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| showing excessive emotion; overflowing |
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| to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information |
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| lacking cohesion or connection |
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| the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
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| quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight |
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| to scatter widely, as in sowing a seed |
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| excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
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| having lost faith of loyalty; discontent |
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| a puzzle, mystery, or riddle |
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| difficult to fathom or understand, impenetrable |
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| inclined to keep silent, reserved |
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| known or understood by only a few |
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| to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar |
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| independence; self-determination |
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| worldly; widely sophisticated |
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something that comes from another source |
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| intended for or understood by only a small group |
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| a clumsy social error, a faux-pas |
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| a characteristic that is seen as peculiar to an individual or group |
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| isolated, narrow or provincial |
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| adhering to the tradition and established, especially in religion |
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| one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
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| to retire from, give up or abandon |
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| to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement |
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| sharing an edge ro boundary; touching |
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