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| Completely honest, straightforward |
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| a mild, indirect term substituting for a harsh term |
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| To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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| Lacking cohesion or connection |
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| To imply or communicate stealthily |
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| The art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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| Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight |
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| To find out, as through investigation or experimentation |
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| Careful, prudent, discreet |
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| The application of scientific principles to agriculture and animal breeding |
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| excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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| exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
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| easily understood and clear |
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| emotionally hardened, unfeeling |
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| a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
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| difficult to fathom or understand |
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| known or understood by only a few |
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| to absorb or become absorbed |
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| independence, self determination |
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| worldly, widely sophisticated |
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| something that comes from another source |
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| A group of attendants or associates |
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| intended for or understood by only a small group |
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| A clumsy social error, a faux pas |
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| Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
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| isolated, narrow or provincial |
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| adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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| One who has the power and position to rule over others, monarch |
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| to draw a circle around, to restrict |
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| sharing an edge or boundary, touching |
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| appeasing, soothing, showing willingness to reconcile |
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| capable of being believed |
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| indisputable, not open to question |
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| to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
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| prone to engage in lawsuits |
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| devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
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| equality, as in amount, status, or value |
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| moral uprightness, righteousness |
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| lax in attending to duty, negligent |
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| to reject the validity or authority of |
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| feigning piety or righteousness |
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| principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong |
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| to support with proof or evidence, verify |
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| adherence to the truth, truthfulness |
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| to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
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| insincere, obsequious flatterer |
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| unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness |
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| identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
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| courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
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| to mutually take or give, to respond in kind |
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| No longer existing or functioning |
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| to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots |
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| to remove objectionable content before publication |
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| to put down forcibly, suppress |
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| to level to the ground, demolish |
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| to crush as if by trampling |
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| insulting or intended to insult |
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| great personal dishonor or humiliation |
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| to attack as false or questionable |
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| to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
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| disparaging, belittling, insulting |
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| to annoy or bother, to perplex |
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| disposed to seek revenge, spiteful |
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| given to pompous speech or writing |
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| exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness |
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| full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy |
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| to ornament or decorate, to exaggerate |
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| extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
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| given freely, unearned, unnecessary |
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| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree |
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| a strong inclination or liking |
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| being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time |
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| felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another |
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| a combination or diverse elements, a mixture |
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| to overwhelm as if with a flood, to swamp |
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| state of being various or manifold, a great number |
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| to make something better, improve |
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| producing or promoting a favorable result, helpful |
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| relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure |
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| having or exhibiting healing powers |
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| something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection |
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| a representative or example of a type |
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| to misrepresent or disguise |
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| to expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims |
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| doubtful, of unlikely authenticity |
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| to make up in order to deceive |
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| having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually false |
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| open to more than one interpretation |
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| simultaneously feeling opposing feelings, uncertain |
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| feeling or showing little emotion |
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| impulsive and unpredictable |
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| open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead |
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| suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional |
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| an impelling force or stimulus |
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| occurring at irregular intervals, having no pattern or order in time |
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| to sway from one side to the other, oscillate |
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| characterized by whim, unpredictable |
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| to decline in vigor or strength |
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| lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness |
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| a deceptive stratagem or device |
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| s small, moderate, or token amount |
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| having little substance or strength |
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| marked by painstaking effort |
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| one who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
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| motivated solely by desire for money or material gain |
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| stubbornly attached to an opinion or course of action |
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| to grow or increase rapidly |
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| combined action or operation |
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| merely touching or slightly connected |
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| having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
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| of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing |
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| discordant, unpleasant noise |
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| made up of a variety or sources or styles |
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| producing a deep or full sound |
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| loud, harsh, grating, or shrill |
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| disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure |
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| the representation or something as existing or happening in the wrong time period |
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| characteristic of an earlier time |
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| lasting for only a brief time |
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| of relating to, or limited by time |
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| troublesome or oppressive, burdensome |
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| indication of something important or calamitous about to occur, omen |
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| knowledge of actions or events before they occur |
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| without decoration, strict |
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| drearily commonplace, predictable trite |
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| uninteresting, unchallenging, lacking taste or savor |
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| inducing or tending to induce sleep |
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| lacking liveliness, animation, or interest |
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| the quality or state of being brief in duration |
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| appropriate to a purpose, convenient, speedy |
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| passing quickly in time or space |
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| to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity |
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| to hearten, support or prop up |
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| plentiful, having a large quantity |
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| to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
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| great in scope or intent, grand |
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| great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning |
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| to make twice as great, to double |
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| submissive to instruction, willing to be taught |
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| having no adverse effect, harmless |
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| calm or quiet, undisturbed |
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| stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
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| carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please |
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| refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
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| characterized by or give to joking |
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| extremely careful and precise |
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| promptness in response, cheerful readiness, eagerness |
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| friendly, agreeable, good-natured |
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| cheerfully confident, optimistic |
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| eager to fight, hostile or aggressive |
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| extremely complicated or devious |
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| stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
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| carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please |
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| refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
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| characterized by or given to joking |
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| extremely careful and precise |
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| ill-tempered and quarrelsome |
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| to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of |
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| disrespectfully humorous or casual |
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| insulting in manner or speech |
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| flagrantly wicked, vicious |
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| extremely or irrevocably harmful, deadly |
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| marked by bitter deep-seated ill will |
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| arousing disgust or aversion, offensive or repulsive |
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| relating to or resembling a tree or trees |
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| a call for assistance, support, or inspiration |
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| to layer or separate into layers |
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| having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors |
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