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equable
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Unvarying; steady.
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dissemble
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To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
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censure
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An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
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arrogate
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To take or claim for oneself without right; appropriate:
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Are you sure you don't arrogate too much of the credit to yourself. |
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abrogate
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To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
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It is the law of nature--no man-made law can abrogate the laws of God.
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maestro
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A master in an art, especially a composer, conductor, or music teacher.
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In a small mountain resort (Recoaro) near Vicenza, where I spent the spring of 1881, I and my friend and Maestro, Peter Gast--also one who had been born again--discovered that the phoenix music that hovered over us, wore lighter and brighter plumes than it had done theretofore.
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pedagogy
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The art or profession of teaching.
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doctrinaire
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A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality.
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But Nature, who has no doctrinaire ideas, may equally apply it to concentration.
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virulent
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Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
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"Away with the nastiness and the virulent reptile
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didactic
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. Intended to instruct.
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wiseacres who repeat the parrot cry that art should never be didactic.
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irresolute
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unsure, wavering, undecided
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Brow and head were round and of massive weight, but the face was flabby and irresolute.
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transitory
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temporary.passing
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Yet apart from all transitory passions and the ephemeral results of mortal love, the song of the Taoist lover soars unstained, untrammelled.
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disparage
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put down, belittle
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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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inveighed
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attacked with words, railed at
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he inveighed against Minerva because she had not contrived iron wheels in the foundation of her house
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indolence
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laziness
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rescinded
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took back, withdrew
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The owner of one steam launch, who had bespoke six copies, rescinded the order on seeing the negative.
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acerbic
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caustic, stinging, hurtful
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ruminate
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contemplate, ting long and deep
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For the first; there is no other way but to meditate, and ruminate well upon the effects of anger, how it troubles man's life.
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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AN Old Man, afflicted with a family of contentious Sons, brought in a bundle of sticks and asked the young men to break it.
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vociferous
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loud-voiced
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And one by one, encouraged by vociferous applause, speaking with fire and enthusiasm and excited gestures, they replied to the attack.
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garrulous
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talkative, talks too much
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He is a very shrewd and garrulous fellow.
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objective
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Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
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subjective
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Existing only in the mind; illusory.
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