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ABATE
Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate |
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To lessen in intensity or degree
To reduce in amount, degree or severity
Synonyms: ebb, lapse, let up, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane |
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| Excessive praise, intense adoration |
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| To make better or more tolerable |
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One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
Austere |
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AESTHETIC
The aesthetic movement regarded the pursuit of beauty to be the only true purpose of art |
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Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or to beautiful
Synonyms: artistic, tasteful |
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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound, dissonance
Synonyms: chaos; clamor; din; discordant; disharmony; noise |
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| Argumentative, quarrelsome, causing controversy or disagreement |
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CONTRITE
After the residents were mugged in the lobby while the watchman was away from his post, he felt very contrite |
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Regretful; penitent; seeking forgivness
Deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
Synonyms: apologetic, regretful, remorseful |
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| The willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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Smalness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
Synonyms: shortage, scarcity, paucity, scantiness, insufficiency, poverty, absence
Antonyms: abundance, plenty |
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DEMUR
When scientific authorities claimed that all the planets revolved around the Earth, Galileo, whith his superior understanding of the situation, was forded to demur |
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To question or oppose; disagree
To express doubts or objections
Synonyms: dissent, expostulate, kick, protest, remonstrate
Antonyms: accept, agree, consent |
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| Cautious, reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
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DOGMATIC
The dictator was dogmatic, claiming he, and only he, was right |
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Expressing a regid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles
Synonyms: authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, doctrinaire, domineering, imperious, magisterial, masterful, overbearing, preemptory |
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| Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
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| Composed of elements drawn from various forces |
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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
Synonyms: acerbic, biting, mordant, trenchant |
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A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
Synonyms: accelerator, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, motivation, spur, stimulant |
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| An estabilishedd set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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To grow rapidly or flourish
Synonyms: bloom, flourish, prosper, thrive |
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| Greed, especially for wealth |
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| Appealing, forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| Rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| A universally recognized principle |
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To dress up, to primp, to groom oneself with elaborate care
To show satisfaction with or vanity in (oneself) |
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Producing large amounts or volumes, productive
Synonyms: abounding, abundant, breeding, copious |
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| To rot; to decay and give off a foul odor |
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To drink deeply
Synonyms: gulp, guzzle, hoist |
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| The condition of being temporarily inactive |
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| Awe-inspiring, worthy of honor |
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| Authorative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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Sophisticated; refined; elegant
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To defame, to characterize harshly
Synonyms: abuse, asperse, attack, caluminate, censure |
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| Existing everywhere at the same time, omnipresent |
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| To the place of, supersede |
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Lethargic; dorment
Synonyms: apathetic, dormant, drowsy, inactive, inert |
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| Indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain |
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| Sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect |
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| A speaking honoring the dead |
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| Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people |
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| To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| Marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious |
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| Violating accepted dogma or convention |
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| An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
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| Lacking funds; having no money |
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| In the first stage of existence; just beginning to exist or come to notice |
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| Unmoving, lethargic, sluggish |
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| Harmless, causing no damage |
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| To obtain by deception or flattery; persuade |
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| Extremely harmful, potentially causing death |
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Characterized by extreme poverty
Unwilling to part with money or possessions
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| To examine with great care |
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| Extremely reverent or devout, showing strong religious devotion |
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Abundant in size, force or extent; extraordinary
Of great size, power, extent, huge |
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