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a person's social environment
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ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in particular domain
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less intense or wide spread.
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a person who settles a dispute or has great authority in a manner. one who is authorized to judge or decide 'the decision of who would represent the ppl was made by the arbiter. |
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1. move in turbulent fashion
2. lie steeped in blood with no help or care
*confusion *jumble |
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fail to make up one's mind
*waver |
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trace of something disappearing or no longer exists.
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language or dialect spoken by ordinary pplin particular country or region
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*unrestrained
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present, appearing, or found everywhere
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| eager or quick to argue or fight. aggressively defiant. |
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| -savagely violent- punishingly hard or uncomfortable -without any attempt to disguise unpleasantness |
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| salvage, cruel, vicious, ferocious, brutish, barbaric, barbarous, murderous, callous, heinous, abominable, atrocious |
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| defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious, obstreperous, quarrelsome, ornery, |
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| cooperative, amiable, comity, courtesy, amicable, cordial, affable, genial |
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| unexceptionable, frequent, recurrent, conventional, standard, prevalent, rife, widespread, established, orthodox, accepted, boorish, |
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| distinctive, distinct, idiosyncratic, single, sole, unrepeated, rare, exclusive, unparalleled, peerless(uncomparable), nonpareil(no match) |
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| sluggish, inert, inactive, torpid, lifeless, languid, listless, idle, indolent, shiftless, apathetic, weary, tired fatigued, slothful. |
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A is a type of B
A is a characteristic of B
A is a part of/ element of B
A is not B
A is described by B
A develops into B
A is a more intense degree of B
the function/purpose of A is to B
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| the action of going out of or learving a place *exit *departure |
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| make something clear, explain |
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| to make corrections or improvements (to a text( |
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| characteristic of or ofter found in a particular locality, region, or ppl |
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| cause or give rise to (a feeling, a situation) *cause *arouse |
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lasting for s short time,brief, fleeting
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express strong disapproval or disagreement Dr. urbino thought the idea to be preposterous, and had no shame expostulating Florentino's existence. (exposing the preposterous element) |
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| to destroy, exterminate, root out |
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| having a heavy offensive smell |
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| to droop become spiritless to decline |
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to deny dispute contradict oppose 'gain' against + say |
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| lacking ease or grace, unsophisticated and socially akward |
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| a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much |
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| devoid of guile, innocent and with out deception |
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| a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions |
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| unable to be placated, relentless unstoppable, *unreleasable *intransigent |
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| unmoving, lethargic, sluggish |
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| in an initial stage, not fully formed *undeveloped |
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| in an initial stage, beginning to happen or develop *developing |
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| persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery *tempt |
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a huge powerful and overwhelming force or institution
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| using few words *terse, *brief |
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| free thinking, disregard of morality |
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| free thinking, disregard of morality |
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| to tilt or lean to one side |
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| make less severe lessen the quantity of alleviate |
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| (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure of how to react. *unperturbed |
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| of no value or importance; futile, useless. *trifling *vain |
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| stubbornly refusing to change opinion or course of action. *stubborn *intransigent |
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obstruct, block, stop up, plug up, shut in.
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assertive of authority in a annoyingly domineering way esp in regard to petty or trivial matters.
intrusively enthusiastic in offering help, interfering *bumptious *overbearing *bossy |
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person or thing regarded as perfect example of a particular quality. *model *perfect example George Costanza was a paragon of all hand models with his pair of hands. |
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| unwilling to spend money or use resources. *stingy *frugal *cheap |
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small sin relatively unimportant offense.
*misdemeanor |
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| a person who is obsessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning |
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a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something. *liking, fondness, preference a chant for pens. i like pens. i am fond of the word pencahnt. |
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deceitfulness: untrustworthiness
*treachery |
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| the quality of being agreeable or eager to please |
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| (of action or gesture) carried out with minimum effort or reflection *cursory (hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed) |
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having a harmful effect, esp in gradual or subtle way
(Overtime, Florentino Arzia's pernicious obsession for Fermina Daza appeared to take a toll on his life.) |
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| the concluding part of a speech, typically tended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience |
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| a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position *perk (per thoroughly+ quaerere 'seek') |
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having an unemotional or stolidly calm disposition *calm cool collected composed (phill seemed very calm and collected about his matted leg.) |
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| having two or more different colors *brindle *black and white *parti-colored *calico |
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a feeling of resentment, irritation *a fit of pique ?pi que? what did you say boy? oh i'm mad!' |
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speak or act in an evasive way *lie *beat around the bush *equivocate *waffle (prepare a variation of the truth) dr. urbino did not prevaricate his infidelity when addressed by his wife. This action tormented fermina for she knew he had true feelings for his mistress. |
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the quality of having strong moral principles, honesty and decency *integrity *uprightness latin probus -good probity - toward good |
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remarkably great in extent,size, or degree. *massive Obama has a prodigious amount of work to perform inorder to amend the econonomical crisis president bush left behind. |
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| long-winded, verbose (of text or speech) |
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| *breed *reproduce *spreed *communicate *promote |
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giving or indicating a good sign of success, favorable *timely *auspicious (conductive to success) Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza's long over due encounter finally seemed propitious. |
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forbid, condemn polygamy is proscribed by law and by the Catholic church |
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put an end to (typically in manner of force) "the officials could not quell dennis rodmend's intransigent behavior." subdue or silence someone "clark's quelling glance across the table shut her up instantly", suppress "Florintion Arzia began to quell his love for Fermina Daza when in public" "its difficult to quell a quail" |
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| a state of inactivity or dormancy |
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a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country
*traitor *collaborator |
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n. bitterness or resentfulness esp. when long standing
*malice *animosity |
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deprive someone of power rights or possession
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| take off , or tip (tip one's hat) doff |
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comic verse composed of irregular rhythm, verse or words that are badly expressed
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| expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner "an effusive welcome" *sentimental |
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