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quality or state of being awesome
The grandeur of the mansion was juxtaposed with the boring and bland neighborhood it was located in. |
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prominent or conspicuous
His subtle pimple festered into a salient feature on his face. |
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lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly
Napoleon Dynamite's plot is inane. |
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to stupefy mentally or emotionally, confuse, or exhilarate
After spinning 30 times, he was inebriated. |
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain; harden
Kids living in the ghetto become inured to violence. |
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shining forth brilliantly; radiant
The effulgence of the moon lit the way. |
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a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred
The French and English have shared mutual enmity since the Norman Conquest. |
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sharply sarcastic, as a speaker
Gene spoke mordantly during his sarcastic summer. |
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a characteristic, habit that is peculiar to an individual
One of her idiosyncrasies is saying "like" after every other word. |
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overwhelming amazement
After being proposed to, she sat there in stupefaction. |
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diminutive
The boxer was always an underdog because of his bantam stature. |
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to stimulate; to startle into sudden activity
The gunfire galvanized the runners. |
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overly supplied; abundant
The wine collector's opulent cellar was probably worth a million dollars. |
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to change from soft,fluid to rigid,solid
The skin of the soup quickly congealed as it sat untouched. |
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an unpredictable or wild action, occurrence
The vagaries of weather can be very frustrating. |
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whimsically humorous; amusing in an odd way
The comedian appealed to a small number of people because of his droll jokes. |
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severe in manner; rigorously self-disciplined
His austere work ethic helped him achieve all his goals in life. |
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being near surface; shallow
He was too focused on the superficial aspect of life. |
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person or thing that ruins or spoils
His injuries are a bane to his sports career. |
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stubbornly adhering to one's opinion
I believe that many politicians are too obstinate. |
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embodied in the flesh
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to give bodily form and substance
Adolf Hitler, to many people, is the incarnation of evil. |
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impenetrable; incapable of being injured
The Panzershrek was frightening because of its seemingly impervious shell. |
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burdened; loaded down
He was laden down with shopping bags after going to the grocery store. |
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exposed to / involving danger; unstable
Our economy is in a precarious situation right now. |
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fate
When one challenges wyrd, it is dangerous. |
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blood price
The wergild received for his brother's death was 3 french hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment especially because of race, religion, or beliefs
The pilgrims escaped persecution by traveling to the New World. |
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fear/hatred of foreigners or the other
Here at St. Albans, we pride ourselves on not be xenophobic. |
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kinsman killing kinsman
I would consider fratricide the worst of the different kinds of homicides. |
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excessive pride
The hubris of Odysseus elongated his journey back to Ithaca. |
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