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| to make a circle around, accomplish |
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| to stop or make go more slowly, to restrain |
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| markedly new, unique, or different |
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| an explanation or defense of one's beliefs or behavior |
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| not varying, the same in all cases and times |
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| to recognize or show a difference between people or things |
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| to arrange in a particular way or position, to make ready, to prepare |
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| not happy or smiling, done, said, seriously |
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| based on experiments or experience rather than ideas or theories |
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| what happens to someone or what will happen in the future, especially things that cannot be changed or avoided; fate |
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| to please or satisfy someone |
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| to publicly and officially tell people about something important, to show something clearly, to be a sign of something |
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| sad, especially a lingering or habitual state of mind |
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| to make someone feel very happy and excited |
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| to reduce something by a large amount so that there is not enough left |
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| to argue strongly for something, especially for changes in a law, in social conditon; to upset or anger someone, to shake or stir a liquid |
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| overly satisfied with oneself |
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| to take the place of something or someone |
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| silly or amusing when it is not suitable, having no useful or serious purpose |
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| not having enough of something, especially something that is essential |
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| a complete or wide range of related qualities, ideas, etc. |
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| an experienced person who advises and helps someone with less experience over a period of time. |
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| a feeling of hatred that causes a desire to do harm |
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| having or showing a deep respect for God and religion |
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| to think something is going to happen in the future, to predict |
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| too worried about small details or rules |
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| the ability to act and make decision without being controlled by anyone else |
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| an agreement, especially a formal one between two organizations, countries, etc. |
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| lack of government, order, or control |
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| rude and likely to offend |
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| to move from one place to another |
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| saying the opposite of what one means in order to hurt someone |
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| showing too much support for one person, group, and cause |
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| a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand |
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| to occur at the same place or time |
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| the ability to understand another person's feelings or experience |
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| causing or ending in death, causing disaster or failure |
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| showing care and effort in one's work |
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| the edge of a place, group, or situation, especially one separate from the main area. The amount by which something suceeds |
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| a series of predetermined actions, especially as part of a religious ceremony. |
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| enthusiastic praise or applause |
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| an admired symbol of an particular idea, way of life, etc. |
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| openly refusing to obey, or resisting someone or something |
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| not giving something enough care and attention |
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| to think deeply about something for a long time |
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| a tendency to take the gloomiest view of a situation |
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| to show clearly, especially a feeling, an attitude or a quality, to appear or become noticeable |
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| careful in what one says or does, in order to keep something secret or to avoid causing embarrassment; cautious |
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| having a definite limit or fixed size |
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| that does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined |
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| to put off something to a later time, to yield to someone's wishes, opinion etc out of respect |
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| being an essential part of something |
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| to end, to make something end |
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| to add decorations, to add details to a story especially ones that are not true |
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| a statement or an idea that forms the basis for a reasonable line of arguement |
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| able to recover quickly, for example from bending or illness |
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| that can be easily understood |
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| a feeling of hostility or opposition |
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| famous and respected, especially in a particular profession |
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| to change frequently in size, amount, quality especially from one extreme to another |
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| to have someone or something as parts or members |
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| not having one clear or definite meaning or intention, able to be understood in more than one way |
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| independent of other things of the same type |
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| to annoy or irritate someone very much |
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| to be different from something; to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected |
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| a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community |
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| the authority to do something |
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| to draw logical conclusion based on information or evidence |
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| to wear away the surface of something through the action of wind rain, to gradually destroy or weaken something |
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| to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because the necessary thing are not available, to produce something, such as music or a statement, without previous planning |
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| to give an opinion or a decision especially officially or publicly |
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| to destroy someone's belief in or good opinion of something or someone |
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| a sudden event that causes great suffering |
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| having more power or influence than others; more noticeable |
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| a typical example or pattern of something |
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| to try to bring to an agreement |
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| to officially end a law, a system, or an institution |
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| quickly and easily moveable |
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| extreme sorrow for what one has done |
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| skillful in dealing with difficult or embarrassing situations |
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| containing sudden, often violent, change or confusion |
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| lasing for a long time difficult to cure or get rid of |
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| to show that a statement or criticism is false |
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| an action or event that is a signal for someone to do something |
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| not very good; of only average standard |
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| able to do many different things or having many different uses |
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| mockery designed to expose folly, evil, or incompetence |
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| to be a sign of something, to have as a literal or obvious meaning |
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| happening before a more important action or event |
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| an area of knowledge or activity, lands owned or ruled by a particular person goernment especially from the past |
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| someone who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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| to arrange for people to come together for a formal meeting |
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| great energy or enthusiasm |
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| following generally accepted beliefs |
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| to separate and go in different directions |
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| legal responsibility, a person or thing that causes many problems, the amount of money that a person or company owes |
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| fame and admiration because of something one has done |
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| to think deeply, usually in silence |
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| a business project or activity, especially one that involves taking risks |
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| to change something slightly to fix a mistake or to improve it |
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| full of energy, excitement, and happiness, strong and healthy; growing quickly and well |
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| to turn aside from the main subject |
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| someone who lives alone and avoids other people |
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| a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold, a thing that is useful or has a useful quality |
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| to seize of arrest, to understand something |
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| a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on |
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| to have and show great respect for someone or something especially someone or something that is considered to be holy or very important |
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| to describe or explain something in greater detail |
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| the skill of making powerful and effective speeches in public |
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| people of the highest social class |
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| to stop developing or making progress |
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| not liking something; opposed to doing something |
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| to fill the mind of someone continuously to the exclusion of other thoughts |
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| to use one cost, payment, or situation in order to cancel, or reduce the effect of another; to balance |
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| a person's particular way of behaving thinking especially when it is unusual, an unusual feature |
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| connected with government or public money especially taxes |
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| a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something, an acceptable reason for doing something |
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| connected with how good something is rather than with how much of it there is |
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| to treat something as of lesser importance than something else |
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| a system of rules and procedures to be followed, as at official meetings, in experiments,etc |
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| to combine separate items, sets of data, etc into a single group or total |
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| to make a law affecting something |
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| money paid by a government or an organization to reduce the cost of goods or services for those who buy them; price support |
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| to begin to happen; to begin something |
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| that cannot live for ever and must die, causing death or likely to cause death; very serious |
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| something that decides or limits the way in which something can be done |
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| to give something officially to someone or something for a particular purpose |
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| a special importance that is given to something |
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| connected with a town or city |
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| to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action, to use something effectively |
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| to add something to the end of a piece of writing |
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| the first public appearance of a performer or sports player |
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| the basic systems and services that are necessary for a country or an organization to run smoothly, for example buildings, transport and water and power supplise |
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| expressing a person's personal feelings and thoughts, connected with or written for singing |
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| exist or happening at the same time |
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| a series of questions that someone asks, especially when asked in an unpleasant manner |
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| a feeling that prevents one from doing something that may be morally wrong |
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| done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society |
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| someone or something that did a job before someone or something else |
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| to give a false impression of someone or something |
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| to remain for longer than expected |
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| very old fashioned, from a much earlier or ancient period of history |
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| to love someone or something very much and want to protect them or it, to maintain an idea, a hope or a pleasant feeling for a long time |
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| showing kindness or gentleness, not dangerous or likely to cause death |
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| to waste money, time, in a stupid careless way |
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| inspiring fear and/or respect |
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| to make something worse, especially a disease or problem |
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| to raise someone to a higher rank or position, to elevate by praise or in estimation |
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| to make less harmful, serious, or severe |
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| a lack of good judgement; the fact of doing something stupid |
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| an exaggerated drawing or description that makes someone or something seem ridiculous |
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| to try very hard to achieve something |
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| to confused and surprise someone, to prove someone or something wrong |
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| a copy of a book piece of music before it has been printed, a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented |
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| to dislike and have no respect for someone or something |
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| a renewed interest after a period of neglect |
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| with a meaning that is hidden or not easily understood |
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| that can be trusted and respected as true and correct |
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| suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future |
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| taking care to do things carefully and correctly |
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| to order someone to leave a place especially a country as a punishment, to make go away to get rid |
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| to officially state that someone is not guilty |
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| having or resulting from clever new ideas |
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| to be or make an exact copy of something |
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| to pay careful attention to someone's advice or warning |
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| to accept behavior that is morally wrong or to treat it as if it were not serious |
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| very high and impressive, deserving praise because of its high moral quality |
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| to be strong enough not to be hurt or damaged by extreme conditions |
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| unusual and not serious in a way that is either amusing or annoying |
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| pleasant, friendly, and easy to like |
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| to damage or spoil something good |
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| understood or enjoyed by only a few people with a special knowledge or interest; obscure |
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| dishonest behavior intended to make someone believe something which is not true; lying |
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