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satiate
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v.
to satisfy fully |
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to peruse
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v.
to examine with attention and detail |
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effusion
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n.
pouring forth |
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to inure
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v.
to become accustomed to; to become hardened to |
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to assail
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v.
to assault |
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capacious
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adj.
spacious |
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dross
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n.
waste matter; worthless impurities |
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inexorable
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adj.
relentless; unyielding; implacable |
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prudent
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adj.
cautious; careful |
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to capitulate
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v.
to surrender |
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to conciliate
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v.
to surrender |
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paroxysm
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n.
a fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage |
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fastidious
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adj.
difficult to please; squeamish |
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irrevocable
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adj.
unalterable |
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indefatigable
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adj.
tireless |
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effectual
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adj.
efficient |
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adversity
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n.
poverty; misfortune |
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disconsolate
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adj.
sad |
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penury
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n.
extreme poverty |
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caprice
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n.
whim |
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ignoble
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adj.
of lowly origin; unworthy |
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predilection
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n.
preference; partiality |
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apathy
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n.
lack of caring; indifference |
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chimerical
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adj.
fantastic; highly imaginative |
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tyro
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n.
beginner; novice |
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despicable
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adj.
contemptible |
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immutable
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adj.
unchangeable |
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progeny
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n.
children; offspring |
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repugnance
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n.
loathing |
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onnipotent
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adj.
all-powerful |
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uncouth
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adj.
clumsy; boorish |
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to reprobate
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v.
to disapprove |
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reprobation
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n.
severe disapproval |
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reprobate
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n.
a person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency |
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panegyric
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n.
formal praise |
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palpable
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adj.
tangible; easily perceptible |
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mien
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n.
demeanor; bearing |
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discrimination
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n.
ability to see differences; prejudice |
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dogmatic
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adj.
opinionated; obstinate; rigid |
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pedantry
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n.
undue display of learning; slavish attention to details |
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infallible
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adj.
unerring |
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incipient
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adj.
beginning; in an early stage |
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to delineate
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v.
to describe or outline with precision |
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lassitude
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n.
languor; weakness |
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incredulous
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adj.
skeptical; withholding |
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credulous
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adj.
believing with slight evidence; gullible |
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pertinacity
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n.
stubbornness |
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perversity
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n.
stubborn maintenance to a wrong cause |
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to chastise
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v.
to punish |
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to vacillate
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v.
to fluctuate; to waver |
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antipathy
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n.
aversion; dislike |
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encomium
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n.
praise; eulogy |
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approbation
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n.
approval |
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diffident
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adj.
shy |
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dilatory
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adj.
delaying |
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salubrious
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adj.
healthful |
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callous
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adj.
hardened; unfeeling |
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depravity
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n.
corruption; wickedness |
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infamy
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n.
notorious badness |
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to exculpate
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v.
to clear from blame |
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to execrate
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v.
to curse; to express abhorrence for |
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ignominy
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n.
disgrace |
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obdurate
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adj.
stubborn |
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perdition
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n.
damnation; complete ruin |
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complacency
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n.
self-satisfaction |
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to efface
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v.
to rub out; to eliminate |
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sacrilege
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n.
a desecrating and profane act |
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ephemeral
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adj.
short-lived; fleeting |
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disdain
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n.
scorn; contempt |
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diabolical
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adj. devilish
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clemency
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n.
disposition to be lenient |
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exultation
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n.
rejoicing |
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impervious
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adj.
not penetrable |
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to assuage
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v.
to ease; to lessen |
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pensive
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adj.
thoughtful |
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enigmatic
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adj.
obscure; puzzling |
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mortification
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n.
humiliation |
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despondence
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n.
depression; gloominess |
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to conciliate
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v.
to reconcile; to soothe |
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to diffuse
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v.
to spread in all directions |
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to dissipate
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v.
to squander |
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cursory
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adj.
casual; hastily done |
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degradation
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n.
lowering in rank; debasement |
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flagrant
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adj.
conspicuously wicked |
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sagacity
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n.
wisdom |
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irresolute
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adj.
uncertain hot to act; weak |
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wanton
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adj.
unruly; unchaste; excessive |
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impotent
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adj.
weak; ineffective |
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succor
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n.
aid; assistance; relief |
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redress
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n.
remedy; compensation |
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to imprecate
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v.
to curse; to pray that evil will befall |
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sanguinary
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adj.
bloody |
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to extort
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v.
to wring from; to get money by threats |
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feint
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n.
trick; shift; sham blow |
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to dissipate
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v.
to squander |
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sedulous
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adj.
diligent |
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indolence
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n.
laziness |
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insolent
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adj.
haughty and contemptuous |
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ennui
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n.
boredom |
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to expedite
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v.
to hasten |
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to remonstrate
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v.
to protest |
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presentiment
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n.
premonition; foreboding |
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sophism
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n.
fallacious reasoning |
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augury
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n.
omen; prophecy |
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acme
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n.
top; pinnacle |
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invective
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n.
abuse |
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adjuration
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n.
solemn urging |
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to extricate
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v.
to free; to disentangle |
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stigma
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n.
token of disgrace; brand |
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to consummate
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v.
to complete |
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opprobrium
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n.
infamy; vilification |
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oblivion
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n.
complete forgetfulness |
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coherent
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adj.
holding together; making sense |
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to discern
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v.
to see clearly; to possess insight |
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solicitous
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adj.
anxiously worried or concerned |
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ardent
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adj.
passionate |
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judicious
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adj.
wise; sound in judgment |
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to venerate
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v.
to revere |
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impetuous
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adj.
hasty; rash |
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fastidious
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adj.
squeamish; hard to please |
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sallow
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adj.
yellowish; sickly in color |
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labyrinthine
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adj.
mazelike |
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illimitable
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adj.
infinite |
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ascetic
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adj.
hermitlike; practicing self-denial |
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to discriminate
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v.
to see differences; to differentiate |
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to propitiate
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v.
to appease |
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reprobation
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n.
severe disapproval |
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eminent
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adj.
outstanding; well-known and respectable |
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neophyte
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n.
beginner |
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peremptory
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adj.
final; categorical; demanding and leaving no choice |
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aesthetic
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adj.
artistic; capable of appreciating what is beautiful |
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precipitous
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adj.
steep, both literally and figuratively |
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magnanimous
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adj.
generous; noble in spirit; forgiving |
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candid
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adj.
truthful |
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to mitigate
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v.
to appease; to moderate |
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capricious
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adj.
fickle |
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to iterate
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v.
to repeat |
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to vindicate
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v.
to clear of charges |
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perverse
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adj.
stubborn; intractable |
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culpable
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adj.
guilty; blameworthy |
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rectitude
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n.
uprightness |
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covert
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adj.
secret; hidden |
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indolent
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adj.
lazy |
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anomalous
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adj.
abnormal; irregular |
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approbation
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n.
approval |
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augury
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n.
omen; prophecy |
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presentiment
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n.
premonition; foreboding |
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mendicant
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n.
beggar |
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equanimity
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n.
calmness in temperament |
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jocose
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adj.
given to joking |
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vicissitude
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n.
change of fortune |
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sardonic
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adj.
disdainful; sarcastic; cynical |
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congruous
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adj.
corresponding; harmonious |
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copious
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adj.
plentiful |
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deference
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n.
a courteous regard for another's wishes |
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candor
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n.
frankness |
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to palliate
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v.
to ease pain; to make less offensive |
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circumspect
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adj.
prudent; cautious |
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florid
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adj.
flowery; ruddy |
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scrupulous
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adj.
extremely thorough; conscientious |
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assiduous
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adj.
diligent |
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simpering
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adj.
smirking |
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impertinent
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adj.
insolent |
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calumny
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n.
slander; malicious misrepresentation |
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erudite
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adj.
learned; scholarly |
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deprecatory
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adj.
disapproving |
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piquant
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adj.
stimulating; pleasantly tart-tasting |
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incipient
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adj.
emerging; at an early stage |
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zealous
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adj.
enthusiastically devoted to something |
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zealot
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n.
fanatic |
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emendation
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n.
correction of errors; improvement |
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antithesis
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n.
direct opposite of or to |
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voluble
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adj.
fluent; glib |
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fervid
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adj.
ardent |
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facile
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adj.
easy |
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sedulous
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adj.
diligent |
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diffident
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adj.
shy |
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pedant
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n.
scholar who over-emphasizes book learning |
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invective
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n.
abusive speech |
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latent
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dormant; hidden
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opprobrious
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adj.
disgraceful |
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anachronism
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n.
an error involving time in a story |
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importunate
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adj.
urging; demanding |
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transient
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adj.
fleeting; passing quickly |
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avocation
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n.
secondary or minor |
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veracity
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n.
truthfulness |
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tacit
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adj.
understood; not put into words |
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gratuitous
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adj.
given freely; unwarrented |
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propitious
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adj.
favorable; kindly |
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credulous
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adj.
gullible; eager to believe on slight evidence |
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conciliatory
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adj.
soothing; reconciling |
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ostensible
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adj.
apparent; professed |
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furtive
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adj.
sneaky; stealthy |
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desultory
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adj.
aimless; jumping around |
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cupidity
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n.
greed |
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prosaic
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adj.
commonplace; dull |
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to cajole
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v.
to coax; to wheedle |
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despondent
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adj.
depressed; gloomy |
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saturnine
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adj.
gloomy |
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innuendo
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n.
hint; insinuation |
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adroit
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adj.
skillfull |
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paucity
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n.
scarcity |
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trenchant
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adj.
cutting; keen |
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to depreciate
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v.
to lessen in value |
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prodigal
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adj.
wasteful |
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incumbent (upon)
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adj.
obligatory |
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incumbent
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n.
one holding office |
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cognizant
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adj.
aware; conscious |
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to expiate
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v.
to make amends for |
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rectitude
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n.
uprightness |
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impunity
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n.
freedom from punishment |
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equivocal
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adj.
doubtful; ambiguous |
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pallid
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adj.
white; pale |
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pallor
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n.
whiteness; paleness |
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conjecture
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(n. or v.)
to guess; to infer as a result of minimal evidence |
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languid
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adj.
weak; listless |
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tedious
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adj.
dull; monotonous; boring |
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to lionize
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v.
to celebrate; to honor; to admire |
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truculent
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adj.
cruel; savage; brutal |
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enmity
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n.
deep hatred; animosity |
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indignant
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adj.
insulted; angry, especially as a result of something unearned |
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proletariat
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n.
the industrial, working class |
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scrupulous
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adj.
strict; careful |
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to reproach
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v.
to scold; to blame |
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petulant
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adj.
rude; cranky; ill-tempered |
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penitent
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adj.
sorry; contrite |
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candor
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n.
truthfulness; complete honesty |
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hedonism
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n.
the pursuit of pleasure as a way of life |
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to degenerate
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v.
to deteriorate |
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caprice
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n.
impulse; whim |
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panegyric
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n.
elaborate praise |
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fidelity
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n.
faithfulness; loyalty |
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indolence
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n.
laziness |
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inordinate
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adj.
excessive; unreasonable |
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lucrative
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adj.
profitable |
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carnal
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adj.
sexual; passionate |
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facile
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adj.
fluent; easy; skillful usually in a superficial way |
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supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
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aphorism
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a brief, witty saying
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abstruse
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adj.
hard to understand |
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tawdry
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adj.
vulgar; cheap; tasteless |
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pathos
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n.
that which makes people feel pity or sadness |
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munificent
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adj.
generous |
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consummate
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adj.
perfect; complete |
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arbitrary
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adj.
random; frivolous |
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efficacy
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n.
effectiveness |
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querulous
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adj.
complaining; grumbling; whiting |
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prudence
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n.
carefulness; foresight |
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morose
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adj.
gloomy |
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sullen
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adj.
glum; gloomy; sulky |
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vile
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adj.
corrupt; evil; wicked |
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to degrade
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v.
to lower in dignity; to corrupt |
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incorrigible
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adj.
incapable of reformation |
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irrevocable
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adj.
irreversible |
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pompous
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adj.
arrogant; haughty |
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discordant
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adj.
incompatible; unharmonious |
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listless
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adj.
sluggish; without energy |
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callous
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adj.
insensitive; emotionally hard |
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anodyne
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n.
pain-killer; opiate; drug |
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sanguine
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adj.
cheerful; optimistic |
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epigram
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n.
a brief and witty saying |
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conjugal
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adj.
having to do with marriage |
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felicity
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n.
happiness |
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to emancipate
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v.
to liberate; to free from bondage |
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lurid
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adj.
gruesome; sensational; shocking |
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cognizance
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n.
awareness; consciousness |
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winsome
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adj.
charming; appealing; comely |
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tedious
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adj.
boring; dull; monotonous |
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ennui
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n.
boredom |
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misanthrope
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n.
someone who hates mankind |
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incarnation
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n.
embodiment |
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cynical
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adj.
extremely suspicious about the motivations of others |
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reticence
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n.
quiet; restraint |
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garrulous
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adj.
talkative; chatty |
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censure
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n.
severe condemnation |
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rebuke
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n.
sharp criticism |
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inveterate
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adj.
habitual; firmly rooted |
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florid
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adj.
ruddy; red-faced |
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impecunious
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adj.
without money |
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obsequious
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adj.
subservient; servile; fawning |
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argot
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n.
slang; jargon |
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archaic
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adj.
extremely old; outdated |
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cadence
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n.
rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds |
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poignant
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adj.
extremely emotional; painfully moving |
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profligate
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adj.
extravagantly wasteful and often immortal |
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reverie
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n.
daydream |
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asceticism
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n.
the practice of self-denial |
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grave
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adj.
serious |
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notorious
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adj.
famous for doing something bad |
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insolent
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adj.
arrogant; insulting |
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wanton
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adj.
malicious; unprovoked; egregious |
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saturnine
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adj.
gloomy; sullen |
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infamous
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adj.
shamefully wicked; disgraceful |
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debauchery
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n.
wild living; excessive intemperance |
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torpid
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adj.
sluggish; apathetic |
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effigy
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n.
a likeness of someone; especially used in expressing hatred |
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novelty
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n.
innovation |
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blasphemy
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n.
irreverence; profanity |
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staunch
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adj.
firmly committed; steadfast |
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parody
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n.
a satirical imitation |
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satyr
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n.
sensualist; seducer |
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iniquity
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n.
sinfulness; wickedness |
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vestige
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n.
a final trace of something; the last bit |
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fetid
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adj.
foul; rank; malodorous |
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audacious
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adj.
bold; reckless |
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corroborative
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adj.
confirmed; backed up with evidence |
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sordid
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adj.
vile; squalid; filthy |
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interminable
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adj.
tediously long; seemingly unending |
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to abdicate
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v.
to step down from a position of power |
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to founder
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v.
to fail; to collapse |
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ardor
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n.
passion |
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to perturb
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v.
to disturb greatly |
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presentiment
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n.
the feeling that something bad is about to happen |
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to stagnate
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v.
to be motionless or inactive |
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to renounce
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v.
to give up or resign; to disown |
