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| to clear from blame; prove innocent |
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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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| extremely careful about details |
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| a person who dislikes others |
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| a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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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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| bright, brilliant, glowing |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| to sway physically; to be indecisive |
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| filled with truth and accuracy |
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| acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner |
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| clear and easily understood |
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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 extravagent |
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| to overwhelm; to cover with water |
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| lacking interest or flavor |
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| uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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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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| to make thinner or sparser |
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| showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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| wisdom, caution, or restraint |
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| sharp and irritating to the senses |
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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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| troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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| impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light |
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public disgrace
"The treasurer resigned in utter opprobrium" |
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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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| to lie or deviate from the truth |
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| fresh and clean; uncorrupted |
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| practical as opposed to idealistic |
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| to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions.
"his lack of regard for trad. beliefs pegged him as an ICONOCLAST." |
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| charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness |
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| easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
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| willing to betray one's trust |
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| done in a routine way; indifferent |
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deceit or trickery
"The coyote resorted to GUILE in an effort to trap the roadrunner." |
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| intensely emotional; feverish (adj. verb) |
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| excessively decorated or embellished |
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| tending to talk a lot (adj.) |
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| A contradiction or dilemma |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| to calm or make less severe |
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| to make better; to improve |
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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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| lacking sophistication or experience |
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| hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion |
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| overly submissive and eager to please |
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| Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| to reduce in force; to weaken |
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| to count, list, or itemize |
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| known or understood by only 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 use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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| learned, scholarly, bookish |
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