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| horrible, loathsome (adj) |
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| sharp, bitter, stinging or irritating to the taste or smell; bitter or sarcastic in speech (adj) |
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| sung or chanted in alteration, or in response (adj) |
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| the reappearance in a plant in a plant or animal of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations (adj) |
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| a fortification, strong defense (n) |
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| fat and fleshy, stout, obese (adj) |
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| slight, sharp, crackling sounds (n) |
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| short, brief, blunt, especially to the point of rudeness, brusque (adj) |
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| believing that people are motivated in all their actions by selfishness, denying the sincerity of peoples emotions and actions (adj) |
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| quality or state of being decorous, dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc. (n) |
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| fiendish, like a demon (adj) |
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| the act of making fun of, ridiculing, laughing at, in contempt or scorn (n) |
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| scornful, ridiculing (adj) |
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| shy, lacking confidence in oneself (adj) |
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| wandering from one topic to another, skimming from over many apparently unconnected subjects (adj) |
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1. bubbling, boiling
2. overflowing with enthusiasm, high spirits, exuberance
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| radiant splendow, brilliance (adj) |
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| to bring into conflict, to complicate or entangle (v or adj) |
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| to throw off or give off as light, to send out (v) |
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1. the support about which a lever turns
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| done in a sly, secretive manner, sneaky (adj) |
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| a gap, a passage, a lapse in continuity, pause (n) |
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| to shut up within or as within walls; imprison, confine, or seclude (v) |
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| not perceptible to the touch; that cannot be felt (adj) |
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| lacking the ability to express oneself in clear and effective speech (adj) |
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| the chanting of magical words or formulas that are supposed to cast a spell or perform other magic 2. words or a formula so chanted (n) |
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| disbelieving, hard to believe (adj) |
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| a running in or coming in, especially when undesired; inroad 2. a sudden, brief invasion or raid (n) |
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| like an enemy, hostile (v) |
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| inclined to ask many questions, eager to learn (adj) |
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| that cannot be easily understood; completely obscure or mysterious (adv) |
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1. to place in an intervening position
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| to make timid, to deter from action by inducing fear (v) |
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| having or showing shifting changes in color or an interplay of rainbow like colors, as when seen from different angles. (adj) |
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| facing the direction toward which the wind blows (adj) |
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| wishing evil to another, an evil presence (adj) |
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| a threat or the act of threatening, harm or evil (v or n) |
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1. not sharp or pointed
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3. not producing a sharp impression (adj) |
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| unjustly harsh or tyrannical; having one's rights kept down (adj) |
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| large protruding belly, potbelly |
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| the condition or property of substance of giving off lingering emission of light (n) |
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| the highest point or peak (n) |
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the square block at the base of a column, pedestal
2. a flat block (n) |
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| to cause to become favorably inclined; to appease (v) |
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| a small rivulet or stream (n) |
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| having a false look of truth or genuineness |
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| characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
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| full of juice, juicy 2. full of interest, vigor, not dry or dull (adj) |
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| spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light (n) |
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1. to wrap or bind up in a long strip (v)
2. a bandage (n) |
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| stormy, violent, turbulent (adj) |
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| a long vehement speech, especially one of denunciation (n) |
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1. dried by or subjected to intense heat, especially of the sun, scorched, parched
2. highly passionate, ardent, zealous (adj) |
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| cruel, fierce, savage (adj) |
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| a howling, hooting, lamentation; a loud wailing (n) |
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