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| verb; to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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| verb: to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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| verb: to move to and fro, to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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| verb: to lessen in integrity or degree |
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| noun: an expression of praise |
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| noun: excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| adj: dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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| noun: one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious observance |
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| noun: a universally recognized principle |
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| noun: a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person thing that causes change |
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| noun: smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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| adj: intended to teach or instruct |
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| noun; cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions(adj form: discreet) |
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| adj: free of bias, impartial |
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| noun: the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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| noun: a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj form: elegiac) |
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| adj/noun: soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; an agent that softens or smooths the skin |
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| adj: sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| verb/noun: to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| adj: violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| noun: an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| adj: refusing to compromise |
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| verb: to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| adj: sad; sullen; melancholy |
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| adj: evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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| noun: the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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| adj: penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| verb: to examine with great care |
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| adj: extremely reverent or devout |
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| noun: one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| verb: to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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| adj: abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary |
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| verb: to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| noun stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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| adj: awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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| noun/verb: authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| noun: a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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| adj: indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| verb: to take the place of; supersede |
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| adj: sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| verb: to defame; to characterize harshly |
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| noun: keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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| verb: to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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| verb: to combine several elements into a whole |
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| adj: outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time |
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| verb: to state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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| verb: to provide support or reinforcement |
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| adj: pompous; grandiloquent |
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| noun: a harsh denunciation |
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| verb: to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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| adj: departing from norms or conventions |
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| adj: characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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| verb: to make worse or more severe |
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| adj: greatly emotional or zealous |
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| adj: happening by accident or chance |
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| noun: pompous speech or espression |
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| noun: one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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| adj: given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| adj: revealing no emotion |
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| adj: marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness |
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| noun: immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| adj: characterized by extreme care and precision; attention to detail |
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| noun: one who hates all other humans |
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| verb: to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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| verb: to obstruct or block |
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| noun: disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| noun: the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing |
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| noun: poverty; destruction |
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| adj: having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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| adj: marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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| verb: to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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| adj: stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
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| verb; to permeate throughout |
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| noun: an overabundance; a surplus |
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| adj: overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties |
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| adj: pure; uncorrupted; clean |
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| noun: a natural inclination or tendency, penchant |
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| adj: dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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| adj: characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
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| adj: foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
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| adj: occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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| verb: to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
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| adj: hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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| adj: radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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| verb: to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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| adj: diligent; persistent; hard-working |
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| noun: a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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| adj: causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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| adj: thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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| noun: one who spends money wastefully |
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| adj: not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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| adj: implied; not explicitly stated |
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| adj: brief and concise wording |
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| verb: to publicly praise or promote |
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| adj: sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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| adj: genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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| adj: indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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| verb: to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver |
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| adj: multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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| noun: annoyance; irritation |
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| verb: to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate |
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| adj: readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
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