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| extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force |
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| deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. |
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| to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. |
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| reciprocation; mutual exchange |
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| to soothe, calm, or mollify |
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| caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc |
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| an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap |
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| extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal |
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| a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack. |
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| incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm |
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| crying out noisily; clamorous |
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| holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold |
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| a downward slope, as of ground |
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| a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc |
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| open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations |
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| executed with secrecy or concealment |
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| omething that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates. |
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| a choice or decision made by the will |
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| in an attempt to impress others |
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| performed merely as a routine duty; |
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| reckless boldness; rashness |
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| to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution |
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| to the point; relevant; pertinent |
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| bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. |
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| to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures |
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| inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy |
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| most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like |
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| to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity. |
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| capable of holding much; spacious or roomy |
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| excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
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| a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion |
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| of, pertaining to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc |
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| characterized by promptness; quick |
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| having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful |
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| moderately warm; lukewarm |
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| Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure |
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| without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable |
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| to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie |
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| without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
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| undismayed; not discouraged; not forced to abandon purpose or effort |
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| fond of the company of others; sociable |
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| large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful |
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| not pertinent; irrelevant |
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| originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native |
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| vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. |
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| severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness |
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| liable to be erroneous or false; not accurate |
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| incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible |
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| to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge |
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| harshness or sharpness of tone, temper, or manner; severity; acrimony |
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| not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. |
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| to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
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| to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner |
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| temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension |
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| large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat |
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| asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated. |
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| having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd |
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| deserving blame or censure; blameworthy |
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| insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. |
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| formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined |
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| inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. |
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| spacious and convenient; roomy |
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| disgrace; dishonor; public contempt. |
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| favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate |
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| full of complaints; complaining |
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| smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness |
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| bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable |
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| to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass |
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| to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness. |
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| tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation |
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| characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy |
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| performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
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| extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. |
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| to surround or beset, as with troubles. |
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| surroundings, esp. of a social or cultural nature |
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| of or pertaining to actors or acting |
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| requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
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| pleasant to the ear; melodious |
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| of or pertaining to swine |
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| a group of people who associate closely |
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| to become overwrought or irrational |
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| the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu |
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| the measure around anything; circumference |
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| a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure |
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| easily provoked to anger; very irritable |
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| the act or process of propelling |
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| weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor |
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| any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land. |
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| severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding |
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| at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart |
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| of or pertaining to the cerebrum or the brain. |
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| out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming |
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| a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart. |
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| a discerning judge of the best in any field |
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| harsh discordance of sound; dissonance |
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| to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate |
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| clearly or sharply defined; clear-cut; distinct |
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| to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder. |
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| to refrain or abstain from; desist from. |
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| roving; nomadic; wandering |
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| to escape from by trickery or cleverness |
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| to rub out, erase, or obliterate |
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| into separate parts; in or into pieces |
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| to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action |
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| a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things |
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| any award, honor, or laudatory notice: |
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| speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic |
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| any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause. |
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| inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius. |
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| a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe |
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| degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse |
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| to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish |
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| to assist the progress of |
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| cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous |
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| not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. |
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| to examine in detail with careful or critical attention. |
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| agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character |
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| extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave |
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| a destructive fire, usually an extensive one |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
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