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| favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate, opportune or promising success |
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| to show to be false; contradict, to misrepresent |
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| inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious |
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| trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry |
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| a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
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| to deprive of force or strength; to drain of energy; weaken |
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| a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience |
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| not meant to be taken seriously or literally; lacking serious intent or humorous |
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| foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly |
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| an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose |
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| lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless |
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| excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance |
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| not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable |
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| to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly |
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| the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person |
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| Full of trivial conversation |
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| A feeling of thoughtful sadness |
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| One of two (approximately) equal parts |
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| A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline |
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| A political system governed by a few people |
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| an example serving as a model; pattern. |
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| Any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance |
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| Relating to or involving money |
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| Done with very great haste and without due deliberation |
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| Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury |
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| Confidently optimistic and cheerful |
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| Speech you make to yourself |
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| Put down by force or intimidation |
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| An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) |
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| Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
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| A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc |
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| Of or relating to or limited by time |
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| Characterized by violent emotions or behavior |
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| Characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control |
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| Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech |
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| Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
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| Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) |
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| Someone who fears or hates foreigners |
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| In former times was free and cultivated his own land |
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| a highest point or state; culmination |
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