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| The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension |
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1) Sour or bitter tasting; acid
2) Sharp or biting, as in character or expression |
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| Sharpness/ acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
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1) To council another against something to be avoided; caution
2) To remind of something forgotten or disregarded, as in an obligation or a responsibility |
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| Dexterous; skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
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| One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty as in art or nature |
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| To make or become better; improve |
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| Lacking definite shape, of no particular type (anomalous), lacking organization (formless) |
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| Extremely old and antiquated |
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| Of questionable authorship or authenticity |
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| Fit for cultivation, as by plowing |
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| A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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| To make something burdensome or painful less intense or severe |
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| Decrease in size or wasting away of a body part of tissue; degeneration |
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| Excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain; greediness, cupidity |
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| A place for keeping birds confined |
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| To declare assuredly (opening, bluntly, without shame) |
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1) to block the free development of; frustrate
2) to cheat out of something valuable; defraud |
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1) To bring up a topic for discussion
2) Any of various pointed or tapered tools, implements or parts |
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| A projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
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| Rapidity of motion or action |
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| One making usu. showy pretenses to knowledge and stability; fraud, faker |
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1) An innocent-looking usu. chubby and rosy person
2) A beautiful usu. winged child in painting and sculpture |
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| marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly/ difficult to work with or deal with |
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1) Having a circular or winding course
2) Not being forthright or direct in language or action |
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| marked by, held in or conducted with secrecy; surreptitious |
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| Equal in measure or extent/ corresponding in size, extent, amount, degree (proportionate) |
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1) Accompanying esp. in a subordinate or incidental way
2) Collaterally connected with something else |
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| A gathering, flowing or meeting together at one juncture or point |
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| Of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses |
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| Quarrelsome, controversial |
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| 1) A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun 2) A paradoxical, insoluble or difficult problem; a dilemma |
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1) Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply
2) Abounding in matter, thoughts or words; wordy |
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| The condition of being excessively fat; obesity |
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| A small, often select group of persons who associate with one another frequently |
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| Disposed to believe too readily; gullible |
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| Having hidden meaning; mystifying |
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| An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions |
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1) A scarce supply; a lack
2) Shortage of food; famine |
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1) A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace
2) A leader of the common people in ancient times |
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| To violate the sacredness of; profane |
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| A bitter, abusive denunciation/ condemnation |
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| Tending to postpone or delay |
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| To cause to lose affection or loyalty; not satisfied with the people in charge/ authority |
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1) Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling
2) Proceeding to a conclusion through reason rather than intuition |
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1) To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance
2) To make a false show of; feign |
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1) To speak of in a slighting or a disrespectful way; belittle
2) To reduce in esteem or rank |
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| Devoid of or unaffected by passion, emotion or bias; not influenced by strong emotion, still able to be impartial |
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1) Harsh and inharmonious in sound; discordant
2) Being at variance; disagreeing |
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| To deter a person from a course of action or a purpose by persuasion or exhortation |
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1) The art or act of foretelling future events or revealing occult knowledge by means of augury or an alleged supernatural agency
2) An inspired guess of presentiment |
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| Someone whose age has impaired his intellect |
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1) Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
2) The quality or state of being twofold or double |
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| Conspicuously/ noticeably bad or offensive |
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| Mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past |
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| To make clear (something obscure or difficult); clarify |
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| To come or send forth, as from a source |
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1) To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation
2)To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with |
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| Of or resembling an enigma (one that is puzzling, ambiguous or inexplicable) |
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| Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom |
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| Lasting for a markedly brief time |
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| A person with refined taste, especially in food or wine. A person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living |
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| To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead/lie |
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1) Intended for or understood by only a particular group (like a cult)
2) Confined to a small group
3) Not publicly disclosed; confidential |
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1) To take in marriage; marry
2) To give one's loyalty to or support to (a cause, for example); adopt |
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| 1) Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible 2) Highly refined; delicate |
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1) To praise highly
2) To raise in rank, character or status |
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1) Vacuously, smugly and unconsciously foolish
2) Delusive; unreal |
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1) Capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful
2) Marked by intellectual productivity |
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1) Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; saucy
2) Talkative; voluble |
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1) Flushed with a rosy color; ruddy
2) Very ornate; flowery |
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1) A minor weakness or failing of character
2) The weaker section of a sword blade, from the middle to the tip |
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1) Characterized by stealth; surreptitious; sneakiness
2) Expressive of hidden motives or purposes |
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1) Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy
2) Loud and flashy |
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1) To gather and store in or as in a granary
2) To amass; acquire
3) An accumulation or collection of something |
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1) Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit
2) To beguile; deceive |
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| Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasure of the senses |
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| A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who dissents from the officially acceptive dogma of the Roman Catholic church |
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| A gap or interruption in space, time or continuity; a break |
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1) Of or related to actors or acting
2) Excessively dramatic or emotion; affected |
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1) Gray or white with or as if with age
2) Covered with grayish hair or pubescence
3) Ancient, so old as to require profound respect |
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1) The beliefs, practices or doctrine of one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions
2) One who destroys sacred religious images |
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| Not subject or susceptible to change |
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| Incapable of being penetrated (ie. by water) |
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1) Impossible to capture or enter by force
2) Difficult or impossible to attack, challenge, or refute with success |
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| To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument: impugn a political opponent's record |
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| Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem. |
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| Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression: an incisive mind; incisive comments. |
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| Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. Difficult or impossible to control or manage |
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| Lacking propriety (meaning, unsuitable to circumstances or needs) or good taste |
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| Incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatigued; tireless. |
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| Having no adverse effect; harmless. Not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid. |
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| Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. |
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| Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull. |
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| To utter with a particular tone of voice: pleas that were intonated with desperation. |
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| Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn. Difficult to mold or manipulate: intractable materials. Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure: intractable pain. |
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1) Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent.
2) Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles. |
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| To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently. |
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1) Firmly and long established; deep-rooted: inveterate preferences.
2) Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual: an inveterate liar. |
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| Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered. Characterized by or resulting from anger. |
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| To cast overboard or off: a ship jettisoning wastes; a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel. To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome: jettisoned the whole marketing plan. |
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1) The act of joining or the condition of being joined
2) A place where two things are joined; a junction or joint
3)A point in time, especially a critical point
4) The transition or mode of transition from one sound to another in speech |
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| To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |
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| Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise |
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| A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution. A light, good-humored satire. To ridicule or satirize in or as if in a lampoon. |
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| Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner. Money or gifts bestowed. Generosity of spirit or attitude. |
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| A state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness. |
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| A state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy. A state of unconsciousness resembling deep sleep. |
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1) Readily bent; supple: lithe birch branches
2) Marked by effortless grace: a lithe ballet dancer. |
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1) Causing shock or horror; gruesome.
2) Marked by sensationalism: a lurid account of the crime.
3) Glowing or shining with the glare of fire through a haze: lurid flames.
4)Sallow or pallid in color. |
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| Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious. Having an evil or harmful influence |
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1) Tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
2) foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness |
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1) To follow a winding and turning course: Streams tend to meander through level land.
2) To move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction: vagabonds meandering through life. |
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| Extremely careful and precise. Extremely or excessively concerned with details. |
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1) A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty.
2) An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. Deep slimy soil or mud. |
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| Having great variety; diverse. |
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| Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary. |
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| Infamous by way of being extremely wicked. |
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| Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. |
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| Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure. |
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1) Impenetrable by light; neither transparent nor translucent. Not reflecting light; having no luster: an opaque finish.
2) Impenetrable by a form of radiant energy other than visible light |
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| Characterized by or given to ostentation; pretentious. |
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| Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible |
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| A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example: a paragon of virtue. |
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| Of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish. Of or relating to parochial schools. Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial |
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| Smallness of number; fewness. Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources. |
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| Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules: a pedantic attention to details. |
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| Tending to make or become worse. Disparaging; belittling. A disparaging or belittling word or expression. |
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1) A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century b.c.
2) A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
3) One who lacks knowledge in a specific area. |
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| A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride. To cause to feel resentment or indignation. To provoke; arouse |
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| Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. |
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1) Physically painful
2) Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
3) Profoundly moving; touching |
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1) A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
2) A person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist. |
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1) Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude.
2) Blossoming before the appearance of leaves. |
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| A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition. |
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1) One born of, begotten by, or derived from another; an offspring or a descendant. Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
2) A result of creative effort; a product. |
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| Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile. Producing abundant works or results: a prolific artist. |
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| Consisting or characteristic of prose. Matter-of-fact; straightforward. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull. |
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| Readily taking on varied shapes, forms, or meanings. Exhibiting considerable variety or diversity |
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1) To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations.
2) To draw to scale by means of a scale and protractor; plot.
3) To extend or protrude (a body part). |
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| Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. |
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| Great physical beauty and appeal. |
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| Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality (impulsive) |
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| Bitter and sharp in language or tone (an acrimonious debate between the two candidates) |
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1) To make thin, less compact, or less dense
2)To purify or refine |
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1) To level to the ground; demolish
2) To scrape or shave off
3) To erase |
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| Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance |
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| To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself) |
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1) A morally unprincipled person
2) One who is destined to damnation |
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| Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor. A vulgar, lewdly funny person. |
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| To turn a matter over and over in the mind. To chew cud. To reflect on over and over again. |
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1) Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet. Having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character: a saccharine smile.
2) Excessively sentimental |
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| A learned person; a scholar. An idiot savant. |
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| To render useless or ineffectual; cripple. To cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous. To allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible. |
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| Feeling or showing haughty disdain |
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| To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust. To overindulge. Overindulgence in food or drink. The result of such overindulgence; satiety or disgust. An excessive amount. |
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| Sullenly ill-humored; gruff. Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous: surly clouds filled the sky. Arrogant; domineering. |
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| Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand |
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| Long and thin; slender: tenuous strands. Having a thin consistency; dilute. Having little substance; flimsy: a tenuous argument. |
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| A state of alarm or dread; apprehension. An involuntary trembling or quivering. |
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| The normal fullness or tension produced by the fluid content of blood vessels, capillaries, and plant or animal cells |
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| Vile, shameful, or base character; depravity |
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| To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion |
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| Difficult to carry or manage because of size, shape, weight, or complexity: an unwieldy parcel; an unwieldy bureaucracy |
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| Adherence to the truth; truthfulness. Conformity to fact or truth; accuracy or precision: a report of doubtful veracity. Something that is true. |
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| Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy |
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| Capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions. Capable of living outside the uterus |
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| Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous |
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| Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry (noisy and insistent) |
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| To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign |
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1) A highest point or state; culmination
2) The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer
2) The upper region of the sky
3) The highest point above the observer's horizon attained by a celestial body. |
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