Barrons + PR Wordsmart (1501 - 1854) Flashcards

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rudimentary

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elementary

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regret, feel remorse

Answer 3

to ponder; to reflect upon

Answer 4

countrified, unpolished

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heroic story

Answer 6

having sound judgment, perceptive, wise

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wise man, philosopher

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appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy

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outstanding, prominent, conspicuous

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prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

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suddenly rush forth

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healthful, wholesome

Answer 13

promoting health or well-being

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remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

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deliverance from ruin

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hypocritically religious

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self-righteousness, pretended piety

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authoritiative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance

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endorse, certify

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safe shelter

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cheerful, confident, optimistic

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optimistic/ undoubtful

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to enervate or weaken the vitality of

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to overindulge, satisfy to excess

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excess, overly full, surfeit

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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision

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soak, fill up completely

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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose

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split/ alienation, discord, fracture, rupture

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child, descendant

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to sneer at, to mock

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to examine closely

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coarse, vulgar, using indecent language

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vulgar, low, indecent

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run hastily

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contemptible, despicable

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quiet, still, undisturbed, sober

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largely inactive, accustomed to sitting

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diligent, persistently maintained, assiduous

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a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

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like a seed, constituting a source, originative

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infirm, weak from old age

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withered, arid

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peaceful repose

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submissive; slavish

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a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part

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pet phrase, slogan

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to smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile

Answer 49

position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income

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exceptional, unusual, odd

Answer 51

extraordinary

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evil, ominous

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winding, curving, moving lithely, devious

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small fight, brief encounter

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to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

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disorderly, carelessly

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one who is psychopathic and antisocial

Answer 58

soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull

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a temporary stay

Answer 60

easing of grief, comfort

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to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun

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to beg, seek earnestly

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concerned and anxious, eager

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the theory that one's self exists

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able to meet financial obligations

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gloomy, sad

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apparently sound but really fallacious

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fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

Answer 69

false reasoning or argument

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exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment, pretentious

Answer 71

causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

Answer 72

characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul

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filthy, ingnoble, dirty, base

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thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals

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rush, flood

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seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive

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one who spends money wastefully

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throw up, vomit, eject

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bad-tempered, irritable

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without preparation, unrehearsed

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occasional/ on and off

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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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false, counterfeit, specious

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lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit

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sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect

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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Answer 87

easily shocked, over sensitive

Answer 88

motionless; stale; dull

Answer 89

to stop the flow of a fluid

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not moving, active or in motion; at rest

Answer 91

strong, trusty, firm

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to saturate or completely soak

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soaked, drenched, saturated

Answer 94

extremely loud and powerful

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unvarying pattern

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to mark with a disgrace

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to restrain, be sparing or frugal

Answer 98

to specify a condition

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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, steadfast

Answer 100

calm, impassive

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striped, grooved, or banded

Answer 102

shrill, harsh, rough

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discord, disagreement

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a sturctural support used to brace a framework

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held back or checked in natural growth

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to stun, baffle, or amaze

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insensible condition, daze

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to block, thwart

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to hinder, impede

Answer 110

a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

Answer 111

secondary, servile, obsequious, useful

Answer 112

a company that is completely controlled by another company

Answer 113

verify, confirm, validate, authenticate

Answer 114

ruse, trick

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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Answer 116

underground

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not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern, crafty or sly

Answer 118

brief, concise

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brief, concise

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assistance, relief in time of distress

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to give way, yield

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cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

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ill-humored, grim

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very hot and humid

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various, miscellaneous, separate

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disdainful, arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn

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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

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on the surface, slight

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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unnecessary; excessive; surplus

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inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack

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lying on the back

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to take the place of, supersede

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asking humbly, beseeching

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beggar, one who prays or begs for something

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earnest prayer

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something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

Answer 138

excess, superabundance

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to feed or supply in excess

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to rush suddenly

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by stealth

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stealthy, accomplished by secret, furtive

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easily affected, unusually liable

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slender, esp. in figure

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someone who tires to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite

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having to do with signs and symptoms, indicative, demonstrative

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the combination of parts to make a whole

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to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration

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forbidden by custom or religious practice

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implied; not explicitly stated

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not talkative, silent

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contamination, undesirable substance that spoils something

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something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck

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to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows

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having actual form, able to be touched

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tease or torment by offering something good, but fail to deliver

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equivalent, identical

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tense, keyed up, on edge

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a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

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cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent

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applied science

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branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

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foolish boldness

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reckless boldness

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based on sound reasoning or evidence

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supportable, defendable

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holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

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tough; stubborn; not letting go

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the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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biased, showing marked tendencies

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having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one

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to offer formally

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having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak

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shrew; scolding, brawling woman

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to end (not quell)

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brief and concise in wording

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concise, brief, compact

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healing or curing process

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to hinder, defeat

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timid, fearful, diffident

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a trace, smattering, or slight degree

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a long and extremely critical speech, harsh denunciation

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sycophant, flatterer, yes-man

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to put up with, to bear

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lethargic, sluggish, dormant

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a force that causes rotation

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scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried

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in law, a civil misdeed requiring compensation

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winding, twisting, excessively complicated

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to publicly praise or promote

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docile, obedient, easily led

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custom that has been handed down

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to cause humiliation or disgrace by making malicious and false statements

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quiet, peaceful

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fleeting, passing quickly, brief

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passing, short-lived, fleeting

Answer 197

mockery, caricature, parody

Answer 198

sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut

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very strong, clear, and effective

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general direction

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of little importance or significance

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fierce, scathing, eager to fight

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cut short/ abridged, curtailed

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muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil

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unruly, agitated

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swollen, bloated, pompous, excessively ornate

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depravity, baseness

Answer 208

vileness, evil wickedness

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a rough struggle

Answer 210

being a guardian, adviser or protector

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beginner; novice

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novice, beginner in learning

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being everywhere at the same time

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existing everywhere at the same time, constantly encountered, widespread

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offense, resentment

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offense, resentment

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continuing at full strength or force without becoming weaker

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unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust

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without conscience, unreasonable

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affectedly emotional

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excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp. in an affected manner; oily

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agree to finance

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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate

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genuine, not false or hypocritical

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present everywhere

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neglected, untidy

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unrelieved

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disagreeable, offensive, morally bad

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indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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troublesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse

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bulky, difficult to handle

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to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise

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polished, witty

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sophisticated, refined, elegant

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seize, annex, grab

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charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest

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place of perfection

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overly fond of one's wife

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to fluctuate, hesitate

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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another, sway from one side to the other

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unpredictable act or idea, caprice

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dull, uninteresting, tiresome

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dull or lacking in taste

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multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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to brag or boast

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passionately, violently, eagerly

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capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary

Answer 248

thin covering

Answer 249

respected, worshiped

Answer 250

Pardonable, forgivable

Answer 251

poison, spite, malice

Answer 252

truthfulness, honesty

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appearing true or real

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authentic, real, genuine

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Trace; evidence

Answer 256

annoyance, irritation

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practicable, workable, possible, feasible, doable

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the many changes or problems that happen over time

Answer 259

wakeful watching

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alertly watchful

Answer 261

slander, malign

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to defame, characterize harshly

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absolve, justify

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a loud, domineering woman

Answer 265

masterful, manly

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great technical skill

Answer 267

extremey harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic

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full of hate, harmful

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thick, sticky

Answer 270

destroy the use or value

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to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective

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biting, burning

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to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely

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blame, abuse

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lively; animated; gay

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conspicuously and offensively loud

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readily changing to a vapor; changeable, fickle, explosive

Answer 278

willpower, choice

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bulky, large

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desiring or consuming great quantities

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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous

Answer 282

capable of being injured

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open to attack, susceptible

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talk vaguely and without much result

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a light breeze, a puff

Answer 286

roguish, jocular, witty

Answer 287

sickly pale, weak, anemic, cadaverous, emaciated

Answer 288

decrease; decline

Answer 289

watchful, shrewd

Answer 290

to move to and fro, to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Answer 291

to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil

Answer 292

to go, proceed, walk

Answer 293

cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

Answer 294

stir up, stimulate

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to sharpen or stimulate

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imaginative; unpredictable

Answer 297

witty, humorous

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flinch, draw back

Answer 299

longing, pensive, wishful

Answer 300

take by force

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a strong desire, crave, longing

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enthusiastic

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fervent, ardent, impassioned

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the general trend of culture, the spirit of time

Answer 305

top, highest point, peak