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| eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| deviation from the normal order, form, or rule |
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| an expression of approval or praise |
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| strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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| to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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| daring, fearless; recklessly bold |
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| without adornment, bare, severely simple |
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| taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
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| following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
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| inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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| to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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| an informed judge in matters of taste; expert |
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| to set right; to undeceive |
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| conflicting; dissonant in sound |
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| fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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| extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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| well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
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| to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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| dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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| to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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| exonerate; to clear from blame |
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| urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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| improvised; done without preparation |
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| to loudly attack or denounce |
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| frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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| unaccustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart |
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| associated with war and armed forces |
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| of the world; typical, ordinary |
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| coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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| vague, cloudy; lacking a clearly defined form |
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| a new word, expression, or usage; the creation of new words |
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| lacking in sharpness of intellect; not clear of thought |
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| to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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| a humorous imitation of literature and art |
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| recurrent through the year or many years |
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| intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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| cursory; done without interest or case |
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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 excessing haste or impulse (adj)
to cause or happen before anticipated (verb) |
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| a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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| foreknowledge of events; knowing of events before they happen |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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| to retract, especially a previously held belief |
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| to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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| to forcibly assign (especially to a lower place or position) |
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| quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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| concerned, attentive, eager |
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| characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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| occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances |
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| to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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| not moving; active or in motion; at rest |
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| to stun, baffle, or amaze |
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| the combination of parts to create 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; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit |
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| to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion or decision |
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| to lessen in degree or intensity |
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| excessive pride; intense adoration |
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| dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or beauty |
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| to make better or more tolerable |
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| one who practice rigid self-denial (especially as an act of religious devotion) |
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| greed (especially for wealth) |
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| a universally recognized principle |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| rustic and pastoral; rural |
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| harsh, jarring, dissonant sound |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws |
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| severe criticism or punishment |
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| a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction; a person or thing that brings about change |
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| burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or to reason; convincing |
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| the willingness to comply with others |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness |
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| smallness of quantity or number; scarcity |
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| intended to instruct or teach |
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| cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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| expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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| the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| soothing (especially to the skin); mollifying |
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| based on observation or experiment |
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| mysterious; obscure; difficult 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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| playful; humorous; sarcastic |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion |
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| marked by stealth; covert |
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade (verb)
a long, pompous speech (noun) |
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| violating accepted convention |
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| exaggeration (usually as a figure of speech) |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| harmless; causing no damage |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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