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(adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment of luxury, simple,
plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing
good |
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| (adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
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(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, to make up (as a dish); to
devise, invent, fabricate |
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| (adj) coarse, unfeeling, stupid |
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(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to
cause to deteriorate |
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(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate,
pollute |
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| (v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous
affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
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| (adj) trifling, unimportant |
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| (n) a breaking of a law or obligation |
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| (v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
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(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of
looting; booty |
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| (v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or
propriety |
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| inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
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| (v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
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(n) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner
or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
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(adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, strong person; a
strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
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(adj) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged;
unprotected |
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| (adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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| (adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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| (adj) fat; having a large, bulky body |
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| (v) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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| (adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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| (n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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(v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly,
squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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(v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to
cleanse, purify |
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(n) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men
armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an
ordeal |
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(adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or
tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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| (v) to call into question: to attack as false |
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| (adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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| (n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting in hateful conduct |
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| (n) faithlessness, treachery |
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| (n) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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(adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively
fastidious or refined |
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(adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving
to promote some end |
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| (adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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(v) to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to
nullify; to deduct, omit |
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| (n) praise or flattery that is excessive |
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(n) an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often
used adjectivally without the article) |
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| (adj) shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
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| (n) a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
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| (adj) deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
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(adj) tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or
postpone |
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(adj) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an
unfavorable sense) |
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(v) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one
interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| (adj) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy |
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| (adj) unable to make up one’s mind, hesitating |
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(adj) cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent;
vague, confused, indistinct |
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(n) one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and
experience (also used adjectively) |
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| (n) extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency |
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(adj) done for show, striving to make big impressions; claiming
merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one’s skill or abilities, ambitious |
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| (v) to review a series of facts; to sum up |
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| (v) to revive, bring back ton consciousness or existence |
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| (adj) untidy, dirty, careless |
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(n) something that is assumed or taken for granted without
conclusive evidence |
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| (adj) inactive, sluggish, dull |
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| (v) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result |
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(n) a critical or explanatory note or comment; especially for a literary
work |
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| (n) a state or scene or uproar and confusion |
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(adj) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept a secret; sheltered, secluded;
(n) a sheltered place, a hiding place |
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(adj) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner
and appearance |
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(v) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; (n) a creditor;
(adj) dark, dull, drab, dingy |
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| (adj) effective, producing results |
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| (n) calmness, composure, refusal to panic |
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| (adj) accidental, occurring by a happy chance, lucky |
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| (n) the essential part, main point, or essence |
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| (adj) freely given, not called for by circumstance, unwarranted |
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(adj) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing,
compelling |
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(n) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj)
abusive, vituperative |
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(adj) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many
colors; (n) a jester’s costume; a jester |
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| (adj) extremely generous, lavish |
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| (v) to delay, to put off till later |
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| (adj) tending to produce strong feeling or response |
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| (adj) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding |
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(n) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj)
wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v) to disapprove of, condemn |
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(adj) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in
one place |
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(adj) moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by
abstinence and self discipline |
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| (adj) deserving blame or correction |
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(adj) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependant on
uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; (n) a representative group
forming part of a larger body |
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| (v) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
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| (n) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
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(adj) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling,
roving, nomadic |
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| (v) to scatter or spread widely |
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| (adj) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness or good taste |
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| (adj) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
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(v) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by
stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
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| (adj) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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(n) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that
is generally held sacred |
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(v) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and
earnestly |
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(adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or
recognized |
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(adj) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen
appreciation |
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| (adj) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
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(adj) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out,
conspicuous; (n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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| (v) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; (adj) full, satisfied |
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(v) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of;
to harden or make unfeeling: to parch, desiccate, singe |
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| (adj) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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| (v) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
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(n) a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject’s
characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; (v) to present someone or
something in a deliberately distorted way. |
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| (n) a loud ringing sound; (v) to make a loud ringing noise |
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| (adj) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
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| (n) an eager desire for something; greed |
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| (v) to raise to higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
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| (v) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison |
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(v) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making
partial excuses |
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(adj) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or
reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
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(adj) sharp, keen, penetrating (with suggestion of decisiveness and
effectiveness) |
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| (adj) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
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| (n) a model of excellence or perfection |
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(v) to restate in other words; (n) a statement that presents a given
idea in a new language |
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| (adj) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
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(adj) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter- of- fact, straight
forward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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(adj) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse,
lush |
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(adj) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically
moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
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(adj, part) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to
mental or personal qualities) |
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(adj) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike
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