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| excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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| one who practives rigid self-denial, esp. as an acto of religious devotion |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| harsh, jarring, discordand sound; dissonace |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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| severe criticism or punishment |
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| a substance taht accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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| burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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| smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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| intended to teach or instruct |
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| cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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| expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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| the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
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| soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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| based on observation or experiment |
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| mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
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| intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitous |
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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company ot other people |
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| to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| harmless; causing no damage |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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