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| Resolution of a play. Ending. |
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| An inscription on a tomb. A short statement of the dead. |
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| intense/passionate feeling |
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| criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner |
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| cause or give rise to a feeling/condition |
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| having mixed (contradictory) feelings about |
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| remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from |
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| providing moral or intellecutal instructions |
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| newly coined word or expression |
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| stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action |
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| move up and down in a playful way (think of a kid) |
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| show or declare someone is not guilty of wrongdoing |
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| contemptibly lackin in courage (cowardly) |
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| having a limited or narrow outlook |
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| continue something indefinitely |
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| wanting to avoid activity or exertion (lazy) |
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| a commoner, member of lower class |
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| eager or quick to argue or fight |
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| having or showing great knowledge |
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| departing from an accepted standard |
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| behave in a way that belittles or degrades |
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| speak or write in detail about |
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| beginning to happen or develop |
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| fond of company. Sociable |
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| boast about or praise excessively |
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| unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something |
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| interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types |
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| able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action |
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| object surviving from an earlier time |
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| exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action |
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| having or conveying indecent interest in sexual matters |
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| not being what it purports to be (false) |
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| relating to or consisting of money |
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| show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing |
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| an unpleasant hint or suggestion of somehting bad |
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| Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive |
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| Traveling from place to place, esp. as part of a job |
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| Strengthen, invigorate, encourage |
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| Small, not very important, slender or delicate (adj); treat as though not very important; snub, ignore (verb); an act of treating in this way, a discourtesy (noun) |
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| Learned person, scholar, someone admitted to membership in a scholarly field; a person with amazing mental abilities despite having a cognitive difference or disability |
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| Left unplanted (of land); not in use |
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| Lucky, fortunate, or relating to divine care (the idea that a deity has helped or cared for a person) |
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| Not translucent; not allowing light, heat, etc. to pass through; dark, dull, unclear or stupid |
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| Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way |
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| The character, personality, or moral values specific to a person, group, time period, etc. |
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| Domination, authority; influence by one country over others socially, culturally, economically, etc. |
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| Insatiable greed; a miserly desire to hoard wealth |
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| Happening or continuing after death |
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| Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism |
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| Using language in a clear, fluent way (adj); speak distinctly or give clarity to an idea (verb) |
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(adj.) laborious, difficult; strenuous
1. Completing the plans for the new building proved to be an arduous affair.
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(v.) to claim or demand unduly
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(n.; adj.) one who leads a simple life of self-denial; rigorously abstinent
1. The monastery is filled with ascetics who have devoted their lives to religion.
2. The nuns lead an ascetic life devoted to the Lord.
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(n.) harshness
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(v.) to relieve; ease; make less severe
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(adj.) fearless; bold
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