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| means something out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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| means pompous or pretentious |
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| means major, as in a cardinal sin |
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| means harsh punishment or criticism |
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| means to officially reject or criticize |
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| means trickery or subterfuge |
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| means powerfully convincing to reason |
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| means willingness to comply with the desires of others |
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| means an expert in matters of taste |
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| means causing controversy or disagreement |
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| means sharing a border or adjacent |
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| means seeking forgiveness |
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| means a generally agreed upon practice |
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| means the attitude that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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| a lack of; a small number of something |
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| means polite or appropriate attitude or behavior |
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| means to question or oppose |
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| means scorn, ridicule or contemptuous treatment |
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| means to dry up or dehydrate |
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| means a harsh denunciation |
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| means intended to teach or instruct |
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| means one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or area of knowledge |
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| means conflicting in sound |
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| means cautious and careful reserve in speech |
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| means to belittle or discredit |
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| means to slight or belittle |
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| means fundamentally different |
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| means to disguise, conceal or mislead |
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| means departing from norms or convention |
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| means drawing from several distinct sources |
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| means a mournful poem especially for the dead |
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| means soothing to the skin |
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| means based on observation |
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| means characteristic of a particular locality, region or people |
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| means to reduce in vitality |
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| means obscure or mysterious |
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| means restlessness from extreme boredom |
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| means a word or phrase used to describe something, sometimes used as a term of abuse |
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| means to use ambiguous language with the intention to deceive |
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| means very learned or scholarly |
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| means highly specialized knowledge meant for a small group of experts |
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| means to test or try; to attempt |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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| means tending to disappear like vapor or vanishing |
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| means to make worse or more severe |
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| means to flay the skin off of a body or denounce severely (to flay verbally) |
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| to seek notice or favor by servile behavior |
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| means greatly emotional or zealous |
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| means speech making meant to cause delays or intentional obstruction |
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| as a verb, means to fall off in vigor |
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| means to show contempt for a rule or convention |
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| means happening by accident or chance |
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| means to denounce or attack |
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| means clandestine or surreptitious |
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| means pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
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| means relevant to the subject at hand |
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| means marked by informality, nonchalance, superficiality |
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| means pompous speech or expression; bombastic |
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| means rendered commonplace by frequent usage; trite |
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| means a long pompous speech |
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| means devotion to pleasurable pursuits |
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| means the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over the other |
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| means in violation of accepted dogma |
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| means overbearing pride or presumptuousness |
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| means someone who attacks or undermines traditional institutions or conventions |
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| means given to intense or excessive devotion to something |
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| means about to happen; impending |
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| means not capable of change |
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| means revealing no emotion |
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| means marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness; stoic |
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| means hastily impulsive and vehement |
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| means not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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| means immunity from punishment or penalty |
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| means in initial states; not fully formed |
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| means beyond correction or reform |
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| means having no interest or concern |
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| means unmoving or lethargic |
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| means ill suited for the occasion; awkward |
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| means damaging, harmful, or injurious |
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| means without taste or flavor (as in food) or without distinctive interesting qualities (as in people) |
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| means not easily managed or directed |
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| means unwilling to compromise |
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| means accustomed to hardship or difficulty |
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| means to obtain by flattery |
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| means using few words; terse |
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| means extremely talkative |
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| means characterized by brightness and the emission of light |
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| means showing vicious ill will |
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| means capable of being shaped or formed |
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| means an independent individual who does not go along with group or party |
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| means the condition of being untruthful |
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| means rapid and unpredictable changes in mood |
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| means characterized by extreme care and precision |
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| means menacing or threatening |
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| means someone who hates all other humans |
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| means to make less severe or intense; to moderate |
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| means to calm or to soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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| means in the early stages of development |
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| means lacking clearly defined form |
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| means a newly coined word or phrase |
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| means a recent convert; a beginner or novice |
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| means physically or morally harmful |
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| means unyielding; hardheaded |
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| means hardheaded or unyielding |
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| means to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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| means servile complaisance or deference |
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| means stubborn, hardheaded or uncompromising |
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| means lacking sharpness of intellect |
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| means to predict and so render unnecessary |
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| means to obstruct or block |
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| means evoking aversion or dislike |
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| means impenetrable by light |
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| means disgrace or contempt |
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| means swinging back and forth |
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| means given to pretentious displays; showy |
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| means a song of praise or joy |
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| means something causing a small offense |
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| means the profession or principles of teaching |
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| means overly concerned with trivial details of learning |
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| means existing through the year or many years |
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| means a deliberate breach of trust |
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| means done without care or interest |
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| means ruinous or causing great harm |
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| means having keen intellect |
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| means to examine with great care |
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| means to permeate throughout |
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| means not easily exited to action or displays of emotion |
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| means to illegally use or reproduce |
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| means the essential or central part |
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| means to appease or calm by making concessions |
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| means a superficial remark, especially one intended as meaningful |
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| means a plunge or drop straight down |
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| means argumentative; inducing conflict |
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| means practical rather than idealistic |
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| means a disposition in favor of something |
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| means foreknowledge of events |
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| means overstepping due bounds or taking liberties |
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| means to deliberately avoid the truth |
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| means pure, uncorrupted, clean |
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| means complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
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| means a natural predisposition or predilection |
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| means recklessly wasteful |
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| means abundant in size, force or extent |
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| means made or done freely or abundantly |
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| means to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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| means having a voluminous output |
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| means a natural tendency or inclination |
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| means to appease or conciliate |
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| means dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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| means having a strong smell or taste |
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| means reservations about something |
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| means prone to complaining or grumbling |
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| means stillness or motionless |
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| means foolishly impractical |
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| means daily or commonplace |
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| means characterized by bitter long standing resentment |
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| means to become thin or to refine |
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| means defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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| means to retract a previously held opinion |
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| means difficult to understand; profound; esoteric |
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| means commanding respect or reverence; formidable |
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| means to assign to a lower position |
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| means to fail to honor a commitment |
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| means to refuse to have anything to do with |
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| means to repeal; to retract |
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| means reserved or reluctant |
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| means marked by feelings of deep respect |
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| means the art or study of effective use of language for communication or persuasion |
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| means promoting good health or well being |
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| means an authoritative permission or penalty |
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| means diligent or persistent; hardworking |
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| means concerned and attentive |
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| means able to pay debts; or able to dissolve another substance |
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| means tending to induce sleepiness |
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| means characterized by grime or filth |
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| means thin, not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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| means apparently true but actually being fallacious |
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| means one who spends money wastefully |
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| means occurring occasionally |
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| means lacking authenticity or validity |
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| means sordid from neglect |
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| means to waste by using irresponsibly |
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| means indifferent to pleasure or pain |
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| a court order requiring appearance or testimony |
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| means exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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| means to take the place of |
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| means an abundant oversupply or to feed or supply to excess |
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| means the combination of parts to make a whole |
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| means implied or not explicitly stated |
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| means adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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| means having little substance or strength; weak or flimsy |
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| means brief and concise in wording |
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| a long and extremely critical speech; diatribe |
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| means sluggish or lethargic |
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| means a force that causes rotation |
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| means to publicly praise or promote |
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| means easily managed or controlled |
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| means fleeting or passing quickly; brief; ephemeral |
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| means sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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| means wide-spread; existing in many places at many times |
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| means not viable or defensible |
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| means refined or sophisticated |
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| means to waver between one course of action and another |
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| means annoyance or irritation |
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| means very harmful or antagonistic |
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| means to use harsh, condemnatory language |
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| means to go back and forth on a decision |
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