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| exceeding what is natural or regular; extraordinary |
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| a person or thing outside of the correct time period |
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| an illuminating discovery, a moment of revelation |
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| one who abstains from alcohol |
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| dictionary/collection of words |
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| the vocabulary that is unique and perhaps secret to a particular group |
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| happening by chance/accidental |
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| one who makes a show of knowledge |
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| something appalling or horrifying |
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| banal, unoriginal, trite (typically used to refer to unoriginal, overused words/phrases) |
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| floating debris, cargo, or unimportant things |
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| composed of diverse often incongruous elements |
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| intended to teach or instruct |
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| pretentious or inflated speech or writing |
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| lighthearted unconcern, nonchalance |
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| an office or position requiring little/no work and provides income |
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| desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another |
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| biting, bitter in tone or taste |
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| to belittle, to minimize, depreciate |
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| to assign to the proper place |
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| a perplexed, irresolvable state |
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| one who attacks settled beliefs/institutions |
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conceited and overconfident of knowledge
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| one who follows the philosophy of maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain |
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| To attempt to dissuade or discourage by earnest reasoning |
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| worn out, dulled, wearied |
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| Offense, resentment; a vague suspicion; shade cast by trees |
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| Narrow in mind or outlook, of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; pertaining to an outlying area |
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| a cursed, detested person |
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| marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness, extreme compliance, or complete obedience |
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| peevish or bad-tempered, annoyed by small things, easily irritated and upset |
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| to make easier or milder; relieve; to quiet; appease |
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| to make less violent, alleviate |
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| lacking sophistication, immature |
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| complete and confident composure or self-assurance, poise |
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| the lowest point of something |
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| concise, almost to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
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| known to only a few; requiring knowledge that is limited to only a small group, of a rare or unusual interest |
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| by virtue or because of an office |
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| to persuade with flattery or gentle urging |
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| an admirer or lover of the arts; a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge |
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| needy, poverty-stricken; penniless |
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| foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; |
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| to claim or take without rights |
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| tending to find fault in a nasty way; nit-picking |
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| pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical |
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| to change from liquid to solid; thicken; harden |
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| formal expression of praise, commendation, eulogy |
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| not capable of being satisfied |
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| refusing to compromise, unyielding |
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| generosity in giving, munificence, |
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| a survey made for military purposes, a preliminary inspection |
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| capable of being held or defended |
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–(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic;
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| a servile self-seeking flatterer |
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| to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently |
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| lukewarm, lacking in passion or force |
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| having an offensive smell |
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| to punish severely, to criticize harshly |
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| characterized by acting promptly & efficiently |
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| to shake or wave aggressively (like a gun); to display in an aggressive manner |
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| the act of giving the equivalent; the act of restoring |
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| an expression of disapproval |
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| defiant of authority; resistant, unruly |
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| an illusion; an unrealizable dream |
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| occurring over a wide geographic area & affecting an high proportion of the population |
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| lacking in spirit or strength, ineffective, weak |
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| lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; shortsighted |
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| in a confused, hasty, and disorderly manner |
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| swiftness; speed; promptness |
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| based on experience or observation |
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| occurring everyday; ordinary, commonplace |
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| distress caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
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| one who stays in bed until a late hour |
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| A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends. |
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| [Often capitalized] The spirit of the time; a characteristic of any period of time. |
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| relating to the period before the Biblical flood; from or belonging to a much earlier time |
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| manner suggestive of expressive of mood, attitude, or personality; demeanor, appearance |
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| lacking in courage; cowardly |
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| superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality, such as "specious reasoning; a specious argument." |
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| To proceed without interruption; to make a smooth transition. |
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| A slight offense; a petty fault |
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| False accusation of a crime or offense that is intended to injure another's reputation; slander |
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| The use of trickery or deception; a trick |
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| lacking social polish; tactless; awkward; clumsy |
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| The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true |
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| an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparent difficulty |
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| An essential condition or element; an indispensable thing |
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| something that is given or taken in return for something else; substitute |
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| a speech addressed to a public assembly; also, a noisy or pompous speech |
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| a model of excellence or perfection |
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| favoritism shown to members of one's family. |
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