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| not usual, not typical, strange, freakish, unnatural, irregular, anomalous |
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| to turn bottom side up, upset, overturn, upend, tip over |
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| a large scale disaster, misfortune, or failure, calamity, tragedy, cataclysm |
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| to become or make less, reduce, dwindle, diminish |
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| provoking debate, argumentative, quarrelsome, contentious |
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| to drive or throw out, evict, oust, expel, kick out |
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| to grow, thrive, to wave in the air, a dramatic gesture, a fanfare of horns, prosper, burgeon, increase |
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| a reason for doing something, stimulus, spur, motive, inducement |
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| disobedient, rebellious, defiant, unruly, mutinous |
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| easily read, readable,clear, decipherable |
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| the central point or heart of a matter, core, kernel, nucleus, crux, a knob |
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| a violent attack, a sudden rush of something, assault, charge, foray, onset |
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| to establish by law, to order or command, to appoint as a priest or minister, to destine, annoint consecrate, enact, decree |
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| to get ahead of, to do better than, exceed, outdo, outperform, outdistance, surpass |
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| to spread throughout, saturate, permeate, diffuse, imbue |
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| cautious, careful, wary, sensible, judicious |
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| to put out, extinguish, end, douse, stifle, slake |
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| a small part remaining behind, remainder, desidue, leftover, fragment |
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| happeneing/existing at the same time, concurrent |
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| to turn aside sharply, veer, digress, sheer off |
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| faulty, imperfect, not as it should be, wrong, awry |
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| a noisy quarrel or fight, scuffle, donnybrook, spar, scrap |
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| to hate, deslike very much, loathe, despise, abhor |
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| native to a country, not foreign, relating to the life of a household, a household servant |
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| extremely bad, glaring, scandalous,notorious, blatant, gross, outrageous |
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| a slight fault, defect, crack, imperfection, blemish |
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| an inexperienced person, beginner, a young bird about to leave the nest, budding, novice, tyro, neophyte |
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| to make or become confused, agitated, or nervous, rattled, disconcerted |
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| cheif, most important, in the first place, leading, principal, paramount |
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| the force or speed with which something moves, drive, thrust, impetus |
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| striking, remarkable, a person who is well known distinguished, or outstanding, noteworthy, impressive |
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| to bring up, care for, train, nourish, rearing, raise, foster |
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| a self-contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true, riddle, enigma, anomaly, absurdity |
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| the act of swearing to a lie, false witness |
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| to take for granted, assume or suppose, to dare, take upon oneself, take liberties, surmise, trespass, infringe |
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| earlier, former, previous, anterior |
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| skilled, expert, capable, competent, adept, able |
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| a burst of gunfire or cannon shot, a spirited verbal assult, barrage, volley |
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| wide-awake, alert, watchful, attentive, on one's toes |
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| intense anger, rage, fury, ire, choler, indignation |
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| to speed up, to move faster, step up, quicken, hasten |
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| one who looks on, a person present but not taking part, observer, spectator, onlooker |
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| votes, sales, opinions, to go over in detail, to discuss, to obtain such things, poll, survey, solicit |
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| happening by chance or on an irregular basis, showing little concern, informal, accidental, haphazard, offhand |
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| treated cruely, oppressed, mistreated, ground underfoot |
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| to attract, tempt, lure, beguile |
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| to wear away gradually, eat away, corrode, abrade |
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| to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way, wallow, struggle |
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| lifelike, vivid, relating to the pictorial arts, lively, colorful, descriptive |
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| horrible, revolting, ghastly, dementing, gory, hideous, grisly |
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| sad, gloomy, unhappy, depressed, dejected |
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| a difficult or painful experience, a trial, test, hardship |
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| to make thirsty, to shrivel with heat, dry up, dehydrate, desiccate |
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| to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed, to last, remain, persevere, keep at it, endure |
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| of less than normal strength or size, of no importance, undersized, pint-sized, small, weak |
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| to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections, a petty objection, nitpick, split hairs, cavil, squabble |
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| to approve, give formal approval to, confirm, endorse, sanction, uphold |
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| royal, kinglike, fit for a king, majestic, stately, princely, august |
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| to smother, prevent from breathing, to hold back or choke off, strangle, suppress, snuff |
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| having life, living, necessary to life, essential, key, crucial, indespensable, fundamental |
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