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| to lead on by arousing hope or desire |
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| to powerfully attract/charm |
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| to persuade with deception or flattery |
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| to charm or enchant in a deceptive way |
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| attract someone in a belief or course of action that is inadvisable |
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| to find distasteful, repulsive, to drive away |
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| to feel intense distast/aversion |
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| to ask or petition earnestly |
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| to beg earnestly/desperately |
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| ask fervently and urgently |
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| ask someone pressingly/persistantly for or to do something |
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| to have a metnal image of something (that may not exist) |
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| imagine as a future possibility, visualize |
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1) a word or phrase uesed to describe or characterize someone or something
2)a term of abuse or contempt |
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| a name of a person or a place |
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| calmness or evenness of temper |
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| feeling casually calm/relaxed, neither anxious nor enthusiastic |
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| tending to bring harm to a reputation |
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| relating to a small distinct social group within the population |
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| the subsitution of a relatively inoffensive term for one that is considered too harsh or unpleasant |
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| to increase the bitterness/severity of, to irritate |
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| appease the anger/anxiety of someone |
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| diminish or put to rest (fear, suspicion) |
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| serve as a counterbalancing/neutralizing force |
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1)make less sever
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| make something worse/more serious |
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| to elevate in position, power or character |
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| rejoice, feel satisfaction or joy over some success |
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| give someone a noble rank/title |
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| reduce something in quality or value; lower the moral character of |
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| treat w/contempt, lower the character/quality of |
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| to lower someone in dignity or importance |
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| behav is a way to belittle someone |
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| exaggerated/uncontrollable emotion or excitement |
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| deeply learned, especially in a sepcialized area |
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| great, intense, requires deep thought and analysis |
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1) understood by/intended for a select few
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| communicated only to the initiated |
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| difficult to understand, obscure |
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| understood by few, mysterious and secret |
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| incapable of being fully understood |
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| having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure |
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| intended for/likely to be understood by the general public |
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| in accordance to the principles of right and wrong |
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| a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of morals and moral choices |
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| a principle of right or moral behavior as such set of principles |
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| set of fundamental attitudes beliefs, and values that characterize a particular culture |
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| having/showing no moral principlas, not honest or fair |
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1)worthy of initiation
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| a person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality |
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| perfect example of a particular quality or type |
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| a typical example or something |
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| the very first example of something |
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| a state of affairs that makes urgent demands |
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