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| to mismanage or make a mess of |
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| mar, bollix up, mangle, spoil |
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| expert, whiz, dexterous, adroit deft |
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| a complicated system of administrative agencies and officials |
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| used to describe unnecessary bureuacratic procedures |
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| a support or reinforcement |
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| prop, mainstay, corner, pillar, bolster |
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| weaken, impair, undermine |
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| to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit |
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| wheedle, inveigle, beguile, flatter |
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| dissuade, deter, discourage |
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| indifferent, thickskinned, unresponsive |
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| compassionate, softhearted, sensitive |
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| a false statement deliberately made up to injure a person |
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| lie, falsehood, slander, libel, aspersion |
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a. fair and impartial
b. frank or outspoken
c. informal or unposed |
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| objective, disinterested, unbiased, forthright, impromptu |
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| partial, biased, prejudiced, reticent, disingenuos, artful, evasive, equivocal, ambiguous |
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| comes from latin word candidatus meaning one clothed in white |
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| foul-tempered and quarrelsome |
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| peevish, cross-grained, irascible, choleric, carmudgeon, unamendable |
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| good-natured, amiable, genial, imperturbable, equable, docile |
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a. quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections
b. intended to trap, confuse, or show up |
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| hypercritical, caviling, carping, niggling, pettifogging, picayune, |
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| unexacting, uncritical, undiscriminating, laudatory |
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a. broad or widely inclusive
b. general or universal, worldwide |
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| comprehensive, wide, ecumenical |
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| narrow, provincial, parochial |
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