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| able to get and retain information |
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| to claim or take without right |
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| hackneyed, trite, commonplace, cliched |
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| to work on excessively, to thrash soundly |
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| tending to find fault; nagging criticism |
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| holding or sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful |
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| to change from liquid to solid |
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| mimic, imititate with intent of equaling or surpassing model |
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| a formal expression of praise |
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| to avoid, shun, keep away from |
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| relevant, appropriate, fitting |
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| so great or demanding as not to be satisfied, unquenchable |
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| refusing to compromise, irreconcilable |
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| offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment |
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| generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions |
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| survey made for military purposes; any kind of inspection or examination |
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| establish by evidence, prove; give concrete or substantial form |
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| habitually silent, inclined to talk very little |
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| to stall or act evasively to gain time; to compromise |
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| capable of being held defended, defensible, justifiable |
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| to approace and speak first; confront in an aggressive way |
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| comment indicating strong criticism or disaproval |
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| desirious of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
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| having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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| swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
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| in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice, ploy, ruse, maneuver |
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| legendary bird, calm, happy, peaceful, tranquil |
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| pertaining to actors and their techniques, affected, stagy, melodramatic |
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| deliberately setting or causing fires |
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| whirpool of great size and violence, chaos, vortex |
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| nearsighted; lacking a broad view |
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| open, not hidden, expressed or revealed, manifest, patent |
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| tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory |
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| state of being proper, appropriateness |
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| improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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| without delay or formality; briefly, concisely, peremptorily |
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| asking humbly; one who makes a request, a petitioner, suitor |
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| object that serves as a charm |
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| to move in waves, having wavelike appearance, fluctuate, rise and fall |
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| pronounce distinctly; express well in words, elucidate |
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| to romp or prance around exuberantly, gambol |
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| belief, mental acceptance |
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| to condemn, express strong desapproval, censure, devalue |
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| disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression |
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| very much agitated or upset as result of emotion or mental conflict |
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| a formal statement of commendation; high praise |
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| display clearly, to make evident, provoke |
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| to remove from a grave; to bring to light, disinter, unearth |
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| lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, feeble |
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| dark, gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision |
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| wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards, iniquitous, reprehensible |
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| stimulating to the taste of mind; spicy, tangy, zestful |
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| developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient time or ealiest stage, fundamental, basic |
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| neaness in place or time; kinship |
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| not usual or expected; not in character |
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| founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical |
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| language that is too wordy, proxility |
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| green in tint or color, immature in experience, artless, naive |
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| having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity |
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