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sallow |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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n. adopting and reproducing, without acknowledgment, the writings or ideas of another and passing them off as one's own |
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adj. sick |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation |
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rue |
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v. to be sorry for |
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adj. ridiculous; producing laughter |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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sinecure |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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adj. unconquerable |
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n. employment entailing little or no responsibility or labor |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action |
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sultry |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
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adj. close, hot, and moist |
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n. great rejoicing |
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soporific |
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n. meaning; significance or importance |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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n. a petty fault |
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adj. tending to induce sleep |
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stoic |
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v. to shrink in fear |
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n. indifferent, calm in bearing pain or pleasure; practising remarkable self-control over emotions |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms |
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satellite |
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v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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rudimentary |
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n. great rejoicing |
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adj. rigorously self-denying |
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adj. in an early stage of development |
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n. disposition; spirit |
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tangible |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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v. to exclaim or utter suddenly |
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adj. real; actual |
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n. a state of happiness; a high ability |
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sovereign |
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adj. unrefined in speech or manners |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government |
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sartorial |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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adj. stubborn in determination not to be subdued |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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stringent |
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adj. having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting |
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adj. deadly |
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adj. dark; cloudy |
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adj. mentally distressed; distracted |
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supine |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad |
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adj. obedient; willing to submit |
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adj. lying flat on the back; inert, inactive, averse to taking action |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness |
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succulent |
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adj. bloody |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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adj. pertaining to school |
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adj. juicy |
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tantamount |
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adj. equivalent |
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n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view |
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adj. conceited |
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adj. dry; barren |
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sanctimonious |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness |
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n. one who is at home in all countries |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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taunt |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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v. to reproach with contempt |
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adj. self-assertive; attacking, offensive |
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simper |
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n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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adj. faultless |
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sacrosanct |
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adj. very holy |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding |
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shibboleth |
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n. great rejoicing |
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n. a party slogan |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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n. a public command or proclamation issued by an authority |
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sanguinary |
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adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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n. keenness of mind or insight |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. sick |
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teeming |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight |
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n. a remedy for all ills |
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adj. in abundance, fertile, highly productive |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad |
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sleazy |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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n. general agreement |
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n. a self -contradictory statement; something 'that appears to be absurd and yet may be true -"Life is too important a matter to he taken seriously." |
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spurn |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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adj. forceful |
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n. one who dabbles in the fine arts for amusement only and without concentrated study |
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sagacious |
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adj. corpselike; hence, haggard, pale |
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adj. native |
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adj. wise; shrewd |
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n. a tombstone inscription |
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scourge |
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n. a curse |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) |
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v. to punish severely; to afflict |
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n. a lover of books |
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sporadic |
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n. alliance; merging of various units into one unit |
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v. to assume a deceptive appearance or character |
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n. an original pattern |
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adj. occurring singly, at irregular intervals; scattered |
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sinister |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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stupendous |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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adj. pertaining to public discussion or law courts |
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adv. with distrust |
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scrutinize |
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adj. innumerable |
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v. to examine carefully |
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n. one who forsakes political or party principles or his religious faith |
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n. a god |
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sanguine |
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adj. irresponsible, eccentric; lacking a fixed purpose erratic behavior |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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n. improper act, manners, or expression |
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scintilla |
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n. front or face, especially of a building |
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adj. engaged in war |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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sordid |
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n. a principle of belief held as true |
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adj. passing swiftly |
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adj. mean and base; filthy |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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slovenly |
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adj. untidy and dirty |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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sally |
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adj. very pleasing |
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n. range of sight or understanding |
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v. to rush forth suddenly |
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n. an award or salute |
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