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| A product of sperm whales used in manufacture of perfume |
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| The point in a planet's orbit that is farthest away from the sun |
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| The chief magistrate in ancient Athens; any ruler |
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| dull, unimaginative, extremely dry |
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| to claim or seize without justification, to usurp |
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| to ease the intensity of, to appease, to pacify |
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| a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying |
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| inclined to start wars or fights |
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| gracious, favorable, not threatening to health |
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| occurring every two years |
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| to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, store, organization) as a sign of disapproval |
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| to make known for the first time, to open up |
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| lacking originality; trite |
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| pertaining to the cheeks or side of the mouth |
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| pastoral, relating to the rural life |
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| a clown or ludicrous figure; someone who amuses with jokes or tricks |
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| having the ability to float, cheerful, gay |
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| to make shiny or lustrous, to polish |
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| group united to plot, especially the overthrow of authority |
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| hiding place, something hidden in a secure place |
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| a harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds |
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| one who is involved in a variety of things, none of them seriously, dabbler |
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| to confuse, deject, to frustrate, to deceive |
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| to converse, to discuss formally |
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| one who goes against an opinion, non-conformist |
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| a loose-fitting gown worn in North Africa |
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| stubbornly unyielding, uninviting |
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| a vehicle used to haul goods |
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| a person who drives a truck as an occupation |
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| a dull-witted or stupid person |
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| concealment of one's true intentions by misleading words or deception |
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| lively, enthusiastic, boiling up |
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| selecting from many sources what seems to be the best; catholic |
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| having to do with a body of churches, worldwide or general in extent or application |
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| instruction, improvement, enlightenment |
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| to make indistinct by wearing away, to erase or remove |
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| a disagreeable or noxious vapor, escaping gas |
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| overflowing, very demonstrative |
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| conspicuously bad, flagrant |
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| to shed light upon, to make clear |
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| formal expression of praise |
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| to bring into being, to produce |
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| a baffling situation, something that is hard to explain or solve |
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| a sudden and often divine enlightenment or realization |
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| a typical or ideal example |
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| ambiguous, deliberately confusing, able to be interpreted in more than one way |
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| formal expression of praise |
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| the substitution of a positive expression for something that may be interpreted as negative or distasteful |
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| fleeting, hardly visible, ephemeral |
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| to make more violent or more severe |
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| to exonerate, to clear of guilt or blame |
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| an interpretation of a text |
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| a syllable or word that fills a vacancy but does not add to the sense of what was said |
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| flat, uninteresting, insipid |
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| a charm, a talisman, an amulet, an object thought to deflect evil or bring luck, a fixation, an object of obsessive desire, a preoccupation |
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| to instigate, incite, or arouse |
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| to ravage for spoils, to pillage; sudden, something brief, invasion |
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| an ancestor or forefather |
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| happening by chance, unplanned |
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| the right to vote, a special privilege granted to a few, the right to market certain goods in a particular region |
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| produced by forcing air through a constricted passage |
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| habitually disobedient, not willing to compromise |
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| lacking social grace, crude, awkward |
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| one who eats and drinks excessively, glutton |
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| not required by the circumstances, unwarranted, unnecessary |
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| liking companionship, sociable |
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| a mythical animal having the head and wings of an eagle and the body and legs of a lion |
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| a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, the tail of a serpent; illusion or mental fabrication |
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| deceitful cunning, cleverness |
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| a type of unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of three lines |
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| someone or something that foreshadows what is to come |
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| one who goes against an established religion or belief, nonconformist |
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| to spent the winter in a dormant, inactive state |
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| an inspirational discourse, a sermon |
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| of uniform structure or composition |
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| words that sound alike but have different meanings |
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| homophones, also, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings |
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| anything that is the product of at least two different sources |
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| pretending to have qualities or virtues that are not possessed, dissembling |
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| based on conjecture, conditional |
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| one who destroys religious images or attacks established beliefs |
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| one who destroys property |
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| not susceptible to change |
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| having originated naturally in a particular environment |
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| insulting or abusive language |
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| offensive, envious, obnoxious |
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| easily angered, choleric, malevolent |
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| a type of blind or shutter having adjustable slats or louvers and usually made of glass |
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| a projection or structure extending into a body of water |
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| a shameless, brazen woman |
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