Barrons + PR Wordsmart (1-500) Flashcards

Question

ACERBIC

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having a sour or bitter taste or character

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peak; pinnacle; highest point

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eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

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quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight

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sharp, keen, severe

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unyielding, inflexible, definite

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a follower, supporter

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solemn urging

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to command solemnly, as under oath

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to reprove; to express warning or disapproval

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to warn, to reprove

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adept, dexterous

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excessive praise; intense adoration

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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to foreshadow vaguely, intimate, suggest, or outline sketchily

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the coming of an important event

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opponent, enemy, foe

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unfavorable, harmful

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make a more or less disguised reference to

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to argue for or support a cause

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to be in favor of, to support

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a shield; protection; sponsorship

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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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diffusing warmth and friendliness

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written declaration made under oath

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to trouble greatly, to distress

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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater

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briskness, lively action, quick willingness

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cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

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a magical or wonderful transformation

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calm, soothe

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reported, supposed

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make easier

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to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior

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hint, suggest

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distant; remote;

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to combine several elements into a whole

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uncertainty in meaning

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vague, undefined, not specific

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circuit or compass; also, sphere of action or influence.

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the quality of having opposing ideas or feelings

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to make better or more tolerable

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to make better, to relieve, to improve

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agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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friendly, peaceful

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a general pardon

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full of love

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something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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comparable; similar

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a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing

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something greatly detested

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subordinate, assisting

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strong dislike or enmity; animosity

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historical records

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deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

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irregularity

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to irritate or cause hostility

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third to last

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an expert in the study of the races, beliefs, customs, etc. of mankind

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a dislike, distaste, or enmity

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aversion, dislike

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obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated

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exact opposite

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diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

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Lack of interest or concern

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lack of interest or feeling

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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

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self-confidence

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of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious

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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith

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a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause

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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example

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dismayed, shocked

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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos

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give notice to, inform

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an expression of approval or praise

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to take for one's own use, confiscate

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complex, ornate design

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based on whim, dictatorial

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mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates

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out of date

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outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time

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passionate, eager

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strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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impudent; in every way, being completely such, bare-faced, utter

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arrangement, system

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to suspend; to engage

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seize and take control without authority and possibly with force

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to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly

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an object made by hand, rather than a thing as it occurs in nature

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strategy, trickery

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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality

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innocent, naive

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one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion

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one who practices self-denial and devotion

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stupid; silly

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harshness of temper

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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability

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an act of defamation or maligning

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candidate for high position or better job

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to strive for

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agreement with a statement or proposal to do something

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a valuable thing to have

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to aver, allege, assert

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devoted, attentive

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diligent, hard-working

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persistent, attentive, diligent

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to ease or lesson; to appease or pacify

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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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keen, shrewd

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waste away

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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

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weakened, thinned, decreased

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to certify

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a reduction of strength in numbers, a wearing down

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nonconforming

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up-to-date

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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excessive boldness, rashness, daring

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enlarge, increase

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omen, portent, the reading of omens

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majestic, venerable

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protection or support, patronage

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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous

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Severely simple; unadorned.

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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic

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a robot, a mechanical "person"

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greed, especially for wealth

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greed, passion for riches

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to state as fact; to confirm or support

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strong dislike, opposition

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inspiring terror, weird

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a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying

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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

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to pester, nag, annoy persistently

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light, playful banter

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sinister, pernicious, ominous

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to refuse to move

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cause of injury, source of harm; source of persistent frustration

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instrument for measuring change

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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison

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Uproar, confusion

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to be resentful or reluctant

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delayed; late

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to surround with military forces or with troubles

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to give a false impression of, to misrepresent

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to make seem less important, speak of as unimportant

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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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warlike, hostile

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kindly, charitable

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favorable, harmless

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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency

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Deprived of

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to surround, hem in

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soil, stain, dim the reputation

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a narrow-minded, prejudiced person

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narrow-minded, prejudiced person

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odd; fantastic; grotesque; unusual

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grotesque,odd,unusual

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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn

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indifferent, not responsive to excitement

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disagreeably loud, very showy

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happiness, pleasure

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carefree, merry

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plain spoken

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thorough, blatant, unmistakable; remarkable

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(adj.) false, counterfeit

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loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint

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to provide support or reinforcement

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pompous; grandiloquent

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a rude or insensitive person; lout; yokel

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impudent, insolent

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a robber or bandit

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stiffen with fear or anger

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bring up, announce, begin to talk about

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to tolerate, endure, countenance

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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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a fan, follower

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protection

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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flourished, grew

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ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature; humorous and provocative stage show

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to polish, rub to a shine

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labyrinthine, complex

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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters

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secret hiding place

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discord; harsh sound

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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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to sponge, beg, or mooch

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a group of professionals capable of training and leading others

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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk

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emotionally hardened; unfeeling

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immature or inexperienced

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young and inexperienced

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to slander, make a false accusation

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false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander

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a made-up sensational story

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frank; honest

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frankness; open honesty

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the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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insincere talk, jargon

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surrender under agreed conditions

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surrender, make terms

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Fanciful, whimsical

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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument

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of basic importance or consequence; primary

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an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders

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something relating to the body or flesh

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punish, chastise

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severe criticism or punishment

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a substance hat accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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disastrous

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the relationship between cause and effect

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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sarcastic, biting

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haughty, disdainful, unceremonious

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to find fault without good reason

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relinquish possession or control over

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speed; rapidity

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a judgment involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning

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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

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a stopping

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embarrassment

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feeling of disappointment, humiliation

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a condition of confusion or unpredictability

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quality of leadership inspiring enthusiasm

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an imposter, a fraud or pretender

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wary; cautious; sparing

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to chastise or correct; subdue

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one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member

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stylish and fashionable; sophistication in dress

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trickery or subterfuge

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trickery, underhandedness

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an illusion

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imaginary, fantastic

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tending toward anger

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boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable

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an indirect way of expressing something

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limit; confine; draw a line around

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cautious, prudent

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outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around

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secret, undercover

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a commonplace phrase

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a small, exclusive group of people

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to come together; to fuse or unite

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concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes

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to force/ compel, press, impel

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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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forceful, convincing, persuasive

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an expert able to appreciate a field

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to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over

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handsome, beautiful

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corresponding in size or degree or extent

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matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property

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spacious, roomy, large

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sympathetic feeling, kindness

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harmonious, well-matched

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comprehensive and succinct

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serving to pay back

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self-satisfied; smug

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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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partnership in wrongdoing

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to increase or add to

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thorough/ inclusive, all-embracing, lock stock and barrel

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a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

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a confidential or secret meeting

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accompanying, attending

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following as a consequence

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harmony; accord

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Stoop, lower oneself

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fitting or appropriate and deserved

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to overlook, excuse, or pardon

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leading, helpful

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to consult, talk over, exchange opinions; to present as a gift, favor, or honor

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one to whom you confide your secrets

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a very intense and uncontrolled fire

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Great fire

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to cause to be confused; to frustrate

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come face to face with

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sympathetic, agreeable

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present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

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relating to marriage

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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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related to marriage

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pompous, self-important

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Limit, bind, squeeze

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to make a deduction, to infer

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complete, of the highest degree

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to scorn or despise

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expressing a feeling that something is worthless

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assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition

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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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twist violently

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to contradict, oppose, violate

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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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insubordinate, rebellious

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insult, scorn, aspersion

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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial

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call together

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complex or complicated

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to be a match for, to be able to handle

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abundant, plentiful

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fat, fleshy, obese

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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable

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confirm, support/ authenticate, ratify

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to coddle, pamper

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small group having something in common

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approve; tolerate

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to approve of or tolerate

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revolution

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secret or hidden

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wish, envy, want

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to deceive, beguile, hoodwink

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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage

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tending to believe too readily; gullible

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a gradual increase in intensity, particularly in music

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to reach the highest point

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deserving blame

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deserving blame

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the guilty person

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burdensome, unwieldy

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Accumulated

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to seek favor by flattery

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hasty, not thorough

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to cut short

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skeptic, pessimist

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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling

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to intimidate or dismay

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a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack

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collapse, ruin

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rout, fiasco, complete failure

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ruins, fragments

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speak against in an impassioned manner

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speak loudly

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politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior

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proper behavior, good taste, orderliness

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worn-out with use; broken-down

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believe, to judge

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damaging character by false reports

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showing deference

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to bear or pay all or part of

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make contemptible, lower

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do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

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injurious; harmful

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sketch, description in words

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dig; search deeply; investigate

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a person who gains power or popularity by arousing strong emotions, passions and prejudices

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conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage

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to question or oppose

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blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage

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indicate, show, mean

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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

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portray, picture, describe clearly

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sad, pitiable

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to position forces according to a plan

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(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

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express strong disapproval

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to disparage or belittle

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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner

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to ridicule, scoff at

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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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unoriginal, obtained from another source

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descended from, received from a source

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expressing a low opinion of someone or something : showing a lack of respect for someone or something

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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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cease/ break off, discontinue, end, give up, yield

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extreme poverty

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occurring by chance, disconnected

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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose

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hinder, discourage

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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

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injury, damage, hurt

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pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest

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physical or mental skill, ability

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any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

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transparent, gauzy

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a harsh denunciation

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bitter criticism/ castigation

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an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb

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intended to teach or instruct

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a tool used for shaping

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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence

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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent

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to become wider or more open

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causing delay, procrastinating

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one who has great interest, but little knowledge

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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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loud sustained noise

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a mournful song or poem for the dead

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to undeceive; to set right

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to defeat, put down

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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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careful, cautious, prudent

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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

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contempt, scorn

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unhappy, displeased

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disorderly clothing or hair

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free from self-interest; unbiased

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to strip of covering, take apart

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to discredit, belittle

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to slight or belittle

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different from each other

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

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scattered, spread, broken up

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to divert or amuse oneself

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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cause to become widely known

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to scatter or spread widely

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differ, disagree, protest

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a person who dissents from some established policy

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disintegration, looseness in morals

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lack of harmony; conflict

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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety

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mentally confused, crazed

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to disclose or reveal

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to disclose something secret

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easily managed, obedient, passive

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trembling, shaking

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trivial, poorly constructed verse

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authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated