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to depart cladestinely; to steal off and hide 1565, from L. abscondere "to hide, conceal," from ab(s)- "away" + condere "put together, store," from com- "together" + dere "put," from PIE *dhe- "to put, place, make" (see factitious). The notion is of "to hide oneself," esp. to escape debt or the law. |
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| to make better or more tolerable |
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| strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort |
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one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion Synonym: abstainer |
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without adornment; severely simple similar-sounding synonyms: "stark" and "sterile" |
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| a universally recognized principle |
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| taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
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rustic and pastorale; characteristic of rural areas and their habitats the "co" is of the same origin as "cow"... this derives from an original meaning of "pertaining to cowherders". |
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| following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| to undecieve; to set right |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness front -> forehead/brow -> forward -> bold reminiscent of "headstrong". |
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brief; fleeting hemer is a day... this means "lasting but a day". |
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very learned; scholarly based upon rude (meaning rough or unrefined). This means "not unrefined". |
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improvised; done without preparation temporal is related to time... this means done at the moment in time |
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| to loudly attack or denounce |
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| an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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clear; easily understood think of luc (light) - casting a light on a something. |
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| the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady rhythm |
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a song of hymn of praise or thanksgiving [Latin paeān, hymn of thanksgiving, often addressed to Apollo, from Greek paiān, from Paiā, a title of Apollo.] |
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous sounds like penny-pinching |
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intentional breach of faith; treachery per is through... fidy is faith... "through faith" |
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death from nex, meaning death... think of noxious |
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment related to perspective (also to spectacle)... means to "see through". |
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| extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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acting with excessive haste or impulse praeceps means "steep" (think precipitous)... this is therefore akin to rushing "headlong down a steep slope". |
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| to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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| one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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producing large amounts or volumes; productive related to proletariats, an old term for the productive workers of society (considered lower-class). |
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| misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest shares root with quiet. |
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| to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor doubt originally meant "to fear"... this therefore meant "worthy of fear", which later lead to "worthy of respect." |
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings related to tacit, meaning "silent"... think of taciturn, which means "inclined to silence... reserved". |
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| a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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| characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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| sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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| to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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| indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| to take the place of; supersede |
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| the combination of parts to make a whole |
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| lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
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| a force that causes rotation |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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truthfulness; honesty (think of ver, as in verify or veritable) |
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| to defame; to characterize harshly |
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| extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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