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| overused; trite; commonplace |
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| an unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of three lines |
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peaceful; tranquil
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| a ranting speech without much real meaning |
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| someone or something that foreshadows what is to come |
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| a native or inhabitant of Greece |
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| one who goes against an established religion or belief; nonconformist |
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| the study or principles of interpretation (e.g., of the Bible) |
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| sealed off from external influence; airtight; abstruse or occult |
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| a gap or interruption in time or a continuum |
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| to spent the winter in a dormant, inactive state |
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| a graded or ranked classification determined on the basis of age, economic status, or class |
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| in inspirational discourse; a sermon |
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| of uniform structure or composition |
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| words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| homophones; also, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings |
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| transparent or almost so; glassy |
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| anything that is the product of at least two different sources |
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| cultivation of plants in liquid nutrients |
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| an exaggerated increase or complexity |
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| pretending to have qualities or virtues that are not possessed; dissembling |
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| based on conjecture; conditional |
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| one who destroys religious images or attacks established beliefs |
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| carefree and lighthearted; peaceful |
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| referring to rock formed from molten magma; volcanic |
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| about to happen (usu. threatening) |
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| not susceptible to change |
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| apathetic; expressionless |
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| having little or no money |
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| impervious; not permitting passage through |
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| not providing for the future; careless |
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| to attack, esp. as false or lacking integrity |
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| a loss of vitality from lack of food and water |
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beginning; incipient; only imperfectly formed
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| just beginning; in the early stages; commencing |
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| troublesome; inconvenient |
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| not like the others in a group; our of place; incompatible |
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| unquestionable; indisputed |
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| to teach and impress by repetition |
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| 1. to secure against loss 2. to compensate for hurt or loss |
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| having originated naturally in a particular environment |
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| 1. initiation into military service 2. reasoning from parts to whole |
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| hostile; unfriendly (ant. amicable) |
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| a veiled allusion; insinuation |
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| a person who revolts against established authority |
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| hard to manage; unruly; obstinate |
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| to accustom to accept something undesirable; to habituate |
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| insulting or abusive language |
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| offensive; envious; obnoxious |
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| easily angered; choleric; malevolent |
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| to enter and usually become established; especially: to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence |
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evenness of emotions or temper
Syn: sangfroid, calmness, collectedness
Antonyms: alarm, anxiety |
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obsolete; showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness; naive
Antonyms: wily, critical, sophisticated |
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