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| an obstruction; an annoying interference or delay |
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| practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory |
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| hermitlike; practicing self-denial |
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| deep; insightful (the opposite of superficial) |
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| arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute |
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| to overlook; to permit to happen |
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| instructive; intended to instruct |
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| short-lived; fleeting; not lasting |
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| dull; unimaginative; like prose |
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| providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest |
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| combative; quarrelsome; waging war |
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| to become weak, listless, or depressed |
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| to condemn severely for doing something bad |
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| motionlessness; inactivity |
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| to lessen the severity of something |
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| worthy of blame or censure |
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| outstanding; setting a great example |
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| unbiased; not taking sides; objective |
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| a brief, entertaining story |
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| praise; applause; admiration |
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| consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone |
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| jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand |
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| speaking clearly and well |
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| to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize |
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| conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book |
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| agreeably suitable; pleasant |
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| to prevent; to make impossible |
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| detailed; careful; thorough |
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| feeling superior to others; snooty |
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| hard to pin down; evasive |
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| to erase; to rub away the features of |
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| shocking; outstandingly bad |
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| brief and to the point; succinct |
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| stationary; not changing or moving (not radio fuzz) |
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| irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity |
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| to come together as one; to fuse; to unite |
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| careless; not diligent; relaxed |
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| lightness; frivolity; unseriousness |
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| undecided; blowing hot and cold |
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| existing since birth; inborn; inherent |
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| one who sucks up to others |
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| hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar |
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| irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant |
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| lax; careless; without intention |
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| not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate |
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