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aspersion
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"a disparaging remark: SLUR, SLANDER, DEFAMATION"
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disbelieving Snape's aspersions on his father's character
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lapdog
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a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
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he got his lapdog hired
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beacon
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a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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shining like a beacon against the blue sky
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poise
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a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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he blinked but recovered his poise almost instantly
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short-list (v)
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a list of applicants weeded out from a longer list and deemed suited for a position
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they were short-listed for the team
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miscreant
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a person without moral scruples
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desperate to catch miscreants
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gait
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a person's manner of walking; also used for horses
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a proud gait
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snippet
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a small piece of anything; especially something that has been snipped off or ripped off
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she read out snippets from the magazine
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berk
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a stupid person who's easy to take advantage of
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arrogant little berks
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taradiddles
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"a trivial lie, FIB, STORY, TAIL, TOSH"
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no time to listen to more taradiddles
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popinjay
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a vain and talkative person
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my poor popinjay
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smarting
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"ACHE, HURT"
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"the cut dug deeper, stinging and smarting"
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brisk
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"ACTIVE, ENERGETIC, TONIC"
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"a brisk, snappish manner"
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convulsive
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions: SPASMODIC
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a convulsive movement
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giddy
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"AIRHEADED, EMPTY-HEADED, LIGHT-HEADED, DIZZY, FEATHERBRAINED"
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his feeling of giddy relief
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estrangement
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"ALIENATION, DISAFFECTION"
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he feared his behavior will cause an estrangement
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copious
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"AMPLE, PLENTIFUL"
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his cauldron was issuing copious amounts of steam
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cert
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an absolute certainty
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we thought you were a cert
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doodle
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"an aimless drawing: SCRIBBLE, SCRABBLE"
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doodling on a pit of parchment
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slight (n)
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an expression of anger and disapproval: REBUFF
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he ignored the slight on him
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foray
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"an initial attempt, especially outside your area of competence"
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his first foray into the Dark arts
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maiden
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an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
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someone's maiden aunt
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rheumatism
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any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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he bowed as low as his rheumatism would permit
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singsong
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as if by singing
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he talked in a singsong voice
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abet
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"assist and encourage, especially in wrongdoing"
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aided and abetted by him
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buck-toothed
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aving protruding upper front teeth
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a buck-toothed imitation
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thump
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"BEAT, POUND, POKE"
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he'd like nothing better than to thump him
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tauten
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become firm
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something seemed to tauten her face
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congeal
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become gelatinous
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his potion was now congealing foully
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gall (v)
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"become or make sore by or as if by rubbing: FRET, CHAFE; also IRK, IRRITATE"
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it was galling to be told by someone like him what to do
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confer
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"BESTOW, PRESENT"
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"they sat down at the table, confering on what they had read"
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teensy
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"BITTY, TEENY, WEENY, ITTY BITTY, ITSY BITSY"
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for a teensy moment it sounded that you were insinuating I was wrong
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trice
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"BLINK OF AN EYE, HEARTBEAT, FLASH, JIFFY, SPLIT SECOND"
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his ankle was mended in a trice
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corporeal
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"BODILY, CORPORAL"
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he produced a corporeal Patronus
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dive-bomb
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bomb from a diving airplane
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they saw the twins dive-bomb her on their brooms
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onerous
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"BURDENSOME, TAXING"
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he became more onerous as the holidays approached
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guttering
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burn feebly: FLICKER
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the guttering candle
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serene
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"CALM, UNAGITATED, TRANQUIL"
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striding serenely across the room
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tail (v)
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"CHAISE, TRACK, GO AFTER"
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he was paid to tail you everywhere
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precocious
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characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity
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a precocious two-year old
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squally
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characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
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a dull March blurred into a sqully April
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ethereal
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"characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy: GOSSAMER, CELESTIAL"
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an ethereal voice
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throttle
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"CHOKE, STRANGLE, also: RESTRICT, CONFINE"
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he was throttling him with one hand
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overcast
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CLOUDED OVER
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"he peered out the window at the blustery, overcast grounds"
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scavenge
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collect discarded or refused material
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he was scavenging newspapers from bins
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trumped-up
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CONCUCTED
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they had him arrested on some trumped-up charge
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disconcert
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"CONFUSE, FLURRY, UPSET, DISCOMPOSE"
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he looked thoroughly disconcerted
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upshot
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"CONSEQUENCE, OUTCOME"
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the upshot of it all was that they all got detention
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taint
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CONTAMINATION
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he was free of the taint of Voldemort
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vie
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"CONTEND, COMPETE"
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vying for newly vacant positions
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paper (v)
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cover with paper
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newspaper cutting and photographs papered the wall
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whittle
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cut small bits or pare shavings from
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they were whittled down to a few
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distraught
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deeply agitated especially from emotion
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betrayed and distraught with grief
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jockey
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defeat someone by trickery: CHICANE
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jockeying for position
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style (v)
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DESIGNATE
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he styles himself Lord Voldemort
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infernal
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"DIABOLICAL, SATANIC"
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he was infernally convinced of it
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magisterially
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"DICTATORIALLY, AUTHORITATIVELY"
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he surveyed her magisterially
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wispy
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"DIM, FAINT"
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wispy and dead-looking
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dabble
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dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid; also PLAY AROUND
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dabbling in Muggle medicine
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wend
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direct one's course or way
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wending his way home
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grime
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"DIRT, FILTH, GREASE"
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the bay windows were so encrusted with grime that little light could penetrate
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kerfuffle
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"DISTURBANCE, DISRUPTION, HURLY BURLY, HOO HAH"
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"in all the kerfuffle, no one see him leave"
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rope off
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divide by means of a rope
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the area was roped off
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blab
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"divulge confidential information: SPILL THE BEANS, TATTLE, LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG"
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how did she know? Someone must have blabbed to her
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soppy
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"DRENCHED, SOAKED, SODDEN; also sad beyond comforting: MAWKISH, MAUDLIN, SCHMALTZY"
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staring soppily at him
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dunce
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"DUNDERHEAD, BLOCKHEAD, DUMBASS"
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detention for those dunces who get D
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expound
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"ELABORATE, EXPATIATE"
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expound on the matter
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incandescent
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emitting light as a result of being heated
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incandescent with rage
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callous
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"emotionally hardended: INDURATE, THICKENED"
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a callous temperament
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prim
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"exaggeratedly proper: PRIM, PRISSY, PURITANICAL, VICTORIAN, STRAIGHT-LACED"
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he sat primly upright
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wind up
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"EXCITE, AROUSE, TURN ON"
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that annoying song really wound me up
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emanate
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"EXHALE, GIVE FORTH"
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the smell that emanated from it
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wrest
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extremely pleasant in a gentle way
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he wrested the ring from his grip
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dulcet
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extremely pleasant in a gentle way: SWEET
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dulcet tones
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garble
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"FALSIFY, DISTORT, WARP"
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better hear it from me than a garbled version from someone else
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paroxysm
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"FIT, CONVULSION"
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paroxysms of grief
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buoy
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float on the surface of water
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the idea buoyed him and gave him some encouragement
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deluge
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"FLOOD, INUNDATE, SWAMP"
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he was deluged in the foul-smelling potion
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erstwhile
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"FORMER, ONETIME"
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thrown out of their erstwhile home
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dire
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"fraught with danger: DREADFUL, FEARSOME, HORRIFIC"
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dire warnings
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gambol
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"FROLIC, LARK, SKYLARK"
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the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
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winded
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"GASPING, OUT OF BREATH, PANTING"
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"he felt winded, as though walking into something heavy"
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garish
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"GAUDY, CHEAP, FLASHY, TACKY, MERETRICIOUS, TAWDRY"
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garish kittens
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rancid
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gaving a taste or smell due to chemical processes through fermentation or staleness
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smelled like rancid manure
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oddball
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"GEEK, ECCENTRIC PERSON"
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he was just an oddball at school
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gesticulate
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"GESTURE, MOTION"
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he gesticulated forcefully in the back
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white-hot
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glowing with white heat
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as though a white-hot poker was applied to his head
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dingy
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"GRUBBY, MUDDY, DURTY, but also DISMAL, GLOOMY, GRIM"
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a dingy landing
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taciturn
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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he had become taciturn and grouchy
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manhandle
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handle roughly
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you are not allowed to manhandle my students
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squat
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"having a low center of gravity: DUMPY, STUMPY, CHUNKY"
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she turned squatly in her seat
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blunt
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"having dull or rounded ends; also: CANDID, FORTHRIGHT, OUTSPOKEN"
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a blunt expression
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drove
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"HORDE, SWARM, HERD, FLOCK"
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they left the room in droves
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protuberance
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"HUMP, BUMP, JUT, PROMINENCE, EXTRUSION"
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a beaklike protuberance like that of Snape
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unassailable
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"IMPREGNABLE, INVIOLABLE, UNATTACKABLE, UNTOUCHABLE"
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unassailable conclusions
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pell-mell
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in a wild or reckless manner
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it flew pell-mell into the trunk
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batty
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"informal or slang terms for mentally irregular: BALMY, DOTTY, FRUITY, LOONY, LOOPY, KOOKY, WACKY"
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a batty old lady
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vapid
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"INSIPID, BLAND, SAVORLESS"
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wearing a vapid smile
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innards
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internal organs collectively
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the plant was disgorging its gaudy innards
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jest
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"JOKE, JAPE"
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you jest I'm sure
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obtuse
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lacking in insight or discernment: PURBLIND
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as if talking to someone very obtuse
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heavy-handed
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lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others: HAM-FISTED
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if you're heavy-handed with the ingredients you'll mess it up
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tactless
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lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others: INEPT
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you are a bit tactless when it comes to girls
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umpteenth
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last in an indefinitely numerous series
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for the umpteenth time
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stringy
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"lean and sinewy, especially hard to chew"
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"a stringy, pallid look"
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chide
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"LECTURE, TROUNCE, REPRIMAND, BERATE, SCOLD, REBUKE, TAKE TO TASK"
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the mother chided her child for the error he made
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ogle
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look at with amorous intentions
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they were ogling him badly
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ready-made
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made for purchase and immediate use
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he had a few ready-made excuses
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spite
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"MALICE, MALICIOUSNESS, VENOM"
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kept herself alive out of pure spite
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desultory
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marked by a lack of purpose
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a desultory game of chess
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balmy
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mild and pleasant
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the balmy evening felt suddenly cold
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sordid
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"morally degraded: SLEAZY, SQUALID"
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I'm not interested in their sordid affairs
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doleful
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MOURNFUL
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it gave him a doleful look
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galumph
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move around heavily and clumsily
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he came galumphing out of the living room
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aspersion
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"a disparaging remark: SLUR, SLANDER, DEFAMATION"
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disbelieving Snape's aspersions on his father's character
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lapdog
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a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
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he got his lapdog hired
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beacon
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a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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shining like a beacon against the blue sky
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poise
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a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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he blinked but recovered his poise almost instantly
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short-list (v)
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a list of applicants weeded out from a longer list and deemed suited for a position
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they were short-listed for the team
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miscreant
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a person without moral scruples
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desperate to catch miscreants
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gait
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a person's manner of walking; also used for horses
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a proud gait
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snippet
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a small piece of anything; especially something that has been snipped off or ripped off
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she read out snippets from the magazine
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berk
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a stupid person who's easy to take advantage of
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arrogant little berks
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taradiddles
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"a trivial lie, FIB, STORY, TAIL, TOSH"
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no time to listen to more taradiddles
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popinjay
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a vain and talkative person
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my poor popinjay
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smarting
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"ACHE, HURT"
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"the cut dug deeper, stinging and smarting"
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brisk
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"ACTIVE, ENERGETIC, TONIC"
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"a brisk, snappish manner"
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convulsive
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affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions: SPASMODIC
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a convulsive movement
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giddy
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"AIRHEADED, EMPTY-HEADED, LIGHT-HEADED, DIZZY, FEATHERBRAINED"
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his feeling of giddy relief
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estrangement
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"ALIENATION, DISAFFECTION"
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he feared his behavior will cause an estrangement
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copious
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"AMPLE, PLENTIFUL"
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his cauldron was issuing copious amounts of steam
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cert
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an absolute certainty
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we thought you were a cert
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doodle
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"an aimless drawing: SCRIBBLE, SCRABBLE"
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doodling on a pit of parchment
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slight (n)
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an expression of anger and disapproval: REBUFF
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he ignored the slight on him
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foray
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"an initial attempt, especially outside your area of competence"
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his first foray into the Dark arts
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maiden
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an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
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someone's maiden aunt
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rheumatism
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any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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he bowed as low as his rheumatism would permit
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singsong
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as if by singing
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he talked in a singsong voice
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abet
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"assist and encourage, especially in wrongdoing"
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aided and abetted by him
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buck-toothed
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aving protruding upper front teeth
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a buck-toothed imitation
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thump
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"BEAT, POUND, POKE"
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he'd like nothing better than to thump him
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tauten
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become firm
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something seemed to tauten her face
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congeal
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become gelatinous
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his potion was now congealing foully
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gall (v)
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"become or make sore by or as if by rubbing: FRET, CHAFE; also IRK, IRRITATE"
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it was galling to be told by someone like him what to do
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confer
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"BESTOW, PRESENT"
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"they sat down at the table, confering on what they had read"
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teensy
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"BITTY, TEENY, WEENY, ITTY BITTY, ITSY BITSY"
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for a teensy moment it sounded that you were insinuating I was wrong
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trice
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"BLINK OF AN EYE, HEARTBEAT, FLASH, JIFFY, SPLIT SECOND"
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his ankle was mended in a trice
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corporeal
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"BODILY, CORPORAL"
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he produced a corporeal Patronus
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dive-bomb
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bomb from a diving airplane
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they saw the twins dive-bomb her on their brooms
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onerous
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"BURDENSOME, TAXING"
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he became more onerous as the holidays approached
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guttering
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burn feebly: FLICKER
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the guttering candle
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serene
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"CALM, UNAGITATED, TRANQUIL"
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striding serenely across the room
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tail (v)
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"CHAISE, TRACK, GO AFTER"
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he was paid to tail you everywhere
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precocious
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characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity
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a precocious two-year old
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squally
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characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
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a dull March blurred into a sqully April
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ethereal
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"characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy: GOSSAMER, CELESTIAL"
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an ethereal voice
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throttle
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"CHOKE, STRANGLE, also: RESTRICT, CONFINE"
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he was throttling him with one hand
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overcast
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CLOUDED OVER
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"he peered out the window at the blustery, overcast grounds"
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scavenge
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collect discarded or refused material
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he was scavenging newspapers from bins
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trumped-up
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CONCUCTED
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they had him arrested on some trumped-up charge
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disconcert
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"CONFUSE, FLURRY, UPSET, DISCOMPOSE"
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he looked thoroughly disconcerted
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upshot
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"CONSEQUENCE, OUTCOME"
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the upshot of it all was that they all got detention
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taint
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CONTAMINATION
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he was free of the taint of Voldemort
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vie
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"CONTEND, COMPETE"
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vying for newly vacant positions
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paper (v)
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cover with paper
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newspaper cutting and photographs papered the wall
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whittle
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cut small bits or pare shavings from
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they were whittled down to a few
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distraught
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deeply agitated especially from emotion
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betrayed and distraught with grief
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jockey
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defeat someone by trickery: CHICANE
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jockeying for position
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style (v)
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DESIGNATE
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he styles himself Lord Voldemort
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infernal
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"DIABOLICAL, SATANIC"
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he was infernally convinced of it
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magisterially
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"DICTATORIALLY, AUTHORITATIVELY"
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he surveyed her magisterially
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wispy
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"DIM, FAINT"
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wispy and dead-looking
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dabble
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dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid; also PLAY AROUND
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dabbling in Muggle medicine
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wend
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direct one's course or way
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wending his way home
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grime
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"DIRT, FILTH, GREASE"
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the bay windows were so encrusted with grime that little light could penetrate
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kerfuffle
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"DISTURBANCE, DISRUPTION, HURLY BURLY, HOO HAH"
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"in all the kerfuffle, no one see him leave"
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rope off
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divide by means of a rope
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the area was roped off
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blab
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"divulge confidential information: SPILL THE BEANS, TATTLE, LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG"
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how did she know? Someone must have blabbed to her
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soppy
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"DRENCHED, SOAKED, SODDEN; also sad beyond comforting: MAWKISH, MAUDLIN, SCHMALTZY"
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staring soppily at him
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dunce
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"DUNDERHEAD, BLOCKHEAD, DUMBASS"
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detention for those dunces who get D
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expound
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"ELABORATE, EXPATIATE"
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expound on the matter
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incandescent
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emitting light as a result of being heated
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incandescent with rage
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callous
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"emotionally hardended: INDURATE, THICKENED"
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a callous temperament
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prim
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"exaggeratedly proper: PRIM, PRISSY, PURITANICAL, VICTORIAN, STRAIGHT-LACED"
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he sat primly upright
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wind up
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"EXCITE, AROUSE, TURN ON"
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that annoying song really wound me up
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emanate
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"EXHALE, GIVE FORTH"
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the smell that emanated from it
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wrest
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extremely pleasant in a gentle way
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he wrested the ring from his grip
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dulcet
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extremely pleasant in a gentle way: SWEET
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dulcet tones
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garble
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"FALSIFY, DISTORT, WARP"
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better hear it from me than a garbled version from someone else
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paroxysm
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"FIT, CONVULSION"
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paroxysms of grief
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buoy
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float on the surface of water
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the idea buoyed him and gave him some encouragement
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deluge
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"FLOOD, INUNDATE, SWAMP"
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he was deluged in the foul-smelling potion
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erstwhile
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"FORMER, ONETIME"
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thrown out of their erstwhile home
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dire
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"fraught with danger: DREADFUL, FEARSOME, HORRIFIC"
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dire warnings
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gambol
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"FROLIC, LARK, SKYLARK"
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the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
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winded
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"GASPING, OUT OF BREATH, PANTING"
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"he felt winded, as though walking into something heavy"
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garish
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"GAUDY, CHEAP, FLASHY, TACKY, MERETRICIOUS, TAWDRY"
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garish kittens
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rancid
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gaving a taste or smell due to chemical processes through fermentation or staleness
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smelled like rancid manure
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oddball
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"GEEK, ECCENTRIC PERSON"
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he was just an oddball at school
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gesticulate
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"GESTURE, MOTION"
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he gesticulated forcefully in the back
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white-hot
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glowing with white heat
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as though a white-hot poker was applied to his head
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dingy
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"GRUBBY, MUDDY, DURTY, but also DISMAL, GLOOMY, GRIM"
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a dingy landing
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taciturn
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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he had become taciturn and grouchy
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manhandle
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handle roughly
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you are not allowed to manhandle my students
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squat
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"having a low center of gravity: DUMPY, STUMPY, CHUNKY"
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she turned squatly in her seat
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blunt
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"having dull or rounded ends; also: CANDID, FORTHRIGHT, OUTSPOKEN"
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a blunt expression
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drove
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"HORDE, SWARM, HERD, FLOCK"
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they left the room in droves
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protuberance
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"HUMP, BUMP, JUT, PROMINENCE, EXTRUSION"
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a beaklike protuberance like that of Snape
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unassailable
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"IMPREGNABLE, INVIOLABLE, UNATTACKABLE, UNTOUCHABLE"
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unassailable conclusions
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pell-mell
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in a wild or reckless manner
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it flew pell-mell into the trunk
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batty
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"informal or slang terms for mentally irregular: BALMY, DOTTY, FRUITY, LOONY, LOOPY, KOOKY, WACKY"
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a batty old lady
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vapid
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"INSIPID, BLAND, SAVORLESS"
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wearing a vapid smile
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innards
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internal organs collectively
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the plant was disgorging its gaudy innards
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jest
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"JOKE, JAPE"
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you jest I'm sure
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obtuse
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lacking in insight or discernment: PURBLIND
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as if talking to someone very obtuse
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heavy-handed
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lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others: HAM-FISTED
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if you're heavy-handed with the ingredients you'll mess it up
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tactless
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lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others: INEPT
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you are a bit tactless when it comes to girls
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umpteenth
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last in an indefinitely numerous series
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for the umpteenth time
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stringy
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"lean and sinewy, especially hard to chew"
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"a stringy, pallid look"
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chide
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"LECTURE, TROUNCE, REPRIMAND, BERATE, SCOLD, REBUKE, TAKE TO TASK"
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the mother chided her child for the error he made
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ogle
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look at with amorous intentions
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they were ogling him badly
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ready-made
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made for purchase and immediate use
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he had a few ready-made excuses
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spite
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"MALICE, MALICIOUSNESS, VENOM"
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kept herself alive out of pure spite
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desultory
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marked by a lack of purpose
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a desultory game of chess
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balmy
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mild and pleasant
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the balmy evening felt suddenly cold
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sordid
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"morally degraded: SLEAZY, SQUALID"
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I'm not interested in their sordid affairs
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doleful
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MOURNFUL
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it gave him a doleful look
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galumph
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move around heavily and clumsily
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he came galumphing out of the living room
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prize off
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"move by force, especially to open something: PRY, PRISE, JIMMY"
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he attempted to prize off the mold attached to his finger
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corpulent
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"OBESE, WEIGHTY"
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a corpulent man
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remonstrances
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"OBJECTIONS, earnest opposition and protest"
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his remonstrances were left unanswered
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servility
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"OBSEQUIOUSNESS, SUBSERVIENCE"
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the house-elf's attitude of servility
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avert
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"OBVIATE, DEFLECT, FEND OFF, WARD OFF; also: TURN AWAY"
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they all averted their eyes
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pyrotechnical
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of or relating to the craft of making fireworks
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pyrotechnical miracles
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tweedy
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of textile: having a rough surface: HOMESPUN; also: INFORMAL AND OUTDOORSY
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tweedy woman
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gorge
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"overeat espetially immodestly: OVERINDULGE, STUFF, BINGE, SATIATE"
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he dipped its head to gorge on the meat
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pepper
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"PELT, BOMBARD"
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arrows went peppering his face
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pimply
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PIMPLED
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"pimply, jug-eared youth"
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intersperse
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place at intervals in or among
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glittering girds interspersed with patches of black
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teem
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"POUR, STREAM, SWARM"
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the forest was teeming with creatures he liked
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blinker
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put blinders on a horse
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blinkered and fettered by our limitations
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irascible
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"quickly aroused to anger: HOT-TEMPERED, HOTHEADED"
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irascible and inflexible
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drizzle
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rain lightly
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"a fine misty drizzle was falling, making everyone blurred"
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glean
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"REAP, HARVEST"
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they gleaned very little from the conversation
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trove
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reasure of unknown ownership found hidden
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a treasure trove of magical knowledge
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gusto
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"RELISH, ZEST"
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the song was sang with great gusto
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hole up
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remain secluded or in hiding
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they were all holed up in the building
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muffle
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"REPRESS, STIFLE, TONE DOWN, DAMPEN"
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the muffled pounding of a stereo
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convalescent
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returning to health after illness or debility
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convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
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stringent
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"RIGOROUS, TIGHT"
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stringent anti-cheating laws
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codswallop
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"RUBBISH, TRASH, WISH WASH, TRIPE"
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what's this codswallop?
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churlish
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"RUDE, BOORISH"
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he felt it would be churlish to disagree
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disconsolate
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sad beyond comforting
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he answered in a disconsolate way
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rhapsodize
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say something with great enthusiasm
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he was rhapsodizing about it for hours
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magpie
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"SCAVENGER, PACK RAT"
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flout
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"SCOFF, JEER"
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flout the rules
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translucent
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SEMITRANSPARENT
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a translucent ghost
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close-set
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set close together
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a series of close-set pustules
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sultry
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sexually exciting: SENSUAL
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"a sultry, velvet night"
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pinion
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SHACKLE
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pinioned agaist the wall
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concussed
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shake violently as to injure the brain
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she's thicker than a concussed troll
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shrewd
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"SHARP, ASTUTE; also: CONNIVING, CALCULATING"
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a shrewd idea
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blaze
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shine brightly and intesively
|
the anger still blazed inside him
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frisson
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"SHIVER, CHILL, SHUDDER, TINGLE"
|
a frisson went around the table at the mention of his name
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stubby
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short and chubby
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stubby-fingered hands
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lapse
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"SINK, PASS"
|
they both lapsed into silent giggles
|
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frolic (v)
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"SKYLARK, LARK, CAVORT, GAMBOL, ROMP"
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the plates continued to frolic on the wall
|
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supercilious
|
"SNEERING, SNIDE, SWAGGERING, LORDLY, HAUGHTY, SNIFFY, DISDAINFUL"
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a very supercilious look on his face
|
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snog
|
snuggle in a position where one person faces the back of the other: SPOON
|
I caught him snogging a pair of my father's trousers
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cheek
|
speak impudently to
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he cheeked me
|
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pamper
|
"SPOIL, INDULGE, MOLLYCODDLE"
|
spoiled and pampered boy
|
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mollycoddling
|
"SPOIL, INDULGE, PAMPER"
|
he was tired of her mollycoddling
|
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fib
|
"STORY, TAIL, TOSH, TARADIDDLE"
|
alarming people with fibs about some reborn dark wizard
|
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pungent
|
strong and sharp: ACRID
|
pungent fumes
|
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windswept
|
swept by the wind
|
he was looking windswept
|
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shrug off
|
"TAKE OFF, also MINIMIZE, BRUSH ASIDE"
|
he shrugged off his traveling cloak
|
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dawdle
|
"take one's time: LINGER, LAG"
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he was just dawdling around the foot of the stairs
|
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shoddy
|
"TAWDRY, JERRY-BUILT, CHEAP, CHEESY, CRUMMY"
|
there was a lot of shoddy spellwork
|
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rupture
|
"TEAR, SNAP, BURST"
|
a few of his had ruptured
|
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long-winded
|
"TEDIOUS, VERBOSE"
|
a long-winded explanation
|
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flounce
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the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
|
she gave him a withering look and flounced away
|
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frame-up
|
the act that incriminates someone on a false charge: SETUP
|
"it could be a frame-up, so be careful"
|
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lair
|
the habitation of wild animals: DEN
|
the lair of some monster
|
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beeline
|
the most direct route
|
he made a beeline for the bathroom
|
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grimy
|
"thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot: DINGY, GRUBBY, RAUNCHY"
|
grimy windows
|
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pulsate
|
"THROB, BEAT"
|
the organ was pulsating
|
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stunt
|
"to check the growth or development of, also to perform stunts"
|
a stunted little plant
|
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relapse
|
"to go back to bad behavior: FALL BACK, REGRESS, REVERT BACK"
|
they relapsed into drug use
|
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bark
|
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
|
barklike face
|
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holidaymaker
|
TOURIST
|
stranded holidaymakers filled the airports
|
|
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disheveled
|
"TOUSLE, TANGLE, RUMPLE"
|
he looked completely disheveled
|
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foolproof
|
UNFAILING
|
no knowledge is foolproof
|
|
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strain
|
use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
|
he was straining his ears to catch noises outside
|
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sojourn
|
VISIT
|
he came back from his sojourn
|
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lollop
|
walk clumsily and with a bounce
|
lolloping black dog
|
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scuff
|
walk without lifting the feet
|
scuffing the ground with his toe
|
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wallow
|
"WELTER, ROLL AROUND"
|
to wallow in sad memories
|
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douse
|
"wet thoroughly: DIP, DUNK, PLUNGE"
|
doused in icy water
|
|
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unceremoniously
|
without due formalities
|
he threw him unceremoniously out of the room
|
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full-pelt
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with full energy
|
running full-pelt to the door
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