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| to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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| hardship or difficulty; opposition |
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| strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort |
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| to give a false impression of; misrepresent |
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| self-important or pompous writing or speech |
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| harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
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| severe criticism or punishment |
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| to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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| serving or intended to compel by force or authority |
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| to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act |
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| contemptibly fainthearted, lacking any courage |
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| to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage |
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| to publicly condemn or criticize |
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| scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment |
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| insincere; lacking in honesty or frankness |
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| to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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| to make worse or more severe; to increase in violence |
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| deliberate deceit with the goal of gaining an unlawful advantage |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
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| to deliver a pompous speech or tirade |
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| saucy; impertinent; bold and disrespectful |
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| ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate |
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| easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| having or showing often vicious ill-will, spite, or hatred |
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| associated with war and the armed forces |
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| one who hates all other humans |
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| unyielding, hardhearted; intractable |
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| exhibiting a fawning attention |
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| stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
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| disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
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| the purposeful giving of false or misleading testimony while under oath |
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| to incite anger, resentment, or exasperation |
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| obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| to ensconce, conceal, or stow |
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| seeming true, but actually fallacious; misleadingly attractive |
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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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| a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
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| to combine several elements into a whole |
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| to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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| to provide support or reinforcement |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| a support or prop, often an external prop used to bolster a wall |
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| inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictible |
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| a person or thing that causes change |
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| burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| machine that spins to separate disparate substances |
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| to tend toward the same spot or outcome; inclining to join at an intersecting point |
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| transforming to another form, state, or product |
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| process of causing deterioration; wearing away, esp of metals |
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| unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound |
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| to dry out or dehydrate; make dry or dull |
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| to purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization and concentration |
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| to remove or strip, esp clothing |
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| to weaken; reduce in vitality |
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| to remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots |
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| to lengthen or stretch out |
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| to abruptly and violently collapse inward |
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| an initial stage; not fully formed |
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| warming eggs in order to keep them at a favorable temperature |
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| to imbue; to pour in; introduce; instill |
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| the quality of being energized or filled with liveliness |
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| dull; lacking vitality or luminosity |
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| lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy |
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| characterized by brightness and the emission of light |
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| to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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| having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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| to appease; to calm by making concessions |
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| to plunge or drop straight down |
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| acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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| to cause to spread, multiply, or reproduce |
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| to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
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| to make right or fix; correct |
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| to slow, delay, or hamper |
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| to fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance |
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| to remove or separate by cutting off |
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| a combination of parts to make a whole |
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| vigor, ability to live or grow; energy |
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| readily changeable; fickle, explosive |
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| to sway; to be unsettled in decision |
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| belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological context |
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| abnormal; deviating from the common or general type |
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| one who practices rigid self-denial, esp as an act of religious devotion |
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| lacking originality; commonplace |
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| matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount |
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| unoriginal; obtained from another source |
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| dispersed or scattered, not centralized |
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| the state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape |
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| to imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing |
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| intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| attacking cherished beliefs; heretical |
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| a quirk particular to a group or individual |
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| to make or become less severe or intense |
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| of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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| exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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| only touching briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant |
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| to give notice to; to inform |
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| an expression of approval or praise |
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| to state as a fact; to confirm or support |
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| discreet; prudent; careful |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| reserved, shy, or unassuming; lacking in self confidence |
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| to undeceive; to set right |
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| a long and formal written thesis or treatise |
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| to list or count off individually |
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| to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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| a mild replacement for a harsher and more offensive term |
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| exonerate; to clear of blame |
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| improvised; done without preparation |
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| marked by ease or informality; superficial |
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| implied but not directly stated |
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| a superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful |
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| the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuation |
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| authoritative permission or approval |
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| a group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem |
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| implied; not explicitly stated |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| an intense feeling of dislike or disgust |
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| lacking originality; commonplace |
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| an inclination or tendency |
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| doctrine or set of religious principles |
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| accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| to replace, supersede, to appropriate |
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| recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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| to refuse to have anything to do with; disown |
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| able to meet financial obligations |
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| to restrain; to be sparing or frugal |
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| exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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| extreme respect and reverence; worship |
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| dismay; startling, distressing fear or shock that results in complete confusion |
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| boldness; impudence; arrogance |
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| cleverness, inventiveness |
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| excessive indulgence of appetite or passion |
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| the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart |
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| adherence to the highest principles |
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| abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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| concerned and attentive; eager |
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| docile; obedient; easily led |
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