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        | w/o a plan or purpose; disconnected; random  aimless; disconnected; rambling; haphazard "Your speech was so desultory, I could not follow the logic in what you said," she complained |  | 
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        | relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the diddle of opposing extremes |  | 
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        | an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |  | 
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        | intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic |  | 
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        | timid; lacking in self-confidence |  | 
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        | to stray from the main subject |  | 
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        | someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler |  | 
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        | to have insigt; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate |  | 
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        | prudent; judiciously reserved |  | 
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        | unconnected; separate; distinct |  | 
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        | to notice or point out the difference b/t 2 or more things; to discern; to differentiate |  | 
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        | not taking sides; unbiased |  | 
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        | to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way  "Dis porridge is too hot," Goldilocks disparaged. |  | 
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        | different; incompatible; unequal |  | 
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        | to spreadt he seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known to dispense objects, such as seeds, newspapers; to distribute  While making his stock boy walk the plank, the captain explained, "Dis seaman ate all of the supplies that he was supposed to disseminate."
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        | to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander |  | 
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        | the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration |  | 
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        | to swell; to extend a great deal |  | 
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        | to tell apart; to cause to stand out |  | 
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