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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
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the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of another group.
2.the result of this process. |
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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior |
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associated with something by chance rather than as an integral part; extrinsic.
2.Botany, Zoology. appearing in an abnormal or unusual position or place, as a root. |
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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate. |
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1.lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
2.of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized: an amorphous style; an amorphous personality. |
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1.a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.
2.a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
3.a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
4.any imprecation of divine punishment.
5.a curse; execration. |
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1.imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
2.the perpendicular, or vertical, position. |
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1.a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander: casting aspersions on a campaign rival.
2.the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation: Such vehement aspersions cannot be ignored.
3.the act of sprinkling, as in baptism.
4.Archaic. a shower or spray |
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1.to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
2.to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
3.to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. |
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1.to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2.Law. to allege as a fact. |
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To rebuke or scold angrily and at length |
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markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd |
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(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious |
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any prop or support |
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of or like a corpse.
pale; ghastly.
haggard and thin |
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1. a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things |
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a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry |
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a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry |
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roundabout; not direct |
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1. a loud, resonant sound; clang |
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2. to become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance |
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1.To examine and compare carefully in order to note points of disagreement.
2.To assemble in proper numerical or logical sequence |
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1. a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste |
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1. concealed; secret; disguised |
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a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something |
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having its fixed and final form;
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providing a solution or final answer; satisfying all criteria |
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to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose |
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tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
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to free (a person) from deception or error |
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to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle |
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strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord |
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