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| to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
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| an extremely deep hole, an extremely great depth |
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| concerning the appreciation of beauty |
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| to increase in power, influence, and reputation |
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| to make more bearable, improve partially |
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| to combine, to mix together |
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| mixture, combination, alloy-especially of two metals |
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| doubtful, or uncertain, able to be interpreted several ways |
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| to make better, to improve |
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| something out of place in time, something chronologically inappropriate |
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| similar or alike in some way; equivalent to, comparable, parallel |
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| to annoy or provoke to anger |
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| to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
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| ancient, old-fashioned, antiquated, from an earlier time; outdated |
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| intense and passionate feeling, great or emotion passion |
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| able to speak clearly and expressively, well-spoken |
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| to reduce in favor or degree; to weaken, to make thin or slender |
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| severe or stern in appearance, undecorated |
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| predictable, cliched, boring, trite and overly common |
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| pompous in speech and manner, using high sounding but meaningless language |
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| impartial and honest in speech, frank or fair |
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| to punish or criticize harshly |
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| something that brings about a change in something else |
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| biting in wit, sarcastic, able to burn |
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| great disorder or confusion |
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| someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs |
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| deception by means of craft or guile, trickery, fraud, deception |
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| convincing and well reasoned, logically forceful, compelling |
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| to overlook, pardon, or disregard |
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| intricate and complicated, twisted, involved |
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| steadily increasing volume or force |
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| appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety, etiquette |
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| in a mocking manner, expressing ridicule or scorn |
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| jumping from one thing to another; disconnected, at random, unmethodical |
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| an abusive, condemnatory speech, bitter verbal attack |
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| to make larger, to expand, to swell |
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| someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic, an ameteur |
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| a funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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| to set right, to free from error, to free from a misconception |
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| to perceive, to recognize, to perceive something obscure |
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| fundamentally different; entirely unlike, dissimilar, different in kind |
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| to present a false appearance;to disguise one's real intentions or character |
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| a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief |
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| dictatorial in one's opinion, rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated |
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| to deceive; a person who is easily deceived, to trick |
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| selecting from or made up from a variety of sources |
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| a sorrowful poem or speech, usually about the dead |
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| persuasive and moving, especially in speech, fluent and effective |
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| to copy; to try to equal or excel, to imitate |
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| to count, list, or itemize |
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| wandering and unpredictable |
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| known or understood by only a few |
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| use of an offensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one |
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| to make worse, to aggrevate, intensify the bad qualities of |
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| to clear from blame; prove innocent |
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| urgent; requiring immediate action, excessively demanding |
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| clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression |
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| acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with exteme, unquestioned devotion |
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| to grovel, to flatter excessively, seek the favor of |
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| excessively decorated or embellished, gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed |
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| a tendency to be thrifty or cheap |
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| deceit or trickery; deception |
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| one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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| not capable of being disturbed |
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| impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected |
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| quick to act without thinking |
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| unable to be calmed down or made peaceful, inflexible |
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| not fully formed; disorganized, just begun |
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| lacking interest or flavor, bland, lacking excitement |
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| uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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| to overwhelm; to cover with water |
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| to express sorrow; to grieve, to deplore |
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| to give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant, to give plenty of |
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| bright, brilliant, glowing |
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| to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill |
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| a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol |
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| extremely careful about details, fastidious, painstaking |
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| to calm or make less severe |
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| lack of variation, wearisome sameness |
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| lacking sophistication or experience |
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| overly submissive and eager to please, brownnosing |
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| to prevent, to make necessary, to anticipate |
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| to stop up; to make unnecessary, to shut, block |
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| troublesome and oppressive; burdensome |
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| a contradiction or dilemma,incongruity, puzzle |
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| model of excellence or perfection |
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| willing to betray one's trust, faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy |
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| done in a routine way; indifferent |
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| able to be molded, altered, or bent, flexible, pliable |
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| fresh and clean,; uncorrupted, untouched |
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| to increase in number quickly |
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| to conciliate; to appease, to win over |
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| wisdom, caution, or restraint |
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| sharp and irritating to the senses, strong or sharp in smell or tast |
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| motionless, inactive; at rest |
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| to make thinner or sparser, purer, or more defined |
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| to reject the validity of , to reject as having no authority |
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| silent, reserved, not speaking freely; reserved |
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| effective writing or speaking, persuasive use of language |
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| to satisfy fully or overindulge |
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| causing sleep or lethargy, sleepy or tending to cause sleep |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
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| a mark of shame or discredit, mark of disgrace or inferiority |
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| unemotional; lacking sensitivity, having or showing little emotion |
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| done without using words, silently understood or implied |
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| silent, not talkative, uncommunicative, not inclined to speak much |
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| long, harsh speech or verbal attack |
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| extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
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| temporary, lasting a brief time, short-lived |
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| filled with truth and accuracy |
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| to annoy, to irritate, confuse, puzzle |
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| acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
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