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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away
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a fortified place, stronghold
s: citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
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a state of agreement, harmony; unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
s: disagreement, strife, discord |
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complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection
s: masterful, clinch, conclude |
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disorder, confusio; to throw into disorder
s: disorganization, dishevel, mess up |
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urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
s: requirement, crisis |
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floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
s: floating wreckage |
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frenzied, highly agitated
s: frantic, overwrought |
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to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
s: collect, cull, pick up |
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a type of game bird, a complaint; to complain, grumble
s: gripe, kvetch, bellyache |
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to imprison, confine, jail
s: intern, immure |
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obligatory, required; on who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
s: mandatory, necessary |
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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
s: waggish, facetious, droll, witty |
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ridiculous, laughable, absurd
s: risible, preposterous |
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biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
s: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing |
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a prickly or stinging plant; to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
s: peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk |
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consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
s: monetary, financial |
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contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited
s: craven, lily-livered |
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| in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
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a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent to gain an end
s: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge |
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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
s: keenness, acuteness |
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| to portray, sketch, or describe in acute and vivid detail; to present pictorially |
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marked by evil or corruption; devoid of moral principles
s: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt |
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to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring
s: impair, cripple, paralyze |
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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
s: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite |
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
s: fertile, teemimg, prolific |
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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will
s: edict, dictum, ukase |
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a fabrication of the mind, an arbitrary notion
s: creation, invention, fancy |
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to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
s: collect, accumulate, accrue |
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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
s: venerate, bless |
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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
s: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism |
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shame and disgrace
s: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium |
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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
s: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary |
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a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality0 delicate gradation or shade of difference
s: shade, nicety, refinement |
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conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
s: arrogant, unbridled, inflated |
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a strong attraction or inclination
s: proclivity, propensity, predilection |
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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and a good reputation; alleged
s: putative, reputable, supposed |
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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
s: specious reasoning |
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costly, rich, magnificent
s: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid |
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present or existing everywhere
s: omnipresent, pervasive, universal |
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degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile, complete and unrelieved
s: wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter |
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one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical
s: doubter |
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| involvement and wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice s: connivance, collusion |
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; left abandoned; neglectful of duty
s: vagrant, remiss, delinquent |
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
s: harangue, tirade |
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a crude image of a despised person
s: figure, figurine, likeness |
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the state or quality of being just, fair or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
s: justice, fairness, impartiality |
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silly, empty of meaning or value
s: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous |
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| the act of accusing; a formal accusation |
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certain, not to be doubted or denied
s: unquestionable, indisputable |
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stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
s: debatable, quastionable, broach |
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| a principal idea, feature, theme or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
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a new convert, beginner, novice
s: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie |
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keenness in observing and understanding
s: acuity, acumen, discernment |
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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
s: unlimited, unrestricted |
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
s: observation, scrutiny, monitoring |
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pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
s: forested, arcadian |
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easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
s: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant |
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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the oppositer sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
s: burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve
s: reduce, alleviate, moderate |
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beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
s: animal, depraved, loathsome |
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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
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a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest
s: clique, set |
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a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement
s: match |
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to object or take exception to; an objection
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shameless boldness; impudence
s: gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek |
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to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details
s: ornament, garnish |
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lasting only a short time; short lived
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appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune; happy
s: fortunate, well-put |
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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
s: clandestine, covert, surreptitious |
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glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar offensive way
s: gaudy, flashy, tawdry |
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misleading; deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
s: specious, spurious, fanciful, imaginary |
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needy, impoverished
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far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
s: exorbitant, extravagant |
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to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome
s: cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon |
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a person who hates or despises people
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very persistent; holding firmly to a course or action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied
s: stubborn, dogged, determined |
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of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
s: inconsequential, piddling, trifling |
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clothing, garments
s: apparel, attire |
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