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| an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. |
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| adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. |
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| contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech. |
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| to walk or strut with a defiant or insolent air. |
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| feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation. |
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| to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually fol. by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died. |
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| to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: |
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| to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems |
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| resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. |
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| to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield |
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| abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
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| to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle |
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| capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body. |
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| to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech. |
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| coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause. |
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| to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating. |
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| incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued. |
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| uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. |
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| to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; |
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| boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. |
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| to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of |
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| an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated. |
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| to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: |
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| unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse |
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| not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy. |
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| to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. |
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| to speak ill of; defame; slander. |
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| holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold |
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| to cooperate secretly; conspire |
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| departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course. |
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| to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex |
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| easily provoked to anger; very irritable |
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