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| the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends |
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| a howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
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| lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date. |
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| an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
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| any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
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| a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other acts of public worship |
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| a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat |
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| to pull up by the roots; to root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of |
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| charitable; dependent upon or supported by charity; derived from or provided by charity |
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| given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious |
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| a dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group,or subject; a compendium |
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| a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling |
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| very small, tiny; a lowercase letter |
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| to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder |
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| the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children |
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| the range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute |
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| having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic outlook |
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| the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable |
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| subordinate or supplementary |
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| to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner |
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| to trick; to cheat or swindle |
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| a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; masterly or brilliant |
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| a natural attraction to a person, thing, or activity; a relationship, connection |
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| valor or heroism; daring deeds or exploits(often used to poke fun at false heroics) |
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| the art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge |
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| foolish talk, ideas, or procedures; nonsense; a trifle |
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| an entire range or series |
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| the common people, the masses |
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| not expressible in words; too great or too sacred to be uttered |
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| public abuse indicating strong disapproval or censure; the disgrace resulting from such treatment |
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| a determining or characteristic element; a factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit, boundary |
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| to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully |
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| very sheer and light; almost completely transparent |
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| a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted |
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| a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
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| to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate |
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| a mold; the surrounding situation or environment |
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| a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display |
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| very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
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| of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems |
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| intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan |
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| a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions |
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| a short saying; an authoritative statement |
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| attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions |
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| mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed |
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| excessively or effusively sentimental |
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| foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty; pompous |
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| something given in exchange or return for something else |
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| having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something |
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| to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army; to trouble, harass |
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| dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance(of performance or achievement) |
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| to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind |
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| just beginning; not fully shaped or formed |
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| capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced |
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| lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements; such a person |
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| involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers |
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| stubborn; hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure |
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| the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence |
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| a departure from what is proper, right, expected, or normal; a lapse from a sound mental state |
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| the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction, or ruin; death or ruin itself; poison |
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| the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality; the lowest phase,nadir; an anticlimax, comedown |
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| ill-tempered, quarrelsome; difficult to get along or deal with |
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| the act of preying upon or plundering |
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| a sympathetic understanding of or identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of someone or something else |
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| a forerunner, herald; to herald the approach of |
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| lacking brilliance or vitality; dull |
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| flowing sweetly or smoothly; honeyed |
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| a minor sin or offense; a trifling fault or shortcoming |
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| a malicious satire; to satirize, ridicule |
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