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| (adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
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| gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial |
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| (adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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| stolid, dull, slow, stupid |
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| alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick |
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| shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay |
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| (adj) fat; having a large, bulky body |
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| overweight, heavy, obese, stout, portly |
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| slender, lean, gaunt, emaciated, spare |
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| (v) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
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| disown, disclaim, retract, abjure |
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| acknowledge, admit, grant, certify |
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| (adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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| unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached |
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| committed, engaged, partial, biased |
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| (n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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| strife, discord, contention |
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| agreement, accord, harmony |
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| (v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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| disperse, strew, diffuse, waste |
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| gather, collect, converse, husband |
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| (v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
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| purge, censor, bowdlerize |
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| (n) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forceto run between them; an ordeal |
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| dare, provocation, punishment, trial |
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| (adj) based on a assumption or guess; use as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
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| assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional |
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| actual, real, tested, substantiated |
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| inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid |
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| admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble |
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| (v) to call into question; to attack as false |
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| challenge, deny, dispute, query, question |
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| confirm, prove, verify, validate |
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| (adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
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| moderate, restrained, cool and collected |
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| (n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
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| abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy |
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| esteem, admiration, approbation |
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| (n) faithlessness, treachery |
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| betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity |
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| faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness |
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| (v) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
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| transfer, consign, demote, exile |
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| promote, elevate, advance, recall |
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| (adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
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| nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish |
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| (adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
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| secondary, servile, obsequious, useful |
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| primary, principal, domineering, bossy |
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| (adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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