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| an expression of praise; distinction, commendation, acclaim |
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| dealing with art or beauty |
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| one who practices rigid self-denial esp as an act of religious devotion |
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| greed esp. for wealth; cupidity, avidity, rapaciousness |
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| universally recognized principal |
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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; clamour; katzenjammer |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws often religious |
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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 |
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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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| willingness to comply with the wishes 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; varied; diverse; broad |
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| a mournful poem esp. on lamenting the dead |
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| soothing esp to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin |
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| based on observation or experiment |
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| mysterious; obscure; diffcult to understand |
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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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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| lengthy and aggressive speech; diatribe; tirade |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| lacking funds; without money |
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| beginning to come ito being or to become apparent |
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| unmoving; letharic; sluggish; impotent; passive |
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| harmless; causing no damage |
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| to obtatin 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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| swinging back and forth with steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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| penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous; stingy; costive; miserly |
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| extremely harmful; potentially causing death; malign; pestilent; noxious |
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| to examine with great care or length |
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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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| groom oneself with elaborate care; to primp |
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| abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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| producing large volumes or amounts; productive; fruitful |
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| to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| stillness; motionlessness; at rest; repose; latent |
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| awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enfource 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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| wretched and dirty as from neglect; sordid; filthy |
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| indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| to take the place of; to supersede; usurp |
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| lethargic; sluggish; listless; dormant |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; widespread; omnipresent |
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| sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| to defame, to characterize harshly; malign; blacken |
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| to defame through maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations; libel; traduce; asperse |
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