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| something out of place in time |
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| lack of interest or emotion |
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| to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
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| intense and passionate feeling |
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| to make something unpleasant less severe |
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| severe or stern in appearance |
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| predictable, cliched, boring |
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| pompous in speech and manner |
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| impartial and honest in speech |
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| changing ones mind quickly and often |
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| to punish or criticize harshly |
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| deception by means of craft or guile |
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| convincing and well reasoned |
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| intricate and complicated |
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| to provide supporting evidence |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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| to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
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| jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| an abusive, condemnatory speech |
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| someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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| a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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| to set right; to free from error |
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| fundamentally different, entirely unlike |
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| to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character |
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| a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
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| dictatorial in one's opinions |
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| from a variety of sources |
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| a sorrowful poem or speech |
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| to count, list, or itemize |
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| known or understood by only a few |
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| speech in praise of someone |
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| to clear of blame/ prove innocent |
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| excessively decorated or embellished |
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| one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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| impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affective |
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| quick to act without thinking |
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| not fully formed; disorganized |
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| showing innocence or simplicity |
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| Lacking interest or flavor |
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| to overwhelm; to cover with water |
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| clear and easily understood |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| a person who dislikes others |
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| to calm or make less severe |
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| hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion |
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| overly submissive and easy to please |
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| to prevent; to make unnecessary |
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| to stop; prevent the passage of |
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| troublesome, oppressive, burdensome |
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| a contradiction or dilemma |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| someone who shows off learning |
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| willing to betray one's trust |
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| charity; desire to promote goodness |
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| able to be molded, altered, or bent |
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| practical as opposed to idealistic |
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| bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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| to increase in number quickly |
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| to reject the validity of |
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| effective writing or speaking |
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| causing sleep or lethargy |
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| a mark of shame or discredit |
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| unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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| long harsh speech or verbal attack |
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| extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
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| filled with truth and accuracy |
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| easily changeable; explosive |
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