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| adj. present at birth but not hereditary; inborn; having a characteristic so strong as to be part of ones nature |
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| a general agreement or opinion; a majority opinion |
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| endless; occurring over and over again indefinitely |
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| grayish yellow in color; sickly pale |
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| contradictory; offering resistance; distasteful; disgusting |
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| a sudden attack by troops from a defensive position; a single mission of a lone airplane against an enemy |
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| engaged to be married; a person who is engaged to be married |
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| brave or resolute; showing great courage |
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| kind; charitable; doing good |
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| having mixed, conflicting, or changing emotions or thought toward a person or thing. |
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| the act of asking humbly and earnestly; a prayer; a petition; en entreaty |
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| easily springing back to an original form; flexible; recovering quickly; buoyant |
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| causing disunity, dissension, or disputes; quarrelsome |
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| a place where public records or historical documents are kept; the records or documents kept in such a place; v. to keep or store such records |
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| the prevent from accomplishing; to cause feelings of discouragement |
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| unbreakable due to hardness; unrelenting; unyielding |
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| to put off until later; to delay without a good reason |
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| to make an enemy of; to oppose or couteract |
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| arrogant; allowing no denial or refusal; absolute |
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| n. a ruler with unlimited power; a dictator; a domineering person. |
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| impossible to explain or understand |
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| something that stirs up anger or excitement |
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| one of the common people of ancient Rome; a vulgar person; common; vulgar; crude |
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| showing disbelief or doubt ; skeptical; disbelief |
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| a question v. to question; to inquire into |
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| to excuse or clear completely of a charge or accusation; to prove blameless |
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| worldly or temporal rather than religious or sacred; not belonging to a religious order |
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| to make easier or quicker; to hasten |
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| any use of language, habit, or custom that distinguishes a class; a password; a distinctive slogan used by members of a group |
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| to refrain or abstain from; to go without |
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| of or expected from a son or daughter; of a partner's or parents' offspring |
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| a feeling of disappointment, distress, or embarrassment |
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| to yield or give up, o transfer or render title to |
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| advanced in a particular art or science; skilled; expert; qualified |
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| to cause something to happen; to bring about quickly or suddenly adj. reckless; rash acting hastily or impulsively |
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| a release from a debt or duty; a lessening of intensity; a diminishing |
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| to put between; to insert between parts; to interject during a conversation; to intervene |
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| graceful, charming, and smooth; seemingly carefree |
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| belonging to a thing by its essential nature; inherent |
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| to ease without curing; to alleviate; to make (a crime or offense) appear less serious; to lesson the intensity of something |
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| to attack violently; to assault; to attack with argument, words, or questions. |
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| a formation of a massed soldiers; a closely united group |
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| a person who precedes another in a office or a position |
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| to give in to or consent to without protest and without enthusiasm |
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| to express strong disapproval of something; to plead against; to belittle |
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| to besiege or surround with troop; to beset; to harass |
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| the main shock or force of a blow or attack; the heaviest part of an accusation or attack |
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| a correction; a reparation; a relief; v. to set something right; to remedy |
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| an alliance, usually nations, political parties, or factions; a temporary union |
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| sly; treacherous; working ina hidden but dangerous way |
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| the holding back or subduing; suppression; pushing painful ideas or memories into the subconscious (in psychiatry) |
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| away from the central part; on the edge; only slightly concerned with the important part; unessential |
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| one who is persecuted, tortured, or killed for refusing to renounce religious principles; one who sacrifices for the sake of a belief or cause; v. to torture or put to death for refusing to deny a belief |
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| a wall of earth used for defense; a person or thing that gives support or protection |
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| a departure, usually of a great number of people |
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| likely to cause ill will or envy; hateful |
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| to relinquish, usually a claim, right, or privilagde; to defer or delay |
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| abominable; grossly wicked and hateful; vile |
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| disparaging; belittling; meant to show an unfavorable opinion. |
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| fond of eating and drinking with friends; festive; social. |
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| to grant or agree condescendingly to do something; stoop. |
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| a natural attraction or liking for a person or a thing; a close relationship. |
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| hard to please; easily disgusted; overly dainty. |
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| to move back and forth like a pendulum; to vary between two or more opinions, thoughts, or actions; to vacillate. |
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| fearlessly daring; bold; insolent; contemptuous of decorum. |
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| a person who has refined tastes in eating and drinking. |
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| to bring oneself into someone's good graces or favor. |
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| an orderly arrangement of persons or objects; splendid dress; to set in proper order (especially soldiers); to dress or adorn. |
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| to strip off the skin, as by whipping; to scold or criticize severely. |
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| producing the desired effect; effective |
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| to explain in a manner that is false but seems reasonable; to devise self-serving but false reasons; to explain away. |
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| to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; a person having low moral standards; having grown worse or deteriorated. |
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| domineering; overbearing; arrogant. |
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| to give in or yield to something; to become less harsh. |
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| wishing harm or evil to others; showing or having ill will towards others; spiteful. |
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| a horseback rider; pertaining to horses or the riding of horses. |
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| to toss back and forth; to exchange; to discuss lightly. |
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| a crime of such seriousness (such as murder, kidnapping, or burglary) that it is punishable by a severe sentence. |
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v. to claim to be or do something;
n. the apparent purpose or main idea of something |
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| n. outward behavior; manner of conduct; bearing |
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n. a group of persons or companies united to carry out some enterprise or business;
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| v. to make uneasy or ashamed; to embarrass |
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| n. outward appearance; a costume; a style of dress |
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n. charm;
v. to fascinate; to tempt with something desirable |
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| adj. marked by signs of success or good fortune; favorable |
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| adj. reaching back beyond the bounds of memory; extremely old |
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| n. a yielding in judgement, opinion, or wishes to another; courteous respect |
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| adj. pertaining to a part of the whole; complete; essential |
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| adj. wise in looking out for one's own interests; prudent; shrewd |
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| adj. senseless; pointless; stupid |
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| n. a person who is given the authority to act or stand in for another; written proof of such authority |
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| n. the collection of departments of appointed officials through which a government is run; inflexible governmental procedures |
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| adj. based on one's own wishes; not fixed by rules; absolute, despotic |
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adj. lasting or used for a short time only; not permanent; fleeting;
n. a person or thing that has no settled place |
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| adj. planned or plotted; closely considered beforehand; deliberate |
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| v. to frighten with a stern manner of harsh words; to bully |
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| n. a person or thing who takes the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others |
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