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sullen

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adj. showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasant to people

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genre

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n. a kind, or type

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unkempt

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adj. sloppy; messy; unclean

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intrinsic

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adj. relating to the essential nature of something

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contentious

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adj. always ready to argue; quarrelsome

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regimen

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n. a set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect

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toxic

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adj. poisonous; dangerous

n. toxin

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belie

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v. to picture falsely; to contradict

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diligent

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adj. painstaking and steady

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effect

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v. to bring about

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pantomime

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n. communication by means of gesture and facial expression

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countenance

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n. appearance, esp. the expression of the face; v. to tolerate

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ephemeral

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adj. lasting for a short time; fleeting

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captivate

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v. to capture the attention or affection of, as by beauty, excellence, etc.

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indolent

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adj. lazy

n. indolence

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kindling

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n. dry sticks of wood used to start a fire

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resolve

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v. to make a firm decision; to find a solution to

n. resolution

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uniform

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adj. consistent; the same for everyone

n. uniformity

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ego

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n. the self; the individual as self-aware; self-love

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congenital

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adj. present since birth; being an essential characteristic

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marine

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adj. of the sea or shipping; nautical

n. mariner

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repudiate

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v. to reject as invalid or untrue

n. repudiation

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collective

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adj. done by a number of people working as a group

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mentor

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n. a counselor or teacher

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municipal

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adj. relating to a city, town, village, or the like with local self-government
n. municipality

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irony

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n. a use of words in which the intended meaning is very different from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
adj. ironic

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jurisdiction

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n. the extent of authority or control; the right and power to interpret and apply the law

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ruthless

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adj. having no compassion or pity

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hue

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n. a shade of color

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respite

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n. temporary relief

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painstaking

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adj. very thorough; careful

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vernacular

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n. informal speech; native language

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civic

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adj. pertaining to a city or citizen

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prolific

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adj. producing a lot

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conflagration

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n. a large, disastrous fire

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scale

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v. to climb

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formidable

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adj. inspiring fear or dread

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poable

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adj. legally obligated; likely (with reference to an unfavorable outcome)

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facetious

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adj. playfully humorous

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urban

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adj. relating to a city

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itinerant

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adj. traveling from place to place, esp. for work

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trek

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v. to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or great difficulty

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barbarous

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adj. cruel; brutal

n. barbarity

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deploy

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v. to station or assemble troops or forces in position

n. deployment

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ineffable

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adj. incapable of being expressed

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harangue

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n. a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writing expressing strong emotion; a tirade

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superfluous

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adj. unnecessary; extra

n. superfluity

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revel

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v. to delight, to enjoy (used with “in”)

n. revelry

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aesthetic

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adj. relating to beauty

n. aestheticism

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unseemly

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adj. not decent or proper

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