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| Harsh or bitter in speech or temper |
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| To lighten or lessen physical or mental pain or discomfort |
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| A relation between two things that consists in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics |
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| Rigidly severe in character or judgement or severely simple, often said of a liberary style or of dry withered environments |
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| Conceited, thinking very highly of oneself, self-assertive |
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| A fraudulent pretender to skill or knowledge |
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| To be self-satisfied and content with self or circumstance |
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| To give passive consent to, to shut one's eyes to a fault or wrong of another OR to cooperate with or encourage secretly |
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| Attainment by anything of its highest point |
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| To turn aside from a customary direction or the right course |
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| No longer productive, because of age, exhausted, worn out |
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| A summary or a brief condensation of the leading points of a book or article OR a part that is typical of the whole |
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| Advantageous, based on the desire for special advantage or selfish profit rather than on principle or right |
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| Inspiring fear or awe, hence capable of preventing another from undertaking opposing steps OR difficult to accomplish because of obstacles |
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| Worn-out through frequent use, hence complacent or meaningless, trite |
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| A constitutional eccentricity peculiar to an individual, a personal mannerism |
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| Having more than one possible meaning, doubtful, not clear, uncertain |
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| pertaining to the essential nature of a thing |
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| Worthy of commendation or praise |
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| Pertaining to the world, to temporal, earthly things |
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| To exclude from public or private favor and privileges |
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| Excessively frugal or stingy |
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| Favorable opinion of a person or thing arrived at beforehand, preference |
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| Remarkable bravery or skill, usually a combination of both, in a military sense OR outstanding ability or skill |
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| To mark with a stigma, a reproach, or disgrace, to brand or blemish |
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| To put close together, place side by side |
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| Ravenous with hunger, greedy to eat, eager to devour |
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| Acuteness of mental penetration, keeness of insight |
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| Hating or distrusting mankind |
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| Pertaining to meaning, especially meaning in language |
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| Excessive desire for wealth |
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| To persuade or influence by flattery or deceit |
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| The existence of mutually conflicting ideas or thoughts about the same person, idea or object |
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| Distinguished from the rest of the group by undesirable qualities |
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| Being capable of double or doubtful interpretation, hence questionable or uncertain--rising out of the speaker's intent to deceive |
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| To grow together or fuse into one mass or body |
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| Evenness of temper or mind |
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| Offering services where they are not invited or required |
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| Atrocious or deeply offensive |
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| A predicament that leaves one no escape |
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| Of long standing, deeply rooted |
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| To scold bitterly and harshly, to punish |
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| Noisy, unruly in manner or behavior |
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| Said of anything that causes a sharp sensation, such as of smell or taste OR said of words that are sharp or piercing, stimulating |
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| To veer or swerve continually from one opinion or course to another |
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| Not to be penetrated, cannot be searched into or understood |
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| DEviation or departure from the normal, the typical, the expected, the prescribed or the natural course or condition OR the blurring or distortion of an image - defect, as in a mirror lens causing such a distortion |
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| Of savage and cruel character, awakening terror |
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| Full of senile compliance, excessively obedient or submissive |
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| Sharpness or quickness of sense perception, keenness of discernment, soundness of judgement |
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