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economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
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lack of moderation or due restraint, as in action or speech.
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anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. |
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy
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restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc.
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a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like: a faction in favor of big business.
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of or pertaining to a prophet |
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upward movement; a rising movement: the ascent of a balloon. |
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the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
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the undoing or breaking of a bond, tie, union, partnership, etc.
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something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
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reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
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government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials.
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the body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department.
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excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, administrative bureaus or administrators.
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of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
practical
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| having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; |
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astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician
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of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
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clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts.
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to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
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to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong.
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an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one: To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.
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deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal: Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.
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not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual: He held an anomalous position in the art world.
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incongruous or inconsistent.
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very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
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not perceptible; not perceived by or affecting the senses.
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
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the physical constitution peculiar to an individual.
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unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee. |
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to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.
a related or derived subject, problem, etc.; outgrowth; consequence; implication: The new tax law proved to have many ramifications unforeseen by the lawmakers.
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to buy or pay off
to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.): His bravery redeemed his youthful idleness. |
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. |
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inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy. |
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having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment. |
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to depart clandestinly; to steal off and hide |
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done secretly
concealment |
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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. |
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to suspend, to engage, holdings one attention |
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eagar and enthusiatic willingness |
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an expression of approval or praise |
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to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify |
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taken as a given, possessing self evident truth |
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards |
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inclined to changes one mind impulsively; erractic, unpredictable |
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trickery or subterfuge |
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complex or complicated |
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to undeceive; to set right
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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extreme boldness; presumptous |
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| to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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dissatisfaction and restlessness, resulting from boredom or apathy |
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to conquer, to overcome
he was able to evice the hardship of growing up in the hood and was able to graduate from harvard university. |
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to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
everyone regaled at snoop dog's place after the concert
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to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion,jusitfy
he was vindicated from all accusations since there was no prove he was the suspect.
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
he aggranized hes earnings by working overtime every night in that month
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to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
protect against
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to show to be false; contradict:
His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
could also mean misrepresent
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
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telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person. |
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fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. |
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to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt. |
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an apparatus that rotates at high speed |
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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
think summer lazziness; lack of energy
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great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor. |
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deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea. |
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arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
think: 2pacs record sales agrannized after his death
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causing or tending to cause sleep.
his soporific style of presenting made ppl fall asleep
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offensive or disgusting, as an odor. |
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syn: rebuke: stern dissapproval
his decision to join the army was met by initial reproof from his family members. |
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promoting or intended to promote an improvement or beneficial effect
he showed a salutary gesture by providing monetary fund for the recovery efforts
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to re-create, reconstitute, or make over, especially in a better form or condition. |
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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
his prosaic plot line did not sell well to the general audience
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| opinion that is unorthodax or against the church |
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| to scold or berate severly |
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understood without being openly expressed; implied
tacit approval
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to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning. |
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not harmful or injurious; harmless
although the dog looked aggressive, the dog is really quite innocuous.
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to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
the student tried to purport a fake letter of recommendation
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the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression |
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to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
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to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult.
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doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
we were not sure if he was planning to go with his dubious response
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| devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite |
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to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.). |
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| a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, |
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to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. |
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incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny |
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calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks. |
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having a loud deep sound |
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resonant and mournful in sound |
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of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter. |
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of no real value; trifling; worthless.
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of no force or effect; ineffective; futile; vain.
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the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel. |
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very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas. |
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
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juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
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lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
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deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
or it can mean immature and inexperienced
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using few words; expressing much in few words |
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excessively talkative in a rambling,roundabout manner, esp. with trivial matters
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a garrulous and wordy speech. |
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| inclined to silence; reserved in speech; recultant to join in a conversation |
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| tumultuous, turbulent:a tempestuous period in history |
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| inclined to rule arbitrarily or despoctically; overbearing |
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| to bring to state of perfection; to furfill |
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| utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent |
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| strong distaste, aversion , or objection |
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| high sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious |
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| extremly liberal in giving; very generous |
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| to overwhelm; inundated with letters of protest. |
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| a great misfortune; adversity |
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| superior in weight, force, influence, number; a preponderance of votes agaisnt the proposal |
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award, honorary
the play received accolades from the news |
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| a omen or indication of something momentous about to happen |
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| extraordinary in size, amount, extent |
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| causing annoyance, harm or trouble. |
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| not lasting long time, enduring, or permanent |
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accustom to hardship. difficulty, pain:
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| not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional |
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| to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremly |
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| rought and noisy; unrestrained |
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| to become weaken or sickly; drain of color or vigor |
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| refusing to to agree or compromise |
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| personal bearing or conduct;demeanor; behavior |
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having a shrill, irritating quality or character- can be sound too
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to feel or express sorrow or regret for
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irrirate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremly; he was exasperated by his senseless delays |
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| personal bearing or conduct, demeanor, behavior |
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to portray in words; describe or outline with precision:
In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care. |
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| to make it easier to endure |
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to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in ): to revel in luxury. |
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| by firmness and determination, as the temper, spirit, actions, etc. |
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| to disturb the composure of |
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
promoting or conductive to some beneficial purpose
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a change or variation occurring in the course of something. |
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a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach. |
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1.to set or place together, especially side by side.
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to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit. |
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