Vocab I (Barron's + Direct Hits + Personal) Flashcards

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Arduous

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difficult and tiring "arduous labour"

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dominant position (usually of occupation)

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severe self-discipline from religion

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strong dislike

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to relieve an unpleasant feeling, mitigate

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having ability to accurately assess situations of people and turn them to one's advantage

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stern or severe attitude, lacking decoration or adornment, not ornate. Plain in appearance.

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can mean period of difficult economic conditions

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repeatedly and annoying ask someone to do something "journalists badgered him about the deals"

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failed to give a true impression of something. "His liveliness belied his years"

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scold or criticize harshly

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support/reinforce

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timely benefit/blessing

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clear & concise use of words

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referring to the pleasant aspects of countryside life, rustic, PASTORAL "the church is lovely for its bucolic setting"

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someone who is clumsy or inept, a person who makes mistakes due to incompetence

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persuade by flattery

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candid-ness

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censure (express disapproval of)

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over critical. "Was censorious of petty findings"

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express severe disapproval

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secret "clandestine groups of people"

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accept wrong behaviour

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extensive fire

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inference based on guesswork

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feeling of worthlessness

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assert or struggle to surmount/cope with (she contended to his temper)

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likely to cause controversy

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winding, twisting, therefore hard to understand, intricate. "the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens", "convoluted process to choose a president"

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give support to

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strongly desire/crave "civet something they cannot have"

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boorish, uncouth

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deserving blame

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hasty and not detailed

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reduce the extent of or impose restriction, shorten or reduce "tourist curtailed their trips to the region"

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scarcity or shortage of something

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behaviour with good taste

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political submission

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to have shown great skill; dexterous (adroit, adept)

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describe and indicate precise position of

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a person who appeals to the fears/emotions of the populace

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publicy declare wrong and evil

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express strong condemnation. "Deplore all violence"

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moral corruption

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expressing redicule

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poverty so extreme that one lacks a means to support oneself

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in low spirits from loss of hope

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forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone "a diatribe against consumerism"

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lacking of self-confidence, self-effacing, not assertive

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temporary departure from the main subject at hand "I digress"

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minimization "diminutive snooki"

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having shown good judgement

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disagreeing and incongruous. Harsh discordant sounds due to lack of harmony

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lack of enthusiasm, reluctance

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feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration, showing indifference or disregard. "dismissive critics"

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regard as little worth

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disagreement that leads to discord

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deviant opinion (noun and verb)

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tending to cause disagreement of people, disunity

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Be filled with love for "enamored of___"

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attempt to reach a goal

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indigenous

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person or thing that is hard to understand. "Abstruse egnima? Lol"

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state of feeling animosity

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State of calm emotions when dealing with pressure

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lasting a short time, fleeting

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having shown great knowledge

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writing/speech about dead person

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substitution of milder word for something more profane

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an imaginative re-creation

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make worse

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speak highly of

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considering all elements or aspects

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strongly encourage or urge to do something

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absolve/release from duty

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convenient but possibly immoral. "Either side would break the agreement if it were expedient to do so"

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make something happen sooner

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praise enthusiastically

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free from constraint/difficulty. "he was trying to extricate himself from official duty/lie"

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full of energy

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very attentive, concerned bout accuracy and detail

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offensive action/behaviour

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strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage

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of accidental but fortunate occurrence, fluke "decisive battles are often determined as much by a fortuitous accident"

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secretly due to guilt

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shock or excite someone into action

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warm and friendly

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uncalled for

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clever/craffty behaviour

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prevent free movement/progress

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capable of enduring difficult conditions

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quality of being super arrogant

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unpopular doctrine

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peculiar characteristic

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timeless, not subject to time

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a deadlock, failure to reach an agreement "the impasse soon led to an outbreak of war"

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arrogant and domineering

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lack of respect

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something that makes a process or activity happen more quickly

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offensively bold

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beg someone earnestly to do something. "please dont talk that way", ellen implored

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not resulting from deliberate planning

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(of a person) having one's true identity concealed "in order to observe you have to be incognito"

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intelligent, analytical and clear thinking/quick&direct

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indisputable

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obligated to official duty

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outrage at unjustness

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done at random, without judgement

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clumsy, opposite of adept

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lacking strength

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existing as permanent/innate characteristic

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harmful, detrimental, unfriendly

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harmlessly innocent

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going beyond what is usual

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lacking flavor

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lack of respect

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avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness.

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lack of interest in cultures outside's one own

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a violet uprising against govt "she instigated the uprising"

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lacking restraint, excessive antonym of temperate "intemperate habits such as smoking, drinking and overeating are inimical to health"

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fearless and bold, undaunted

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a veiled reference, an insinuation, allusive and oblique remark or hint

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overwhelm/flood

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traveling from place to place, not sedentary

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extol, exalt, tout, acclaim

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treatment of serious matter with humour

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of imposing height

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spoil the quality of

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done in a systematic manner

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insignificant thing "trivial minutiae"

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sullen and ill-tempered

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vague, cloudy, misty, lacking full form

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allusive, not done in a direct way

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stubborn and obstinate in wrongdoing

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destroy/wipe out

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acting in servile compliance/fawning

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intricate decoration

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designed to impress

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apparently

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anti-war person

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dash or flamboyance in style and action, verve

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prejudiced in favour of a particular cause

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scarcity or shortage of something

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strong or habitual fondness for something

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at the edge of something

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having a bad effect in a gradual way (cancer)

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make infinite

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unwelcome influence spreading

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stubborn way

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religious quality

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calm and undisturbed, not easily upset or excited

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divide into two sharply contrasting groups of opinion

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slow and clumsy due to great weight

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to speak in a foolish manner, to babble incessantly

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prevent from happening

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prodigy-like

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wastefully extravagant

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remarkably huge in size

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large quantity of something

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rapid spread

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presented in large quantities

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spread and promote. "propagates the myth"

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natural inclination to act a certain way

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auspicious, very favourable

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state of perplexity

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angry feeling due to unfairness

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give formal consent to. "both countries were due to ratify the treaty"

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stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority

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assign an inferior rank or position to

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fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty), renounce

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formally declare one's abandonment of

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deserving censure/disapproval "reprehensible laxity"

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censure (express disapproval of)

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reprimand. "he was reproved for obscenity"

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reject/refuse to accept/deny the truth "the minister repudiated allegations"

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reserved "emotion reticence of the British"

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shrewd, having shown good mental discernment

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marked by wisdom and calm judgement

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authorize/authorization OR impose a penalty on/threatened penalty for disobedience (N)

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not connected to religious/spiritual matters

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excessive willingness to serve

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Dark or dull in color or tone/deep seriousness

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induce drowsiness or sleep

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occurring at regular intervals/scattered

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large, harsh sound/presenting a controversial pov in forceful way e.g feminists

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to stop, frustrate, prevent, thwart, hinder the progress of

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provide evidence to a point

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secret "they carried out surreptitious activities"

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someone who acts obsequiously to gain advantage

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reserved/uncommunicative in speech, reticent, unforthcoming

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excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

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(of a person) fond of company; sociable.

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outstandingly bad; shocking

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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour

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Not showing serious or respectful attitude

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sparing in the use of words/abrupt. "A terse statement"

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long, angry speech of accusation "a tirade of abuse"

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(adj.) passing through briefly; passing into and out of existence

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overused, cliche

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flamboyant vigor

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speak or write in a disparaging manner

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absolve, exonerate, clear from guilt

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having shown strong unreasonable desire for revenge

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dry, humourous with a clever twist and touch of irony

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having shown calmness/equanimity in times of crisis

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censure (express disapproval of)

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fanatical person

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gather or accumulate a large number of

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gradual diminution in number or strength because of constant stress

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cease to resist an opponent

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influence or power, esp in politics or biz

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fake, fraud, imposter, cheat

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to combine into a composite whole (e.g ideas) "do not conflate gossip with real news"

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tending to commit crime/failing in one's duty "juvenile delinquents"

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an amateur or dabbler, a person with superficial interest in art or a branch of knowledge

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the period of greatest popularity & success

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excessive pride/self-confidence

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a person who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted

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large, powerful, indivisible and slow to change

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inaccurate designation

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novice/greenhorn

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can mean benefactor too

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a person of great and varied learning

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a state in which food and other essentials are lacking

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a person who makes predictions based on current info and data (weather forecasters)

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an expert commentator, esp an authority who expresses opinion on political issues (CNN News etc)

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a person who excels in telling anecdotes

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great enjoyment

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having two things arranged one in front of the other

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go beyond the limits of

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speaking the truth

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unpleasant change of fortune

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a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

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harsh or corrosive in tone/demeanour

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a rough and bitter manner "Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa"

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having no distinct form or shape

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chronologically misplaced

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so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

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being of questionable authenticity "apocryphal tales"

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(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively, antonym of arid

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careful, methodical and persistent (detectives)

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greed, reprehensible acquisitiveness and insatiable desire for wealth

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excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

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trick someone with irresistible charm

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leave or give by will after one's death

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affected by blight/something that prevents growth "blighted lawn with more brown patches than green"

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ostentatiously lofty in style

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solid support for walls/arguments "you can buttress an argument with solid facts" .. reinforce

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having an unpleasant sound

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persistent and unjustified criticism

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total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

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to beat around the bush, indirect way of expressing something - circum loqui

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fuse or grow together "you are trying to start up a photography club, once you have an advisor, some interested students and support from the administration, things will be coalescing together"

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characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

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can be used on temper

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a place where things merge or flow together "confluence of factors"

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be adjacent of come together "thousands of fans plan to converge on the small town"

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shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges "corrugated cardboard, or corrugated metal roofs"

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make weak. "a bad flu may debilitate your concentration, just like new year's resolutions debilitate bakeries' business"

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expose while ridiculing, prove it wrong

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harmful to living things "smoking has a deleterious effect on your health"

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lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless "desiccated by the burning sun"

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wasting time "use dilatory tactics when you forgot to do your homework"

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mild anxiety about possible developments

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causing to expand by internal pressure "soda may cause your stomach to distend"

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joyously unrestrained

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to help someone understand something

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remove by rubbing or erasing "efface feelings"

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tending to make oneself, one's actions, etc., inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest

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a mournful poem, lament for the dead

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call forth (emotions, feelings, responses) "a good comedian elicits a lot of laughs"

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make clear and more comprehensible

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very thin especially from hunger or cold

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make improvements or corrections to

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fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience "equitable share of credit"

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tending to vanish like vapour, fleeting

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left unplowed and unseeded during growing season

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move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

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been brought down "tree has been felled by powerful storm"

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occurring in spells and often abruptly; stopping and starting; on and off "i had a fitful night's sleep"

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red cheeked, elaborately or excessively ornamented

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marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences "If you decide you are going to scale Mt. Everest next weekend without any training or experience, that would be a foolhardy decision"

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unfriendly, cold

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repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse

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extravagant exaggeration "praising your favorite sports team is one thing, but if you call the team the most incredible group of humans ever to walk the earth, then you're going overboard and indulging in hyperbole"

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state of dishonor

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contrary to accepted morality or convention

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not having enough money to pay for necessities - pecunia is latin for money

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immune to attack

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secondary in time or importance, not the main thing "If you lose weight because you moved and must walk further to school, the weight loss was incidental to the move"

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showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality

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defying expression or description, hard to express, indescribable "The feeling when you get a new puppy is ineffable"

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When a person is inexorable, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is inexorable, it can't be stopped.

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unable to meet financial obligations, synonym for bankrupt

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incapable of being excelled or surmounted

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not tractable, difficult to manage or mold (a hungry kid)

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characterized by good humour

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someone who takes more time than necessary

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brief and to the point, succinct, terse

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ridicule with satire "When you make fun of something by imitating it in a humorous way, you're lampooning it"

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disinclination, a feeling of lack of interest and energy (couch potatoes)

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flexible, moving or bending with ease (victoria song is lithe)

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horrible in fierceness or savagery " Shrunken heads of witch doctors and crime scenes are examples of lurid things"

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wander aimlessly on a winding course

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a person hired to fight for another country than their own

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great merriment

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someone who dislikes people in general

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very generous

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extremely wicked "nefarious plots"

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subtle difference in meaning, opinion or attitude "What makes singers brilliant is not how loud they can sing a note, but how many nuances they can evoke through their approach"

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unequivocally detestable, hateful "If you become a historian of slavery, you'll learn all the details of that odious trade"

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someone who is rejected from society or home

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extreme stinginess

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destitution, extreme poverty to the point of homelessness and begging in the streets.

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hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough "If you give someone a gift and they look at it like it's roadkill and say nothing about it but a perfunctory "thank you," you might not be giving them another one anytime soon.

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of involving dispute and controversy "polemical argument"

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N/ADJ; recklessly wasting money "profligate behaviour"

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a quagmire is a dangerous place, like the muddy shoreline of a pond. The more you try to climb out of a quagmire, the more you seem to slip. signifies situation that is hard to escape because there is no easy solution

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suppress or crush completely "quell is what you have to do with nerves before a big test" "police quelling an angry mob or a mom quelling a kid's temper tantrum"

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habitually complaining "Sure, no one can be happy all the time, but that’s no excuse for being querulous"

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quiet and still "quiescent moments lying in a hammock on a beautiful summer Sunday"

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lessen the density or solidity of "the bones are rarefied"

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unpleasantly loud and harsh "kids in the back are being raucous"

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tear an object down to the ground (buildings, sand dunes)

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formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure "If you're someone who speaks before you think, you may need to recant, or take back, that overly honest assessment of your friend's new haircut"

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swear off something you once believed (love, religious faith)

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Give up an idea/belief/habit that you've held previously

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filled to satisfaction with food or drink "The library was replete with bound first volumes and Lucy was happier than ever"

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offensive to the mind (the idea of marrying your sister)

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cancel officially "rescind your job offer"

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a pause from doing something, a break from something that is difficult/unpleasant "If you're cramming for exams, take an occasional walk to give yourself a respite from the intensity"

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having great beauty and splendour "She was there, at the base of the stairs, resplendent in her flowing gown and jewels."

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plausible but false "Don't trust spurious ideas and stories."

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reject with contempt, reject with disdain

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impassive, can’t be moved to smile or show much sign of life (boulder)

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a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining, indiferent

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take the place or move into the position of. "when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table" "supplanted ideas of.."

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indulge (one's appetite) to satisfy "Steve baked a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve ate a surfeit of jam tarts. Steve surfeited himself on jam tarts."

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being essentially equal to something "For some animal activists, wearing fur is tantamount to murder."

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having the nap worn away so that the threads show through, thin from overuse (furniture/clothing/rug)

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state of mental and physical inactivity "After a huge Thanksgiving meal, my family members fall into a torpor; no one can even pick up the TV remote"

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a feeling of alarm or dread "tense trepidation"

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not worth considering

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make shorter as if by cutting off "You can truncate a board that is too long using a power saw, a chain saw"

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poisonous, dangerous, spiteful "virulent rant"

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marked by a ready flow of speech "voluble talkers"

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champion and advocate of a cause "strong proponents of reform"

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a morally unprincipled person

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a disloyal person who betrays his cause, a deserter, long ago it was a xtian becoming muslim

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characterized by very strict laws, rules and punishment

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plausible but deliberately misleading or fallacious argument designed to deceive someone

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given to fantastic schemes, existing only as a product of unchecked imagination

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a funeral hymn, slow and mournful musical composition

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tearful, excessively sentimental

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foolishly impractical in the pursuit of ideals, impractical (from don quixote)

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a strict disciplinarian, a person who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules

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remedy that supposedly cure all diseases

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complete suit of armour

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complete failure, debacle

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to remove or delete parts of a book, song or other work that are considered offensive

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something of small value or importance, petty, trifling

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to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections

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independent individual who does not go along with a group or party, nonconformist

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an irresistible force that crushes everything in its path

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lowest or most unsuccessful point

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lowest or most unsuccessful point

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regard something as being due to (a cause) "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"

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obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) "the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory"

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to change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people "an expurgated English translation"

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mention (a number of things) one by one

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knowing everything

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voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up "relinquish her power"

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reject, refuse, repel, drive back, bluntly reject "rebuffed superman when she wrote "why the world doesn't need superman""

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revival, sweeping or surging back again (apple co.)

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to put down in the sense of openly condemning, censure, publicly denounce "they decried human rights abuses"

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to go down in the sense of being empty, completely lacking in substance of quality "devoid of humour"

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not capable of being placated or appeased

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lacking proper respect or seriousness "irreverent jokes"

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scornful, disdainful, showing contempt

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indirect in language, behaviour or action

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to look carefully around and therefore be cautious and prudent "a circumspect person"

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find a way around (an obstacle), deceive/outwit "he's circumvented her with some of his stories"

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restrict (something) within limits "the minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government"

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filled with importance and significance " | "a period of momentous changes in East–West relations"

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a particular period of time in history or a person's life/notable event that marks beginning of a period

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smooth and sweet, flowing like honey "mellifluous voices"

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Bitter and sharp in language or tone, rancorous "celebrity divorces often degenerate into acrimonious contests over money and child custody"

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sharp wit often displayed by acid-tongued critics, bitter, caustic

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characterized by bitterness or resentment

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filled with abundance, plentiful "she took copious notes"

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filled with unpleasant odour, foul-smelling "malodorous smell"

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illness, disease "jet lag is a malady that affects travellers"

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insensitive/emotionally hardened

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regard something as being due to (a cause) "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"

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obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) "the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory"

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to change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people "an expurgated English translation"

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mention (a number of things) one by one

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knowing everything

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voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up "relinquish her power"

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reject, refuse, repel, drive back, bluntly reject "rebuffed superman when she wrote "why the world doesn't need superman""

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revival, sweeping or surging back again (apple co.)

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to put down in the sense of openly condemning, censure, publicly denounce "they decried human rights abuses"

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to go down in the sense of being empty, completely lacking in substance of quality "devoid of humour"

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not capable of being placated or appeased

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lacking proper respect or seriousness "irreverent jokes"

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scornful, disdainful, showing contempt

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indirect in language, behaviour or action

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to look carefully around and therefore be cautious and prudent "a circumspect person"

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find a way around (an obstacle), deceive/outwit "he's circumvented her with some of his stories"

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restrict (something) within limits "the minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government"

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filled with importance and significance " | "a period of momentous changes in East–West relations"

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a particular period of time in history or a person's life/notable event that marks beginning of a period

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smooth and sweet, flowing like honey "mellifluous voices"

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Bitter and sharp in language or tone, rancorous "celebrity divorces often degenerate into acrimonious contests over money and child custody"

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characterized by bitterness or resentment

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sharp wit often displayed by acid-tongued critics, bitter

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filled with abundance, plentiful "she took copious notes"

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filled with unpleasant odour, foul-smelling "malodorous smell"

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illness, disease "jet lag is a malady that affects travellers"

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insensitive/emotionally hardened

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regard something as being due to (a cause) "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"

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obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant) "the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory"

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to change (a written work) by removing parts that might offend people "an expurgated English translation"

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mention (a number of things) one by one

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knowing everything

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voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up "relinquish her power"

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reject, refuse, repel, drive back, bluntly reject "rebuffed superman when she wrote "why the world doesn't need superman""

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revival, sweeping or surging back again (apple co.)

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to put down in the sense of openly condemning, censure, publicly denounce "they decried human rights abuses"

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to go down in the sense of being empty, completely lacking in substance of quality "devoid of humour"

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not capable of being placated or appeased

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lacking proper respect or seriousness "irreverent jokes"

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scornful, disdainful, showing contempt

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indirect in language, behaviour or action

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to look carefully around and therefore be cautious and prudent "a circumspect person"

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find a way around (an obstacle), deceive/outwit "he's circumvented her with some of his stories"

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restrict (something) within limits "the minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government"

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filled with importance and significance " | "a period of momentous changes in East–West relations"

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a particular period of time in history or a person's life/notable event that marks beginning of a period

Answer 440

smooth and sweet, flowing like honey "mellifluous voices"

Answer 441

Bitter and sharp in language or tone, rancorous "celebrity divorces often degenerate into acrimonious contests over money and child custody"

Answer 442

characterized by bitterness or resentment

Answer 443

sharp wit often displayed by acid-tongued critics, bitter

Answer 444

filled with abundance, plentiful "she took copious notes"

Answer 445

filled with unpleasant odour, foul-smelling "malodorous smell"

Answer 446

insensitive/emotionally hardened

Answer 447

illness, disease "jet lag is a malady that affects travellers"

Answer 448

bias favour, penchant

Answer 449

Treatment with violent disrespect

Answer 450

Most noticeable or important

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