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pseudonym |
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n. a false name assumed by a writer |
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adj. conceited |
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adj. passing swiftly |
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adj. conceited |
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fallacious |
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adj. bloody |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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adj. elastic; light-hearted |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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vituperate |
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adj. very pleasing |
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n. a scolding or ill-tempered woman |
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v. to scold or blame loudly, find fault with in abusive language |
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adj. pertaining to the clergy or the church |
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chicanery |
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n. trickery, deception |
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n. a brief pointed saying |
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n. a face |
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adj. capable of existing together in harmony |
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fathom |
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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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v. repeat (several times) |
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n. a person sent on an errand or mission |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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expedient |
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v. to declare positively; to confirm |
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adj. decisive or critical; difficult |
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n. a very thin gauzelike fabric or structure |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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sleazy |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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n. great rejoicing |
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v. to break a law or command; to violate a moral principle |
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adj. of little worth or importance |
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inhibit |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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v. to check or hinder |
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circumspect |
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adj. of low morals; corrupt |
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adj. thoughtless; taking little care |
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adj. cautious |
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adj. no longer in use |
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baneful |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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adj. destructive, poisonous |
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reprisal |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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n. injury inflicted in turn for one received |
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jargon |
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n. a petty fault |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. clinging doggedly to an opinion or purpose |
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facade |
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v. to give up claim to |
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n. an officeholder |
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n. front or face, especially of a building |
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adj. likely to occur soon |
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flaccid |
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adj. untiring |
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v. to win another's favor or good opinion |
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n. a person who has authority to decide matters in dispute |
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adj. lacking firmness |
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abdicate |
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v. to give up claim to |
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adj. wicked; hateful |
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adj. no longer productive; hence, lacking in or, worn out |
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v. to check or hinder |
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crass |
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n. historical records |
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n. disposition; spirit |
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adj. coarse and stupid |
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v. to estrange |
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discursive |
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adj. rambling from one subject to another |
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ad. indicating a happy outcome |
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adj. inflicting, or concerned with, punishment |
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v. to give up claim to |
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exotic |
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adj. innumerable |
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v. to use for one's selfish purpose |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse, put to shame |
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anachronism |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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n. general agreement |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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fiasco |
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n. a ludicrous and complete failure |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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adj. incapable of interpretation or understanding |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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simper |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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v. to smile in a silly or affected way |
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adj. decisive or critical; difficult |
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heresy |
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n. a lover of books |
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adj. to express sorrow or grief over |
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n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view |
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v. to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune |
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pecuniary |
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n. approval; praise |
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adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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adj. spirited; ardent |
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adj. pertaining to money |
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epicurean |
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n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure |
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n. boredom; weariness of mind |
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v. to rush forth suddenly |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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grimace |
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n. a distortion of the face to express an attitude or feeling |
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adj. devoted to religious observances |
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adj. foolish; silly |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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implacable |
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n. lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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v. to do speedily; to send off |
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adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving |
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copious |
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adj. thoughtless; taking little care |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears |
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adj. plentiful |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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scintilla |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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kaleidoscopic |
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adj. constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes |
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adj. lacking firmness |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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improvident |
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n. coward |
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adj. lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn |
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belie |
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adj. prejudiced |
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v. to give a false idea of |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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n. a petty fault |
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lavish |
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adj. free from feeling or partiality |
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adj. clear; transparent |
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adj. exempt from; protected from |
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adj. profuse or generous; given to extravagance |
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reciprocal |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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n. a forerunner; ail announcer |
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v. to greet |
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dissolute |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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v. to erase or cancel, take out or remove |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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temerity |
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adj. conceited |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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n. unwise or reckless boldness |
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adj. deadly |
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ubiquitous |
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adj. cutting, penetrating |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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n. coward |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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precarious |
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adj. excessive |
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n. a skilled storyteller |
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adj. uncertain or risky |
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adj. hard-hearted; stubborn |
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approbation |
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adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only |
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n. approval; praise |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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apprise |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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v. to inform |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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v. to attack or criticize as false; to call in question |
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contemptuous |
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adj. expressive of contempt (an emotion involving anger and disgust) |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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v. to exercise self control; to keep from |
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v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander |
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