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| severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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| performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good |
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| pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse |
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| to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate |
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| coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
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| to lower in character, quality or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate |
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| to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to comtaminate, pollute |
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| to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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| grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated |
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| a breaking of a law or obligation |
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| to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity |
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| to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; the act of looting; booty |
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| to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
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| very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety |
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| inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent |
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| to find fault with, scold, rebuke |
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| the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage |
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| strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position |
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| open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected |
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| stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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| resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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| fat; having a large, bulky body |
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| to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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| impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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| disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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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 remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
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| an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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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; to attack as false |
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| immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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| hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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| to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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| inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; escessively fastidious or refined |
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| subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
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| open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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| to make less in amount, degree, etc.; to subside, become less; to nullify; to deduct, omit |
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| praise or flattery that is excessive |
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| an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation |
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| shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
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| a greedy desire, particulary for wealth |
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| deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
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| tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone |
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| conspicuous, standing out from the mass |
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| to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous |
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| vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy |
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| unable to make up one's mind, hesitating |
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| cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct |
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| one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience |
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| extreme poverty; barrenness, unsufficiency |
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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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| to review a series of facts; to sum up |
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| to revive, bring back to consciousness or existence |
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| something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence |
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