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| overly hasty, rash/ like a precipice |
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| having exercised sound judgment, prudent (* quality of a person) |
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creaking, harsh, grating
ill-smelling, disgusting; injurious |
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| mournful poem or song, esp for the dead |
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| ornamental openwork of fine wire |
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| dishonorable, despicable, degrading, deserving humiliation, disgrace, or public contempt |
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| entertain sumptuously, divert, feast |
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| meet and clear away, as difficulties, make unnecessary |
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| want of self confidence; shyness |
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excoriated
censured
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criticize severely, punish, correct
denouce or censure violently, remove skin or outer coating of.
criticize, reprove
to utter or send out censure, condemn severely |
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| face, expression. Also, favor, show apprival of, tolerate. |
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| one who holds an unorthodox opinion |
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| pertaining to ear or hearing |
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| disposed to yield, submissive, liable as to control or claim |
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| universal in extent, character, or application |
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daily
made stale or trite by overuse |
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| fawning, servile, deferential |
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| lacking in flavor or savor, uninteresting, dull |
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saying little, reserved in speech
given to talking too much |
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| call on for aid or protection, call for, utilize, as a law |
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| temporary delay, interval of rest or relief |
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makes a show of knowledge
one who shows off learning |
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| coarsely jesting, obscene, vulgar |
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| lacking spirit, liveliness, or zest |
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| mercy, sympathy (as in ruthless) |
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| sway, totter, fluctuate, waver |
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| maxim, generally accepted as true, proposition regarded as self-evident truth |
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| of or relating to the head |
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| to enroll by compulsion for military or naval service |
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| est of or a state of having cordial relations ( rapport) |
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| maker/seller of candles, dealer in provisions of a specific kind |
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| easily inflamed, excited, or angered |
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| to make or grow better, improve |
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| degree to which something is of uniform structure |
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| flattering or coaxing speech or action |
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| to blacken the character with abusive language, defame |
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| sluggish, having lost motion or power |
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| gives support, maintains loyalty |
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| scum that forms on surface of molten metal |
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| stone made up partly from quartz |
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| the act of abandoning, state of being abandoned, intentional neglect |
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| innocently straightforward, lacking craft or subtlety |
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| concise and comprehensive |
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| stone made up partly from quartz |
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| violation of faith or loyalty, treachery |
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| characterized by secrecy, deep secret, mystery |
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| defamation, false stmt made to injure another's reputation |
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| minimize, cause to seem less serious, play down |
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| to fight against, to call in question |
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| means for exposing one to public scorn or ridicule |
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| to grant or furnish, often in a gracious or condescening manner |
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| abuse, censure, use harsh language |
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| wildly licentious, extravagant |
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prevaricate
specious
ersatz
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to deviate from the truth
deceptively attractive, seemingly plausible but fallacious
artificia, inferior substitute or imitation
of illegitimate birth, false, forged |
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of doubtful authenticity
to present a false appearance, disguise real intentions or char.
language intended to deceive |
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one who assists or attends ( poss w member of clergy)
a new convert
beginner, novice in learning
period or state of being a novice |
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| copious, generous in amount or extent/ excessively flattering |
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| tending to cause discontent, envy, or animosity |
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evasion in speech, use an unncessarily large # of words
unduly prolonged, using an excess of words |
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use of a longer phrasing in place of a possibly shorter one
state of distention, excessively embellished in style or language |
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| indirect and unequivocal oppositing, constituting or marked by antithesis |
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| marked by hot temper and easily provoked |
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| briefly, given the gist of something |
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| using minimum of words, concise to pt of seeming rude or mysterious |
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| concise, having substance and point, tersely cogent. |
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| ready to believe especially on uncertain evidence |
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| additional services performed that are related to care (serving as aid or accessory, auxiliary) |
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| support as a cause, become attached to (theories, ideas, policies, and plans) |
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| a chief support- main mast of a ship |
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| liberal in giving or bestowing, lavish, characterized by great liberalty or generosity |
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| hardy, rugged physical strength |
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| corrupt or capable of being bought |
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| to conciliate, to appease |
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| convincing, well reasoned, having the power to compel |
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| use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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| to throw violently, bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation |
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| learned, scholarly, bookish |
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| lessen intensity of something bad, pacify, quiet, satisfy |
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| to produce, cause, or bring about |
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| correct, appropriate behavior |
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| lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor |
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| a person who dislikes others |
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| regard w reverential respect, to honor |
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| hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion |
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| harsh and disagreeable combination, often sounds |
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| consider carefully and deeply reflect upon |
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| instructive, making moral observations |
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| tearful, tending to cause tears |
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| eternal damnation, ruination, destruction |
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| yield or grant typically by treaty, relinquish control |
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| hard to understand, secret, hidden |
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| caustic, biting, rancorous in feeling, language, or manner |
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| short moral story ( often w animals) |
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| of, relating to, or expressing sexual love |
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| something out of place in time |
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| reduce on force or degree, to weaken |
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| deception by means of craft or guile |
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| jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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| someone with anateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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| fundamentally different, entirely unalike |
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| known or understood only by a few |
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| not fully formed; disorganized |
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| straightforward, open, naive, unsophisticated |
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| diligent, persistent, hardworking |
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| lacking in energy or vitality (comb of mental and physical slowness) |
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| forbid or prohibit as harmful |
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| repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject |
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| partly blind, lacking in insight, obtuse |
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| ointment used to soothe or heal |
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| stop the flow of something |
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| ordinary- relating to prose- dull, commonplace |
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| quick, shrewd, unpredictable/unpredictable changeable |
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| ambiguous, open to 2 interpretations |
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| imprevious to light, difficult to understand |
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| jumping from one thing to another, disconnected |
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| one who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration; attacks cherished beliefs or institutions |
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