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| to take without justification |
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| lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
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| favorable, not threatening, mild |
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| to cause to divide into two branches or parts |
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| relating to or typical of rural life, idyllic |
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| an attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies; aspersion |
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| an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action |
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| quack; pretender to knowledge |
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| deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
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| indirect or roundabout expression |
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| to make compatible; pacify |
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to bring to ruin
to confuse |
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| relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
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of or relating to the heart
tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate |
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| to support with evidence or authority: make more certain |
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| used in the cure of diseases |
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literary and dramatic propriety:
The conventions of polite behavior |
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to feel or express grief; to regret strongly;
to consider unfortunate or deserving of depreciation |
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| dethrone; remove from office |
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| difference; condition of inequality |
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| distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
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| poem or song expressing lamentation |
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| hard to understand; known only to the chosen few |
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| expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death |
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| suitable; practical; polite |
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| consisting of a confused mixture |
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| one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
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| individual trait, usually odd in nature |
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| a level of poverty in which real hardships and deprivations are suffered |
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dark; not transparent
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| make impossible; eliminate |
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| servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man |
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producing no useful result,futile:
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