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| scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment |
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| to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
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| one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
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| a recent convert; a beginner; a novice |
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| overstepping due bounds (as of property or courtesy); taking liberties |
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| adherence to highest principles; uprightness |
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| a natural inclination or tendency; penchant |
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| characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
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| foolishly impractacal; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
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| occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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| to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
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| hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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| radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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| to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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| a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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| thin; not dense; arranged at widely s paced intervals |
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| one who spends money wastefully |
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| not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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| implied; not implicitly stated |
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| brief and concise in wording |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| sharply deceptive; keen; penetrating |
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| genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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| indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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| to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver |
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| multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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| to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
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| readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive |
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| having a sour or bitter taste or character |
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| to combine several elements into a whole |
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| agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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| to provide support or reinforcement |
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| tending to believe too readily; gullible |
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| to flatter or praise excessively |
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| greatly emotional or zealous |
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| to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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| happening by fortunate accident or chance |
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| pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
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| erlevant to the subject matter at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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| marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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| arrogant presumption or pride |
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| given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| about to happen; impending |
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
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| an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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| the condition of being unthruthful; dishonesty |
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| characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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| characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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| to calm or sooth; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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| unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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| to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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| exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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| stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
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| disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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| characterized or given to pretentiousness |
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| the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules |
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| having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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| clam; sluggish; unemotional |
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| to illegally use or reproduce |
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| an overabundance; a surplus |
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| controversial; argumentative |
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| practical rather than idealistic |
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| characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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| the art or study of effective use of language for communication or persuasion |
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| promoting health or well-being |
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| diligent; persistent; hardworking |
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| able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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| causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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| to lessen in intensity or degree |
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| excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to the art or the beautiful |
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| greed, especially for wealth |
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| to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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| severe criticism or punishment |
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| a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without changing itself |
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| a person or thing that causes change |
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| burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| the willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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| regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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| smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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| intended to teach or instruct |
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| cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| indifferent; free from self-interest |
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| the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings |
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| a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead |
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| soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh |
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| based on observation or experiment |
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| mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
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| intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| to deliver a pompous speech or tirade |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| harmless; causing no damage |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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| impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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| to examine with great care |
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| to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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| abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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| to rot; to decay and give off a foul ordor |
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| authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance |
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| sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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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-deniall, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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| without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
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| a universally recognized principle |
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| rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| following or in agreement with accepted, traditioanl standards |
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| argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| to undeceive; to set right |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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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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| a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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| penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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| extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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| acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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| extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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| to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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| one that precedes and indicates or anounces another |
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| a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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| producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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| misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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| stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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| to retract, especially a previously held belief |
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| awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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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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