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| Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic, strict |
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| Folowing or in agreement with accepted traditional standards |
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| Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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| to criticize severly; to officially rebuke |
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| Trickery or subterfuge (scheme) |
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| an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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| To undeceive; to set right |
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| conflicting; disonant or harsh in sound, disagreeing |
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| Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar, stands out |
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| Extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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| well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
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| To weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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| Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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| To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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| Exonerate; to clear of blame |
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| urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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| Improvised; done without preparation |
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| Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action |
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| To loudly attack or denounce |
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| Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality |
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| An expression of approval or praise |
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| Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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| To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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| Daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
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| Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
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| Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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| The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving |
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| Associated with war and the armed forces |
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| Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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| Coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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| Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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| A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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| Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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| To anticipate and make unnecessary |
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| A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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| A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art |
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| Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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| Intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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| Cursory; done without care or interest |
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| Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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| To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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| Acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| To cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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| misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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| To retract, especially a previously held belief |
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| To disprove; to successfully argue against |
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| To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position |
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| Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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| Concerned and attentive; eager |
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| Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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| occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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| To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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| Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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| To stun, baffle, or amaze |
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| The combination of parts to make a whole |
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| A force that causes rotation |
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| Winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
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| Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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| Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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| Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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| To move to and from; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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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 art or the beautiful |
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| to make better or more tolerable |
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| One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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| Greed, especially for wealth |
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| A universally recognized principle |
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| To grow rapidly or flourish |
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| Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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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 itself changing; 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 sihes of others |
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| Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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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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| Free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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| expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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| The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead |
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| soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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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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| A speech honoring the dead |
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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 pompus speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| Violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| An exaggerated statemnt, often used as a figure of speech |
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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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| The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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| Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| Extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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| To examine with great care |
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| Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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| One that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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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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| Producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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| To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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| Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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| Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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| Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; stead-fast |
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| To take the place of ; to supersede |
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| Lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
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| Sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| to defame; to characterize harshly |
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