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| undecided; having 'mixed' feelings |
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| lack of energy or interest; state of indifference |
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| turned pale; temporary whitening of the skin; cooking briefly in water; method used to whiten metal |
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| concerned with the countryside and farming |
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| : cruel and unfeeling; showing/having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others |
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| bad tempered; argumentative; uncooperative |
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| changeable; fickle; given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior |
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: trickery; attempt to deceive; use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose |
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| ill-mannered; rude in a mean-spirited and surly way |
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forming a whole; 'sticking' together |
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agree; to act together to a common end or single effect |
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| skillful; quick and neat in action |
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wrong-doing; any misdeed, offense, or misdemeanor |
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moral corruption; a wicked or morally corrupt act |
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| lonely; devoid of life; feeling very sad and hopeless |
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| intending to teach or give instructions; intended to convey instruction and information |
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| crafty; not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does |
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unbiased; not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial |
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| unbiased; not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial |
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| disagreement; a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or an entity; disagreeing with the majority |
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| overly expressive of emotions; 'gushing'; expressing feelings or gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner |
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| support; declare one’s public approval or support of |
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| puzzle; type of riddle generally expressed in radical or allegorical language that requites ingenuity and careful thinking for its solution |
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| count out; list; mention a number of things one by one |
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| short-lived; lasting for a very short time |
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| great knowledge or learning; especially that based on learning and scholarship |
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| obscure; understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; belonging to the select few |
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| something made up; untrue |
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| : cheeky; not to be taken seriously; treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant |
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| : sides in a dispute; groups with common interests |
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floating rubbish; floating population |
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| encouraged; encourage or promote the development of |
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| stale and over-used; lacking significance through having been overused |
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| held [as in 'harbored and idea']; keeping in one’s mind, especially secretly |
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| strange mixture; confusing mixture |
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not proven; based on guesswork |
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impulsive; acting or done quickly and without thought or care |
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| cannot be appeased; relentless |
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| challenged; attacked in words; dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive |
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| cannot be corrected (of behavior), improved, or reformed |
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| native to a particular place |
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| cannot be expressed in words; too sacred to be uttered |
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: easily angered; characterized by or arising from anger |
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| express regret; a passionate expression of grief |
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| having no energy or interest; displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed; lazy and peaceful |
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lack of energy; a state of feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness; lethargy |
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| mournful; very sad, dismal, gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| wrong name for something; term that suggests an interpretation known to be untrue |
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| calmed; pacified; appease the anger or anxiety of someone |
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| dull; ordinary; lacking interest |
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| easily seen; 'sticking out'; noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way |
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| all powerful; unlimited power |
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| science of teaching; study of being a teacher or the process of teaching |
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| : calm; having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition |
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believable; seeming reasonable or probable |
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fore-runner; earlier version; predecessor |
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| fame; top position; surpassing all others |
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| putting on an act; attempting to impress by affection greater importance, talent, culture, etc. than is actually possessed |
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| outlook; to describe the likely outcome of an illness |
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| provoking; arousing sexual desire or interest, deliberately |
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: pay back; respond to by making a corresponding action or response |
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: bring disputing sides together again; restore friendly relations between others |
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wrong; lacking care or attention to duty; negligent |
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| criticism; make a forcefully reproachful protest |
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| able to spring back; strong; able to recoil or spring back into shape; able to recover quickly from difficult conditions |
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reducing staff or forces; conserving resources; cutting down; reduction |
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| firm and strong; strong and healthy; vigorous |
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doubtful; question in attitude or knowledge, facts, or opinions/beliefs stated as facts |
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| distorted; bent; suddenly change direction or position |
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| strict; precise; exacting |
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not obvious; so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe |
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clear, short and well-expressed; briefly and clearly expressed |
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miscellaneous; of various kinds; several |
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support; food; regarded as a source of strength; nourishment |
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| can be held (of an opinion, for example); able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection |
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| shaky; not firm; very weak or slight; slender or fine |
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| hot and steamy; dry; full of passionate or highly charged emotions arising from sexual love |
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| attempt to overthrow; weaken; dig or excavate beneath so as to make it collapse |
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| emphasize; a line drawn underneath |
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| clear; cannot be misunderstood; leaving no doubt; unambiguous |
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| : carrier (of disease, for example); a quantity having direction as well as magnitude; direct to a desired point |
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wordy; using or expressed in more words than are needed |
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| fickle; changeable; playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way |
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| full of sadness and longing; having or showing a feeling or vague or regretful longing |
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