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| eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| Inclined to change one's mind impulsively |
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| intentional obstruction esp. by a long speech to delay legislative action |
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| artless; frank or candid; lacking sophistication |
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| accustomed to accepting something undesirable; habituated; adapted |
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| easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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| intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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| cursory; done w/o care of interest (haphazardly) |
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| acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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| to retract a previously held belief |
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| concerned and attentive; eager |
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| concerned and attentive; eager |
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| fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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| harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| causing corrosion; burning or stinging |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| argumentative; causing controversy or disagreement; quarrelsome |
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| regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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| composed of elements from various sources |
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| intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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| to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest |
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| lethargice; sluggish; dormant |
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| minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect; weaker part of a sword or blade |
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| to soothe or heal; an analgesic or medicinal ointment |
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| to generate pus; to grow worse or hostile |
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| affirming; characterized by belief in the equality of all people esp. in political, economic, social, and civil aspects |
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| keen, accurate judgement or insight |
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| to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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| to provide support or reinforcement |
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| a harsh denunciation; a bitter criticism |
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| to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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| natural or characteristic of a people or place; belonging exclusively or confined to a specific place |
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| vanishing; tending to disappear like vapor |
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| relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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| pompous speech or expression |
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| devotion to pleasurable pursuits esp. to the senses |
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| the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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| one who attacks or undermines traditional convention or institutions |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| unfortunate; inappropriate |
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| w/o taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland |
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| having or showing often 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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| 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; hardhearted; 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 instructing |
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| the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
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| precise details; small trifling matters |
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| the essential or central part |
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| a superficial remark esp. one offered as meaningful |
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| controversial; argumentative |
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| recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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| prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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| to illegally use or reproduce |
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| to appease; to calm by making concessions |
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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 invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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| promoting health or well-being |
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| albe to meet financial obligations; dissovle another substance |
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| seemingly true, but actually being fallacious; plausible bu false; misleadingly attractive |
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| lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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| an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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| the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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| having little substance or strength; flimsly; weak |
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| a long and extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation |
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| devoted to a cause; ardent; impassioned; fervent |
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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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| agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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| having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe |
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| self-important or pompous writing or speech |
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| tending to believe to readily; gullible |
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| attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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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 w/ amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge |
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| to flatter or praise excessively |
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| to show contempt for, as in rule or convention |
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| pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
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| marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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| overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| damaging; harmful; injurious |
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| not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
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| an independent individual who doesn't go along w/ a group or party |
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| marked by rapid and unpredictable changed in mood |
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| a recent convert; a beginner; a novice |
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| to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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| characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
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| calm; sluggish; unemotional |
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| practical rather than idealistic |
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| overstepping due bounds as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties |
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| adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
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| a natural predisposition or inclination |
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| excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant |
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| a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
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| dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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| occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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| to make or become thing; less dense; to refine |
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| hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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| radiant, shiny, brilliant |
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| to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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| diligent; persistent; hard working |
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| causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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| implied; not explicitly stated |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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| genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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| indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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| to waver indecisively b/w one course of action or opinion and another; waver |
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| varying in color; multicolored |
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| to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate |
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