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reiterate |
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adj. industrious |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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adj. taking the place of another; felt, received, or done in place of another |
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promulgate |
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v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around |
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n. an assumption made for the sake of argument |
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n. departure, emigration |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad |
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resilient |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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adj. faultless |
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adj. elastic; light-hearted |
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v. to speak against |
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raconteur |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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n. theft |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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renegade |
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adj. given to joking or inappropriate gaiety; said in fun |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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quash |
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adj. forceful |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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v. to set forth in detail; to explain |
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v. to crush; to render void |
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querulous |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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n. one who is at home in all countries |
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adj. given to fault-finding and complaining |
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retribution |
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n. the reward or punishment exacted for an injury, wickedness, or other action |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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n. a beginner |
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quixotic |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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n. range of sight or understanding |
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adj. excessive |
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v. to read carefully |
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protuberant |
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adj. bulging or swelling out |
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adj. having the force to compel, usually by appealing to reason |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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n. scarcity |
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reprisal |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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n. injury inflicted in turn for one received |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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n. theft |
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radical |
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adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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adj. genuine |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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redolent |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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adj. fragrant; reminiscent of |
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v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer |
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v. to sketch or portray |
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reverberate |
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adj. traveling about; wandering |
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n. an introduction, forerunner, or preliminary step |
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v. to greet |
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v. to echo |
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provisional |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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n. a situation calling for a choice between two equally difficult alternatives; hence, a difficult or perplexing situation |
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n. an officeholder |
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raze |
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v. to tear down completely |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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adj. mentally distressed; distracted |
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redoubtable |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. commanding fear or respect |
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adj. pertaining to spring |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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respite |
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adj. despotic |
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n. temporary deferment or cessation of work or pain; a temporary delay in the execution of -a sentence |
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n. an increase |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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presumption |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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n. something taken for granted; going beyond proper bounds |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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n. something that is believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion and worship |
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resentment |
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n. feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse |
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n. an officeholder |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim |
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refute |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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adj. simple and straightforward; concealing nothing |
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adj. elastic; light-hearted |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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prognosticate |
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n. disposition; spirit |
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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs |
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v. to forecast |
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punitive |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished |
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v. to free from blame |
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adj. inflicting, or concerned with, punishment |
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reciprocal |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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adj. profitable |
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adj. close, hot, and moist |
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remunerative |
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n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar |
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adj. profitable |
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adj. fragrant; reminiscent of |
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proximity |
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adj. very holy |
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n. nearness |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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retrieve |
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adj. easily angered |
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v. to warn or find fault gently |
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v. to make public or reveal |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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ramification |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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n. a persistent feeling, idea, activity, etc., which dominates a person; the state of being exclusively preoccupied by a fixed idea |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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n. to interpret, explain the sense of, or analyze |
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pseudonym |
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adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding |
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n. an original pattern |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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adj. inclined to cat to excess |
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procrastinate |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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v. to postpone or put off to another time |
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n. general agreement |
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n. a relation between two things shown in the resemblance not of the things themselves but of their characteristics |
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promontory |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation |
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adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs |
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n. a cliff |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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prevaricate |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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v. to yield; to admit as true |
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recapitulate |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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adj. despotic |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving |
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recumbent |
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adj. lying down; leaning back or down |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure |
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proletariat |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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adj. accidental |
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v. display or wave boastfully |
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