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| bitter or sharp in tone, taste or manner |
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| severe and short in duration, perceptive, very great or bad, sensitive, |
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| displaying physical or mental skill |
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| to admire or flatter excessively |
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| good-natured, friendly and easy to talk to |
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| promptness or eager and speedy readiness |
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| having mixed, uncertain or conflicting feelings about something unsure |
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| friendly and pleasant to be with |
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| difficult or impossible to understand; requiring secrete knowledge to be understood |
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| to be determined or established |
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| showing persistent and hard working effort in doing something |
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| to add to something in order to make it larger or more substantial, to grow it |
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| enforced thrift as an economic measure, severity or plainness |
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| dull and unoriginal, commonplace |
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| something that functions as a blessing or benefit to somebody, a gift or a favour |
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| of countryside or shepherds, rural |
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| able to float, pushing upward, quick to recover emotionally or cheerful |
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| shrewd enough not to be easily deceived |
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| to give religious approval to someone or something, to clarify something |
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| tending to make sudden unexpected changes |
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| the chief motivation or energy to accomplish or undertake something |
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| a din or uproar; a clang or repeated loud clanging |
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| equal in size or proportion; measured using compatible units |
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| having a harmful or damaging effect on somebody/something |
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| having a instructional quality in writing or attitudes |
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| to be shy or hesitant, modest or lacking in self-confidence |
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| free from bias or self-interest, not interested or indifferent |
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| causing a feeling of anxiety or uneasiness |
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| determined to use a specific theory or method and refusing to accept that there might be a better approach |
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| prone to expressing strongly held beliefs and opinions |
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| unsure about outcome, possibly dishonest or immoral, of uncertain quality |
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| vigorously active, forceful or energized quality |
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| the ability to produce the desired result, effectiveness |
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| pursuit of your own welfare or self-interest |
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| a position or rank of distinction or superiority |
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| having a quality of mystery and ambiguity and so difficult to understand or interpret |
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| ambiguous and difficult to interpret or raising doubts |
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| shared fundamental traits or distinctive character |
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| imaginary, impractical or curiously made rather then realism or practicality |
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| concerned that even the smallest details should be just right, easily disgusted by things that are not perfectly clean |
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| unable or unwilling to do anything useful, lacking the thought or organization necessary to succeed |
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| to pretend something or invent something, copying somebody or something |
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| accidental or unplanned, happening by lucky chance |
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| made commonplace and stale by overuse |
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| somebody or something that foreshadows or anticipates a future event |
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| the bringer of news, a sign of what will occur, official messenger |
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| disagreeing with established opinions |
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| narrow-minded and conservative; having dry stiff skin resulting from poor feeding |
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| urging, encouraging or strongly advising a course of action to somebody |
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| something challenging tradition |
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| narrow-minded and ungenerous |
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| having little or no money, and so unable to lead comfortable life |
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| acting impulsively, done on impulse, moving with great force and energy |
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| likely to catch fire or inciting civil unrest |
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| praise or adulation, also the fragrance |
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| unsuitable or odd, out of place in context, inconsistent with something |
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| somewhat rude or shocking because of being considered socially unacceptable |
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| a statement of fact that accuses |
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| hard working, conscientious and energetic |
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| lacking in judgment or discretion |
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| lacking in character or lively qualities, flavorless and bland |
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| strong willed and resistant to outside influence, difficult to deal with, difficult to manipulate |
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| to place side by side, to suggest link or emphasize contrast between them |
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| similar to somebody or something, of the same family |
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| expressing praise or admiration |
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| tending to talk a great deal |
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| to criticize somebody or something in a spiteful and false or misleading way |
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| stubborn, refusing to change, difficult to control |
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| in richly abundant supply; characterized by an obvious or lavish display of wealth or affluence |
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| no longer fashionable or widely used, obsolete |
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| a supposed cure for all diseases or problems |
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| clear or transparent in meaning |
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| a strong liking, taste or tendency for something |
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| constituting or expressing penance or penitence |
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| done as a matter of duty or custom without thought, attention or feeling |
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| calm in nature or appearance, complacent |
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| passionate, strongly worded and often controversial argument or critic |
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| mentally advanced for age, blossoming or ripening early |
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| intuition of future event, warning about the future |
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| having or showing knowledge of actions or events before they take place |
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| affected behaviour intended to give an appearance of greater importance, status or knowledge then is warranted; questionable claim to something |
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| going beyond nature, supernatural |
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| extravagantly wasteful, producing generous amounts, wasting parental money |
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| to proclaim or declare something officially, especially to publicize formally that a law or decree is in effect; to make known |
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| lacking imagination, resembling prose, straightforward |
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| so favorable that it seems determined by fate; good judgment and foresight in the management of affairs or resources |
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| strict attention to minute details; very careful about the conventions of correct behaviour and etiquette |
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| a state of uncertainty or indecision as to what to do in a difficult situation |
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| of the most ordinary everyday kind, done or experienced on a daily basis |
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| understood only by experts, dealing with difficult material |
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| enjoying or taking great pleasure in an experience |
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| to think carefully at length about something |
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| cheerfully optimist, flushed with a healthy rosy colour |
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| possessing or displaying a dazzlingly impressive liveliness, cleverness or wit |
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| accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable or useful |
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| good at judging people or situations, clever and accurate, crafty and sharp |
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| different from what it is claimed to be, not authentic or not valid or well founded |
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| showing bad temper or hostility by refusing to talk or behave cheerfully |
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| bad tempered, unfriendly, rude and somewhat threating |
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| Sycophant – a servile or obsequious person who flatters somebody powerful for person gain |
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| habitually uncommunicative or reserved in speech and manner |
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| self-restraint in the face of temptation or desire |
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| showing little enthusiasm or warmth, slightly warm |
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| insignificant, trivial or of little value, concerned with matters of little importance |
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| noisy and unrestrained in a way that shows excitement or great happiness; confused or agitated |
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| present everywhere at once, or seeming to be |
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| speaking or representing the truth |
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| talking easily and at length or involving lengthy talking |
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