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| a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside. |
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| having opposite conflicting feelings about someone or something. |
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| to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass |
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| full freedom or authority to act on one's own discretion |
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| a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge |
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(v)to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation
(n)an act or occasion of dissipation or vice |
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| dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance of performance or achievement |
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| overly demanding or hard to please; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted |
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| to jump or skip about playfully |
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| to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind |
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| just begining; not fully shaped or formed |
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(n)a malicious satire
(v)to satirize, ridicule |
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| capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced |
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| an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; retribution itself; an unbeatable rival |
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| to make a choice or decision |
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(adj)lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements
(n) such a person |
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| involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers |
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| nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness; troubled |
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| stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure |
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| the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social comptetence |
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| a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state |
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(adj)for this specific purpose; improvised
(adv)with respect to this |
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| the source of cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison |
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| the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase, nadir; an anticlimax, comedown |
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| ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with |
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| the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by the application of general ethical principles; specious argument |
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(adj)actually existing or in effect, although not legally required or sanctioned
(adv)in reality, actually |
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| the act of preying upon or plundering |
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| a sympathetic understanding of or identification with feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else |
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(n)a forerunner, herald
(v) to herald the approach of |
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| the belief that the attainment of pleasure is life's chief aim; devotion to or pursuit of pleasure |
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| lacking brilliance or vitality; dull |
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(adj)discontented with or in open defiance of prevailing conditions
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| flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed |
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| undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives |
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(v)to cater to or provide satisfaction for the low tastes or vices of others
(n)a person who does this |
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| a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming |
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| the principal dish of a meal; the principal event, incident, or item; an outstanding accomplishment |
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| to send or order back; in law, to send back to jail or to a lower court |
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| a group of symptoms or signs that collectively characterize or indicate a disease, disorder, abnormalty etc. |
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| a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing |
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| someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids |
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| to be an omen of; to indicate by signs |
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| worldwide or universal in influence or application |
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| burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated |
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| having an unpleasant offensive odor |
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| of immense sive, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious |
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| the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years |
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| a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare |
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| a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations |
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| to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice |
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| the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement |
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| an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity |
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| long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way |
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| someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jursidiction of a foreign country or government |
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| an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form |
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| someone who attempts to win favors or advance him or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer |
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| needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy |
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| to yield or submite tamely or submissively |
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