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abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual
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| a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
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extremely strange, unusual, atypical
Syn: outlandish |
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abrupt, blunt, with no formalities
Syn: curt, tactless, gruff, rough |
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to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
Syn: wheedle, sweet-talk |
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to punish severely; to criticize severely
Syn: chastise, rebuke |
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to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan
Syn: think up, devise, concoct, fabricate |
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| a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
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to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking
Syn: enlighten, set straight |
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| weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent
Syn: bond, restraint; bind, hamper |
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very wicked, offensive, hateful
Syn: evil, odious, abominable, outrageous |
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not subject to change, constant
Syn: unchangeable, unalterable, fixed |
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one who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on
Syn: revolutionary, rebellious |
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, far in excess of reality
Syn: delusions of grandeur |
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a position requiring little or no work; an easy job
Syn: cushy job |
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stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or acomplished by fraud
Syn: covert, concealed |
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to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law
Syn: overstep, exceed, trespass |
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to change from one nature, substance or form to another
Syn: transform, convert, translate |
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performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another
Syn: surrogate, imagined |
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