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*ingenuous
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adj.
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated ...little red riding hood was ingenuous... |
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ingrate
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n.
ungrateful person |
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inimitable
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adj.
matchless |
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inking
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n.
hint |
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inopportune
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adj.
untimely; poorly chosen |
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inordinate
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adj.
unrestrained; excessive |
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inscrutable
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adj.
impenetrable; not readily understood |
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insensate
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adj.
without feeling |
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*insensible
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adj.
unconscious; unresponsive ...she seems insensible to shame... |
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insidious
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adj.
trecherous; stealthy; sly |
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*insipid
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adj.
lackin in flavor; dull ...flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally insipid... |
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insolvent
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adj.
bankrupt; lacking money to pay |
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insouciant
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adj.
indifferent; without concern or care |
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*insularity
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n.
narrow-mindedness; isolation |
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insurgent
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adj.
rebellious |
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integral
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adj.
complete; necessary for completeness |
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integrity
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n.
uprightness; wholeness |
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inter
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v.
bury |
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interdict
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v.
prohibit; forbid |
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interim
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n.
meantime |
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interloper
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n.
intruder ...the merchant thought of his competitors as interlopers who were stealing his trade... |
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internecine
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adj.
mutually destructive ...the internecing nature of this conflict |
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interpolate
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v.
insert between |
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intimiate
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v.
hint |
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*intractable
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adj.
unruly; stubborn; unyielding |
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*intransigence
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n.
refusal of any kind of compromise; stubbornness |
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intrepid
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adj.
fearless |
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*inundate
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v.
overwhelm; flood; submerge |
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*inured
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adj.
accustomed; hardened |
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invalidate
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v.
weaken, destroy |
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*invective
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n.
abuse |
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inveigh
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v.
denounce |
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inveigle
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v.
lead astray; wheedle |
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inveterate
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adj.
deep rooted; habitual |
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invidious
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adj.
designed to create ill will or envy |
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inviolable
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adj.
secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable |
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invulnerable
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adj.
incapable of injury |
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iota
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n.
very small quantity |
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*irascible
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adj.
irritable; easily angered |
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irksome
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adj.
annoying; tedious |
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irreproachable
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adj.
blameless; impeccable |
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*irresolute
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adj.
uncertain how to act; weak |
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irreverent
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n.
lack of proper respect |
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irrevocable
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adj.
unalterable; irreversible |
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itinerant
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adj.
wandering; traveling |
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jaded
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adj.
fatigued; surfeited |
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jaunt
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n.
trip; short journey |
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jaunty
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adj.
lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree |
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jibe
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v.
agree; be in harmony with |
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jingoist
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n.
extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist |
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jocose
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adj.
given to joking |
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jocular
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adj.
said or done in jest |
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jocund
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adj.
merry |
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jollility
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n.
gaiety |
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judicious
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adj.
sound in judgment; wise |
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juggernaut
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n.
irresistible crushing force |
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junket
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n.
trip, especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense |
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junta
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n.
group of persons joined in political intrigue |
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ken
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n.
range of knowledge |
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killjoy
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n.
grouch; spoilsport |
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kismet
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n.
fate |
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knave
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n.
untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel |
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knell
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n.
tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc. |
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knoll
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n.
little, round hill |
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knotty
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adj.
intricate; difficult; tangled |
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kudos
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n.
honor; glory; praise |
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labile
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adj.
likely to change; unstable |
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lachrymose
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adj.
producing tears |
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lackadaisical
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adj.
lacking purpose or zeal |
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lambaste
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v.
beat; thrash verbally or physically |
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lampoon
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v.
ridicule |
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lancet
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n.
small surgical tool for making incisions |
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languid
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adj.
weary; sluggish; listless |
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languish
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v.
lose animation or strength |
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languor
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n.
lassitude |
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lap
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v.
take in food or drink with one's tongue |
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larceny
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n.
theft |
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larder
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n.
pantry; place where food is kept |
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largess
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n.
generous gift |
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lascivious
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adj.
lustful |
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*lassitude
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n.
1. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor. 2. a condition of indolent indifference: the pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon. |
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lavish
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adj.
liberal; wasteful |
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lechery
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n.
gross lewdness; lustfulness |
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leery
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adj.
suspicious; cautious |
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leeway
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n.
room to move |
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legerdemain
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n.
slight of hand ...magician's legerdemain... |
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leonine
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adj.
like a lion |
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*levee
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n.
earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding |
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levy
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v.
impose a fine; collect a payment |
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liaison
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n.
contract that keeps parties in communication; go-between; secret love affair |
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libertine
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n.
debauched person |
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libidinous
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adj.
lustful |
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libido
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n.
emotional urges behind human activity |
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licentious
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adj.
amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained |
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lien
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n.
legal claim to property |
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ligneous
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adj.
like wood |
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lilliputian
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adj.
extremely small |
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limn
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v.
draw; outline; describe |
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limpid
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adj.
clear |
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lineaments
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n.
features, especially of the face |
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lionize
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v.
treat as celebrity |
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liquidate
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v.
settle accounts; clear up |
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list
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v.
lean; tilt over |
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listless
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adj.
lacking in spirit or energy |
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litany
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n.
supplicatory prayer |
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lithe
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adj.
flexible, supple |
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litotes
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n.
understatement for emphasis ...to say, he little realizes, when we mean that he does not realize at all, is an example of the kind of understatement we call litotes... |
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livid
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adj.
lead-colored; black and blue; ashen; enraged |
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loath
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adj.
reluctant; disinclined |
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loathe
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v.
detest |
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lode
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n.
metal-bearing vein |
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*log
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n.
record of a voyage or flight |
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loll
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v.
lounge about |
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lope
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v.
gallop slowly |
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lout
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n.
clumsy person |
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low
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v.
moo |
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*lucid
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adj.
easily understood; clear; intelligible |
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lucre
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n.
money |
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ludicrous
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adj.
laughable; trifling |
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lugubrious
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adj.
mournful |
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lumber
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v.
move heavily or clumsily |
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luminary
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n.
celebrity; dignitary |
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lurid
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adj.
wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome |
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luster
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n.
shine; gloss |
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mace
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n.
ceremonial staff; club |
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macerate
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v.
soften by soaking in liquid; waste away |
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machinations
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v.
evil schemes or plots |
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maculated
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adj.
spotted; stained |
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madrigal
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v.
pastoral song |
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maelstrom
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n.
whirlpool |
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magisterial
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adj.
authoritative |
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magnate
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n.
person of prominence or influence |
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magniloquent
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adj.
boastful, pompous |
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maladroit
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adj.
clumsy; bungling |
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malapropism
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n.
comic misuse of a word |
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malediction
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n.
curse |
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malefactor
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n.
evildoer; criminal |
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malfeasance
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n.
wrongdoing |
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*malingerer
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n.
one who feigns illness to escape duty |
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mammoth
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adj.
gigantic; enormous |
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manacle
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v.
restrain; handcuff |
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mandate
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n.
order; charge |
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mangy
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adj.
shabby, wretched |
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manifold
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adj.
numerous; varied |
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mannered
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adj.
affected; not natural |
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manumit
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v.
emancipate; free from bondage |
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marked
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v.
put in order |
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martial
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adj.
warlike |
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masticate
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v.
chew |
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matrix
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n.
point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols |
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maudlin
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adj.
effusively sentimental ...a particularly maudlin tearjerker was playing at the movies... |
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maul
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v.
handle roughly |
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*maverick
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n.
rebel, nonconformist |
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mawkish
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adj.
mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental ...all lovey-dovey and mawkish... |
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mayhem
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n.
injury to body |
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mealymouthed
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adj.
indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive |
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meddlesome
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adj.
interfering |
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medley
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n.
mixture |
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megalomania
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n.
mania for doing grandiose things |
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memento
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n.
token; reminder |
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menagerie
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n.
collection of wild animals |
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menial
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adj.
suitable for servants |
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mercurial
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adj.
capricious; changing; fickle |
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meretricious
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adj.
flashy; tawdry |
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mettallurgical
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adj.
pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores |
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mete
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v.
measure; distribute |
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meteoric
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adj.
swift; momentarily brilliant |
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mettle
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n.
courage; spirit |
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miasma
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n.
swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emitted from decauing matter; pervasive corrupting influence |
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milieu
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n.
environment; means of expression |
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militate
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v.
work against |
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minatory
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adj.
menacing; threatening |
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mincing
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adj.
affectedly dainty |
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minion
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n.
servile dependent |
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mire
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v.
entangle; stick in swampy mud |
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misadventure
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n.
mischance; ill-luck |
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misapprehension
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n.
error; misunderstanding |
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mischance
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n.
ill luck |
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miscreant
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n.
wretch; villian |
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misdemeanor
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n.
minor crime |
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misgivings
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n.
doubts |
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mishap
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n.
accident |
