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| adj. tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
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| n. devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp. of the senses |
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| n. one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| adj. revealing no emotion |
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| adj. extremely calm, impassive and steady |
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| n. the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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| n. one who hates all other humans |
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| adj. unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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| v. to yearn intensely; to languish; to become weak |
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| n. a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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| adj. obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| adj. expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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| n. the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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| adj. promoting health or well-being |
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| adj. able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| adj. seeming to be true, but actually being fallacious; plausible but false |
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| adj. lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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| n. a court order requiring appearance or testimony |
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| n. persistent determination |
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| n. a long and extremely critical speech |
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| adj. fleeting;passing quickly; brief |
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| adj. fervent; impassioned; devoted to a cause |
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