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| to choose not to do something |
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| to reduce in amount or severity |
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| concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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| to increase in power or influence |
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| to combine or mix together |
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| doubtful or uncertain; interpreted in several ways |
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| to make better or improve |
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| something out of place in time |
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| similar or alike in some way |
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| deviation from what is normal |
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| to annoy or provoke to anger |
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| lack of interest or emotion |
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| to judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties |
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| intense and passionate feeling |
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| able to speak clearly and expressively |
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| to make something unpleasant less severe |
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| to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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| sever or stern in appearance; undecorated |
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| predictable; cliched or boring |
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| pompous in speech and manner |
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| impartial and honest in speech |
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| changing one's mind quickly and often |
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| to punish or criticize harshly |
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| something that brings about a change in something else |
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| great disorder or confusion |
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| someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which s/he belongs |
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| deception by means of craft or guile |
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| convincing and well reasoned |
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| to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
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| intricate and complicated |
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| to provide supporting evidence |
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| steadily increasing in volume or force |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
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| to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock |
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| jumping from one thing to another |
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| to make larger; to expand |
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| someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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| a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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| to set right; free from error |
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| to perceive; to recognize |
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| to present a false appearance |
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| a harsh and disagreeable combination (often of sounds) |
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| firmly held opinion, often religious belief |
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| dictatorial in one's opinion |
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| selecting from a variety of sources |
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| to copy; try to equal or excel |
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| to produce, cause or bring about |
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| to count, list or itemize |
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| to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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| wandering and unpredictable |
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| learned, scholarly, bookish |
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| known or understood only by a few |
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| speech in praise of someone |
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| use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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| to clear from blame; prove innocent |
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| acting excessively enthusiastic |
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| intensely emotional; feverish |
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| excessively decorated or embellished |
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| tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
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| one who opposes established beliefs, customs, etc. |
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| not capable of being disturbed |
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| quick to act without thinking |
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| not fully formed; disorganized |
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| showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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| lacking interest or flavor |
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| uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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| to overwhelm; to cover with water |
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| to give praise, to glorify |
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| give unsparingly (v); extremely generous or extravagant (adj) |
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