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biased

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Influenced by someone’s opinion; unfairly preferring one person or group over another

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impartial

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Not giving anyone special favor or support; fair

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impotent

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Unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power, strength, or control

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inane

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extremely stupid and without much meaning

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incorrigible

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someone who is bad in a way that cannot be changed or improved, or has bad habits that they don’t change

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neutral

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not supporting any of the people or groups involved in an argument or disagreement; language, words, etc.that are deliberately chosen to avoid
expressing any strong opinion or feeling;

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officious

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too eager to tell people what to do

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partial

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not complete; to like something very much; unfairly supporting one person or side against anoher

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potent

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having a powerful effect or influence on our body or mind; powerful and effective

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didactic

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1.something such as a speech or movie that is intended to teach people a moral lesson. 2. someone who is too eager to teach people things or give instructions (like koro sensei)

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gullible

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too ready to believe what other people say, and therefore easy to trick

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insipid

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  1. food or drink that does not have much taste. 2.not interesting, exciting or attractive
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auspicious

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showing that something is likely to be successful

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consent

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permission to do something especially from someone in authority or from someone who is responsible for something; agreement about something

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inflate

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to fill with gas or air so that i becomes larger; to make something seem more important or impressive than it is

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dissent

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disagreement with an official rule or law, or with an opinion that most people accept

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inauspicious

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seeming to show that the future will be unlucky

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fickle

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  1. someone who is always changing opinions or feelings about what he likes or wants, so that he cannot depend on them. 2. something such as weather, that often changes suddenly
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deflate

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it gets smaller because the air or gas inside escapes; to make someone feel less important or confident

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petty

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  1. a problem that is unimportant 2. not generous, and caring too much about things that are not really important
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pompous

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trying to make people think that you are important, especially by using formal words

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tedious

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boring, tiring, and continuing for a very long time

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wanton

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wanton cruelty; deliberately harms someone

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willful

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continuing to do what you want, even you have been told to stop

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famous

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known about or recognized by a lot of people

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infamous

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well known for being morally bad or evil

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savory

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having a pleasant and attractive smell or taste; having a taste that is not sweet, especially a salty or SPICY taste

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unsavory

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morally unacceptable, bad or not nice

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tangible

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proof, results, etc. that are easy to be seen so that there is no doubt; able to be seen and touced

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intangible

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a quality or feeling that cannot be clearly felt or described, although you know it exsists

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discriminate

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to treat a person or group differently form another in an unfair way; to recognize a difference between things; able to judge what is of good quality and what is not

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indiscriminate

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violence, damage, etc. is done without any thought about who is harmed or what is harmed or damaged; not thinking carefully before you make a choice