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| a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning; a false argument |
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| causing sleep or lethargy |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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| not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit |
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| a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
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| a mark of shame or discredit |
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| unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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| trick designed to deceive an enemy |
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| to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance |
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| to conquer; to enslave; to subdue and dominate |
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| solid; real; having substance; substantial |
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| an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule |
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| to replace another by force; to take the place of |
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| to make humble and earnest entreaty |
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| churlishly rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly or hostile |
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| a person devoted to pleasure and luxury; hedonist |
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| a self-serving flatterer; yes-man; bootlicker; fawner; lickspittle; toady |
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| cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
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| temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
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| recklessness or foolish daring |
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| capable of being held, maintained, or defended |
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| having a predisposition towards a point of view |
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| earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
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| one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
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| a book (usually large and academic); codex; volume |
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| extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
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| twisted; excessively complicated |
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| easily managed or controlled |
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| going beyond ordinary limits |
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| caustic, cutting; vigorous, effective, energetic (trenchant policy of reform) |
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| cave man; one who lives in seclusion |
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| swollen, tumid; inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic; excessively ornate or complex in style |
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| offense; annoyance; displeasure (to feel umbrage at a social snub); vaguest feeling of suspicion |
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| unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; not in accordance with what is just or reasonable |
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