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| extremely depressed; full of despair |
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| an absolute ruler; an autocrat |
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| extremely poor; utterly lacking |
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| without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random |
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| relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes |
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| an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |
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| intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic |
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| timid; lacking in self-confidence |
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| to stray from the main subject |
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| someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler |
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| to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate |
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| prudent; judiciously reserved |
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| unconnected; separate; distinct |
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| to motive or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate |
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| not taking sides; unbiased |
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| to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way |
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| different; incompatible; unequal |
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| to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known |
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| to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to wast or squander |
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| the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintergration |
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| to swell; to extend a great deal |
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| to tell apart; to cause to stand out |
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| easily taught; obedient; easy to handle |
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| inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic |
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| arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something is beyond dispute |
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| having to do with the household or family; not foreign |
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| inactive; as though asleep; asleep |
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| the act of being two faced; double dealing; deception |
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| boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant |
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| non conventional; a little cooky; irregular |
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| choosing the best from many sources |
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| to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters |
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| to erase; to rub away the features of |
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| believing in the social and economic equality of people |
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| selfish; believing that one is the center of everything |
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| to bring out; to call forth |
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| oval; missing a word or words; obscure |
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| hard to pin down; evasive |
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| to leave a country permanently; to expatriate |
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| well-known and respected; standing out from all others in in quality or accomplishment; outstanding |
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| relying on experience or observation; not merely theoretical |
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| to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation |
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| native; restricted to a particular region or era; indigenous |
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| to reduce the strength or energy of, especially to do so gradually |
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| to grant the privileges of a citizenship |
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| to bring into existence; to create to cause |
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| extreme evil; a hideous offense; immensity |
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| lasting a very short time |
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| a brief and usually witty or satirical saying |
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| a brief summary that captures the meaning of the whole; the perfect example of something; a paradigm |
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| ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more that one way |
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| scholarly; deeply learned |
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