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| keeness or judgment;mental sharpness |
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| collection of things mixed together; the sum total |
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| standoffish, uninvolved, keeping one's distance |
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| to make better or more tolerable |
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| out of place in time or history |
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| something or someone loathed or detested |
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| subordinate; providing assistance |
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| to make void; usually refers to marriage |
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| an abberation, deviation, or irregularity |
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| the study of human cultures |
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| in opposition, contrary to |
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| one who deserts his or her professed principles or faith |
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| elevation to divine status; the perfect example of something |
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| to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use |
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| an original model or pattern |
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| to determine with certainity; to find out definitely |
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| hermitlike; practicing self-denial |
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| hardworking, diligent, busy |
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| to soothe, pacify, or relieve |
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| gradual wearing away; a natural or expected decrease in size or number |
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| an omen, especially a good omen |
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| protection, support; sponsorship |
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| kind, helpful, generous; like a nice uncle |
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| an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure |
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| to delude by guile or craft; to mislead, divert |
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| to give a false impression; to contradict |
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| something left to someone in a will |
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| to open up a subject, often a delicate one, for discussion |
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| a support for a building or structure; to support |
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| a group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique |
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| to persuade with flattery or gentle urging |
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| a pinching instrument used for determining the thickness of objects or the distance between surfaces |
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| to remove salt from something |
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| tactful; good at negotiating |
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| to vacillate between choices; to tremble with excitement |
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| occurring every day; occurring during the daytime |
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| creating conflict and disagreement |
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| bubbling with excitement, exuberant |
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| a likeness of a person, usually one used to express hatred for that person |
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| oval;missing a word or words; obscure |
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| native, restricted to a particular region or area, indigenous |
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| lasting a very short time |
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| relating to horses, horselike |
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| ambiguous, intentionally confusing, capable of being interpreted many ways |
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| serving as a substitute; synthetic, artificial |
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| heavenly, light, insubstantial |
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| the study of words and their meanings |
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| pleasant-sounding, opposite of cacophonous; melodious |
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| fleeting, vanishing, happening only for the briefest period |
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| to demonstrate convincingly; to prove |
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| to unbury; to dig out of the ground |
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| to free completely from blame |
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| prompt, speedy; to expedite |
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| fluent, skillful in a superficial way |
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| having intense feeling, enthusiastic; fervid |
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| to pretend; to make a false representation of something |
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| very fancy, usually refers to intangible objects, i.e., florid speech |
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| to disregard something or someone out of disrespect |
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| the shallow part of a river; to cross a river at the shallow part |
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| the art or study of argumentation and formal debate |
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| accidental, occurring by chance |
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| a social blunder, an embarrassing mistake, a faux pas |
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| to startle into sudden activity; to revitalize |
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| relevant, applicable, pertinent |
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| to look or stare with sullen dislike or anger |
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| to swindle, to sell something worthless as if it were valuable; a swindle |
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| using a lot of big, fancy words to sound impressive |
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| given freely; uncalled for unjustified; unprovoked |
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| peaceful, serene; carefree |
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| a forerunmer, a signal of |
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| the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
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| leadership, especially of one nation over another |
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| airtight, impervious to external influence |
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| one who has great concern for human welfare, values, and dignity; a student of the classics |
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| formed, bred, or composed from different elements |
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| quirky, peculiar, eccentric |
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| shame, disrepute, disgrace |
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| to beg, urge, or insist persistently |
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| incomplete; only partially formed |
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| angry or insulted, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy |
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| avverse to activity;habitually lazy |
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| incapable of being expressed or described |
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| relentless, ineviatable, unavoidable |
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| to protect against disease |
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| nonchalant, lighthearted,carefree |
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| easily angered or provoked; irritable |
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| lacking maturity or significance; irrelevant |
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| an excessively vigilant patriot; a bellicose chauvinist; a war-mongering nationalist |
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| consequences of one's actions;fate, destiny |
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| honor, glory, acclain, compliment |
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| to assault violently with words |
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| not strict; careless or negligent |
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| transparent, clear, lucid |
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| a medicinal liquid or salve for rubbing on the skin |
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| to get rid of; to settle a debt |
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