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| showy, trying to attract attention, pretentious |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| one-sided, committed to a party, group or cause; prejudiced |
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| present throughout the years, persistant |
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| superficial, not thorough, performed really as a duty |
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| spread throughout every part |
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| calm in temperament, sluggish |
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| to lessen another's anger, to pacify |
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| condition of being able to be shaped or formed, pliability |
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| a stale, overused expression |
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| to cause to happen; or to throw down from a height |
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| the forerunner or predecessor |
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| to quibble, evade the truth |
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| posing a problem, doubtful, unsettled |
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| wasteful, extravagant, lavish |
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| to condemn, forbid, or outlaw |
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| strong or sharp smell or taste; penetrating, to the point |
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| to argue over insignificant and irrelevant details |
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| resisting authority or control |
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| to retract a statement or opinion |
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| stubborn, unmanageable, resisting ordinary methods of treatment |
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| to label as being inferior, to consign to an inferior position |
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| to find fault with, to blame |
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| a morally unprincipled person |
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| to reject something as having no authority |
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| expressing deep respect, worshipful |
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| to approve, ratify, permit |
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| to soak thoroughly, imbue throughout |
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| to produce or release substance into an organism |
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| a piece of broken glass or pottery |
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| concerned, attentive, eager |
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| seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so |
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| band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism, a broad range of related ideas or objects |
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| mark of disgrace or inferiority |
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| to be sparing; also a short amount of time spent ding something |
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| to specify as an essential condition |
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| having or showing little emotion |
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| marked with thin narrow grooves or channels |
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| to swagger, display to impress others |
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| a notice to appear in court |
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| to support with prof or evidence |
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| displaced as being inferior, replaced by something better |
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| the act of assuming to be real or true |
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| lethargy, dormancy, sluggishness |
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| having many twists and turns, highly complex |
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| act of trespassing or violating a law or rule |
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| to adore, honor, or respect |
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| thick, syrupy, and sticky |
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| using or containing harsh, abusive censure |
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| tending to vary frequently, fickle |
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| to wallow or roll, toss about, be in turmoil |
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| one who is fanatically involved in a cause |
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| only one option is offered |
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| among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected |
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| a man whose chief interest is in seducing women |
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| A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way |
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| Created by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; highly improbable |
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| Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization |
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| Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief |
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| The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language, Evasion in speech or writing, A roundabout expression. |
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| In rhetoric, a roundabout description of something; wordiness. |
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| Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. |
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| the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service |
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| something that limits or encloses |
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