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exhalation
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the releasing of air from the lungs; the air released from the lungs
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dormant
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marked by suspension of activity; temporarily devoid of external activity
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In class John is dormant, but after school he immediatly comes to life.
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legacy
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something received from an ancestor, from a predecesso, or from the past
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grimace
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a facial expression that indicates pain, disgust, or disappoval
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candid
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indicating or suggesting sincere honesty and absense of deception
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John, I wish you were always candid with me. As it is, I never know when you are telling the whole truth
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evocative
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tending or serving to call forth
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Your comments at the PTA meeting were evocative; otherwise, Mrs. Smith would not have cried, and Mrs. Jessel would not have laughed.
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deft
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having the ability to do something with great skill and easily
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profusely
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excessively; beyond that which is normal
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demean
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to degrade; to talk or act so that someone else looks bad
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genuflect
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to touch the knee to the floor
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obsequious
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openly servile; disgustingly sweet
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Obseqious waiters make me sick. I'd much rather if they were cool and efficient.
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complacence
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calm or secure in satisfaction with one's self or situation; self-satisfied with no hope for the future
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malaise
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an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health indicating a more serious sickness
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The mailaise will pass with a good night's sleep. If you are still uncomfortable in the morning, you will you to the doctor.
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infatuated
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struck sensless with exaggerated love or admiration
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quarry
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1. one that is sought out or hunted; an open excavation
2. Used for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone. |
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loquacious
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poinlessly of annoyingly talkative
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bland
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not irritating, stimulating, or invigorating: soothing
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arbitrary
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selected at random and without reason
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your arbitrary decision has caused a lot of trouble. The mext time you make an important disicion, give it some thought.
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brusque
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blunt in manner or speech often to the point of being harsh and nasty
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pander
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to cater to to desires of someone
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Let me pander to you...
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portentous
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pmpous; showing one's self off as being something special
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Your lucky behavior did not win you any friends. People like individuals who are not egotystical
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contrive
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to think up; to put together
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delineate
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to describe in sharp and vivid detail
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ambiguity
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anything that is not clear or that is capable of being understood in at least two differnt ways
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The ambiguity must be cleared up so that wer know exactly what she means.
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wistful
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full of unfulfilled longing or desire
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dilatorty
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tending or intended to cause delay; characterized by procrastination: tardy
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saunter
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to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner; to stroll
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polychromatic
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having various or changing colors
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