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celestial |
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v. to break a law or command; to violate a moral principle |
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n. a phrase that describes a quality (good or bad) in a person or thing |
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adj. pertaining to the sky; heavenly |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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chauvinist |
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adj. easily angered |
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v. to drive away; to scatter |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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blight |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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adj. saying much in few words |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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v. assign |
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bizarre |
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adj. genuine |
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adj. queer; unusual in appearance |
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adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived |
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adj. to belittle or speak slightingly of |
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buffoon |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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n. a clown |
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v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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bland |
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adj. gentle; polite |
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n. anger |
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n. a clown |
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n. scarcity |
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circumspect |
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adj. cautious |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished |
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n. conversation which is amusing and not serious |
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v. to deliver a long. noisy speech |
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callous |
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adj. pertaining to public discussion or law courts |
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v. to estrange |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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bereave |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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n. esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation |
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v. to deprive or leave desolate by loss |
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candid |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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adj. to belittle or speak slightingly of |
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blemish |
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v. to root out, destroy totally |
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n. danger |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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v. to scar or spoil |
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cabal |
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v. to attack or criticize as false; to call in question |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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v. to give up (privileges, etc.); to do without |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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castigate |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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adj. smooth-spoken, fluent |
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n. great rejoicing |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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cantankerous |
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n. danger |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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n. an indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) |
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v. to tear down completely |
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caricature |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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n. a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles |
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cadaverous |
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adj. corpselike; hence, haggard, pale |
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n. a change from one condition to another, often unexpected |
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adj. sly; crafty |
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adj. accidental |
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chicanery |
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n. trickery, deception |
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adj. horrible, deathlike |
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adj. very holy |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn |
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bumptious |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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boorish |
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n. a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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adj. unrefined in speech or manners |
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chronic |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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adj. calm; peaceful |
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n. a disorderly quarrel |
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blithe |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes |
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n. a person sent on an errand or mission |
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bog |
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v. to pierce through with a pointed instrument |
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adj. to express sorrow or grief over |
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n. a swamp |
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n. injury inflicted in turn for one received |
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calumniate |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad |
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n. behavior; bearing |
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bucolic |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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adj. all-powerful |
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adj. relating to the countryside |
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adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding |
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blandishment |
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adj. worthy of belief |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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n. anger |
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n. a flattering speech or act |
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besmirch |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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adj. affectedly or falsely modest or prim |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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adj. designed to teach, imparting a lesson |
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capricious |
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adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly |
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n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his will |
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v. to give up completely |
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n. danger |
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captious |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form |
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adj. very heavy; clumsy |
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bulwark |
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adj. cautious |
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v. to imprison |
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n. an embankment used as a fortification; a person, idea, or object serving as a protection |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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bibliophile |
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adj. wise; using or exhibiting good judgment |
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adj. festive; gay |
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n. a lover of books |
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adj. rudely abrupt |
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cacophonous |
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v. to disagree; to differ in opinion |
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n. scarcity |
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adj. unharmonious sounding |
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n. alliance; merging of various units into one unit |
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civil |
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adj. inclined to cat to excess |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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biased |
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v. to rush forth suddenly |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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adj. prejudiced |
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v. to free from blame |
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circumvent |
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n. one who advocates extreme basic changes |
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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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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight |
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n. agreement or harmony |
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bombastic |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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v. to read carefully |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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adj. high-sounding; pretentious in language |
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