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| noble; honorable; candid; having a frank and open nature |
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| eager to please; obliging |
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| expression of high praise |
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| too sweet or excessively flattering |
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| hard to understand; arcane |
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| natural dislike or repugnance |
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| prototype; first model from which others are copied |
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| slanderous statement; damaging or derogatory criticism |
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| a substance that contracts bodily tissues |
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| stern/austere; causing contraction; tightening |
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| harmful, malign, detrimental |
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| a purging or relieving of the body or soul |
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| roundabout or indirect way of speaking; not to the point |
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| parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote |
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| in music, a concluding passage. |
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| to organize rules or laws into a systematic collection/code |
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| to think hard; ponder, meditate |
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| roomy; spacious and convenient |
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| touching; OR adjoining and close, but not touching |
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| to act contrary to; to oppose or contradict |
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| a clique; group who meets frequently, usually socially |
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| to express disapproval of |
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| timid; lacking self-confidence |
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| omission of words that would make the meaning clear |
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| native to a particular area or people |
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| joking in an awkward or improper manner; not meant to be taken seriously |
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| to speak against; to contradict; to deny |
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| attacker of cherished beliefs |
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| unwilling to be pacified or appeased |
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| to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to criticize |
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| rudimentary; not yet fully formed; not organized; incipient |
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| stubborn; obstinate; not easily taught |
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| to soften by steeping in fluids; including stomach juices |
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| a quality of nobleness of the mind, disdaining meanness or revenge |
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| servilely attentive; fawning; submissive; sycophantic |
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| touchable; clear, obvious |
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| panegyric (pan-uh-JIR-ik) |
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| high praise; encomium; homage/tribute |
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| model; prototype; pattern |
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| didactic; ostentatious in one's learning; overly concerned with minute details, esp in teaching |
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| done in routine, mechanical way, without interest |
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| hard to understand; concealed |
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| full of curves; twisting and turning; tortuous |
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| not genuine; counterfeit; false; bogus |
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