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101 Cards in this Set
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scurrilous
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containing obscenities, abuse, or slander; using or given to coarse language
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sedulous
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involving or accomplished with careful perseverance: diligent in application or pursuit
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sententious
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terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression, pithy; given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
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silage
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fodder converted into succulent feed for livestock through processes of anaerobic acid fermentation
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sinuous
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marked by strong lithe movements; intricate, complex
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slake
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satisfy, quench
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solipsism
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theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing
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solvent
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something that eliminates or attenuates something especially unwanted; something that provides a solution
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specious
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having a false look of truth or genuineness; having deceptive attraction or allure
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splenetic
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marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite
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stanch
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to stop the flow of blood from (a wound); to stop or check in its course
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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stolid
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having or expressing little or no sensibility; unemotional
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stanch
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to stop the flow of blood from (a wound); to stop or check in its course
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striated
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Marked or characterized by striæ, furrowed, streaked
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stymie
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to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
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succor
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relief; something that furnishes relief
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sundry
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miscellanious, various
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supercilious
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coolly and patronizingly haughty
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supine
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exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity; especially : mentally or morally slack
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tamp
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to put a check on; reduce, lessen
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tautology
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needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word
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teetotal
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total, complete; relating to the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
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temerity
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unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition; rashness, recklessness
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak
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termagant
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an overbearing or nagging woman; overbearing, shrewish
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tortuous
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marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns; marked by devious or indirect tactics, crooked, tricky
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torpid
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lacking in energy or vigor, apathetic, dull
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touchstone
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a fundamental or quintessential part or feature; a test or criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing
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traduce
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expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation; violate, betray
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trenchant
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vigorously effective and articulate <a trenchant analysis>; caustic; keen, sharp
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truculent
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feeling or displaying ferocity, cruel, savage; deadly, destructive
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turgid
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excessively embellished in style or language; bombastic, pompous; swollen, bloated
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turpitude
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inherent baseness, depravity
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tutelary
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having the guardianship of a person or a thing (diety
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered
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umbrage
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resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult
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undulate
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to rise and fall in volume, pitch, or cadence; to present a wavy appearance
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untoward
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unruly, intractible; adverse, unpropitious; improper, indecorous
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upbraid
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to criticize severely : find fault with; to reproach severely : scold vehemently
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vagary
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caprice, whim
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vaunt
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brag, boast
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venal
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originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery; mercenary
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veneer
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a thin sheet of a material; a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect
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verdant
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green in tint or color; green with growing plants; unripe in experience or judgment
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vertiginious
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characterized by vertigo
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vicissitude
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the quality of being changeable, mutability; a favorable or unfavorable event that occurs by chance, a fluctuation of state or condition; a difficulty or hardship attendant on the way of life
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vitiate
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to make faulty or defective; to debase in moral or aesthetic status
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vitriol
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something felt to resemble vitriol especially in caustic quality; especially : virulence of feeling or of speech
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virago
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A man-like, vigorous, and heroic woman; a female warrior; an amazon
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visceral
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not intellectual; dealing with crude or elemental emotions; instinctive; unreasoning
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vitiate
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to make faulty or defective; to debase in moral or aesthetic status
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language, scold
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volubility
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characterized by ready or rapid speech, glib, fluent
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waggery
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mischievous merriment
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welter
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to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves; to be in turmoil
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winnow
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to remove (as chaff) by a current of air; separate, sift
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heuristic
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involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods
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coterie
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an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
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execration
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the act of cursing or denouncing; also : the curse so uttered; an object of curses : something detested
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hegemony
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preponderant influence or authority over others
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diaspora
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the breaking up and scattering of a people; people settled far from their ancestral homelands
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mimetic
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relating to, characterized by, or exhibiting mimicry
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opiate
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something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness
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dirge
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a song or hymn of grief or lamentation; especially : one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites
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chimerical
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existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary or improbable
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affectation
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the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt
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vapid
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lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force
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congenial
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existing or associated together harmoniously; having the same nature, disposition, or tastes, kindred
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potentate
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one who wields great power or sway
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refectory
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dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
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factious
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of or relating to faction; caused by faction
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votary
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a devout or zealous worshiper; a staunch believer or advocate
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stultify
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to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective; to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical; to allege or prove to be of unsound mind and hence not responsible
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perfidy
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the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal, treachery
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enthymeme
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argument based on merely probable grounds; a rhetorical argument as distinguished from a demonstrative one.
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly; wear off the skin of : abrade
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esurient
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hungry, greedy
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tyro
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a beginner in learning, novice
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novitiate
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the period or state of being a novice; a house where novices are trained; a novice
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mainstay
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a chief support
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proselyte
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a new convert
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mordant
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biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style
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ribald
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characterized by or using coarse indecent humor
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ersatz
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being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation
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mendacious
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given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
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periphrasis
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use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression
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prolix
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marked by or using an excess of words; drawn out
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pertinacious
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stubborn; persistant
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reintent
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resisting constraint or compulsion; recalcitrant
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laconic
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using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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recreant
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unfaithful to duty or allegiance
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enervate
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lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor; to reduce the mental or moral vigor of
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abnegation
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denial, especially self-denial
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oppugn
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to fight against; to call into question
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flag
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to become unsteady, feeble, or spiritless b : to decline in interest or attraction
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pith
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the essential part, core; importance
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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lugubrious
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exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful
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tenacious
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persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual
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