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| to turn aside, not to bounce against |
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| disquieting/ lingering (goosebumps) |
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awe-inspiring or worthy of honor*
(That Bill Clinton was a redoubtable figure is open to some equivocation) |
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| to drink deeply; to quench |
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| lacking funds (not pecuniary) |
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secretive/ hidden
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wary or cautious
(Be chary at the railroad crossing) |
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cursory/ uninterested
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| song of hymn or praise (eulogy) |
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| improvised; done out of its time place |
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to loudly attack or denounce
(Mitt Romney's fulminating speech) |
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urgent/ pressing
(Exigent chores) |
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poisonous or foul-smelling
(Mephisto in TMII) |
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related to ancestors/ primal
(The French, despite being liberal, at times displayed an atavistic cross-cultural rage) |
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supreme dignity/ venerable
(The august Judge will now call the court to session) |
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coward/ traitor
(It could be argued that Ieyasu was recreant in turning against his comrades) |
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| to cut out/ tear off (scissors) |
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discredity/ disgrace/ censure
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false statement/ slander
(L: calumnia: to trick/ deceive) |
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to murder/ suppress
(From William Burk, famous murderer of 1800s-- murdered to sell bodies for dissection) |
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growing old/ characteristic of old age
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physical strength/ muscular
(The Thewy Arnold Schwarzennegar) |
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wooly/fleecy/ downy/ flocky
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to instruct or benefit/ uplift
(building an edifice) |
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| resembling a peacock; iridescent |
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born under the planet saturn; gloomy; sluggish
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painless
(Gk: an = without, odyne= pain) |
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a design in which most of the load is taken by the shell or skin
(A monocoque aircraft might weigh a third less) |
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emitting flashes of light
(L: coruscare- to flash/ vibrate) |
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make amends/ gain piety
(Send piety outward; expiate your sins) |
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a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
(Photoshop mod: bas relief) |
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no idols or images
(Islam) |
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Shy/ lacking confidence
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| resembling a monstor; monstrous |
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unlimited/ not curtailed
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homage/ tribute/ eulogy
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fertile/ prolific
(Fetus/ fetal?) |
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pellucid or lucid
(lymph is clear liquid) |
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lazy lecture
(combo of opposites)
exscind obloquy: to cut off discrediting speech or judgment |
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| profligate* one who spends wastefully |
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shining/ brilliant
(Refulgent armor)
Coruscating? |
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inimy = enemy
not: imitable: to imitate |
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nonchalant/ casual
(the beach blonde's glib comment) |
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| having a tightening/ harsh effect |
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precise and brief
(pith = center) |
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to obstruct/ block
(the dentist removed the occlusion) |
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relevant to the subject at hand/ related
(having the same parents; the germanity of brotherhood) |
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