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| sincere approval, especially of an official nature |
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| the state of having impulsive changes of mind or tendency toward sudden, unpredictable action |
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| highly improbably, as if imaginary; unreal, fanciful |
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| pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary or formal speech |
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| share feelings with, particularly those of sadness or disappointment |
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| pleased or satisfied with oneself |
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| living or existing at the same time |
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| skeptical of humanity, believing pessimistically that people are merely selfish and greedy |
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| to speak strongly against |
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| related to teaching; instructive, especially in a moral sense |
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| to regard or speak of slightingly |
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| to scatter, as seed is sown; to spread |
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| decomposition into fragments or parts; disintegration |
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| to raise in rank or status; to glorify, praise, or honor |
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| to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame |
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| to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate |
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| causing trouble and conflict because of being easily angered and annoyed |
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| to seize property and hold it in legal custody |
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| working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner |
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| difficult or impossible to solve or explain; not dissolvable |
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| to anticipate and dispose of; to make unnecessary |
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| characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party |
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| clearly expressed; easy to understand |
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| reading carefully or thoughtfully |
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| a large amount; an overabundance |
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| to criticize sharply, reprimand |
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| to reject emphatically as untrue, unfounded, or unjust |
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| to reject; to ignore by behaving in a cold or insulting manner |
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| making reasoned but uncertain conclusions; financially risky; inquisitive |
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| a definite amount of compensation regularly paid, such as a salary or an allowance |
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| forceful, effective, and vigorous; caustic, cutting |
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| an agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place |
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| modest, unassuming, and down-to-earth |
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| exceedingly noxious or deleterious |
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| an act or means of cunning deception |
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| having lost sparkling quality and flavor; lacking liveliness and interest, dull |
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| an agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place |
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