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1) tough, stubborn, not letting
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| doing or acting in a secret or sly manne |
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| ready to serve; eager to offer unwanted services |
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| a prodigal person, a squanderer, a person who spends money wastefully |
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| reply to a criticism or challenge |
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| a feeling that something is about to happen |
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| to overpower an enemy completely |
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| to make less severe; assuage |
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| a piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles |
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| having a narrow scope/relating to province rather than city |
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| equivalent in effect or meaning |
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| placed in a lower order or rank |
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| original, new , different |
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| strongly determined, adamant |
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| going beyond known limits |
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| not talkative, shy, reluctant to speak |
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| not affected by passion or feeling |
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| seeking and enjoying the company of others, sociable |
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| a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away |
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| building up of an instruction or moral enlightenment |
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| a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual |
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| the art of public speaking |
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1) to cause or twist in bend
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1) to involve in argument or hostile action
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| to attribute to a specific cause, source, or origin |
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| to speak or write evasively |
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| to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him |
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| to take a risk for some advantage |
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| excessively and objectionably sentimental |
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| cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature, tawdry, disreputable |
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| strenuous physical or mental labor or effort |
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| lacking energy, weak, showing little interest in anything |
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| incapable of being erased |
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| to injure or destroy underhandedly |
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| not pertinent or relevant |
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| provincial, having a narrow scope |
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| lightness, lacking seriousness |
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1) to cast off or disown
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| the process of getting rid of impurities |
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| to declare a person a saint |
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| a stronghold, fortification |
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| slander, false and malicious accusation |
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| troublesome or oppressive; burdensome |
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| the pursuit of pleasure as a goal |
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| devout or virtuous; holy as in religious |
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| casual, carefree, nonchalant |
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| concise, terse, using a few words |
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| brief and clear style of expression |
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| pointedly meaningful, cogent |
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| thick, not sharp, slow, dull |
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| intended for or understood only by few |
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| trite, unoriginal, commonplace, hackneyed |
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| sharp, bitter (taste/temper/expression) |
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| wise in common sense, using good judgement |
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| relating to shepherding: rural, relating to charming simplicity of idyllic rural life |
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| peculiar to a particular locality (indigenous) |
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| to permeate, to spread throughout all parts of |
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| to debase morally, to corrupt |
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| acerbic, derogatory, insulting |
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| short as in speech or writing |
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| curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement |
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| well-timed, done or occurring at a favorable or useful time |
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| exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to moral principle |
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| favorable, conducive to success |
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1) sordid and disreputable
2) shabby and squalid (seedy building) |
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| to expose the secret of, to tell a secret |
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| meager, small and insufficient quantity |
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| the process of freeing/of a state freeing from obligation or liability |
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| (n) an item or additional material added on later in a book, publication, or a legal contract |
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| wrongfulness, error, or falseness |
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| to wipe out, to destroy completely, to put an end to |
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