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| deception by means of craft or guile |
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| convincing and well reasoned |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety |
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| an abusive, condemnatory speech |
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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; to free from error |
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| to perceive; to recognize |
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| a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
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| to deceive; a person who is easily deceived |
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| a sorrowful poem or speech |
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| to produce, cause, or bring about |
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| speech in praise of someone |
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| to clear from blame; prove innocent |
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| urgent; requiring immediate action |
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| clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
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| acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion |
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| excessively decorated or embellished |
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| one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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| not capable of being disturbed |
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| impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
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| quick to act without thinking |
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| unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
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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 express sorrow; to grieve |
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| to give praise; to glorify |
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| to give unsparingly (v.); extremely generous or extravagant (adj.) |
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| clear and easily understood |
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| bright, brilliant, glowing |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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| extremely careful about details |
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| a person who dislikes others |
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| to calm or make less severe |
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| to prevent, to make unnecessary |
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| to stop up; to prevent the passage of |
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| troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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| impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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| a contradiction or dilemma |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| someone who shows off learning |
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| willing to betray one's trust |
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| done in a routine way; indifferent |
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| charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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| able to be molded, altered, or bent |
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| practical as opposed to idealistic |
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| to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lack deliberation |
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| to lie or deviate from the truth |
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| fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
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| to increase in number quickly |
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| to conciliate; to appease |
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| correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs |
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| wisdom, caution, or restraint |
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| sharp and irritating to the senses |
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| to make thinner or sparser |
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| to reject the validity of |
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| effective writing or speaking |
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| to satisfy fully or overindulge |
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| causing sleep or lethargy |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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| a mark of shame or discredit |
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| unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
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| long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
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| extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
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| temporary, lasting a brief time |
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| to sway physically; to be indecisive |
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| filled with truth and accuracy |
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| easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
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| to fluctuate between choices |
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| acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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| aware; conscious; able to perceive |
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| behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
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| cynical; scornfully mocking |
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| ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
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| prominent; of notable significance |
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| extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
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| very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation |
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| impatient, uneasy or restless |
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| abundantly supplied; complete |
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| relief from wrong or injury |
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| a witty, skilled storyteller |
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| highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
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| a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work |
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| a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial |
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| someone passionately devoted to a cause |
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| a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
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| talkative; speaking easily; glib |
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| to abuse verbally; to berate |
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| green with vegetation; inexperienced |
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| trick designed to deceive an enemy |
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| a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
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| a self-serving flatterer; a yes-man |
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| temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
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| one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
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| a book, usually a large and academic one |
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| occurring daily; commonplace |
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| overly idealistic; impractical |
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| inclined to complain; irritable |
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| cowardly; without courage |
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| childish, immature, silly |
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| a natural inclination or disposition |
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| complete honesty and integrity |
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| to lie or deviate from the truth |
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| meaningless, foolish talk |
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| a speaker of many languages |
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| shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic |
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| controversy; argument; verbal attack |
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| crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners |
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| profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point |
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| calm and unemotional in temperment |
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| a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values |
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| a compact or close-knit body of people, animals, or things |
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| shrewd, astute, or keen-witted |
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| wandering from place to place, especially on foot |
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| to wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot |
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| an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty |
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| having bad connotations; disparaging |
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| a piece of literature or music imitating other works |
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| to ward off or deflect; especially by a quick-witted answer |
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| discussion, usually between enemies |
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| a free thinker (usually used disparagingly); one without moral restraint |
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| an inappropriate lack of seriousness; an overly casual atmosphere |
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| potentially available, but not readily apparent |
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| a state of diminished energy |
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| generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior |
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| relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them |
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| lacking energy; indifferent; slow |
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| sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
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| belligerent support of one's country |
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| to discard; to get rid of as unnecessary or encumbering |
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| wandering from place to place; unsettled |
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| envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will |
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| ceremony conferring authority |
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| indirect or evasive; misleading or devious |
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| starting to develop; coming into existence |
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| lacking foresight; having a narrow view or short-range perspective |
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| extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery |
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| to operate against; work against |
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| gaudy; falsely attractive |
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| quick, shrewd, and unpredictable |
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| strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules |
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| artificial or stilted in character |
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| a curse; a wish of evil upon another |
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| powerful or influential person |
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| whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind |
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| sorrowful; mournful; dismal |
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| immoral; unrestrained by society |
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| easily flexed; limber; agile |
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| to trim off excess; to reduce |
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| elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise |
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| flamboyance or dash in style and action; verve |
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| lacking color or liveliness |
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| to make less serious; to ease |
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| relating to a palace; magnificent |
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| to gain favor with another by deliberate effort; to seek to pleas somebody so as to gain an advantage |
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| to teach; to impress in the mind |
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| to infuse, dye, wet, or moisten |
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| having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
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| peculiarity of temperament; eccentricity |
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| purposeful exaggeration for effect |
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| very old; whitish or gray from age |
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| the domination of one state or group over its allies |
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| unfortunate; having bad luck |
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| fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual |
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| to dance or skip around playfully |
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| to cross a body of water by wading |
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| to decline in vigor, strength, or interest |
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| fertile; fruitful; productive |
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| stupid; foolishly self-satisfied |
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| one who champions or advocates |
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| pleasant, harmonious sound |
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| a person with refined taste in food and wine |
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| impudent boldness; audacity |
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| a stuffed doll; a likeness of a person |
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| to instruct morally and spiritually |
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| exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits |
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| suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable |
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