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impartial

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not giving anyone special favor or support; fair

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biased

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influence by someones opinion; unfairly preferring one person or group over another

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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 or without much meaning

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incorrigible

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bad in a way that cannot be changed or improved or has bad habits that they do not change

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neutral

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not supporting any of the people or group in an argument or disagreement

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officious

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too eager to tel people what to do

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partial

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not complete; to like something very much; unfairly supporting one person against another

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potent

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having a powerful effect or influence on your mind or body; powerful but effective

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didatic

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something such as a speech or a movie is intended to teach people a moral lesson; someone who is way too eager to teach people things or give instructions

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gullible

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

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insipid

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food or drink that does not have much taste; 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 air or gas so that it becomes larger; to make something seem more important or impressive than it is; to make prices increase, or to tell someone that the amount or price of something is higher than it really 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; a judges written statement, giving reasons for disagreeing with the other judges in a law case; to say that you strongly disagree with an official opinion or decision, or one that is accepted by most people

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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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someone who is always changing his opinions or feelings about what he likes or wants, so that he cannot depend on them; 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 it comes out; to make someone feel less important or confident

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petty

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a problem that is unimportant; caring too much about things that are not important

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pompous

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

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tedious

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boring, tiring, and continuing for a long time

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wanton

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wanton cruelty, destruction. deliberately harms someone; old fashioned term for a woman who is considered immoral for having sex with a lot of men

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willful

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continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop. deliberate damage, bad behavior, when you know what you are doing is wrong

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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 bad or morally 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 taster

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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 that are easy to see so that there is no doubt; able to be seen and touched

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intangible

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

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discriminate

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to treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair way; able to judge what is of good quality and what is not

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indiscriminate

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