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exhortations
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praise
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gouge
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overcharge
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ENMITY
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HATRED
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mien
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bearing
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dissemble
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disguise
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contrition
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embarrass
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demeanor
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behavior; bearing
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petulant
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easily irritated
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stultify
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to cripple
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INIMICAL
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HOSTILE, UNFRIENDLY
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innocuous
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adj; harmless
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nefarious
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very wicked
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esurient
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hungry; greedy.
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declivity
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downward slope
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descry
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catch sight of
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execrable
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abominable SACR/SANCT/SECR: sacred
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pristine
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pure; uncorrupted; clean
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adulate
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admire excessively/slavishly, flatter
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ire
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intense anger; wrath.
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admonition
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a gentle reproof.
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brusque
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blunt, abrupt, curt
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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PERVADE
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spread or diffuse through
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waylay
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ambush, lie in wait
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docket
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list of court cases
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labile
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likely to change, unstable
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antediluvian
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old-fashioned, out of date
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vociferous
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crying out noisily; clamorous.
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query
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a question; an inquiry.
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foil
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prevent the success of
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Credulous
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gullible; believing too readily
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indigence
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seriously impoverished condition; poverty
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craven
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cowardly, contemptibly timid, pusillanimous
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amorphous
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formless; lacking shape or definition
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compound
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combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex
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diatribe
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(n) a bitter abusive denunciation
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guise
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outward appearance; false appearance; pretense
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ADUMBRATE
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ADUMBRATE - intimate, insinuate, sketch, outline
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candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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subterfuge
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A deceptive stratagem or device
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travail
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painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
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philanthropist
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a person who practices philanthropy.
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rescind
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to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
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expiate
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make amends or reparation for
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blackguard
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a low, contemptible person; scoundrel.
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soporific
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causing sleep; characterized by drowsiness
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sycophantic
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a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
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officious
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objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome
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sanction
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authoritative permission that serves to support an action or condition
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hegemony
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leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others; predominance
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decorum
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dignified propriety of behavior, speech and dress; an observance or requirement of polite society
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luminous
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radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
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innocuous
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not harmful or injurious; harmless
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benefit
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advantage; anything that brings help, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits
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precarious
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Fraught with danger; uncertain; Not secure; beset with difficulties; dependent on uncertain premises : dubious <precarious generalizations>
characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger
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bilious
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irritable as if suffering from indigestion
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discomfit
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frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb
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circumvent
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outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around
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oaf
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noun
a stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person.
Ex. "Watch what you're doing, you clumsy -!" Bill shouted at the waiter who had drenched him with iced coffee.
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advocate
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to speak in favor of
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megalomania
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Delusion about oneâs own wealth, power or greatness
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piety
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reverence for God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations:
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surreptitious
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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine:
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impugn
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to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
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obloquy
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censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, esp. by numerous persons or by the general public.
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veritable
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being truly or very much so:
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vitriolic
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of, pertaining to, or resembling vitriol.
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filigree
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delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
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impassive
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without emotion, unmoved; calm or serene
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anomalous
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deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; not fitting into a common or type or pattern
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bellicose
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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provision
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the providing or supplying of something, esp. of food or other necessities.
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ambivalence
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uncertainty, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
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voracious
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craving or consuming large quantities of food; exceedingly eager or avid
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caustic
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue; severely critical or sarcastic
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tirade
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a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
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viscous
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of a thick nature or consistency
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salutary
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promoting or conducive to health; wholesome
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dissonance
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inharmonious or harsh sound; a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of needing completion
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carrion
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rotting flesh of a dead body
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magnanimity
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the quality of being extremely generous
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solicitous
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anxious or concerned about; desirous or eager
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dilatory
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inclined to waste time and lag behind
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waive
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give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim
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n enunciate
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announce; proclaim; utter or speak, especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.
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repudiate
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to reject the validity of
(deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce)
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SORDID
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(adj) foul and run-down and repulsive; unethical; extremely avaricious, mercenary
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assuage
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to lessen the intensity of, relieve, make less severe, appease or satisfy
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provincial
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pertaining to a province; limited in outlook
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asunder
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into separate parts; in or into pieces:
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forbearance
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the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
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saboteur
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a person who commits or practices sabotage.
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate:
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paean
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any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
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inevitable
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unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary:
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inchoate
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not yet completed or fully developed; just begun; incipient; not organized
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archaic
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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated:
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aspersion
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a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; the act of slandering
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood; characterized by or expressing gloom
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implacable
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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
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idolatrous
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adj. given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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sylvan
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of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods.
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abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity
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boisterous
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rough and noisy, jolly or rowdy; clamorous and unrestrained
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inhibit
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to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check; to prohibit or forbid
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guile
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insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception
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aver
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to assert with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner
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stolid
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional or impassive
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magnanimous
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generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness:
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hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite; stale or banal
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rhetoric
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the undue use of exaggeration or display in writing or speech; bombast
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untrammeled
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a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
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peccadillo
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a very minor offense, a trifling fault
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eloquent
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having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech, characterized by forceful and appropriate expression
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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abject
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(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology
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appease
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pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement
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collateral
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security given for loan. The sum you wish to borrow
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demur
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to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object:
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pious
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having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
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anachronism
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:
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anomaly
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a deviation from the common rule or form; an odd or peculiar condition, situation, or quality
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insular
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of or pertaining to an island or islands, or detached and isolated
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exonerate
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to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame
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remonstrate
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to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
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foment
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to instigate or foster discord or ill feeling
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dissolution
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the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements, the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union or partnership
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beatify
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to make blissfully happy; in the Roman Catholic Church, to declare to be among the blessed entitled to specific religious honor
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neophyte
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a beginner or novice, a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever
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dupe
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a person who is easily deceived, a gullible person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person
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amenable
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ready or willing to answer, open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable
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libertine
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a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, or a freethinker in religious matters
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malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious:
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exhume
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dig out of the ground; remove from a grave
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mote
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a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
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aggrandized
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
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exculpate
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to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame
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paradigm
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a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, an example serving as a model or pattern
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maverick
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inakomislyashiy
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abnegation
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самопожертвование
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ape
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подражать
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apothecary
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аптекарь
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asinine
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глупый
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dormant
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спящий, дремлющий
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discrete
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прерывистый, дискретный
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extrapolation
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проектирование, предположение, прогноз
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effrontery
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наглость, нахальство
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facetious
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веселый, шутливый
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goad
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подгонять, стимулировать
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frugality
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бережливость, экономность
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obviate
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устранять, избегать
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irresolute
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nereshitel'niy, koleblushiysya
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accoutre
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снаряжать, экипировать
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adamant
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непреклонный, несокрушимый
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alcove
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ниша, углубление
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agape
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разинув рот
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abidextrous
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одинаково использует обе руки
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affix
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прикреплять, приписывать
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allay
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успакаивать, умиротворять
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adversary
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противник, враг
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aperture
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отверстие, скважина
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aplomb
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апломб, самоуверенность
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annex
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присоединять, прилагать
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adoint
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смазывать (consecrate)
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arcane
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тайный, скрытый
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apparition
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видение, призрак
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assail
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наступать, атаковать
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asperity
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резкость, грубость
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ascertain
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выяснять, убеждаться
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elicit
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извлекать, делать вывод
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endemic
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свойственный данной местности
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harangue
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публичная речь, страстной обращение
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laconic
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lakonichniy, kratkiy, szhatiy
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aerie
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гнездо хищной птицы
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angular
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угловой, костлявый, сварливый
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array
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строить (войска), наряжать
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futile
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бесполезный, пустой, тщетный
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