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temporize |
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adj. in abundance, fertile, highly productive |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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n. anger |
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v. to control, check, or restrain |
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diverse |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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adj. varied; different |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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anonymous |
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n. a confusing set of connecting passages or paths in which it is easy to get lost |
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n. a very thin gauzelike fabric or structure |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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v. to abolish or render void |
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predatory |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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belligerent |
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adj. likely to occur soon |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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adj. engaged in war |
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adj. juicy |
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approbation |
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n. approval; praise |
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adj. pertaining to the theater; designed for show |
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adj. moderate in the use of food or drink |
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v. to prevent, dispose of, or make unnecessary by appropriate actions |
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calumniate |
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v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander |
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n. unwise or reckless boldness |
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n. burden; duty |
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adj. hidden; present but not fully developed |
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capricious |
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n. historical records |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly |
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n. disposition; spirit |
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procrastinate |
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adj. inclined to quarrel; warlike |
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v. to postpone or put off to another time |
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n. general agreement |
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adj. wise; using or exhibiting good judgment |
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gregarious |
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n. a petty fault |
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adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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adj. to plead or argue against a certain course of action |
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egregious |
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n. trickery, deception |
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n. a temporary suspension of hostilities. |
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v. to rush forth suddenly |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad |
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sinister |
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v. to prove incorrect or false |
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adj. pertaining to the clergy or the church |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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dolorous |
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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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n. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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n. a collection of choice literary works |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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baneful |
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adj. wicked; hateful |
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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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adj. destructive, poisonous |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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rue |
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adj. untidy and dirty |
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v. to win another's favor or good opinion |
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v. to be sorry for |
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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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bombastic |
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adj. well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment) |
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adj. in abundance, fertile, highly productive |
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adj. high-sounding; pretentious in language |
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v. to tempt by flattery or an attractive offer |
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mediocre |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit |
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adj. average in quality |
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adj. tending to induce sleep |
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commodious |
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adj. roomy |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished |
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adj. moderate in the use of food or drink |
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tremulous |
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adj. trembling |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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lachrymose |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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v. to shorten |
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v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
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adj. causing or given to shedding tears |
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innocuous |
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n. general agreement |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation |
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adj. serving as a model; commendable |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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cadaverous |
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adj. in abundance, fertile, highly productive |
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adj. devoted to religious observances |
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adj. corpselike; hence, haggard, pale |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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venerable |
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adj. extravagantly romantic or idealistic; highly impractical |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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n. a place offering shelter and retreat |
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adj. deserving respect or reverence because of age |
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sallow |
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adj. sick |
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v. to drive away; to scatter |
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adj. commanding fear or respect |
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adj. passing swiftly |
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allude |
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adj. thoughtless; taking little care |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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n. a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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ostracize |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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adj. winding; indirect |
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adj. sick |
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adj. habitually fond of associating in a company or herd |
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benevolent |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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adj. kindly; charitable |
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n. a trick or deception; a practical joke |
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n. a face |
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noisome |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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n. a public command or proclamation issued by an authority |
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n. a feeling of hatred |
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n. an eminent person; a celestial body |
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egotistic |
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adj. conceited |
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adj. roomy |
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adj. no longer in use |
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adj. very pleasing |
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countenance |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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adj. spotless; pure |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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n. a face |
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scintilla |
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n. a trace; a particle |
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adj. faultless |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his will |
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captious |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles |
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adj. materially or practically useful |
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v. to give a false idea of |
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hypothesis |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation |
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n. an assumption made for the sake of argument |
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n. a forerunner; ail announcer |
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n. a principle of belief held as true |
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homonym |
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n. a temporary suspension of hostilities. |
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n. unwise or reckless boldness |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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n. two words having the same sound but different meanings |
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meticulous |
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adj. likely to occur soon |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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n. a cliff |
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adj. sneeringly distrustful of the good motives or conduct of others |
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insatiable |
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adj. unsound; misleading |
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adj. capable of existing together in harmony |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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adj. unable to be satisfied |
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credence |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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n. trust or belief |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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bumptious |
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n. compelling a person by physical force or other means to do something against his will |
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adj. pertaining to public discussion or law courts |
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v. to speak against |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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acrimonious |
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n. a leader who tries to stir the passions of people for his own purposes |
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n. a speech by one person |
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adj. sharp or harsh in language or temper |
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adj. of unknown authorship |
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idiosyncrasy |
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n. a. personal peculiarity |
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adj. liable to make mistakes or be deceived |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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