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predictable, cliched, boring
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pompous in speech and manner
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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to punish or criticize harshly
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deception by means of craft and guile
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respect, courtesy
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| to evade responsibilty by pretending to be ill. |
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| one who dislikes other people. |
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soften, make less severe
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| hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion. |
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| To prevaricate or lie, to twist the facts. |
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| to increase in number very quickly. |
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| correct or prompt behavior. |
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| causing sleep or lethargy |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious in reality. |
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| unemotional; lacking in sensitivity. |
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| something done without the use of words. |
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| extreme mental or physical sluggishness. |
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| something that happens daily, commonplace |
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| the main idea, the crux or gist of something. |
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to poke an animal so as to make it go faster (literal)
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| to hide away from the public |
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| A complete change of circumstances |
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| offensive, remarkably bad |
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| sudden veering of the ship with bad consequences. As a verb it means to raise a sensitive subject for discussion. |
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| A contentious argument that debates the truth of a belief over the other. |
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| Abolish, repeal or do away |
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| showing dedication and diligence |
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| Payment you may require from someone for that damages that they did to you. |
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| The restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner. |
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| atonement or compensation for a wrongdoing. |
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| mental calmness, composure and evenness of temper in a difficult situation. |
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| literally means cold blooded in French, metaphorically means calm and composed. |
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| involving or causing much bloodshed, sanguineous, bloodthirsty, gory. |
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| An uncultured, unrefined and uncouth person. A person not concerned with arts, culture or music. |
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| feeling or appearing calm and relaxed, indifferent, unconcerned, negligent or careless. |
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| literally means peasant, but metaphorically means a person with no sense of etiquette or decorum. |
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| forbid especially by law. |
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| deceive or trick someone. |
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| gloomy, sullen, surly, sulky, glum or somber. |
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| make a low continuous humming sound. |
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| moving in a slow, heavy, awkward manner. |
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| communication by means of gesture and facial expressions. |
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| complain peevishly or whine. |
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| adjacent, abutting, touching each other. |
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| idealistic, romantic, fanciful, impractical, unrealistic. |
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| a belief in the tenet that all people are equal pertaining to economic, political and legal rights. |
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| to talk back, to reply in a quick and direct manner. |
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| special language of a particular region or profession. |
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| to eat or devour in a greedy manner, voracious, ravenous. |
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| sharing in the knowledge of something. |
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| humor or frivolity especially in a facetious manner. |
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| showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing. |
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| display one's wealth, knowledge or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others. |
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| insisting on immediate attention or obedience especially in a brusquely imperious way. |
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| having or expressing a lively, cheerful and self confident manner. |
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| wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly, scrupulously, religiously. |
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| showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect. |
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| Be a sign or warning that something momentous or calamitous is likely to happen. |
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| nook or nest built high in the air by a bird of prey. |
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| cheerful willingness, eagerness speed. |
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| inability to speak or use words due to brain damage. |
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| self confidence or assurance especially when in a demanding situation. |
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| A non military facility, where soldiers are lodged temporarily. |
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| A situation or event that causes a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits. Also a large amount of something that is desirable. |
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| rhytmic flow of poetry; marching beat. |
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| Find a way around an obstacle, overcome a difficulty typically in a clever and surreptitious way. |
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| A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact. |
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| disgust or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness or sentiment. |
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| strongbox, large chest for money. |
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| An extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son. |
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| Collect and combine something in proper order. |
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| secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy especially inorder to cheat or deceive others. |
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| corresponding in size or degree; in proportion |
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| A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad. |
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| A symbol of abundance consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit and corn. |
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| A small group of people with shared interests or tasted especially one that is exclusive of other people. |
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| crude, unrefined. Lacking sensitivity or due consideration. |
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| Acceptance of something as true. |
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| greed for money or possessions. |
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| A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. |
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| Raise objections or show reluctance |
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| Criticize unfairly, disparage, slander, defame, vilify. |
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| Public condemnation of someone or something as wrong. |
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| Publicly declare to be wrong or evil. |
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| Belittle, Disparage someone or something. |
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| feeling discouraged and dejected. |
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| without having the basic necessities of life. |
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| A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source. |
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| Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. |
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| Discontented with people in authority and no longer willing to support them. |
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| to expel from the legal profession. |
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| to cause perplexity, make someone feel uneasy or embarassed. |
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| Digressing from subject to subject. |
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| to regard with scorn, contempt. |
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| to vomit, discharge violently. |
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| Unkempt, untidy and disarranged. |
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| Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really knows. |
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| Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial. |
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| give up something that is not necessary. |
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| feeling anxiety, being perturbed and lacking peace. |
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| to disguise or put on a false appearance. |
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| the female branch of a family. |
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| to move or act confusedly without a clear sense of purpose. |
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| to sell off, opposite of invest. |
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| submissive, ready to accept control or instruction. |
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| a feeling of boredom or depression |
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| Expressing sorrow, mournful, causing grief or misfortune. |
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| idiot, stupid person, dunce |
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| Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way. |
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| the period of life in which a person is old and weak. |
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| relentlessly stern and severe or gloomy in manner or appearance. |
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| a feeling of offense or deep resentment |
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| law, command, official public order. |
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| A building especially a large or imposing one. |
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| An unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion or discharge. |
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| Insolent or impertinent behavior. |
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| shining brightly, radiant. |
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| expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner. |
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| The action of going out or leaving a place. |
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| skinny, scrawny, gaunt especially from hunger. |
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steal or misappropriate money in violation of one's trust.
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| to translate a message into a code. The opposite of decipher. |
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| belonging to a particular area, inherent. |
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| marrying within a specific group due to law or custom. |
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| boredom, a lack of interest or energy. |
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| Establish or settle in a comfortable, safe or secret place. |
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| ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something, implore, beseech, beg, supplicate. |
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| quotation at the beginning of a literary work. |
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| an abusive word or phrase |
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| very significant or influential; defining an epoch or time period. |
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| the quality of being fair and impartial. |
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| Made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one for something else, fake. |
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| extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world. |
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| The characteristic spirit of a culture, era or community as seen in its beliefs and aspirations. |
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| pleasant, harmonious sound. |
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| a system of rhythmsical physical movements to music used to teach musical understanding of for therapeutic purposes. |
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| mercy killing; intentional, easy and painless death. |
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momentary, transitory, short-lived, ephemereal.
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| censure or criticize severely. |
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| extremely bad or unpleasant |
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| speak or write at length or in detail. |
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| one who lives outside one's native land. As a verb it means to drive someone from his/her native land. |
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| Convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral |
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| erase or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) |
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| irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with |
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| free someone or something from a constraint or difficulty. |
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| absurd, ludicrous, foolish and unreasonable. |
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| loyalty, allegiance, faithfulness, fidelity. |
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| lacking in efficiency or vitality |
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| Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile. |
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| suitable, appropriate and well spoken. |
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| to bind, chain or confine. |
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| giving an impression of vague unworldiness; doomed. |
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| fussy about one's needs or requirements. |
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| soft and hanging loosely or limply. |
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| outrageous, obviously and offensive |
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| openly disregard, treat contemptously, scorn. |
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| a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. |
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| to pass off as genuine when something is fake. |
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| a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to walk across. As a verb, it means to cross a river at a shallow place. |
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| Avert, keep away or prevent something evil or unpleasant |
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| Omit or decline to take something pleasant or vulnerable; go without. |
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| easily irritated, bad tempered, rebellious. |
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| the killing of a brother or a sister. |
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| not having any serious purpose or value. Carefree and not serious. |
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| mournful, appropriate to a funeral. |
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| An outbreak of public anger or excitement |
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| Run or jump about playfully. |
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| gather or collect something especially information or approval. |
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| lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward. |
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| a tactless or awkward act. |
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| lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger or age. |
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A small mallet with which an auctioneer, a judge, or the chair of a meeting hits a surface to call for attention or order.
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| Polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way. |
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| fluent and voluble but insincere and hollow. |
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| have an angry or sullen look on one's face; scowl. |
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| A rough knotty protruberance especially on a tree. |
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| A spiked stick used for driving cattle. |
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| A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders. Means fine, delicate. |
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| A scale or a series of successive changes, stages or degrees. |
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| pompous talk intended to impress. |
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| Uncalled for, lacking good reason, unwarranted, given or done free of charge. |
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| something given voluntarily, a tip. |
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| Dirty, grimy, disreputable; sordid. |
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| relating to the sense of taste. |
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| honor as holy, make holy or consecrate. |
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| A small settlement, generally one smaller than a village. |
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| In a rush, with reckless haste. |
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| a bully, braggart, talk to someone in a bullying way. (verb) |
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| Leadership or dominance, especially by one group or country. |
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| semicircular form or structure |
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| complete and airtight, insulated or protected from outside influences. |
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| unorthodox, not widely accepted. |
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| Chop or cut with an axe, pick or other tool. |
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| excessively rigid, narrow minded, stubborn. |
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| Grayish white, having gray or white hair; aged. |
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| emphasizing the importance of the whole and interdependence of the parts. |
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| word identical in pronunciation but different in meaning. |
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| manage carefully and thriftily; conserve |
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| A box or cage, typically with a mire mesh front, for keeping rabbits, ferrets, or other small domesticated animals. |
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| A distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing. |
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| Dishonorable, not noble in character |
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| disgraceful and dishonorable. |
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| a type of people or things similar to those already referred to |
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| Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality. Impregnate, saturate, soak, pervade. |
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| Unimportant under the circumstances, irrelevant; spiritual rather than physical. |
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| Enclose or confine someone against their own will. |
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| not feeling or showing no emotion. |
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| Having little or no money. |
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| Rude; Not showing proper respect; Not pertinent to a particular matter i.e, irrelevant. |
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| show someone to be involved in a crime. |
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| Failing to possess or display prudence, not judicious, unwise. |
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| to ask repeatedly, pester, bother. |
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| arrogant and rude, same as impertinent. |
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| Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement; challeng, call something into question. |
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| Silly, stupid; not significant |
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| emitting light as a result of being heated. |
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| blood red or fleshy pink in color. |
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| In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop. |
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| intelligently analytical and clear thinking. Accurate and sharply focused. |
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| not wanting to or not able to communicate with other people. |
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| not important or signifcant |
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| not able to be denied or disputed. |
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| Not able to be corrected, improved or reformed. |
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| An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one. |
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| persisting tirelessly, untiring. |
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| inexcusable, unforgivable. |
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| A formal legal document, agreement or contract. As a verb, it means to bind someone by a contract as a laborer or apprentice. |
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| formally accuse or charge someone with a serious crime. |
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| Lazy, wanting to avoid activity or exertion. Causing little or no pain when associated with a disease. |
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| unquestionable, impossible to doubt. |
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| Impossible to stop or prevent. |
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| impossible to disentangle or separate. Impossible to escape from. |
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| reputation for bad deeds. |
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| causing shame or a loss of honor. |
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| bring oneself into favor with someone by flattering or by trying to please them. |
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| An entrance or a place by means of access. The action or fact of going in or entering. |
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| Incapable of feeling or understanding things; inanimate. |
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| impossible to understand fully. Mysterious. |
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| proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects. |
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| Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way. |
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| Unable to pay back debts, bankrupt. |
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| Place a corpse in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. |
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| An authoritative prohibition. |
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| A person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation. |
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| A period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes. |
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| An intervening space between two things, especially a small or narrow one. |
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| hint, an indirect suggestion. |
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| hard to control or deal with |
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| become used to something especially something unpleasant. |
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| verbal abuse, highly critical language. |
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| Speak or write about with great hostility. |
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| The action of formally investing someone with honors or rank. A ceremony at which honors or ranks are formally conferred on a particular person. |
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| long established habit, activity or interest that is unlikely to change. |
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| Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. |
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| showing many colors that seem to change when viewed from different angles. |
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| wandering from one place to place, unsettled. |
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| Tired, bored or lacking enthusiasm typically after having had too much of something. |
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| clashing, jarring; harshly unpleasant sound. |
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| Change direction swiftly from one direction to another. Also figuratively means to mock of jeer. |
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| Extreme patriotism. Belligerent support of one's country. |
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| Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. |
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| the theory or philosophy of law. |
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| literally means the softer usually edible part of a nut or a seed. Figuratively means the innermost essential part of something. |
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| The sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral. |
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| Praise and Honor received for an achievement. |
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| lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy. |
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| A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others. |
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| criticize someone or something harshly |
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| The state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia. |
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| relating to precious stones. |
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| Theft of personal property. |
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| A room or large cupboard for storing food. Pantry or storeroom. |
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| A gift or money given as for service or out of benevolence; usually given ostentatiously. |
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| Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire. |
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| A state of physical or mental weariness, lack of energy. |
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| Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. |
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| A person who behaves without moral principles. |
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| Excessively lustful for sexual pleasure. |
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| a right to keep property belonging to another until a debt is paid. |
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| free of anything that darkens; completely clear, serene and transparent. |
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| Give a lot of public attention and approval to someone; treat as a celebrity. |
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| flexible, limber and agile. |
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| lacking energy and enthusiasm |
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| moving and bending with ease; graceful. |
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| make a deep sound like the mooing of cows. |
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| looking or sounding sad and dismal. |
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| calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements. |
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| present in vividly shocking or sensational terms, especially giving explicit details of crimes or sexual matters. Having a very vivid color, so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect. |
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| having a pleasantly rich, sweet taste. |
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| Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death or injury. |
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| A crafty and involved plot to achieve usually sinister ends. |
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| the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet. |
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| opposite of adroit, that is clumsy and awkward use of the hands. |
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| the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar. |
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| A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious. |
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| A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing about evil or destruction. |
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| A person who commits a crime or some other wrong. |
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| pertaining to the military, warlike. |
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| A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces. |
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| to irritate, vex, gall, aggravate, rile. |
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| the rejection of all religous and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless. |
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| noisy and difficult to control: The boy is cocky and obstreperous. |
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| theory about the nature of existence. Nihilism is a part of ontology. |
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| displaying different colors. Synonym of iridescent |
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| stated or appearing to be true, but not necesarily so. Apparent, sham, seeming. |
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| arrogant, showing excessive confidence or pride. |
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| a song of praise or thanksgiving. |
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| idle talk, prolonged discussion. |
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| small or meager; petty, trivial. |
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| elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise. |
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| a complete or impressive collection of things. A splendid display. |
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| a typical example or pattern of something, a model. A worldview underlying the basic theories of a scientific subject. |
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| to trim something by cutting away its outer edges. Prune. Peel. |
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| An outcast. A member if indigenous people of Southern India originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste or no caste. |
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| A conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice. |
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| having a limited or narrow outlook or scope. |
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| peice of literature or music imitating other works. |
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| inheritance or heritage derived from one's father. |
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| to condescend to, to disparage, to frequent a store, theater etc. as a customer. |
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| a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin. |
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| Derogative. Expressing contempt or disapproval. |
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| discerning, able to percieve. |
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| complete and utter loss. Damnation. |
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| wander from place to place. |
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| containing too many words. |
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| having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. |
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| shrewd, discerning, acute, having a ready insight into and understanding of things. |
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| attractive because of liveliness or sauciness. |
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| massed group of soldiers, people or things, a bevy. |
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| womanizer. A man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them. |
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| study of words and language. |
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| petty, of little importance. |
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| crude, vulgar; low class. |
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| including a variety of groups. |
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| speaker of many languages. |
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| to speak in a pretentious manner |
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| to study closelyor meditatively. |
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| to suggest an idea, to put into position. |
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| monarch or ruler with great power. |
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| rule out, not involve something. |
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| preference, liking to something. |
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| forewarning, presentiment. |
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| superiority in power and influence. "The preponderance of good over evil." |
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| attractive, engaging and appealing. |
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| to foretell, indicate in advance. |
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| original, existing from the beginning. |
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| lack of usual comforts or necessities. |
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| prediction of disease outcome; any prediction |
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| Versatile, readily assuming different forms or characters. |
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| the authority to represent someone else. A person authorized to act on the behalf of another. |
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| one who is excessively proper or modest. A person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters pertaining to sex or nudity. |
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| having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. |
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| having to do with punishment |
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| adhering to a strict moral code. |
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| to profess, suppose, to claim |
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| cowardly, craven, lacking courage. |
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| childish, immature, silly. |
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| faker, one who claims to have medical skill. |
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| quicksand, marsh, difficult solution |
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| dilemma, difficulty, confusion. |
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| to argue about insignificant and irrelevant details. |
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| most typical example, concentrated essence. |
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| witty, skillful storyteller. |
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| to scold with bitter or abusive language. |
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| likely to collapse, especially a building in a state of severe disrepair. |
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| having a cordial relationship |
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| deeply absorbed with something. |
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| methodical, rational or logical reasoning |
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| extremely conservative, one who opposes political or social liberalization or reform. |
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| blunt rejection; reject something in an abrupt or ungracious manner. |
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| to refute by evidence or argument. |
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| resisting authority or control. Insubordinate, contumacious. |
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| tendency to repeat previous behavior |
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| little known, abstruse, especially used to describe a subject or knowledge. |
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| remedy or set right an undesirable or unfair situation. |
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| room where meals are served. Mess hall. |
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| a reply, especially a sharp or witty one. Or a defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication. |
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| make a forcefully reproachable protest. |
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| Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract. |
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| blameworthy, disreputable. |
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| repetition, especially of a piece of music. |
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| morally unprincipled person, libertine. |
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| restless, unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control. |
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| group of attendants around an important person. |
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| taking effect from a date in the past. |
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| directed or moving backward. Go back in position or time. |
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| strong feeling of repugnance or dislike. |
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| emotional literary or musical work. |
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| Humorous in a vulgar way. |
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| a quick clever reply to an insult or criticism |
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| bordering on being inappropriate or indecent. |
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| very highly ornamented, florid, decorated. |
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| to disturb or cause disorder. Literally means to disturb the sediment causing it to rise to the surface of the liquid. |
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| a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech. |
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| to contemplate. Think about something deeply. It means to chew the cud. |
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| charm associated with a rural location. Used as a derogatory term to insult someone who is simple. |
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| excessively sweet or sentimental, sugary. |
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| extremely sacred; beyond criticism. |
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| shrewd, wise like a sage. |
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| lustful, treating sexual matters in an indecent manner. |
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| wise or attempting to be wise. "Homo sapiens" |
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| grimly mocking or cynical. |
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| a learned person, especially a distinguished scientist. |
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| sheath for a sword or dagger. |
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| dealing with indecent or vulgar things. |
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| to sparkle, flash. " a scintillating performance" |
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| professional copyist, penman. Cognate with scribe. |
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| behavior prompting rebellion |
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| habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance. |
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| to avoid a task due to laziness or fear. |
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| apelike; relating to apes. |
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| well-paying job or office that requires little or no work. Was used to describe a job in the church which had no direct contact with the congregation. |
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| to move in a stealthy or cautious manner. Sneak around. |
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| to calm down or moderate. To slacken. |
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| careless, hasty. Literally means wearing slippers. |
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| to discard or shed. Especially a snake shedding its skin. |
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| untidy, messy, disheveled, unkempt. Also means a loose promiscuous woman. |
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| drowsy, sleepy, inducing sleep. Soporific. |
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| person good at arguing deviously, a person with specious arguments. |
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| deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
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| immature and overconfident. |
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| filthy; contemptible and corrupt. |
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| austere, severe, grave, simple bare. It pertains to the city of Sparta, capital of Laconia, famed for severity of its social order, the frugality of its people, the valor of its army, and the brevity of its speech. |
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| lively, animated, energetic. |
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| lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false. Literally means to be born out of wedlock. |
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| filthy, morally repulsive. |
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| marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds. |
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| self restrained to the point of dullnes. Fixed, permanent. |
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| motionless state, standstill. |
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| extremely loud. From "Stentor", legendary Greek herald in the Trojan War, whose voice was as loud as 50 men. |
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| stiff, unnatural. Comes from the word stilt, a crutch or wooden pole used to walk across marshy lands. Now often used to describe high heeled shoes. |
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| enclosed area forming a defensive wall. |
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| trick designed to deceive an enemy. |
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| an adoloscent boy. Meaning someone who is slender as a strip, whose figure is not yet filled out. |
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| to impair or reduce to uselessness. |
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| to block or thwart. Originally meant the condition in which the opponent's golf ball blocks the hole. |
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| notice ordering someone to appear in court. |
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| too old, obsolete, outdated. |
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| arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending. |
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| having a dark complexion. |
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| person devoted to pleasure and luxury. Literally means inhabitant of "Sybaris", ancient Greek city whose inhabitants were known for their love of luxury. |
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| vivid description, striking incident or scene. Means picture in French. |
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| relating to the sense of touch. |
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| something producing a magical effect. |
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| gaudy, cheap, showy. Literally means an antiquated silk necktie wore by women. |
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| science of classification. |
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| to waver or move unsteadily. Comes from teeter-totter an alternative name for the see-saw. |
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| temporary, short lived, fleeting. |
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| to change in appearance or shape. |
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| parody, exaggerated imitation, caricature. |
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| cutting, sharp, incisive, forceful, effective. |
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| agreement to meet between lovers. |
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| savage and cruel, ready to fight. |
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| something that is obviously true. |
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| willing to do wrong for the sake of money. from Venus, the god of wealth. |
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| irascible, quick to take offense, pugnacious, cantankerous. |
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