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| briefness of conciseness in speech or writing |
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| a ranking of people, things, or ideas from highest to lowest |
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| sleepy, tired; slow, with little energy |
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| to talk ver loudly, even wildly |
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| clearly and briefly stated; concise |
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| to support one's actions in the face of opposition, to justify; to prove, to substantiate |
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| using few words in speaking or writing |
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| artful ease with speaking; speech that can impact people's feelings |
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| a detail or a quality that is not obvious |
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| to give equal or similar to in exchange for what they have given you |
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| relating to speech that is used to persuade or have some effect; insincere in expression |
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| showing goodwill; peaceable |
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| to make tranquil or quiet, expecially by giving into demands; to pacify |
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| full of passion and emotion |
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| bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
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| unoriginal; taken from something already existing |
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| to praise or glorify; to lift up in status, dignity, power |
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| a maxe from which it is very hard to extricate oneself |
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| a period of inactivity; a lull |
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| to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion |
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| to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain |
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| showing enthusiasm; ardent |
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| hidden, secret, concealed |
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| very attentive to detail; fussy; meticulous |
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| lacking vitality, energy, or brightness; boring |
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| lightheartedness; gaiety, carefree disposition, perticularty when not appropriate |
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| carefully alert and watchful |
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| irritating, grinding, rough |
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| To scold or criticize harshly |
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| a riddle, puzzle, or problem |
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| doubtful; or unlikely authenticity |
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| made up of a variety of sources or styles |
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| having an air of easy unconcern or indefference |
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| indifferent to pleasure or pain; not showing any emotion |
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| using too many words; wordy; long-winded |
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| having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; uncertain |
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| to free from guilt or blame |
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| a standard of perfection or excellence |
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| one who resists adherence to a group |
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| describing a showy or pretentious display |
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| having a great depth or seriousness |
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| a state of uncertainty or perplexity; a dilemma |
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| filled with eagerness, fervor, or passion |
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| to free from guilt, to exonerate |
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| based on random or merely personal preference |
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| to discourage from proceeding, to prevent |
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| given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
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| honesty, uprightness, soundness, completeness |
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| clear perception or understanding comprehensible, rational or sane |
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| to pacify, soothe or appease |
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| to speak on and on in a senseless and silly manner; to talk foolishly |
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| timid, fearful about the future |
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| quickly changing; fleeting, transitory; prone to violence |
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| not easliy excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish, self-possessed, calm, or composed |
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| irritable; peevish; spite |
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| gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression |
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| cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident |
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| middle-class or reflecting middle-class values |
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| pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational |
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| worn-out through use; thin (often relating to speech) |
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| extremely irritable or easily angered |
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| of chief concern or importance |
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| deserving criticism or censure; blameworthy |
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| worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse |
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| unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others |
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| lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; lacking in spirit or interest; listless |
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| a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual |
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| a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or contradictory nature |
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| a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite |
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| to pretend incapacity so as to avoid duty or work |
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| lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repitition; hackneyed; stale |
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| characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; slightly nauseating |
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| extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant |
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| wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense |
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| the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident; good fortune; luck |
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| asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated |
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| aware, mindful, fully informed, conscious |
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| a person whose life is dovoted to the persut of pleasure and self-gratification |
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| an error in face or logic, a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc. |
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| to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate, mollify |
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| long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
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| to vex by disappointment or humiliation, mortify |
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| having moral integrity; acting in strict regard for what is considered right |
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| not genuine; false; conterfeit, phony |
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| to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken |
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| known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure |
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| words used to deceive, distract, or manipulate an audience |
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| lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory |
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| to put side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast |
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| very talkative; liking to tlak, garrulous |
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| a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault |
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| lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; make less sever or harsh |
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| fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity |
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| hateful; marked by deep-seated ill will; bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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| a remedy for all disease or ills; cure0all; an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties |
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| a short heavy club; strike or knock down; force into something, coerce |
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| speaking in circles; roundabout speech |
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| marked by painstaking effory; hard-working |
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| difference in quality or kind; lack of similarity |
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| showing sincere remorse, filled with a sense of guilt and atonement |
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| overflow; drown; overwhelm; submerge |
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| to give energy to; to stimulate |
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| expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
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| not talking much; reserved |
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| overabundant; more than is needed; unnecessary |
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