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| an expression of approval or praise |
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| fundamentally distict or dissimilar |
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| extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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| to weaken; to lessen in vitality |
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| dissatisfaction and restlessness as a result of bordom or apathy |
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| to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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| improvised; done without preparation |
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| intentional obstruction, esp using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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| to loudly attack or denounce |
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| artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication |
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| the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving |
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| of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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| to anticipate and make unnecesary |
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| a song or hymn of thanksgiving or praise |
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| a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect; esp in literature and art |
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| recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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| intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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| cursory, done without care or interest |
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| acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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| to babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty idle manner |
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| acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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| foreknowledge of events; knowing events prior to occuring |
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| a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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| misgivings;reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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| to retract, esp a previously held belief |
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| to disprove; to succesfully argue against |
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| to forcibly assign to lower place or position |
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| quiet;reserved;reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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| concerned, eager, attentice |
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| characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul |
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| occuring only occasionally or in scattered instances |
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| to waste by spending or using irresponsably |
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| the combination of parts to make a whole |
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| a force that causes rotation |
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| fierce and cruel, eager to fight |
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| extremely harmful or poisonous; betterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| having an insatiable appetite for an activity or persuit; ravenous |
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| to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in oppinion |
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| to lessen in intensity or degree |
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| excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| dealing with, appreciative of, or responsice to art or the beautiful |
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| one who practices rigid self denail, esp for religeous devotion |
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| to make better or more tolerable |
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| a universally recognized principle |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| harsh, jarring, discordant sound |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws, often religeous in nature |
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| severe criticism or punishment |
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| a substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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| burning or stinging, causing corrosion |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| regretful, penitant, seeking forgiveness |
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| smallness in quantity or number; scarcity |
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| intended to teach or instruct |
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| cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsable decisions. |
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| expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or imbrovable principles |
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| the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| a mournful poem, esp one lamenting the dead |
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| soothing, esp to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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| based on expiriment or observation |
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| mysterious, obscure, dificult to understand |
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| intended for or understood by a small specific group |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| to deliver a pompus speech or tirade; a long pompous speech |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| lacking funds, without money |
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| beginning to come into being or become aparent |
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| unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| harmless, causing no damage |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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| impenatrable by light; not reflecting light |
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| the act or state of swinging back and forth |
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| penny piching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous |
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| extremely harmful, potentially causing death |
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| to examine with great care |
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| extremely reverant or devout; showing extreme religous devotion |
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| one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| to dress up, to primp, to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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| abundant in size for or extent; extraordinary |
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| producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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| to rot; to decay; to give off a foul odor |
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| stillness, motionlessness, quality of being at rest |
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| awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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| authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to inforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| a literary work intended to ridicule or criticize a human vice through humor or derision |
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| sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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| indifferent to, or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| to take the place of, supersede |
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| lethargic, sluggish, dormant |
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| existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered |
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| to characterize harshly, defame |
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| keen, acurate judgement or insight |
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| to reduce in purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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| to combine several elements into a whole |
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| outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time |
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| to state as fact; to declare or assert |
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| to provide support or reinforcement |
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| do disguise or conceal; mislead |
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| departing from norms or conventions |
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| characteristic of a particular locality, people, or region |
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| tending to dissapear/vanish like vapor |
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| to make worse or more severe |
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| greatly emotional or zealous |
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| happening by accident or chance |
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| pertinent to the subject at hand; relevant in subject matter |
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| pompous speech or expression |
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| rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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| devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp the pleasure of the senses |
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| the persistant dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| marked by extreme calm, impasivity and steadiness |
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| not capable of being appeased or easily changed |
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| imunity from punishment or blame |
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| in an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| unfortunate; inappropriate |
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| without taste or flavor, bland, lacking in spirit |
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| characterized by brightness or the emission of light |
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| characterized by vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
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| capable of being shaped or formed, tractable, pliable |
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| the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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| characterized by extreme care and precision, attentiveness to detail |
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| one who hates all other humans |
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| to make or become less severe or intense, to moderate |
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| unyielding, hard hearted, intractable |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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| disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| the profession or principles of teaching or instruction |
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| the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
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| having a tendancy to permeate or spread throughout |
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| to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
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| to illegally use or reproduce |
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| the essential or central part |
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| to appease; to calm by making concessions |
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| a superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful |
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| to plunge or drop straight down |
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| contravercial, argumentative |
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| recklessly wasteful, extravigant, profuse, lavish |
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| giving or coming forth abundantly; extravigant |
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| to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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| questions, inquiries; doubts in the mind, reservations |
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| prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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| characterized by bitter long lasting resentment |
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| obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| to refuse to have anything to do with; disown |
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| to invalidate, to repeal, to retract |
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| marked by feelings of extreme awe and respect |
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| the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion. |
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| promoting health and well being |
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| able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausable but false |
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| lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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| a court order requiring appearance and/or testamony |
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| exceeding what if sufficient or necessary |
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| an overabundant supply, excess, to feed or supply to excess |
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| the quality of adherance or persistance to something valued; persistant determination |
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| having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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| a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
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| fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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| fervent, ardent, impassioned, devoted to a cause |
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| abundant in size, force, or extent...extraordinary |
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| producing large volumes or amounts...productive |
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| to rot, decay, and give off a foul odor |
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| stillness, motionlessness, the quality of being at rest |
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| awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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| authoritative permission or approval. a penalty intended ot enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to. |
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| a literary work that criticizes the human vice through humor or derision. |
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| sordid, wretched and dirty, as from neglect |
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| indifferent to pain or pleasure; steadfast |
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| to supersede/take the place of |
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| lethargic, sluggish, dormant |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered, widespread |
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| sophisticated, refined, elegant |
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| to defame, characterize harshly |
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| keen acurate judgement or insight |
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| to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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| to combine several elements into a whole |
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| outdated. associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time |
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| to state as fact; to declare or assert |
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| to provide support or reinforcement |
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| to disguise or conceal/mislead |
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| departing from norms or conventions |
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| characteristic or often found in a particular region, locality, or people |
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| tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing |
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| to worsen or make more severe |
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| greatly emotional or zealous |
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| pertinent to the subject at hand...relevant. Appropriate in subject matter. |
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| rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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| devotion to pleasurable persuits, esp those of the senses |
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| persistant dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness. |
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| not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| in an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| unfortunate; inappropriate |
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| without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit, bland |
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| characterized by brightness and the emission of light |
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| having or showing often vicious ill will or spite/hatred |
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| characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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| capable of being shaped or formed |
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| one who hates all other humans |
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| to make or become less severe or intense, to moderate |
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| unyielding, hard hearted, intractable |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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| disgrace, contempt, scorn |
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| the profession or principles of teaching or instruction. |
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| the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
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| having a tendancy to spread throughout; permeating |
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| to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor |
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| to illegally use or reproduce |
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| the essential or central part |
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| to appease, to calm by making concessions |
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| a superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful |
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| to plunge/fall straight down |
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| controvercial/argumenative |
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| recklessly wasteful: extravigant, profuse, lavish |
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| to abolish, to do away with, especially by authority...to annul |
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| having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp/biting |
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| to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
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| a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of base metals into gold |
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| agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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| something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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| having a tightening effect on tissues; harsh; severe |
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| sharing a border, touching, adjacent |
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| a generally agreed upon practice or attitude |
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| tending to believe to readily; gullible |
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| an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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| polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
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| scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
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| to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
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| one wit han ameteurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
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| to disclose something secret |
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| to flatter or praise excessively |
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| to show contempt for, as in a role or convention |
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| pointlessly talkative, talking too much |
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| marked by ease. informality or nonchalance, lacking depth, superficial |
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| overbearing presumption or pride, arrogance |
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| about to happen; impending |
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| hasty, rashly energetic, impulsive and vehement |
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| having no interest of concern; showing no bias or predjudice |
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| damaging, harmful, injurious |
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| not easily managed, or directed. Stubborn, obstinate |
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| an independant individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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| characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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| to calm or soothe, to reduce in emotional intensity |
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| to revoke or cancel (a command, order, etc.). to recall or stop by a contrary order. |
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| he causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus. |
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