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| inspiring reverence or admiration |
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| One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons |
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| characterized by or requiring a sitting posture |
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| not mutable; unchangeable; changeless. |
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| a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much. |
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| to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development |
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| abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. |
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| incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure. |
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| not true, correct, or right; containing an error or errors |
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| a representative sent on a mission or errand: emissaries to negotiate a peace. |
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| a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation. |
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| mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love. |
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| a downward slope, as of ground |
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| cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity. |
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| given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed |
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| cowering fear; state of great fright or terror. |
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| a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms. |
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| vanishing; fading away; fleeting. |
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| mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness. |
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| not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible. |
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| raised or elevated, as in rank or character; of high station: an exalted personage. |
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| exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogeneous: a motley crowd. |
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| Expulsion of breath in speech. |
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| abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return. |
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