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| typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| zealous; single-mindedly obessed with one with thing |
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| to flatter or praise excessively |
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| apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos; delightful |
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| stinking, having a heavy bad smell |
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| intentional obstruction, usually using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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| an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a pattern |
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| to demonstrate contempt for |
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| to stir up, incite, rouse |
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patience, willingness to wait
also be a legal term creditor's agreement not to demand debt payment when it is due |
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| to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action, to circumvent or thwart |
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| to renounce, disallow, repudiate |
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| happening by fortunate accident or chance |
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| noisy flight or quarrel, brawl |
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| Quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky |
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| to attack loudly or denounce |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose |
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| to skip about playfully, frolic |
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| to gather and save, store up, acquire |
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| pointlessly talkative, talking too much |
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| crude, awkward, tasteless |
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| relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject manner |
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| marked by ease or informality; nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial |
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| delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere |
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| pompous speech or expression |
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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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trickery, duplicity, cunning
Guileless is naive |
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| calm and peaceful, prosperous |
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| to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade |
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| to distress, create stress or torment |
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| devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses |
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| the consistent dominance or influence of one one group or ideology over others |
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unorthodox, heretical, iconclastic
heterodoxy is an idea that departs from what is accepted |
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| a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude |
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| arrogant presumption or pride |
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| an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a literary or musical piece describing such |
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| shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful |
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| difficult or embarrassing situation |
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| about to happen, impending |
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| revealing no emotion or sensibility |
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| lacking funds, without money |
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| commanding, masterful; arrogant, domineering, haughty |
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| to ask incessantly, beg, nag |
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| shamelessly bold; insolent; impertinent |
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| attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate deny |
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| immunity from punishment, penalty or harm |
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| to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign as a characteristic |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged |
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| having no interest or concern, apathetic; showing no bias or prejudice |
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| unmoving, lethargic, sluggish, not reactive chemically |
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| artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication |
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| damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile unfriendly |
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| wickedness, gross injustice |
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| to supply with nerves, energize |
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| harmless, causing no damage |
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| incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious |
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| unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb |
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| without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull |
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| unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant |
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| parochial, narrow-minded, like an island |
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| prohibit, forbid, ban, halt |
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| not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate |
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| to cover or overwhelm, to flood |
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| accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| tending to arouse envy or ill will in others |
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| easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| to travel from place to place |
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| vapid, uninteresting; childish, immature, lacking nutrition |
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| to agree, to be in accord |
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| given to joking; humorous |
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| having to do with motion; lively; active |
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| causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow |
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| listlessness, languor, weariness |
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| characterized by lethargy or sluggishness |
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| someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute life |
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| to draw, outline in detail |
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| transparent, serene, clear and simple in style untroubled |
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| intelligible, sound, clear |
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| characterized by brightness and the emission light, enlightened, clear |
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| the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving |
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| having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
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| to feign illness so as to avoid work |
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| capable of being shaped or formed, easily influenced |
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| associated with war and the armed forces |
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| to talk or move aimlessly, mutter |
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| an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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| sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds |
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| the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty |
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| characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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| tawdry, pretentious, attractive but false, showy having to do with prostitution |
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| characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to detail |
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| courageous, high spirited |
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| to have weight or bearing on, to argue (against) |
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| to exploit, to squeeze every last ounce of |
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| to make or become less severe or intense, moderate |
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| tedious lack of variety or change |
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| varied, motley, greatly diversified |
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| of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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| a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new word or senses |
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| a recent convert, a beginner; novice |
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| a connection, tie, or link, center or focus |
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| offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid |
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| baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or think |
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| cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy |
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| unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible |
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| gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow or curtsy |
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| to deliberately obscure, to make confusing |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient |
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| stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
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| noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous |
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| meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are wanted |
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impermeable by light, dense in mind
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| the act or sate of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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| changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change |
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| seeming, appearing as such, professed |
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| characterized by or given to pretentiousness |
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| presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate |
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| a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving |
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| to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate |
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| formal expression of praise |
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| something that serves as a model, example or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview |
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| a contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless |
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| something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way |
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| an outcast, a rejected and despised person |
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| to block, evade or ward off, as a blow |
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| a slight offense, literally a minor sin |
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| ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative |
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| commonplace, trite, unremarkable |
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| strong inclination, a liking |
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| penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious |
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| recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly |
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| intentional breach of faith, treachery |
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| cursory, done without care or interest |
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| itinerant, traveling, nomadic |
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| extremely harmful, potentially causing death |
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| acutely perceptive, having keen discernment |
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| to examine with great care |
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| a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values |
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| calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic |
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| involving clever rogues or adventures |
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| multi-colored, usually in blotches |
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| to punish, hold up to public scorn |
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| to yearn intensely, to languish to lose vigor |
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| extremely reverent or devout |
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| agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating |
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| resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride |
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| the essential or central part |
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| to appease, to calm by making concessions |
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| mournful, melancholy, sorrowful |
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| pounding, thundering, resounding |
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| to measure the depth, to examine critically |
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| distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating, emotional |
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| controversial, argumentative |
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| practical rather than idealistic |
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| to babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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| uncertain, risky, dangerous |
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| rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught |
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| acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| something that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| a disposition in favor of something ,preference |
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| to replace, to supersede, to appropriate |
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| to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals, to clean fur or feathers |
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| knowing of events before they occur |
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| overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead |
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| adherence to highest principles, uprightness |
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| a natural predisposition or inclination |
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| recklessly wasteful, extravagent profuse lavish |
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| abundant in size, force, or extent, extraordinary |
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| excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagent |
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| given or coming forth abundantly, extravagent |
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| producing large volumes or amounts, productive |
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| nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship |
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| contentious, quarrelsome, given to fighting, belligerent |
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| precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette |
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| an authority on a subject one who gives opinions |
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| characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste, penetrating to the point |
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| prone to complaining or grumbling quarrelsome |
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| stillness, motionlessness, quality of being at rest |
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| to be divided or subdivided, branch out |
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| voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey |
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| to become or become thin less dense refine |
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| obstinately defiant or authority or guidance, difficult to manage |
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| awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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| radiant, shiny, brilliant |
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| disprove, successfully argue against |
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| adamant, steadfast, determined |
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| marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect |
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| the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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| authoritative permission or approval, a penalty intended to enforce compliance |
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| cheerful, optimistic, confident |
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| a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or decision |
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| like a seed, constituting a source, originative |
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| to smirk, to say something with a silly coy smile |
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| position requiring little or nor work and usually providing income |
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| winding, curving, moving lithely, devious |
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| to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of |
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| soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull |
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| able to meet financial obligations |
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| fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic |
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| causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep |
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| characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul |
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| thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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| seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive |
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| one who spends money wastefully |
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| lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit |
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| to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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| to stop the flow of a fluid |
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| not moving, active or in motion; at rest |
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| extremely loud and powerful |
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| assistance, relief in time of distress |
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| various, miscellaneous, seperate |
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| disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn |
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| exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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| to take the place of, supersede |
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| asking humbly, beseeching |
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| beggar, one who prays or begs for something |
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| someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite |
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| to remove from consideration |
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| something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck |
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| to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows |
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| a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument |
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| cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent |
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| the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued |
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| biased, showing marked tendencies |
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| brief and concise in wording |
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a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation |
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| sycophant, flatterer, yes-mam |
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| a force that causes rotation |
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| winding, twisting, excessively complicated |
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| docile, obedient, easily led |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| mockery, caricature, parody |
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| sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut |
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| fierce, scathing, eager to fight |
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| muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil |
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| novice, beginner in learning |
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| existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread |
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| to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate |
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| genuine, not false or hypocritical |
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| indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable |
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| troublesome, unruly, unseemly adverse |
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| to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise |
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| sophisticated, refined, elegant |
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| charing an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest |
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| to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion, sway from one side to the other |
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| multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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| to defame, characterize harshly |
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| extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective |
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| readily changing to a vapor; changeable, tickle explosive |
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| having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous |
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| to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil |
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