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| a medieval science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold (an alchemist is one who practices alchemy) |
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| agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
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| something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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| having a tightening effect on tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
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| sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
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| a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude |
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| tending to believe too readily; gullible (noun form: credulity) |
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| an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness (adj. form: cynical) |
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| polite or appropriate conduct or behavior (adj. form: decorous) |
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| scorn, ridicule, comtemptuous treatment (adj. form: derisive; verb form: deride) |
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| to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
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| one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
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| to disclose something secret |
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| to flatter or praise excessively |
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| to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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| pointlessly talkative, talking too much |
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| marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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| overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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| about to happen; impending |
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| hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
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| having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
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| damaging; harmful; injurious |
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| not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
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| an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
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| characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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| to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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| a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
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| to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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| stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
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| characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
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| to permeate throughout (adj. form: pervasive) |
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| calm; sluggish; unemotional |
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| an overabundance; a surplus |
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| practical rather than idealistic |
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| overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties |
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| adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
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| a natural predisposition or inclination |
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| excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant (noun form: profligacy) |
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| a natural inclination or tendency, penchant |
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| dull; lacking in sprit or imagination |
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| characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
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| foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
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| occuring or recurring daily; commonplace |
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| to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
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| hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
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| radiant; shiny; brilliant |
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| to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
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| diligent; persistent; hard-working |
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| a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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| causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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| thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals |
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| one who spends money wastefully |
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| not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
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| implied; not explicitly stated |
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| brief and concise in wording |
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| to publicly praise or promote |
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| sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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| genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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| indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
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| to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver |
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| multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color |
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| annoyance; irritation (verb form: vex) |
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| alertly watchful (noun form: vigilance) |
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| to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate |
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| readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive (noun form: volatility) |
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