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different from an accepted norm or group
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to urge, encourage or help someone or something
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to approach and speak to someone
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| to comply or consent passively, submit |
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| To make impure through the addition of a foreign element; to corrupt |
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| easy and pleasant to talk to; approachable |
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| a natural attraction or feeling of kinship |
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| selfless benevolence or generosity |
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| feeling the coexistence of opposing emotions or attitudes |
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| responsive to advice, authority or suggestion |
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| lacking definite form; shapeless |
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| similar in such way as to permit the comparison to something otherwise dissimilar |
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| deviating from the usual or common order, form or rule |
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| strong feelings of aversion |
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| lack of interest or concern; indifference |
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| drearily commonplace; trite |
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| to disparage; to make someone feel small or unimportant |
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one that gives aid
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loud and noisy
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| rude; possessed of little refinement |
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| a member of the middle class; typical of the middle class |
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| a purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions |
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corrosive; biting
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| to harden into semi-solid |
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| appealing to the intellect, compelling |
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| claim to legitmacy or trustworthiness |
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| to damage someone's or something's reputation |
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| a ruler with absolute power |
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| something that discourages |
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to turn away from
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| to free from misconception |
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| exhibiting good judgment; perceptive |
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| strife; lack of agreement |
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| ability to act sensibly; freedom to act on one's own |
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| not straightforward; crafty |
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| to scatter widely; to promulgate |
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| decomposition into fragments or parts; debauchery |
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| characterized by an authorative, arrogant assertion of principles that are unproved on can't be proofed |
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| made up from a variety of sources; unusual |
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| meant for or understood by only a sall group of people particular to a small group; confidential |
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| a mild substitute for an unpleasant or offensive term |
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| feeling of great happiness or well-being |
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| to increase the severity, violence or bitterness of; to aggravate |
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| to make angry or annoy greatly |
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| someone who deliberately behaves to attract attention |
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| to praise highly or exalt |
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| playfully jocular; humorous |
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| to comprehend; a measure of marine depth |
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| great warmth and intensity of emotion; intense heat |
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| prolonged speech making to delay legislative action |
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| an inexperienced person; a young bird |
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| to show contempt for; to scorn |
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| unearned or unjustified, unnecessary; free |
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| to hinder or prevent; large basket |
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| speaking contrary to one's true beliefs or actions |
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