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| preventing complete loss of a bet; to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing; to avoid commitment; to prevent/hinder free movement |
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| causing insidious harm/ruin; hurtful; fatal |
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| cheerfully optimistic; reddish/ruddy |
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| to seize/hold by force without legal right |
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| to fall off in energy/vigor/activity |
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| to fulfill; to complete an arrangement/marriage |
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| demonstrative; lacking reserve; overflowing |
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| lacking liveliness/spirit; dull |
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| a false/malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone/something; defamation |
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| clerical, not secular; pertaining to the church/clergy |
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| extraordinary in some bad way |
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| one who forsakes his religion/cause/party |
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| one who possesses great power |
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| frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness |
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| brief, to the point; meaningful in expression |
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| formal & elaborate praise |
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| to give careful attention to |
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| characterized by sensation/consciousness |
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| someone excessively modest/proper |
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| a controversial argument/arguer |
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| to irritate; to torment; to discuss/debate with vigor; to afflict physical pain |
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| to put down or suppress completely; to make void a decision |
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| to lessen in force/intensity |
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| to instigate/foster, to promote growth/development of |
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| respectable because of age |
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| incisive/witty; vigorous/effective; clear or sharply defined |
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| very sheer/light, almost transparent; delicately hazy |
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| apparently good/right but deceptive |
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| being at rest, quiet, motionless |
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| to manage, esp. with prudent economy; to use frugally, to conserve |
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| a sharp satire against an individual/institution |
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| to treat as a pet, to pamper |
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| generous bestowal of gifts |
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| weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental |
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| offense/annoyance/displeasure; slight indication of suspicion; shadows from trees |
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| something/someone not in its correct historical time |
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| of doubtful authorship/authenticity; false |
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| action/speech used to coax/entice |
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| state of being frank/open/sincere; impartiality |
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| one who makes/sells candles |
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| to inflict suffering for purposes of moral improvement |
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| to remove from office/position |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability/; restrained/reserved |
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| a trembling; a state of flustered excitement/fear; to act irresolutely |
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| a letter, esp. a formal/didactic one |
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| to make one's own, to adopt/embrace, as a cause |
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| a woman named to carry out the provisions of the will |
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| to represent fictitiously, to imitate deceptively, to pretend |
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| shameless or brazenly immodest |
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| flammable; easily aroused/excited, irascible |
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| unfavorable/harmful, hostile/unfriendly |
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| to accustom to hardship/difficulty/pain; to become beneficial/advantageous |
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| an insulting/abusive word; violent censure/reproach |
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| a small rounded hill; hillock |
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| the cause or object of such disgrace/reproach; infamy |
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| having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect/force |
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| to render oneself falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath |
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| not easily excited, apathetic, sluggish; calm/composed |
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| to wound one's pride; to excite curiosity; to arouse an emotion or provoke to action |
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| to walk heavily or move laboriously |
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| keenly distressing to the feelings; keen/strong mental appeal; moving the emotions; pungent to smell |
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| caution with regard to practical matters; regard for one's own interests |
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| establishment/reestablishment of harmonious relations |
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| resisting authority/control; not obedient/compliant |
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| one who lives in seclusion or apart from society |
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| an answer to a reply; response |
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| painfully difficult/burdensome work; pain from hardship |
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| to tie/bind/fasten; to support |
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| something highly caustic or severe in effect (i.e. criticism) |
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| a song/tune that expresses mourning |
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| crying out noisily; clamorous |
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| fallen into disuse; discarded; effaced by wearing down/away |
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| to commit; to entrust; to set apart or devote to; to relegate in one's mind |
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| a social error; a blatant mistake/misjudgment |
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| base, shameful, or base character; depravity |
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| a person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people |
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