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| haughty; arrogant; offhand |
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| a problem without a satisfactory solution |
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| frivolous wasting of time; flirtation |
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| appearing worn and exhausted; emaciated |
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| tolerance of a poison, acquired by taking gradually larger doses of it |
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| an argument; a refutation of an attack upon a doctrine |
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| to change form; transform |
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| to persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile. |
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| to make ashamed or uneasy |
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| a short maxim or proverb; an aphorism |
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| a distinctive air or quality that characterizes a person |
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| a person of refined tastes and discrimination |
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| the cutting off of ones head |
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| to make use of, sometimes selfishly |
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| German shape. usually applied to the psychological idea that an organism responds to a situation as a whole being, without separate physical, emotional, or intellectual reactions. |
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| lacking moral discipline or sexual restraint |
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| an occupation or trade from which one is especially suited; ones specialty |
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| a quality that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy or tenderness |
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| help in the time of distress |
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| the flow of meaning apparent in written or spoken material |
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| failing to impress favorably; nondescript |
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| to increase, gain, or grow, as interest on capital |
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| to make impure by adding improper ingredients; corrupt |
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| to become fat; to thrive and prosper at another's expense |
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| power or capacity to produce the desired effect |
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| to become disabled, break down, cave in or sink |
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| having the quality of acting impulsively with great energy or emotion |
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| a washbowl, usually for ceremonial washing of the hands |
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| the doctrine that nothing exists, is knowable, or can be communicated |
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| undisturbed, outwardly calm |
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| sharp, abrupt emphatic sounds |
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| an object marked with magical signs |
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| to entice with something desirable; to tempt or fascinate |
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| used to express great approval |
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| weakened by old age, illness or hard use; broken-down |
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| profit from one's employment, payment for services rendered |
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| a mocking or derisive mark |
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| incapable of being disentangled or untied |
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| environment or surroundings |
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| to make claim for; demand; to assume the truth without proof |
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| principal, original or source |
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| although, even though, notwithstanding |
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| coscious knowledge or recognition |
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| lacking moral restraint; debauched |
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| to provide with some quality |
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| a facial expression of pain or disgust |
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| pretentious bad taste, as in decoration or art |
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| causing an adverse opinion; detrimental |
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| To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious. |
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| having the shape or motion of a worm |
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| to inflict vengeance upon a person; to express anger or violence |
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| to reduce in amount, lessen |
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| an inner motive, intention or purpose |
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| to be necessary or proper for |
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| sharing an edge or boundary; adjacent |
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| to marry; to give one's loyalty or support for; to adopt |
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| having natural charm; picturesque |
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| having a cheerful disposition; merry |
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| a quack or fraud; someone who pretends to have knowledge |
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| posing a problem; open to doubt |
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| a lecherous and dissapated man |
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| not disconnected or embarrassed |
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| a person who deliberately destroys public or private property |
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| unyielding; inflexible; "hard as diamond" |
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| to behave in a particular manner |
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| a narrow crack or opening |
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| a state of delight or intense emotion |
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| horrifying; repugnant; gruesome |
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| transmission of disease from an original site to sites elsewhere |
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| occuring at the right moment |
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| a cloth to wrap around a body for burial |
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| to mar; defile; taint, damage |
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| holding firmly; stubbornly |
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| boastful; excessively vain |
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| something attached or added in a dependent or subordinate position |
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| full of twists and turns; winding; torturous |
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| characteristic of the last part of the 19th century, esp. regarding the fashionable despair of the literary and artistic community |
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| ardent, fervid, filled with passion |
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| shocking, glowing or glaring as though through haze |
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| Music. not to be left out; as an accomplishment which is part of the piece. |
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| complete integrity; uprightness |
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| a very small quantity or portion |
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| French. quality of a sound, voice or instrument |
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| expressing a wish; dedicated in fulfillment of a prayer |
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| to decorate or add to the splendor of |
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| without emotion or animation |
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| full of venom or hate; destructive |
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| to hold spellbound, captivate |
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| refined in manner; polite, elegant |
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| the horizontal beam that supports the structure above a door or a window |
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| capable of being formed, as a soft metal |
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| any narcotic containing opium or its derivatives; any drug |
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| a complaint; an utterance of grief |
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| sympathetic vibration; a bond |
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| crude, unrefined. awkward |
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| worthy or reverance or respect |
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| an open or intentional offense, slight, or insult |
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| to discover or find out through experimentation or examination |
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| having a pleasing appearance; attractive; graceful |
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| to belittle or disparage; to censure |
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| outward aspect; false appearance |
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| uttered without the use of normal words, unable to speak |
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| a beggar afflicted with some repulsive disease; a leper |
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| of or suitable for a palace |
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| horizontal layer of any material; a category |
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| in bullfighting, a maneuver of passing the cape over the charging bull |
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| to destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence |
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| a group of animals or birds; any assemblage |
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| deep cleft or crack in the earth's surface; an abyss |
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| feeling of contempt or superiority |
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| to hide or disguise the real nature of |
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| the best or most skilled members of a given group |
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| critical explanation or analysis; especially interpretation of the Scriptures |
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| a road or passage having no exit; a dilemma |
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| a point where two things join; a point or interval in time |
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| one who has power and position to rule over others |
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| to make known a decree by public declaration |
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| a length of thread wound in a coil |
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| to coax by flattery; cajole |
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| a pictorial representation to deliberately exaggerate some feature for comic effect |
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| sadness or depression of the spirits |
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| a recess in a wall for an object; a suitable occupation or situation for a character |
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| a model or example; the original |
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| to argue against, to protest |
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| ethical objection to certain actions; principle, dictate of conscience |
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| a hypocrite; especially, one who affects religiuos piety |
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| sound produced with the aid of the uvular |
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