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glib |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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adj. varied; different |
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adj. smooth-spoken, fluent |
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n. a forerunner; ail announcer |
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demure |
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adj. varied; different |
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adj. affectedly or falsely modest or prim |
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adj. unsymmetrical; not straight |
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adj. threatening or showing evil; dishonest |
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buffoon |
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adj. taking the place of another; felt, received, or done in place of another |
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n. burden; duty |
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n. a clown |
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v. to subdue or conquer |
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engender |
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v. to cause, produce, or stir up |
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n. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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adj. given to fault-finding and complaining |
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adj. deadly |
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culpable |
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adj. living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals |
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adj. sentimental to the point of tears |
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adj. deserving blame or censure |
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adj. very holy |
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recapitulate |
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v. to restate in a brief, concise form; to sum up |
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n. a stick or staff |
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adj. dark; cloudy |
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adj. entertaining |
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misanthropic |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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n. misfortune |
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adj. hating or distrusting mankind |
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n. a sudden notion or passing fancy |
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adversary |
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n. an opponent |
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v. to deliver a long. noisy speech |
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adj. pertaining to the clergy or the church |
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v. to encourage -or support |
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nonchalant |
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adj. unmoved or indifferent; casual |
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v. to check or hinder |
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v. to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time |
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v. to pretend |
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jaunty |
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adj. having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness |
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adj. industrious |
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adj. of various colors; of mixed ingredients |
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v. to make fun of or copy by imitating |
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apt |
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adj. elaborately showy |
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adj. likely; inclined or disposed |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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adj. close, hot, and moist |
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assiduous |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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adj. industrious |
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adj. pertaining to ships or navigation |
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n. government by the best people; a privileged class |
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monologue |
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adj. forceful |
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n. nearness |
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n. a speech by one person |
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n. inequality; difference in image, quantity, character, or rank |
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inveigh |
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adj. foul-smelling; harmful |
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v. to speak angrily or bitterly |
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adj. devoted to religious observances |
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adj. mutual; done in return for something received |
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creditable |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor |
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v. to speak or write at great length |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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meticulous |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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adj. fussy about minute details |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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adj. calm; peaceful |
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allude |
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v. to disguise or conceal the truth to lie |
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adj. gripping and moving the feelings powerfully; piercing, biting, pointed |
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v. to refer to indirectly |
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adj. pertaining to a tailor or clothes |
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zenith |
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adj. mean and base; filthy |
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v. to imprison |
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n. origin |
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n. the highest point |
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anachronism |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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n. a brief pointed saying |
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n. extravagant exaggeration for effect |
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n. trickery, deception |
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cacophonous |
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adj. secret; stealthy |
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n. submitting to the wishes or judgment of another |
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adj. unharmonious sounding |
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adj. not essential; foreign |
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dolorous |
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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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adj. prejudiced |
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adj. sorrowful; mournful |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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cosmopolitan |
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v. to make good; to recover |
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n. a garland of flowers, leaves, etc. hung between two points |
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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. one who is at home in all countries |
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approbation |
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n. a cliff |
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n. nearness |
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adj. horrible, deathlike |
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n. approval; praise |
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mundane |
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adj. of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit |
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n. a humorous imitation of an author's style and mannerisms |
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adj. average in quality |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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egregious |
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v. to pretend |
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adj. often of mistakes, extremely and noticeably bad |
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v. to yield; to admit as true |
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adj. attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner |
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exotic |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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n. a thing placed or occurring out of its normal time |
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adj. strange and foreign |
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v. to penetrate and understand |
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dearth |
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n. scarcity |
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adj. deserving or reflecting Credit or honor |
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v. to speak angrily or bitterly |
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n. anger |
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obtrusive |
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adj. implied but not clearly expressed; unquestioning |
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adj. not essential; foreign |
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adj. workable, proved practical by previous experience. |
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adj. thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence |
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demeanor |
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n. behavior; bearing |
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n. origin |
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adj. exempt from; protected from |
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adj. lacking in; not possessing |
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proletariat |
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n. the wage-earning class |
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adj. possessing similar interests and tastes; able to get on well with others |
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v. to purify (usually a piece of writing) of offensive material |
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adj. positive in expressing an opinion; asserting an opinion as though it were an undisputed fact |
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expedient |
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v. to beg earnestly |
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adj. fragrant; reminiscent of |
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adj. convenient in helping to attain some purpose |
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adj. given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form |
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epigram |
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n. an attentive or flattering follower; a country influenced or controlled by another |
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n. a brief pointed saying |
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adj. disgustingly excessive |
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adj. amazing by, virtue of its immense size, force, or any quality in exceptional degree |
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apprehensive |
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n. historical records |
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adj. fearful |
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adj. able to do many things skillfully |
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adj. of little worth or importance |
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extinct |
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adj. no longer existing or active |
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v. to publish or proclaim; to spread abroad |
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adj. easily angered |
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n. indifferent, calm in bearing pain or pleasure; practising remarkable self-control over emotions |
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pensive |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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adj. gloomy; ill-humored |
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adj. working secretly or slyly |
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adj. proud; looking down with contempt on others |
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sleazy |
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n. a clown |
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n. a direct vote by the people |
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adj. flimsy and cheap |
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adj. dark; cloudy |
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annals |
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n. an officeholder |
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n. historical records |
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n. behavior; bearing |
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n. great rejoicing |
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misnomer |
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n. a name or term that describes wrongly |
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n. a collection of choice literary works |
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n. a group of people joined by common interests a coterie of select friend. |
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adj. decisive or critical; difficult |
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fluctuate |
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v. to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly |
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adj. in abundance, fertile, highly productive |
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n. one who denies that God exists |
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adj. existing everywhere |
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disconcert |
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adj. sadly thoughtful |
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n. art authoritative statement; a saying |
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adj. very short-lived |
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v. to confuse; to embarrass |
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