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| Concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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| Something out of place in time |
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| Similar or alike in some way; equivalent |
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| Deviation from what is normal |
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| To annoy or provoke to anger |
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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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| Able to speak clearly and expressively |
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| To make something unpleasant or less severe |
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| To reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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| Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
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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 one's mind quickly and often |
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| To punish or criticize harshly |
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| Something that brings about a change in something else |
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| Great disorder or confusion |
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| Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
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| Deception by means of craft or guile |
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| Convincing and well reasoned |
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| To overlook, pardon, or disregard |
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| Intricate and complicated |
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| To provide supporting evidence |
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| Steadily increasing volume or force |
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| Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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| Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| An abusive, condemnatory speech |
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| To make larger; to expand |
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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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| To perceive; to recognize |
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| Fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
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| Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
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| Clear and easily understood |
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| Bright, brilliant, glowing |
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| To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| A figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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| Extremely careful about details |
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| A person who dislikes others |
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| Lacking sophistication or experience |
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| Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
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| Overly submissive and eager to please |
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| To prevent; to make unneccessary |
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| To stop up; to prevent the passage of |
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| Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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| Impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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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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| Done in a routine way; indifferent |
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| Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
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| To fluctuate between choices |
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| Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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