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| to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| poise, assuranse, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
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| pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; ...without feathers..? |
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| foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense |
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| a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality |
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| to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| by virtue of holding a certain office |
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| to violate, trespass, go beyond recongnized bounds |
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| to make oneself agreeable and thus again gain favor or acceptance by others |
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| one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder |
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| belonging to someone or something by its very nature,essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part |
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| to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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| weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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| mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; to hide, conceal; eclipse |
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| to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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| to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; characterized by excessive haste; moisture; the product of action or process |
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| strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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| to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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| the expression of approval or favorable opinion, priase; official approval |
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| to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satify, quench |
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| a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose |
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| decline, decay, or deterioration; a conition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence |
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| to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) |
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| to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning |
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| used to often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
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| a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference |
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| to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
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| wearied, work-out, dulled |
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| causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset |
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| a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence |
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| pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook... etc... |
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| to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of.. |
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| to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| hade cast by trees; follage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or powerl offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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| excessively smooth or smug; trying too ard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable |
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