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bland |
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adj. saying much in few words |
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v. to paralyze with horror, fear, or surprise |
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adj. gentle; polite |
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v. to set apart as sacred; to devote or dedicate to some aim |
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awry |
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v. to refuse or reject with contempt |
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adj. innumerable |
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adj. outstandingly bad |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight |
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vicarious |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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v. to boast |
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adj. willfully bent on doing the wrong thing |
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adj. taking the place of another; felt, received, or done in place of another |
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deplete |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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v. to forgive or overlook (an offense) |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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adj. very heavy; clumsy |
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castigate |
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adj. separate |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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consummate |
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adj. passing swiftly |
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adj. real; actual |
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v. to speak or write at great length |
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adj. perfect or highly accomplished |
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bulwark |
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v. to give up completely |
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v. to converse or talk; to discuss |
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n. an embankment used as a fortification; a person, idea, or object serving as a protection |
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n. a cliff |
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fiasco |
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n. a ludicrous and complete failure |
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adj. understood by only a select few |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. lacking in freshness, originality, or vigor |
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sanctimonious |
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adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government |
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adj. pretending to be religious |
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n. a stick or staff |
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n. working together secretly for an evil purpose |
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taunt |
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n. an award or salute |
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adj. wise; using or exhibiting good judgment |
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v. to walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) |
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v. to reproach with contempt |
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plebiscite |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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v. to lose self-confidence; to confuse, put to shame |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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hail |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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v. to greet |
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v. to irritate or provoke |
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adj. hurried; hence, superficial |
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civil |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only |
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n. an eminent person; a celestial body |
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ostracize |
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adj. having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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v. to banish; to exclude from public favor or privileges |
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ramification |
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n. injury inflicted in turn for one received |
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adj. innumerable |
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n. a branching; sub-division |
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adj. very short-lived |
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sovereign |
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adj. supreme power and authority; independent of the control of any other government |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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alacrity |
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n. eagerness; cheerful promptness |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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n. general agreement |
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hovel |
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adj. commanding fear or respect |
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n. a dirty or wretched dwelling |
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n. front or face, especially of a building |
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adj. despotic |
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articulate |
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adj. varied; different |
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v. to speak clearly or distinctly |
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n. a lover of books |
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adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit |
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ire |
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adj. having or expressing more than one possible meaning, sometimes intentionally |
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n. anger |
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n. departure, emigration |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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rue |
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v. to be sorry for |
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n. faithfulness |
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adj. forgetful; absent-minded |
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n. a great flood; downpour |
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truculent |
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n. a party slogan |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion |
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adj. cruel, fierce; harsh |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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monologue |
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v. to postpone or put off to another time |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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n. a speech by one person |
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adj. unmoved or indifferent; casual |
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inhibit |
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adj. incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving |
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n. a god |
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v. to check or hinder |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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respite |
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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. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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adj. acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit |
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v. repeat (several times) |
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exploit |
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n. prolonged duration of life |
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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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v. to use for one's selfish purpose |
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v. to banish or exile; to withdraw from one's country |
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sleazy |
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adj. of a hopeful disposition; blood-red in color |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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n. a dull and commonplace remark |
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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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complacent |
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adj. self-satisfied |
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n. evenness of temper or mind |
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v. to give up completely |
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adj. very steep; descending rapidly |
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ubiquitous |
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adj. pertaining to the common people; hence, common or vulgar |
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adj. temporary; for the time being |
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adj. spotted or streaked with varied colors |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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attribute |
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adj. in an early stage of development |
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n. homesickness |
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v. assign |
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v. to confuse; to embarrass |
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jargon |
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n. confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade |
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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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n. a person devoted to luxurious living and pleasure |
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vanquish |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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v. to subdue or conquer |
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v. to restate the meaning of a passage in other words |
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adj. mentally distressed; distracted |
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hiatus |
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v. to empty or to use up |
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n. a gap or vacancy; break |
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adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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instigate |
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v. to set forth in detail; to explain |
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v. to trim or decorate |
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adj. indisputable |
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v. to stir tip |
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confederate |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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v. to assume a deceptive appearance or character |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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n. a person allied with others for a special purpose (frequently a bad one) |
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laconic |
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adj. saying much in few words |
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v. to make a mistake or to do something wrong |
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n. one who proudly shows off his learning or who overrates his knowledge |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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jeopardy |
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adj. elaborately showy |
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v. to twist about (usually with pain) |
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n. danger |
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v. to disagree; to differ in opinion |
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incarcerate |
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adj. inclined to plunder or rob; preying on, others |
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n. a petty fault |
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v. to imprison |
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adj. harmless; inoffensive |
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egotistic |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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adj. conceited |
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adj. worldly, as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only |
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adj. inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon |
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dynamic |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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n. an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view |
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adj. forceful |
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n. keenness of mind or insight |
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