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| bold and insulting behavior |
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| an authoritative, often formal, proclamation |
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| unrestricted power to act at one's own discretion |
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| clumsy or difficult to manage |
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| without dishonesty or concealment |
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| lacking distinction or individual character |
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| an equal exchange or substitution |
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| the trend or spirit of the times |
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| to stir up negative feelings |
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| not easy to please; very critical or discriminating |
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| indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain |
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| to act evasively in order to gain time |
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| keen and forceful; caustic |
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| to approach and speak to, usually aggressively |
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| hard to handle or manage, especially because of size or weight |
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| harmful or threatening harm or evil |
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| a heated or noisy argument |
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| a remark that attacks one's reputation |
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| having ceased to exist or live |
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| always ready to argue; quarrelsome |
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| to assume as a fact or principle |
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| reducing or preventing criticism with charm |
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| bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
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| something needed and wanted |
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| having a dirty or lowly appearance |
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| showing discretion and careful judgement |
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| to free from error or falsehood |
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| sluggish; inactive; dormant |
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| careful about every detail of behavior |
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| an outline or model, often drawn as a diagram |
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| showing insincere earnestness |
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| a reply to one charge with a countercharge |
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| to steal, often in a violation of a trust |
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| a troublesome or embarrassing situation |
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| to force by threat or intimidation |
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| to demand and obtain by force or authority |
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| something that lacks significance or worth |
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| a hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables |
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| opposite; direct contrast |
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| of a man, to engage in sexual affairs |
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| put forth or accepted as true on inadequate grounds; supposed |
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| marked by careful planning; discreet |
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| covering a wide range of subjects; rambling |
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| to beg; to lower oneself to please another |
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| something created from many different sources |
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| the attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects |
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| continuous change or movement |
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| massacre; slaughter; bloodshed |
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| to avoid telling the truth |
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| having both male and female characteristics |
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| outward appearance; the face of a building |
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| to pierce with something sharp; to make helpless |
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| an action or device intended to deceive |
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| lying; false especially habitually |
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| extremely angry; discolored, as from a bruise; pale; ashen |
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| something enormous and powerful; a sea monster |
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| not feeling or showing emotion |
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| opposed; reluctant; repelled |
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| connection or intersection |
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| an indefinitely large number |
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| believing that all events are predestined and unavoidable |
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| one who hates or mistrusts mankind |
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| not straightforward or candid; crafty |
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| to settle a dispute or fight between 2 parties |
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| careless in, or negligent about, attending to a task |
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| to have an effect on something, especially a negative one; to encroach |
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| very cautiously or carefully |
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| perfectly clear; transparent |
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| to be patient or avoid doing |
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| unable to be avoided; inescapable |
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| known by or confined to a small group of people |
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| disgusting because excessive or insincere |
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| loud and shrill or grating |
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| having a bias; favoring a cause (usually in print) |
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| relating to drama; noun: an actor |
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| to move or set apart; to quarantine |
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| a confused mass or jumble |
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| an impelling or originating force |
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| a thin layer; an attractive, ultimately misleading outward show |
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| showing merciless disregard for individual differences or special circumstances |
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| one who inflicts justified or great punishment; a source of harm or ruin |
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| an excuse; a strategy intended to conceal something |
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| inexperienced; not developed; immature |
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| of the lowest degree; brought low in condition |
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| a ridiculous misuse of words |
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| to reduce especially expenses |
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| a noxious or poisonous atmosphere |
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| the distinguishing quality of a sound |
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| to complain; to seek fault, especially over unimportant matters |
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| overly proper; precise to the point of affection; prudish |
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| literary study, especially as it involves the editing of texts and the history of languages |
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| to warn so a fault can be corrected or a danger avoided |
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| anything healing or soothing |
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| a narrow-minded person with no interest in the arts |
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| moderate, especially in eating or drinking |
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| dryly humorous, with a touch of irony |
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| lively; animated; energetic |
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| the anticipated progress of recovery |
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| very sacred. holy, or inviolable |
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| original and inspiring further similar efforts |
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| to argue in a petty fashion; make trifling objections |
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| impurities formed on the surface of metals during melting; worthless, commonplace or trivial material |
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| to request with great humility, as though by praying |
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| a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt |
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| a man who is preoccupied with his clothes and manners |
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| to give outward evidence of; to display clearly |
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| a person who writes or compiles dictionaries |
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| to add to with difficulty; to make just enough to continue |
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| a conscious choice or decision |
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| exactly the right word or expression |
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| an order of events; a procession |
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| probably untrue or fake; of questionable authorship |
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| to suggest for consideration; to propose |
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| a greedy person who hoards money, even at the expense of personal discomfort |
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| to reduce the intensity of; to calm |
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| showing courage in unfavorable circumstances |
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| to frown; to glare with anger |
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| a method or way of expressing something |
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| a sudden feeling of anxiety, shock, or confusion |
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| a person after whom a place, people, disease, etc. is named |
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| lying face down, especially as a sign of humility or worship; physically or emotionally exhausted |
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| superficially done; performed rapidly |
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| association or participation in a wrongful act |
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| enough or more than enough; plentiful |
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| to proceed with clumsiness and confusion |
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| to drink quickly or with enthusiasm |
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| unreasoning and boastful devotion to one's country or sex |
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