a bad decision. |
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gross injustice or wickedness; a violation of right or duty |
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indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute. |
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1. morally ignoble or base; vile
2. meanly selfish, self-seeking, or mercenary.
3. dirty or filthy. |
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1. vulgar or indecent in speech, language; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous. |
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vile, shameful, or base character/act; depravity. |
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integrity and uprightness; honesty. |
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harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony |
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incisive or keen; caustic; vigorous; effective; distinct. |
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a formal expression of high praise; eulogy |
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full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious. |
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destructive; pernicious; deadly; poisonous |
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causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious |
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cowardly or craven; unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous. |
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tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation; trembling or tremor. |
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to anticipate and prevent by effective measures; render unnecessary |
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to cause to appear foolish or ridiculous |
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to impair quality or effectiveness of; make faulty; spoil; debase or corrupt |
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to make one's own; adopt or embrace, as a cause |
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a person or thing that acts as a chief support or part |
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strongly built; sturdy and robust; brave, valiant; firm, steadfast, or uncompromising |
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appearance of the face; calm facial expression or composure; encouragement; moral support. |
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fierce; cruel or harsh; savagely brutal; vitriolic; scathing |
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resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. |
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hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child. |
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resisting pressure; resistant; persistently opposing; recalcitrant. |
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unfavorable or unfortunate; improper; hard to guide or control; unruly |
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immature or inexperienced |
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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage |
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mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate |
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bestowed liberally; overgenerous |
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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous. |
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penurious; stingy; niggardly. |
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extremely stingy, parsimonious, or miserly; extremely poor, destitute, indigent. |
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open to bribery |
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containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world. |
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circumlocutory; roundabout |
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swollen; distended; tumid; overblown or pompous; bombastic |
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swollen; pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic. |
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; assertive and imperative: a peremptory command. |
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a person or thing accursed to damnation or destruction; loathed or detested person; a curse; execration |
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intense hatred or dislike |
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lacking necessities of life; needy; poor; impoverished. |
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showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose |
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to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce or relinquish; give up. |
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a person who leads an austerely simple life, esp. one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.
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rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence. |
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outwardly appearing as such; pretended; apparent, evident, or conspicuous |
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1. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.
2. of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy. |
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1. offensive to good taste, esp. as being excessive; overdone or gross: fulsome praise that embarrassed her deeply; fulsome décor.
2. disgusting; sickening; repulsive: a table heaped with fulsome mounds of greasy foods.
3. excessively or insincerely lavish: fulsome admiration. |
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1. to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
2. to thwart or foil plans. |
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to defend or protect; to fend off or prevent. |
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to confine; restrain
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet. |
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separate; distinct; discontinuous. |
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to chuckle gleefully. |
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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism. |
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to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
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a taunting or sarcastic remark |
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a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult. |
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to smile in a silly, self-conscious way. |
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good-humored ridicule; banter. |
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a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert. |
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to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying; to cool or refresh; to make less active, vigorous, intense, etc. |
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passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive or rambling; proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition. |
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to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion: to expatiate upon a theme. |
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1. large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
2. having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.
3. exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words. |
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to search about; seek; rummage; hunt; to make a raid. |
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an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc. |
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an intervening space; a small or narrow space or interval between things or parts |
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an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent. |
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1. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
2. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve. |
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful. |
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a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise; a summary, epitome, or abridgment. |
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a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb. |
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a platitude or trite saying; a person who is platitudinous and boring. |
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any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. |
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a short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark or aphorism. |
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1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.
4. of the nature of a maxim; pithy. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
2. pertaining to the relation of husband and wife. |
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marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit. |
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female branch of the family |
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a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
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a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal. |
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a person who kills his or her brother; the act of killing one's brother. |
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1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely. |
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(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion: The car careened around the corner. |
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roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. |
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to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl. |
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having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, esp. for cutting; serrate: the serrated blade of a bread knife. |
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1. to move sideways or obliquely.
2. to edge along furtively. |
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having a wavelike or rippled form, surface, edge, etc.; wavy. |
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having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path. |
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1. without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
2. characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy: disconsolate prospects. |
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sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face. |
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody. |
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1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
2. lonely and sad; forsaken.
3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances. |
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a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge; funeral song. |
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1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks.
2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons.
3. causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy: an invidious honor. |
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causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent. |
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temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension: Let's hold that problem in abeyance for a while. |
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to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object: They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred. |
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1. Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
2. to go back on one's word: He has reneged on his promise. |
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1. to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
2. to relinquish; give up. |
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1. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began.
2. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night. |
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1. to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
2. to invalidate (an act, measure, etc.) by a later action or a higher authority. |
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1. in a dying state; near death.
2. on the verge of extinction or termination.
3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant: a moribund political party. |
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a funeral rite or ceremony. |
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1. no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.
2. no longer in existence; dead; extinct: a defunct person; a defunct tribe of Indians. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
2. of or pertaining to burial.
3. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
4. hollow and deep: sepulchral tones. |
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1. the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
2. the most perfect embodiment of something. |
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an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript |
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1. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
2. taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.
3. felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill. |
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1. something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. |
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1. of the nature of a portent; momentous.
2. ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat.
3. marvelous; amazing; prodigious. |
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1. presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
2. indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
3. favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
2. opportune, fortunate, or lucky: a providential event. |
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partial agreement or correspondence;
resemblance of sounds. |
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1. harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
2. rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party. |
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a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor. |
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1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
2. having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings. |
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1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
3. rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
4. high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech. |
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1. to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
2. to discover; perceive; detect. |
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the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks. |
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a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: We left in high dudgeon. |
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petulantly peevish: a pettish refusal. |
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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. |
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1. to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
2. to wound (the pride, vanity, etc.).
3. to excite (interest, curiosity, etc.): Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip. |
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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation. |
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sincere penitence or remorse. |
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1. to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
2. to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born. |
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1. a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.
2. the weaker part of a sword blade, between the middle and the point (opposed to forte ). |
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1. harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony: The cause of her anger did not warrant such asperity.
2. hardship; difficulty; rigor: the asperities of polar weather.
3. roughness of surface; unevenness.
4. something rough or harsh. |
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1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease. |
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sullen, gloomy; severe, stern |
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very caustic; scathing |
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fierce, cruel; brutally harsh, vitriolic, scathing; aggressively hostile, belligerent. |
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to direct or prescribe action with authority: The doctor enjoined a strict diet. |
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to oppose by frivolous or sham objections |
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to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary; to beat vigorously or ply with heavy blows. |
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to treat with insolence; bully; torment: The teacher hectored his students incessantly.
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a blustering, domineering person; a bully. |
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1. the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
2. an expression of censure or rebuke. |
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to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval. |
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1. a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter.
3. a person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc., to provide or secure lodgings and other accommodations. |
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1. patronage; support; sponsorship: under the auspices of the Department of Education.
2. a favorable sign or propitious circumstance.
3. a divination or prognostication, originally from observing birds. |
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supernatural; unreal; enchanted; dooming |
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6. to have a presentiment of.
7. to portend, foreshow, or foreshadow: The incidents may presage war.
8. to forecast; predict. |
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1. to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
2. to signify; mean. |
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1. to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
2. to foretoken; presage: birds prognosticating spring. |
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1. a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
2. temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve.
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3. to relieve temporarily, esp. from anything distressing or trying; give an interval of relief from.
4. to grant delay in the carrying out of (a punishment, obligation, etc.). |
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thin or slender in form; weak or unclear; lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated |
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adj.
Of little or no importance, trifling; Having no force, invalid. |
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intr.v.
1. To roll the body about indolently or clumsily in or as if in water, snow, or mud.
2. To luxuriate; revel: wallow in self-righteousness.
3. To be plentifully supplied: wallowing in money.
4. To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder |
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n.
1. An upward swing or trend.
2. An increase, as in movement or business activity. |
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n.
1. Performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
2. A show of skill or deceitful cleverness. |
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1. Not interesting; dull: “and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases” (Anthony Trollope).
2. Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.
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crying out noisily; clamorous. |
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to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.) |
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a social blunder; faux pas. |
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marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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unfortunate; inappropriate |
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immunity from punishment or penalty |
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to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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a petty quarrel; a slap or smack |
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a curse or imprecation; something that is cursed or loathed |
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overly sentimental; maudlin |
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to solidify; coagulate; to become fixed in ideas |
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given to intense devotion |
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given or coming forth abundantly |
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essential or central part |
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having little substance or strength; weak |
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persistent determination |
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sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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to dress up; primp; to groom oneself (think pretty ponies are preened) |
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abundant in size, extent; extraordinary |
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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to obtain by deception of flattery |
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wary; cautious; sparing |
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greed esp. for wealth |
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an expression of praise |
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attentive and concerned; eager |
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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to show sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand. |
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to loudly attack or denounce |
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having lack of enthusiasm; lukewarm in temperature |
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to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance; to succeed to the position, function, office, etc |
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agile: moving quickly and lightly |
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something having a tightening effect on tissue |
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sharing a border; adjacent |
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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overstepping the bounds of propriety/courtesy; taking liberties |
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a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports. |
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radiant;shiny; brilliant |
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diligent; persistent; hard-working |
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious |
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Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous |
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to complain or grumble |
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pompous, self-important |
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about |
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major (as in cardinal sin) |
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to tilt or lean to one side |
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to be established, accepted or customary |
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to complain about bitterly |
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contemptible, despicable |
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to remove from consideration |
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to saturate or completely soak |
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to foreshadow vaguely or to intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow |
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tout, fiasco, complete failure |
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critical examination; explication |
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to atone or make amends for |
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to destroy; exterminate; cut out; exscind |
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difficult or embarrassing situation |
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one of a kind, peerless |
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless |
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baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think |
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noisily and stubbornly defiant, aggressively boisterous |
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the concluding part of a speech; flowery rhetorical speech |
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pounding, thundering, resounding |
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lustful, lascivious, bawdy |
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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement |
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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose |
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Conscientious and exact, painstaking; Having scruples or being principled. |
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any barrier or boundary
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to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing; to prevent or hinder free movement |
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incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy. |
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unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve; pouring out; overflowing. |
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the act of cutting off; sudden termination. |
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government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy. |
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a person who owns or works in a place where ores are smelted. |
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a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock. |
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waste left over after the re-sorting of coal. |
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demanding pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities; overly proper/prudent |
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a person who abstains totally from intoxicating drink. |
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to get something by taking advantage of someone |
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the act of preying upon or plundering |
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stubborn or determined |
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the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such as a stream from a river |
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an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events |
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permanent; unerasable; strong |
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heavy; massive; awkward; dull |
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cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place from which one is likely to fall; metaphorically, a very risky circumstance |
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depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude." |
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to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing |
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intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited, etc., but immature |
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a mean, niggardly person; miser. |
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readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain |
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2. contemptible; despicable; base-spirited: an abject coward.
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highly elated; jubilant; triumphant |
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oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air. |
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a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult
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to make ashamed or confused; embarrass; to offend |
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to conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers |
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to check or guide;
to curb; restrain; control |
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a dull, listless, depressed mood; low spirits; a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art |
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division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties. |
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patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics |
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the practice of favoring one's close friends, esp. in political appointments. |
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1. to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
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1. to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
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Causing anguish or deep distress; arousing deep sympathy |
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act of revenge or retaliation |
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an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations |
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to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude; quarantine |
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