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lacking spice; flavorless; dull
soothing; comforting |
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| relating to kitchens or cooking |
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| cutting instruments; instruments used for eating (forks, knives, spoons) |
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| to consume greedily or enthusiastically |
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| a small piece of food; a small quantity |
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| sharply painful; having a strong taste or smell; being sharp and to the point |
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flavorful; appetizing
morally exemplary; respectable |
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to cook gently, just below the boiling point
to be in inward turmoil; filled with pent-up emotion |
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to have a negative effect on; to impair the quality or effect of (v)
something that impairs or ruins; a deteriorated condition (n) |
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| a great and violent disaster or change |
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| the process of rotting or decaying; disintegration |
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| to pull up by the roots; to eliminate completely |
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widespread destruction and devastation; chaos and disorder
(often used with the verb wreak as in wreak havoc) |
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| to damage or spoil the quality of |
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| to destroy all trace of, to wipe out completely |
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| combative; having a quarrelsome nature |
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| to crush or grind to powder; demolish |
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| not flowing in a current or stream; stale; not advancing or developing |
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| to bring up a subject for conversation |
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| to come together in a body; to cause to assemble |
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a first appearance (n)
to present to the public for the first time (v) |
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to board a plane or ship;
to engage in an enterprise |
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| to bring into existence; to produce |
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| beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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an introductory step
energy and determination to start something; enterprise |
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| the introduction of something new; a new idea, method, or device |
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an act or offer showing readiness to form a relationship or agreement
a musical introduction to a longer work |
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roundabout; wandering
not straightforward; veering from correct or acceptable methods or behavior |
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| deliberate deception in speech or behavior; making a lie of one's true intentions by deceptive words or actions |
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| deceitful cunning; sly craftiness |
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| easily fooled or deceived |
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| saying or professing to hold one position but acting otherwise; pretending to be what one is not or believing what one does not |
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to disguise oneself; to put on a false appearance (v)
an action or appearance that is a mere disguise (n) |
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| openly apparent; not hidden |
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| having a good reputation; trustworthy |
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| truthfulness; conforming to fact or truth |
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| observant and clever; shrewdly crafty |
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skillful handling of a situation; refinement, delicacy, and skill (n)
to handle or negotiate a situation with subtle skill (v) |
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| requiring great care, extreme effort, or diligence |
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| showing unusually early development or maturity |
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a highly talented child or youth
something extraordinary or unusual |
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| effective and imaginative in solving problems |
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| a very skilled musician or other type of performer; an expert or master |
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| an individual behavior or habit peculiar to a person; a characteristic oddity |
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| protruding; in the way; undesirably noticeable; invasively bold in manner |
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| conforming to established practice or belief; conventional |
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| widespread; commonly existing or practiced |
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| ordinary; everday; unimaginative |
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| pleasingly old-fashioned or charmingly unfamiliar |
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unique; exceptional
denoting one person, thing or instance |
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