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| one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs. Apostasy, n |
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| diligent. "He worked assiduously at this task for weeks before he felt satisfied with his results." Assiduity, n |
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| favoring success "With favorable weather conditions, it was an auspicious moment to set sail" |
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| contradict; give a false impression. "His coarse, hard-bitten exterior belied his innate sensitivity" |
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| a lapse, gap or break, as in a fortress wall. To break or break through. ex: Unfortunately, the club members never forgot his breach of etiquette. |
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| an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster |
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| to change as if by dyeing, ie to distort, gloss or affect (usually the first). "Yellow journalism colored the truth" |
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| person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art. "She had developed into a connoisseur of fine china" |
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| pompous, self-important;(Primary definitions: logically following; important) |
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| quarrelsome "We heard a loud and contentious noises in the next room" |
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| regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun: contrition) |
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| of the body: "corporal punishment." a non-commissioned officer ranked between a sergeant and a private. |
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| of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible. (In older writings,coeporeal could be a synonym for corporal. This usage is no longer common) |
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| to strengthen or support: "The witness corroborted his story." (n: corroboration) |
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| cowardly (adj); a coward (n) |
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| belief on slight evidence "The witch doctor took advantage of the credulity of the superstitious natives" credulous (n) |
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| to diminish the intensity or the check the vibration of a sound |
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| lack, scarcity. "The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools" |
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| rout, fiasco, complete failure: My first attempt at a souffle was a total debacle. |
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| to reduce to lower state. "Do not debase yourself by becoming maudlin" debasement (n) |
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| propriety; seemliness. "Shocked by the unruly behavior, the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum" decorous (adj) |
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| submission or courteous regard for another's wish "In deference to his desires, the employers granted him a holiday" defer (v) |
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| portray "He is a powerful storyteller, but he is weakest when he attempts to delineate character." delineation n |
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| related to population balance. "In conducting a survey, one should take into account demographic trends in the region" |
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| disapprove regretfully. "I must deprecate your attitude and hope that you will change your mind" |
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| the act of preying upon or plundering: "The depredations of the invaders demoralized the population." |
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| Abandoned (adj). Something or someone who has been abandoned (n). |
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| disuse: After years of desuetude, my French skills were finaly put to use. |
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| random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose: Her desultory performance impressed no one. |
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| sheer; transparent; transluscent |
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| branching into two parts. "The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards" |
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| wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas. "Your composition suffers from a diffusion of ideas" |
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| a song of grief or lamentation: We listened to the slow, funereal dirge. |
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| to free a person from falsehood or error: "We had to disabuse her of the notion that she was invited." |
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| denial; disclaiming. "His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believe by the jury" disavow, v |
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| put to rout; defeat; disconcert. "This ruse will discomfit the enemy" discomfiture, n. discomfited, adj |
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| inharmonious; conflicting. "She tried to unite the discordant factions" |
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| lack of consistency; difference. "The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him." |
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| scatter (like seeds). "The invention of the radio has helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily." |
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| disintegration; looseness in morals. "The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Roma appall some historians." dissolute adj |
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| to deduce: "New genetic evidence led some zoologists to infer that the red wolf is actually a hybrid of the coyote and the gray wolf." |
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| producing tears "his voice has a lachrymose quality which is more appropriate at a funeral than a class reunion" |
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| praiseworthy; commendable (v. laud) |
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| lightness "Such levity is improper on this serious occasion" |
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| clear; translucent: "He made a lucid argument to support his theory." |
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| weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree: "Jake's lugubrious monologues depressed his friends." |
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| to move heavily and clumsily: Lumbering giant on land, walruses are actually graceful swimmers. |
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| generosity and nobility. (adj: magnanimous) |
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| malicious; evil; having or showing ill will: "Some early American colonists saw the wilderness as malevolent and sought to control it." |
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| fitting, proper: It is altogether met that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame. |
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| to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of: I milked the position for all it was worth. |
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| menacing,threatening (reminds you of the Minotaur, a threatening creature indeed) |
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| pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully: Don't mince words. Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe |
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| to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable: "He was trying to mitigate the damage he had done." (n: mitigation) |
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| at the point of death "the doctors called the family to the bedside of the moribund patient" |
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| connection "I fail to see the nexus which binds these two widely separated events" |
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| harmful, offensive, destructive: "The noisome odor of the dump carried for miles." |
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| a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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| multicolored, usually in blotched: The Pied Piper of Hamlin was so called because of his multicolored coat. |
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| excessively large quantity; overabundance: "We received a p lethora of applications for the position." |
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| power, strength; puissant means powerful, strong: The senator delivered a puissant speech to the convention. |
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| cowardly, timid, or irreselute; petty: "The pusillanimous leader soon lost the respect of his people." |
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| to complain about bitterly: Early American progressives railed against the railroad barons. |
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| to make or become thin; to purify or refine (n: rarefaction, adj: rarefied) |
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| reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises |
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| obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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| to disapprove; to successfully argue against |
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| to forcibly assign, esp to a lower place or position |
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| to fail to honor a commitment; to go back ona promise |
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| torn, past of rend: He rent his garments; an opening or tear caused by such: a large rent in the fabric |
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| person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency |
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| the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking. (v. reprove). |
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| to refuse to have anything to do with; disown |
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| marked by,feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun form: reverence) |
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| the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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| having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment. (n: sagacity). |
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| lustful, lascivious, bawdy |
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| promoting health or well-being |
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| remedial, wholesome, causing improvement |
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| authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| cheerful; confident: "Her sanguine attitude put everyone at ease."(Sangfroid (noun) is a related French word meaning unflappibility. Literally, it means cold blood) |
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| a fool or nitwit: Don't be a sap! |
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| to satisfy fully or to excess |
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| a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj: satirical) |
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| someone who bears the blame for others |
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| conscientious; extremely thorough |
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| contemptible, despicable: He was a scurvy old reprobate. |
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| diligent; persevering; persistent: "Her sedulous devotion to overcoming her background impressed many." (n: sedulity; sedulousness; adv. sedulously) |
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| aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively |
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| a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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| exeptional, unusual, odd: He was singularly well-suited for the job. |
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| winding; bending in and out; not morally honest |
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| doubter; person who suspends judgement until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view |
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| laziness; slow-moving mammal |
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| concerned and attentive; eager |
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| able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning. 'instead of advancing valid arguments, he tried to overwhelm his audience with a flood of sophistries |
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| causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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| characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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| thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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| seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive: "Her argument, though specious, was readily accepted by many." |
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| one who spends money wastefully |
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| occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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| lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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| sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (noun: squalor) |
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| to saturate or completely soak, as in to let a tea bag steep: She was steeped in esoteric knowledge. |
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| 1) the supporting structural cross-part of a wing. 2) Pompous walk |
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| not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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| to take the place of; supersede |
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| toady, servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite |
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| the combination of parts to make a whole (verb: synthesize) |
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| to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration: They tabled the motion and will consider it again later. |
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| unspoken; implied; not explicitly stated: "Katie and carmella had a tacit agreement that they would not mention the dented fender to their parents." |
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| exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild (n: temperance) |
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| the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj. form: tenacious) |
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| to proffer or offer: He tendered his resignation. |
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| having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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| an angry speech; a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation: "His tirade had gone on long enough." |
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| twisted; excessively complicated: "Despite public complaints, tax laws and forms have become increasingly tortuous." Note: Don't confuse this with torturous. |
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| ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable." (n: tractibility) |
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| fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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| sharply perveptive; keen; penetrating |
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| depravity; baseness: "Mr. Castor was fired for moral turpitude." |
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| beginner; novice, greenhorn, rank amateur; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor: "They easily took advantage of the tyro." |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread |
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| genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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| indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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| sophisicated; refined; elegant (noun: urbanity) |
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| to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver |
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| empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:: "She flashed a vacuous smile." |
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| multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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| great respect or reverence: "The Chinese traditionally venerated their ancestors; ancestor worship is merely a popular misnomer for this tradition." (n: veneration, adj: venerable) |
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| to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length: "Franklin vexed his brother with his controversial writings." |
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| to defame; to characterize harshly |
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| extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| slow moving; highly resistant to flow: "Heintz commercials imply that their catsup is more viscous than others'." (n: viscosity) |
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| to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate |
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| explosive; fickle (n: volatility). |
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| fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language |
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| craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things. She is a voracious reader. |
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| to equivocate; to change one's position: His detractors say that the President waffles too much; he can never make up his mind. |
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| wit,joker: Groucho Marx wasa well-known wag. |
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| to hesitate or to tremble |
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| enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal (n: zealot; zealoutry. adj: zealous) |
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| fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person) |
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