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| Appealing to the sense of beauty |
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Choosing from a variety of sources.
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| biting; stinging; cutting; scathing |
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| A seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses the truth |
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| Alleviate; mitigate; mollify; assuage |
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| sharp criticism; bitter speech |
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| very perceptive; astute; penetrating |
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| a person who opposes law and government |
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| A person with great talent; a young genius |
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| A person who is devoid of feeling or acts in a mechanical way |
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| A person with great artistic skill |
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| An ardent follower; supporter |
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| A person who leads a reclusive and solitary life |
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| A person who is practical and this not given to flights of fancy |
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| Neophyte; Novice; greenhorn |
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| Literally someone who smashes icons or established images |
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| An authority who expresses his or her opinion on a subject |
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| Neutral and lacking a bias |
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| Cruel and lacking in passion |
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| Lacking sensitivity, concern, or solicitude |
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| Lacking in energy, vitality, and vigor |
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| A lack of respect; contempt |
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| brave and therefore lacking fear |
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| Immature and therefore lacking maturity or determination |
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| Excessive and lacking restraint |
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| Showing little or no feeling or emotion; spiritless; lacking emotion |
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| commonplace; ordinary and lacking originality |
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| To put down by condemning or criticizing |
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| To criticize; denounce; condemn |
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| Despondent; dejected; depressed |
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| Feeling very down or discouraged |
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| harmful, hurtful, and detrimental |
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| To make someone feel really little; put them down |
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| To lie in the sense of contradicting |
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| An abusive attack on a person's reputation |
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| A veiled hint or insinuation |
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| free from blame; declare innocent |
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| make up or invent a story |
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| very compassionate; sympathetic |
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| Excessively vivid in color |
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| Fond of conspicuous display; pompous |
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| Too smooth; too suave and giving a false sense of earnestness |
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| Showing great anger and rage |
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| A person or event that is chronologically in the wrong time |
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| To inform; illuminate and remove ignorance |
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| An excuse; an alleged reason |
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| An agent that provokes or speed significant change or action |
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| Movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane |
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| Synthesis; amalgam; conglomeration |
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| combination or fusion of different elements |
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| A collection of poems or stories |
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| A closing section added to a novel or play |
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| An introductory section added to a poem, novel, or story |
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| A literary work that ridicules and derides human vices and weaknesses |
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| Short story; brief sketch |
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| A lengthy story about the heroic deeds of a legendary hero |
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| A humorous, comical show; a comedy |
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| A person skilled at telling a story |
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| An autobiography; personal journal |
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| Indefatigable; unflagging |
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| Exaggerated pride; arrogance |
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| Shared and expressed by both sides; mutual |
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| Incapable of being appeased |
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| Using lofty, pompous language |
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| Very different; heterogeneous |
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| Very worldly and sophisticated |
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| To fill with water; flood |
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| The positive energy that results from two different elements combined |
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| Expressing remorse, regret or sorrow for misdeeds |
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| doomed to failure; pointless |
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| Poise; Confidence; self-assurance |
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| To become accustomed to accept something undesirable |
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| Chicanery; disingenuousness |
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| To denounce; turn into a villain |
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| Learned and authoritative |
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| to coax or entice someone into doing something |
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| done in the spur of the moment |
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| Capable of being perceived |
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| An article of faith; a belief |
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