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to refer to casually or indirectly
hint, suggest |
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absence or suppression of passion or emotion
coolness, indifference |
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requiring great exertion, difficult
hard, toilsome |
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to attack vigorously or violently
attack |
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to make milder or less severe
alleviate, lessen |
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clever, cunning
smart, perceptive |
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severe in manner or appearance
bleak, stark |
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a strong feeling of dislike
distate, abhorrence |
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desire to do good to others
goodwill |
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insensitive, indifferent
hard, inured |
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capable of holding much
ample, large |
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erratic, fanciful
variable, flighty |
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feeling of quiet pleasure or certainty
contentment, self-satisfcation
adj: complacent |
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agreeable, pleasing in nature
favorable, pleasant
noun: congeniality |
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sudden, alarming amazement resulting confusion
bewilderment |
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to plan with ingenuity, devise
design, concoct |
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appearance, composure
face |
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going rapidly over something, without details
quick, careless |
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to make weak or feeble
weaken, deplete
noun: debilitation
adj: debilitated |
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corrupt, wicked, or perverted
evil, sinful
noun: depravity |
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lacking confidence in one's own ability
self-conscious, abashed
noun: diffidence
adv: diffidently |
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to perceive, recognize, or apprehend
discover, descry |
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having a bad reputation
discreditable, dishonorable
adv: disreputably |
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easily managed or handled
manageable, obedient
noun: docility
adv: docilely |
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to draw out or bring forth
educe, evoke |
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to avoid or escape by speed or cleverness
evade, dodge
noun: elusion |
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to ask earnestly
beseech, solicit |
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exceeding the bounds of propriety or reason
inordinate, outrageous |
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mental or emotional strength in facing difficulty
patience |
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to inspire with feelings or emotions
charge, permeate |
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domineering in a haughty manner
tyrannical, arrogant |
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of or characterized by sudden or rash action
eager, impulsive |
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making marks that cannot be erased or removed
unerasable |
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust
resentment, exasperation |
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extremely bad reputation as the result of a bad act
disrepute, opprobium |
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gross injustice or wickedness
evildoing, depravity |
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incapable of being investigated or analyzed
hidden, incomprehensible |
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without human feeling or emotion, inanimate
lifeless, insensible |
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to be accustomed to hardship or difficulty
hardened |
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to feel sorrow or mourn
bemoan, grieve |
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to laugh at in scorn or contempt
taunt, flout |
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lack of energy or vitality
dreaminess, listlessness |
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weariness of body or mind from strain
lethargy, sluggishness |
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intense ill will
spite |
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liable or subject to change or alteration
variable, unstable |
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a place or position suitable for a person or thing
calling, vocation |
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characterized by or showing servile complaisance
sycophantic, submissive |
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having very great or unlimited power |
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discussion or conference
conversation, talk |
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overly concerned with minute details
didactic, doctrinaire |
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grave risk or something that may cause pain
danger
adj: perilous |
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pleasantly calm or peaceful
unruffled, tranquil |
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keen or strong in mental appeal
intense, sincere |
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depends on circumstances beyond one's control
uncertain, doubtful
adv: precariously |
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to obtain or get by careful effort
gain, contrive
noun: procurement |
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to forecast or predict
foretell, project
noun: prognosticator, prognostication |
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characterized by irreverence or contempt for holy
blasphemous, sacreligious
noun: profanity |
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ecstatic joy or delight
bliss, beatitude |
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a person who lives alone, apart from society
solitary, ascetic
adj: reclusive |
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diligent in application or attention
constant, untiring |
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morally ignoble or base
degraded, depraved, lurid |
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rigorously binding or exacting
restrictive, powerful, austere |
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not lasting or enduring
temporary |
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full of riotousness or uproar
turbulent, boisterous
noun: tumultuousness |
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vile, shameful, or base character
wickedness, vileness |
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irritation or annoyance
mortification, agitation
verb: vex |
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performed or received in place of another
sympathetic, surrogate
adv; vicariously |
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wretchedly bad or offensive
repellant, vulgar, lurid, sordid |
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done maliciously; without much thought
maliciously, heedlessly
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gruesome or horrible
revolting |
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