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| impartial & honest in speech |
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| changing one's mind quickly & often |
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| "to find fault with, complain constantly" |
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| to condemn; to punish or criticize harshly |
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| something that brings about a change in something else |
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| biting in wit; sarcastic; corrosive |
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| someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he/she belongs |
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| to record historical events |
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| to live somewhere together |
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| characteristic of informal speech |
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| to surrender or forfeit something |
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| overcoming distrust or hostility |
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| collected group of various things |
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| an argument; a striving to win in competition |
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| "quarrelsome, argumentative" |
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| to provide supporting evidence |
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| "to intimidate, to browbeat" |
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| someone who has a distrust of people's motives |
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| to dismay; lessen someone's courage; frighten; alarm |
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| appropriateness of behavior/conduct; propriety |
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| "to belittle, openly condemn" |
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| to slur or blacken someone's reputation |
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| dethroning/attestation of truth; legal statement |
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| funeral hymn or mournful speech |
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| to set right; to free from error |
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| to perceive; to recognize |
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| someone involved in a quarrel |
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| disagreement; difference of opinion |
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| to deceive; a person who's easily deceived |
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| effectiveness; productiveness |
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| "to make a sound, like a cow; moo" |
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| clear & easily understood |
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| congratulations; opposite = kudos |
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| to examine thoroughly & set in order |
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| model of excellence/perfection |
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| discussion; usually between enemies |
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| condescend; do business at an establishment; support a cause |
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| someone who shows off learning or scholarship; overly precise teacher |
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| present throughout the years; persistent |
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| willing to betray one's trust; faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy |
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| done in a routine way; indifferent |
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| "humanitarian, charitable" |
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| love of learning and literature |
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| "stale, overused expression" |
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| member of the wealthy ruling class |
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| being hard to manage because of weight or size |
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| choosing facts over ideals; practical |
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| lie; deviate from the truth |
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| fresh & clean; uncorrupted |
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| "originator, forefather, ancestor" |
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| someone who supports political change |
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| introduction of a literary work |
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| to make peace with; to appease |
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| correct behavior; obedience to rules & customs |
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| dull & unimaginative; commonplace |
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| to free; especially from guilt |
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| overly idealistic; impractical |
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| "thin, pure, more refined" |
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| hermit-like; shut off from the world |
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| someone who rejects a cause |
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| morally unprincipled person |
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| determined; with a clear purpose |
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| resulting from something else |
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| not speaking freely; reserved |
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| great respect; opposite of contempt |
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| effective writing/speaking |
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| quality of being risible/laughable; ludicrous |
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| "cheerfully optimistic, ruddy" |
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| to satisfy fully or overindulge |
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| mock; to express contempt/disrespect; state of disgrace |
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| thoroughly soaked; saturated |
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| "with it, worldly wise, of high intellectual quality" |
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| immature and overconfident |
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| causing sleep; lethargy; sleep-inducing |
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| deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious (illogical) |
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| person who's careless with money |
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| one of many levels or layers |
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| "lavish, splendid, delicious" |
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| more than necessary; extra |
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| person devoted to luxury & pleasure |
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| beat where stress is shifted to an irregular beat (out of sync) |
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| "to poison, to make impure (tainted love)" |
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| to block/prevent from happening; to frustrate |
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| "long, harsh speech/verbal attack" |
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| to stimulate; to fascinate |
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| flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man; kiss-ass |
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| extreme mental & physical sluggishness |
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| not straight; winding or twisting |
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| to trespass; to violate a law; exceed or overstep |
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| "temporary, lasting a brief time" |
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| "trembling, timid, fearful" |
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| perceptive; having keen insight; sarcastic |
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| hardship; great affliction |
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| to beat severely; to defeat |
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| to weaken by wearing down a foundation |
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| dishonest; without scruples |
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| forcefully & illegally take control |
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| sway physically; be indecisive |
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| "empty, void, lacking intelligence" |
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| commanding respect by virtue |
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| to treat with great respect |
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| common language used by everyday people; specialized language of a profession |
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| something left over; a legacy |
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| easily aroused/changeable; lively/explosive |
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| to refrain from enforcing a law; to give up a legal right |
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| very strong or irresistible impulse to travel |
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| "A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain" |
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| written document; usually as a law |
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| fear/hatred of strangers or things that are foreign |
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| filled with passion and eagerness for a cause |
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