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| the expression of a favorable opinion or of approval |
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| to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning |
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| worthy, deserving of praise or recognition |
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| excessively smooth or smug, trying to hard to give an impression of earnestness |
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| to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| to make a voilent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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| (v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof |
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| to assign or refer to as a cause or source, attribute |
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| to make amends, make up for; to avert |
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| a natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
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| resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government |
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| shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion |
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| scholarly, learned, bookish, pendantic |
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| peevish, complaining, fretful |
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| persistant, showing industry and determination |
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| a rule of conduct or action |
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| (adj) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n) something that induces sleep |
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| (adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n) one who stays only a short time |
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| dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force |
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| abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
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| (n) a chain or shackle placed around the feet, often used in plural, anything that constrains; (v) to chain or shackle, to render helpless or impotent |
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| not subject to change, constant |
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| to change from one nature, substance or form to another |
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| coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
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| to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
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| very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
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| (adj) strong and sturdy, brave, resolute; (n) a brave, strong person, a strong supporter, one who takes an uncompromising position |
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| an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (often used without the article) |
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| deserving of blame, worthy of condemnation |
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| to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| (adj) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; seltered, secluded; (n) a sheltered/hiding place |
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| freely given, not called for by the circumstances, unwarrented |
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| overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling |
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| extremely generous, lavish |
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| moderate, sparing (as in eating or drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
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| passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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| to impress on the mind by repition, to teach persistantly and earnestly |
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| (adj) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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| to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuse |
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| dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
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| making a show of virtue or righteouness, hypocritically morealistic or pious, self righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
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| stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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| fat; haivng a large or bulky body |
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| to call into question; to attack as false |
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| to affirm, declare confidently |
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| promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to |
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| unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future |
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| puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss |
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| abundantly productive, abundant, profuse |
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| too ready to believe, easily decieved |
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| to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail, to move about freely |
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| self-righteous, characterised by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in a few words; pithy |
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| easily made angry, bad-tempered |
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| excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor |
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| something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame |
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| of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's) |
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