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inevitable; not to be avoided
e.g., an ineluctable fate |
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1. transparent, pellucid
2. clear and simple
3. serene and untroubled |
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1. facing the observer or opponent
2. opposite |
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| apprehension, uncertain agitation |
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1. lazy, averse to activity
2. conducive to laziness (e.g., indolent hear)
3. slow to develop (e.g., an indolent tumor)
4. causing little or no pain (e.g., an indolent ulcer) |
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| to apprehend wrongly, to misunderstand |
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1. lifted up and carried away
2. transported with emotion : enraptured
3. wholly absorbed : engrossed |
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1. a mongrel or inferior dog
2. a surly or cowardly fellow |
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1a. an act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice (as to a deity)
1b. a liquid (as wine) used in a libation
2a. an act or instance of drinking often ceremoniously
2b. beverage; especially a drink containing alcohol |
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1. compassion for the misery of another
2. sorrow for one's own faults, remorse |
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1. oral instruction
2. a manual for catechizing, specifically a summary of religious doctrine often in the form of questions and answers |
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| to form the basis or foundation of, to strengthen, support |
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1. a maker or seller of candles and perhaps soaps
2. a seller of any specialized area (e.g., a yacht chandler) |
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| a workman who makes and repairs carts and wagons |
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| a specialist in prosthetics |
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| compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service, draft |
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1. a ball of yarn
2. something resembling a ball or yarn
3. a flock of wildfowl
4. (v) to wind into a skein |
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1. relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury (e.g., conservative sumptuary tastes)
2 : designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds (e.g., sumptuary laws/taxes) |
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1. a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
2a. extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope (e.g., his genius was epic)
2b. heroic |
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| a crystalline rock consisting of quartz and mica |
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| not reproachable, blameless, impeccable |
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| having God as the central interest and ultimate concern (e.g., a theocentric culture) |
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1. mysterious or specialized knowledge, language, or information accessible or possessed only by the initiate —usually used in plural
2. elixir |
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| rough or covered in unwholesome patches |
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1. characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound (e.g., a strident voice)
2. commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality (e.g., strident slogans) |
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| lethargic, lacking in energy, sluggish, groggy |
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1a. to seize by the collar or neck
1b. arrest, grab
1c. to get control of, preempt (e.g., we can collar nearly the whole of this market) |
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| lacking in vision, insight, or understanding; obtuse |
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1. affectedly pious or righteous (e.g., a canting moralist)
2. setting something at an angle |
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| feverish, marked by fever |
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1. a felon, one who commits a crime
2. one who does harm to another person |
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1. a servant
2. a toady, servile follower |
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| an ointment used to serve or heal |
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| compensation or perquisites in return for employment |
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1. a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance
2. something excellent in its class |
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| one who thinks that things can't be changed by human efforts |
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| to stop the flow of something |
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1a. a predicament affording no obvious escape
1b. deadlock
2. an impassable road or way, cul-de-sac |
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| to shun, hold back, or abstain |
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| to deify, or elevate to divine status |
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| to blend, mingle; to become blended, commix |
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1. existing outside of nature
2. exceeding what is natural or regular; extraordinary (e.g., wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates — G. L. Dickinson)
3. inexplicable by ordinary means; psychic (e.g., preternatural phenomena) |
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1. basic attitude or governing spirit, disposition, intention
2. a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
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| positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will; hostility; antipathy |
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| apathetic, giving no sign of feeling or emotion, expressionless |
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1. to decide or rule upon as a judge, adjudicate, rule
2. to hold or pronounce to be, deem |
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1. musty
2. rigidly old-fashioned |
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1. not neat or becoming in appearance; shabby
2a. lacking smartness or taste
2b. old-fashioned |
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1. outmoded, old-fashioned
2a. incapacitated or disqualified for active duty by advanced age
2b. older than the typical member of a specified group |
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| fervor, intense feeling or expression, fervidness, fervidity |
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| marked by convincing and eloquent expression |
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1a. strong of character, brave, bold
1b. firm, determined, obstinate, uncompromising
2. physically strong, sturdy, vigorous
3. forceful , violent
4 : bulky in body : fat |
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| marked by fearless resolution, valiant |
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| spirited, bold, courageous |
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1. courageous
2. stubborn |
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| temporary suspension or suppression, a temporary inactivity |
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| to abolish or invalidate by authority |
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| to express approval; agree to |
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| keenness of perception; sharpness |
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1. accidental
2. occuring sporadically or unexpectedly
3. not inherent or innate |
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1. something shunned or disliked
2. a curse, ban, or denunciation
3. something that has been cursed, banned, or denounced |
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1. subordinate, subsidiary
2. auxiliary, supplementary |
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1. serving to calm or soothe pain
2. innocuous, not likely to offend or cause tension |
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| an old saying, a short pithy saying |
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| not genuine, false, fictional |
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| one who renounces a religious faith |
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| the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically |
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| a short and instructive saying |
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1. glorification, elevation to divine status
2. a glorified ideal
3. a perfect example; quintessence |
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1a. the act or power of perceiving or comprehending
2. seizure by legal process, arrest
3. suspicion or fear especially of future evil; foreboding |
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2a. a commonplace or tiresome person : bore
2b. a commonplace or hackneyed statement or notion |
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| dull, insipid, banal, trite |
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1. faded, soiled, or otherwise impaired by remaining too long in a store
2. stale from excessive use or familiarity
3. worn-out |
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1a. worn, shabby
1b. wearing threadbare clothing, very poor
1c. barely adequate because of cheapness or shabbiness
2. exhausted of interest or freshness |
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1. lacking nutritive value
2. devoid of significance or interest, dull
3. juvenile, puerile |
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| of, using, or related to rhetorical display; bombastic |
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1. a strong cotton and linen fabric
2. high-flown or affected writing or speech; anything high-flown or affected in style (noun OR adj.) |
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1. marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound; sonorous
2. pompous, bombastic |
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1. loud continued noise; a welter of discordant sounds
2. a situation or condition resembling a din |
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1. obstinately and often perversely self-willed
2. done deliberately, intentional |
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1. to criticize severely; find fault with
2. to reproach severely; scold vehemently |
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1. vigorously effective and articulate; sharply perceptive; keen (e.g., trenchant commentary)
2. caustic (e.g., trenchant remarks) |
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1. biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style; incisive
2. burning, pungent, caustic |
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1. a state of especially mental confusion
2. a confused mess
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1. a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable; shyster
2. one given to quibbling over trifles |
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| a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politic |
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| subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
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1. of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation
1b. intricately involved; labyrinthine |
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| complex, full of difficulty or complication |
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