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| the prestige or acclaim that results from some noteworthy achievement or position |
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| lou and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor |
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| an award or privelege granted as a special honor or acknowledgement of merit |
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| general hatred/disgust towards someone as a result of their actions |
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| strong public criticism or verbal abuse OR disgrace because of that criticism |
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| contempt, the feeling that someone is unworthy of respect |
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| accolade (historical context) |
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| the ceremony of knighthood, the kng officially elevates that person by emracing him around the neck and tapping him lightly with the flat of the sword. Ceremony survives in places where knighthood is bestowed as an offical token of thanks for outstanding personal service to the nation |
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| sorely lacking in spirit, energy or purpose |
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| (noun) lackadaisicalness;(adverb) lackadaisically |
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| lacking energy and enthusiasm |
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| mentally or physically inactive |
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| wanting to avoid extertion, lazy |
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| failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence |
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| unimpressed/indifferent to something because one has experienced it or seen it often before |
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| not displaying anxiety, interest or enthusiasm |
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| carried out with minimum effort or reflection |
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| strong healthy, full of energy |
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| characterized by constant change, activity or progress ************ |
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| casual, worry-free or care free attitude |
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| a faineant administration |
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| disinclined to work or extertion |
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| something left to a person in a will; something handed down from the past |
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| an income or form of property given to someone |
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| a valued possession passed down through generations |
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| put in use by a person after bing used by another |
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a). a debt or obligation, esp. of a financial nature
b). a hindrance or a handicap |
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| owing money or gratitude for a service or favor |
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| a payment made or owed ***** |
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| a useful or valuable thing person or quality |
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| a burden someone must carry alone |
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| a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do |
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a). a public statement or picture that damages a person by falsely impugning on his character, motives, or actions or by unjustly exposing the person to public censure or ridicule
b). (verb) to slander publicly |
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| the making of false/defamatory statements to damage someone's reputation |
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| the act of making a false spoken statement damaging to a personal reputation |
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| make false and defamatory statements about |
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| damage the good reputation of |
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| speak badly about someone to damage their reputation |
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| deliberatly conceal faults or mistakes to clear their name |
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| to try and conceal something embarrassing by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly |
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| hurl criticism/unfavorable remarks at |
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| a malicious verbal or written attack |
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| someone who spreads real/alleged scandal about another |
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| litigation (related forms) |
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| (noun)litigant, (adj) litigous, (verb) litigate |
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| litigation usually indicates that a civil, as opposed to a criminal action is involved |
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| given to engaging in lawsuits or quarrelsome, pugnacious |
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| clear and intelligible to the understanding; mentally competent |
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| (nouns) lucidity, lucidness (adverb) Lucidly |
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| able to be understood, intelligible |
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| open to more than one interpretation, uncertain |
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| (nouns) lucrativeness, lucre |
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| serving to increase wealth/resources |
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| ill-gotten gains, sometimes applied to someone overly interested in making and ammassing money |
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a) luxuriant, plentiful; luxurious,opulent
b). over elaborate or overripe |
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| (noun)lushness, (adverb) lushly |
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| closely compacted in substance |
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| wastefully extravagant, having/giving on a lavish scale |
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| made in an intricate shape/decorated with complex patterns |
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| splendid and expensive looking |
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| an unconscious and usually ludicrous misuse of a word |
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| an unintentional action/remark that is embarrassing, a blunder |
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| an error in grammar or etiquette |
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| a statement containing an incongruity often unknown to the speaker |
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| a verbal error in which the initial sounds/letters of two words are transposed "you hissed the mystery lecture" |
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| a desire to cause harm or suffering; deep-seated ill-will |
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| (adj) malicious (noun) maliciousness |
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| the state of having/showing a wish to do evil to others |
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| a desire to hurt/annoy/offend someone |
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| bitterness and resentfulness, esp. longstanding |
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| having or showing unreasonable desire for revenge |
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| a state/feeling of being actively opposed/hostile towards someone or something |
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| bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly |
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a). an extinct form of elephant; a giant or colossus
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| a large extinct form of elephant |
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| remarkably great in size extent or degree |
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| anything of great size/immenseness |
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| an enormous capacity for food +pleasure |
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| gigantic and correspondingly gross and boorish |
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| an order from a superior court to an inferior court |
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| the authorization the voters have given to public officials by electing them |
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| mandate (League of Nations) |
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| a colonial territory that had been taken from one of the defeated belligerents and assigned to the administrative control of one of the victors |
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| made necessary by circumstances/regulations |
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| of vital importance, crucial |
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| available at the discretion of the user, to do with their free will |
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| required by ettiquette or current fashion |
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| the means by which some goal is achieved or the person through whom it is realized |
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| someone who can communicate with the dead |
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| media, takes a plural verb |
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| a thing/person that acts to produce a specific result |
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A). bad, badly
b). evil, ill
c). abnormal, abnormally |
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| a person who has committed a crime or another offense |
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| showing ill will, having a evil influence |
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| a vague undefined feeling of illness or discomfort |
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| gentle and mild;beneficial;not dangerous |
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a). give birth
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| to produce or bring into being |
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