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| bony, lean, or gaunt: a tall, angular man |
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| to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult. |
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| lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank. |
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| to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence. |
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| without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:an insipid personality. |
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| a song or hymn of praise. |
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| characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. |
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| to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. |
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| to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother. |
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| killful, clever, or ingenious: a subtle painter. fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand: subtle irony. |
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| uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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| making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official. |
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| to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon. |
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| to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. |
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| not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy |
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| (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract. |
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wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure. |
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| disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. |
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