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| to lessen in intensity or degree |
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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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| avarice (noun) (adj form: avaricious) |
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| axiom (noun)(adj form: axiomatic) |
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| a universally recognized principle |
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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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| cacophony (noun) (adj form: cacophonous) |
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| harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
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| canon (noun) (adj form: canonical) |
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| an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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| castigation (noun) (verb form: castigate) |
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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 damage |
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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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| complaisance (noun) (adj form: complaisant) |
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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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| contrite (adj) (noun form: contrition) |
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| regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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| culpable (adj) (noun form: culpability) |
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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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| discretion (noun) (adj form: discreet) |
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| cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| free of bias or self-interest; imparital |
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| dogmatic (adj) (noun form: dogma) |
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| expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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| ebullience (noun) (adj form ebullient) |
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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 |
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| elegy (noun) (adj form: elegiac) |
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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 soothes the skin |
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| based on observation or experiment |
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| enigmatic (adj) (noun form: enigma) |
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| mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
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| intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| eulogy (noun) (verb form: eulogize) |
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| a speech honoring the dead |
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| fallacy (noun) (adj form: fallacious) |
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| an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing |
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| heretical (adj) (noun form: heresy) |
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| violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| hyperbole (noun) (adj form: hyperbolic) |
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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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| unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| harmless; causing no damage |
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| intransigent (adj) (noun form: intransigence) |
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| to obtain 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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| oscillation (noun) (verb form: oscillate) |
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| the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm |
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| penny pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed |
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| peruse (verb) (noun form: perusal) |
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| to examine with great care |
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| pious (adj) (noun form: piety) |
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| extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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| one that precedes and indicates or announces the other |
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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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| putrefy (verb) (adj. form: putrid) |
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| to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| quiescence (noun) (adj form: quiescent) |
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| stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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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 |
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| satire (noun) (adj form: satirical) |
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| a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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| squalid (adj) (noun form: squalor) |
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| sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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| stoic (adj) (noun form: stoicism) |
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| indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| to take the place of; to supersede |
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| torpid (adj) (noun form: torpor) |
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| lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| urbane (adj) (noun form: urbanity) |
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| sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| to defame; to characterize harshly |
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