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| vehement or clamorous; characterized by loudness |
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| interest in obscene matters, especially concerned with excrement |
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| the belief that all things are predetermined and therefore inevitable |
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| having a beligerent nature; eager to argue or fight |
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| affected by ungovernable enthusiasm; deranged excitement; frantic |
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| any sudden violent change |
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| flexible, easily bending; supple and graceful |
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| the west wind (named for a Greek god); any gentle breeze |
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| continuing without pause or interruption |
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| a short official note or memorandum, typically recording a sum owed |
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| a young man paid by an older woman to be her escort or lover |
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| a heap of combustible material for burning a corpse as part of a funeral |
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| boldness that shows no shame |
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| brief; using very few words |
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| anyone or anything by which one is always defeated |
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| a man having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire |
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| steal (things of relatively little value) |
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| ressembling snow, especially in whiteness |
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| exaggerated drawing of someone’s peculiarities (poke fun at) |
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| a
belief that there are no values, morals or goodness in the world |
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| the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs or refuse |
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| wooded; associated with trees |
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| sentimental in a feeble or sickly way |
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| a long, angry speech of criticism |
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| flattery or coaxing to get what one wants |
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| glowing or glittering with red or golden light |
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| extremely unpleasant, disgusting; hateful |
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| flattering to an excessive degree |
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| blowing a current of air through (grain) in order to remove chaff |
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| a restraint (for prisoner) usually placed around the ankles |
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| a person who collects and supplies information, especially sporting events and elections |
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| cloudy,
unclear (meaning) |
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| mystery; something hard to understand or explain |
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| representing the most perfect or typical example |
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| severe mental or physical pain or suffering |
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| deliberately avoid or abstain from |
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| full of malice (evil) or spite |
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| information (especially of a biased or misleading nature) used to promote a particular political viewpoint |
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| fond
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| a category (in music or literature) characterized by similarities in content and style |
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| seemingly everywhere at once |
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| ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something |
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