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Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration) |
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| To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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| Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous) |
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| An expression of approval or praise |
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| Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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| To ease or lesson; to appease or pacify |
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Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity) |
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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity) |
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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom) |
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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon) |
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| Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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| To criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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| An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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| To undeceive; to set right |
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| Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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| Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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| Extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence) |
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| To weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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| Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: Equivocal) |
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Very learned; scholarly (noun form: Erudition) |
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| Exonerate; to clear of blame |
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| Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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| Improvised; done without preparation |
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| Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action |
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| To loudly attack or denounce |
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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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| Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| Easily angered; prone to tempermental outbursts |
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To praise highly (adj. form: laudatory) |
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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous) |
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| Associated with war and the armed forces |
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Of the world; typical of, or concerned with, the ordinary |
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Coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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| Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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| To anticipate and make unnecessary |
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| A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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| A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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| Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious) |
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| Cursory; done without care or interest |
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Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity) |
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| To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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| To cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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| Acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| A disposition in favor of something; preference |
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Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient) |
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To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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| To retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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| To disprove; to successfully argue against |
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| To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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| Concerned and attentive; eager |
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| Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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| To stun, baffle, or amaze |
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The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize) |
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| A force that causes rotation |
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Winding, twisting; execessively complicated |
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| Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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