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| an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness, spirit; a flair |
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| to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure. |
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| to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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| tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable |
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| to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
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| impartial, calm, free from emotion |
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| disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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| resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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| stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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| fat, having a large, bulky body |
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| subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end; submissively obedient |
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| based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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| to call into question; attack as false |
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| hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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| immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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| inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
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| open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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| an armored or protective glove; a challenge to combat; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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| to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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| praise or flattery that is excessive |
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| vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy |
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| not on time, not prompt; tending to delay |
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| to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
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| unable to make up one's mind, hesitating |
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| shrewd, crafty, showing pratical wisdom |
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| a greedy desire, particularly for wealth |
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| conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) |
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| deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
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| object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation (usually used adjectivally without the article) |
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| to speak or act in a way that allows of more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| somethign that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
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| expressed briefly and clearly; (clothing) lacking in fullness of cut |
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| to review a series of facts; to sum up |
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| cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct |
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| to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence |
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| one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
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| extreme poverty; barrenness, insufficiency |
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| a small or moderate amount |
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| done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably; making demands on one's skill or abilities, ambitious |
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| accidental, happening by chance |
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| hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; a sheltered place, a hiding place |
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| a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
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| pleasant, courteous, lighthearted, smooth and polished (in manners and appearance) |
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| a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work |
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| the essential part, main point, or essence |
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| effective, producing results |
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| to grow or accumulate in the course of time, to happen as a natural result |
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| to demand insistently, especially payment of a debt; a creditor; dark, dull, drab, dingy, blackish |
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| calmness, composure, refusal to panic |
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| relating to or typical of ancient times; antiquated |
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| tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arounsing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying; something that provokes or stimulates |
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| characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place |
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| overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling |
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| freely given; not called for by circumstances; unwarranted |
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| to delay, put off until later |
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| exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding, profound, abstruse |
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| extremely generous, lavish |
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| unfriendly, hostile; harmful, unfavorable |
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| showing great diversity or variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a multicolored woolen fabric; a jester's costume; a jester; a mixture of odd elements |
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| a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; abusive, vituperative |
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| a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; to disapprove of, condemn |
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