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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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eclectic
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a selected part of a passage or scene
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excerpt
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describing a category or a mixture, especially of music pieces
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medley
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a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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mural
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(adj) characterized by the telling of a story; (n) a story
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narrative
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an artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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realism
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
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parody
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a tremendously skilled artist
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virtuoso
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proper; marked by good taste
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decorous
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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equanimity
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quiet or humble in manner or appearance
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modest
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appropriateness of behavoir
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propriety
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excercising good judgement or common sense
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prudent
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calm
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serene
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unemotional; serious
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staid
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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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stoic
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to express strong disapproval of; denounce
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condemn
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to cause to be doubted
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discredit
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to speaking in a slighting way or negatively; belittle
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disparage
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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pejorative
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the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another
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plagiarism
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to make vicious statements about
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vilify
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rudely abrupt
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brusque
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bitingly sarcastic or witty
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caustic
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quarrelsome; unruly
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fractious
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unable to be reformed
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incorrigible
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an ungrateful person
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ingrate
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insulting in manner or speech
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insolent
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known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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notorious
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combative; belligerent
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pugnacious
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worth of blame
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reprehensible
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easily broken when subjected to pressure
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brittle
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having a harmful effect; injurious
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deleterious
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mutual hatred or ill-will
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enmity
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hatefully evil
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heinous
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wrongdoing; misconduct
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malfeasance
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extreme ill will or spite
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malice
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rotten
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putrid
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hateful' marked by deep seated ill will
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rancorous
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poisonous
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toxic
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characterisitc of an earlier period; old fashioned
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archaic
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worn out through overuse; trite
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hackneyed
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referring to the middle ages; old fashioned
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medieval
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no longer in use
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obsolete
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without decoration; stern, strict
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austere
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the state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
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mediocrity
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commonplace; ordinary
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mundane
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extremely dull
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ponderous
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unimaginative; dull
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prosaic
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