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| eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| an expression of approval or praise (noun) |
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| daring and fearless; recklessly bold (adj) |
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| taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (adj) |
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| to criticize severely; to officially rebuke (verb) |
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| trickery or subterfuge (noun) |
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| an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert (noun) |
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| complex or complicated (adj) |
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| to undeceive; to set right (verb) |
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| conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound (adj) |
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| fundamentally distinct or dissimilar (adj) |
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| extreme boldness; presumptuousness (noun) |
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| to weaken; to reduce in vitality (verb) |
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| dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy (noun) |
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| to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (verb) |
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| to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (verb) |
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| very learned; scholarly (adj) |
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| exonerate; to clear of blame (verb) |
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| urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention (adj) |
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| improvised; done without preparation (adj) |
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| longed speechmaking to delay legislative action (noun) |
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| to loudly attack or denounce (verb) |
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| artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication (verb) |
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| accustomed to accepting something undesirable (adj) |
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| easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts (adj) |
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| clear; easily understandable (adj) |
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| the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (noun) |
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| associated with war and the armed forces (adj) |
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| of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary (adj) |
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| coming into being; in early developmental stages (adj) |
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| vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form (adj) |
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| a new word, expression, or usage; the creation of or use of new words or senses (noun) |
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| lacking sharpness of intellect not clear or precise in thought or expression (adj) |
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| to anticipate and make unnecessary (verb) |
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| troubling, burdensome (adj) |
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| a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving (noun) |
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| a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art (noun) |
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| recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly (adj) |
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| intentional breach of faith; treachery (noun) |
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| cursory; done without care or interest (adj) |
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| acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (adj) |
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| to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner (verb) |
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| acting with excessive haste or impulse (adj) |
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| to cause or happen before anticipated or required (VERB) |
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| a disposition in favor of something; preference (noun) |
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| foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (noun) |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead (verb) |
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| misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy (noun) |
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| to retract, esp. a previously held belief (verb) |
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| to disprove; to successfully argue against (verb) |
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| to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position (verb) |
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| quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings (adj) |
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| concerned and attentive; eager (adj) |
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| characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul (adj) |
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| occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances (adj) |
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| to waste by spending or using irresponsibly (verb) |
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| not moving, active, or in motion; at rest (adj) |
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| to stun, baffle, or amaze (verb) |
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| to block; to thwart (verb) |
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| the combination of parts to make a whole (noun) |
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| fierce and cruel; eager to fight (adj) |
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| truthfulness, honesty (noun) |
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| extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic (adj) |
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| having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous (adj) |
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| to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion (verb) |
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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an expression of praise
Her report garnered surprising accolades from the academic community |
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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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| one who practices rigid self denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion |
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| rustic & pastoral, characteristic of rural areas & 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 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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| composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
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| soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh, mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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| socially outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| violating an 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 into being or to become apparent |
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| to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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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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| 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 thru humor or derision |
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| indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| to take the place of; to supercede |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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