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| Excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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| A universally recognized principle |
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| To grow rapidly or flourish |
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| Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance |
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| An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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| A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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| Burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| The willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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| Argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness |
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| Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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| Intended to teach or instruct |
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| Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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| Free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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| Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles |
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| The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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| Composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| A mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
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| Soothing, esp. to the sking; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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| Based on observation or experiment |
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| Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
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| Intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| A speech honoring the dead |
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| An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief |
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| Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| Violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| An exaggerated statemnet, often used as a figure of speech |
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| Lacking funds; without money |
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| Beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| Harmless; causing no damage |
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| To obtain by deception or flattery |
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| Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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| Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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| The act or state of swining back and forth with a steady, uninterupted rhythm |
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| Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| Extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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| To examine with great care |
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| Extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion |
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| One that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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| Abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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| Producing large volumes or large amounts; productive |
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| To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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| Stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest |
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| Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| Authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision |
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| Sordid; wretched and dirty from neglect |
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| Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast |
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| To take the place of; supercede |
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| Lethargic; sluggish; dormant |
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| Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread |
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| Sophisticated; refined; elegant |
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| To defame; to characterize harshly |
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