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Allay
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to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest calm quiet.
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Obfuscation
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to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
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Odious
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deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable
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Dyspeptic
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gloomy, pessimistic, and irritable
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Expurgate
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to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable
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Infraction
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breach; violation; infringement
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Penance
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a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin
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Modality
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an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner
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Ineluctable
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incapable of being evaded; inescapable:
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Intransigent
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refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible
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Disavow
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to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate
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Obsequious
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characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
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Blanch
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to whiten by removing color; bleach
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Fecundity
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fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
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Ordain
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to enact or establish by law, edict, to decree; give orders for:
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Restive
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impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
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Syncopated
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cut short
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Vituperative
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Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure. Verbally abusive
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Saturnine
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sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
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Ebullient
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overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited:
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Belied
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To picture falsely; misrepresent: To show to be false
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Anathematize
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to pronounce an anathema against; denounce; curse.
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Contrition
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sincere penitence or remorse.
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Prognostication
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a forecast or prediction.
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Relic
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a surviving memorial of something past.
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Obstreperous
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resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
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Moribund
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in a dying state; near death.
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Admonish
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to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
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Beseech
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to implore urgently
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Mawkish
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characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
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Temerity
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reckless boldness; rashness.
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Jejune
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid
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Vitiate
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to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
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Impunity
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exemption from punishment.
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Exacting
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rigid or severe in demands or requirements:
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Quixotic
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impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable
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Commensurate
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having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.
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Pejorative
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having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force
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Malediction
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curse
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Platitude
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a flat, dull, or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
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Portentous
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ominously significant or indicative, marvelous; amazing; prodigious
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Syllogism
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an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument
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Rapt
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deeply engrossed or absorbed
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Parry
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to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert
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Pirouette
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a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
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Insular
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dwelling or situated on an island.
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Craven
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cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous
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Petulant
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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance
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Plucky
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having or showing pluck or courage; brave
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Sedulity
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sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
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Perfidy
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deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery
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Vitriol
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something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism
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Heretical
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any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs
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Impudence
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rudeness
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Insolence
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contemptuously rude
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Ditties
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a poem intended to be sung.
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Poignancy
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Profoundly moving; touching:
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Anachronisms
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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time,
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Covetous
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inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions
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Diffident
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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; sh
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Exigent
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requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.
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Apocryphal
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of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
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Endemic
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belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place:
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Phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish
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Erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:
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Enervate
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to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken
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Engender
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to produce, cause, or give rise to
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Dither
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a trembling; vibration
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Inure
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to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate
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Imprecation
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a curse; malediction
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Rejoinder
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an answer to a reply; response.
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Opprobrium
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a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach
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Scintilla
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a minute particle; spark; trace
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Umbrage
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offense; annoyance; displeasure
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Noisome
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offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
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Maudlin
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tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:
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Cupidity
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eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed; avarice.
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Largess
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generous bestowal of gifts.
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Cosset
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to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
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Lampoon
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a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution
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Ossify
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to convert into or cause to harden like bone.
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Specious
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apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible
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Pathogenic
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capable of producing disease
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Diaphanous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
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Trenchant
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incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting
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Salubrious:
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful:
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Sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
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Prevaricate
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to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression
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Burnish
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to make smooth and bright
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Slake
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to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
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Irascible
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easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
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Foment
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to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.)
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Aggrandize
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
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Voluble
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characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words
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Turgid
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swollen; distended; tumid.
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Inchoate
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not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
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Lachrymose
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suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
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Perspicacious
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having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
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Inimical
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adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
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Glib
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readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so
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Stolid
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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
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Ignoble
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of low grade or quality; inferior.
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Lionize
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to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
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Palliate
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to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
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Polemic
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a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc
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Vim
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lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
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Invective
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vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach
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Bawdy
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indecent; lewd; obscene
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Gaunt
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extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger
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Sentient
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having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.
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Panegyric
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a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
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Prolix
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extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
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Recalcitrant
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resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
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Pithy
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brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
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Disabuse
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to free (a person) from deception or error.
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Surly
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unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable
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Compulsory
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required; mandatory; obligatory
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority; put down
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abscission
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act of cutting off or removing
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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accretion
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growth, increase by successive addition, building up
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow vaguely; intiimate, suggest, or outline sketchily
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige; to make appear greater
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anathema
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a solemn or ecclesiastical(religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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anodyne
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soothing
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apogee
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farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
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apposite
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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos
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apprise
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give notice to, inform
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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arrant
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utter and completely "an arrant fool"
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arrest
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to suspend; to engage
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artless
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completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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asperity
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severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
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aspersion
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an act of defamation or maligning
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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attenuate
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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen
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augury
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omen, portent, the reading of omens
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august
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majestic, venerable
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auspice
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protection or support, patronage
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auspicious
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favorable, propitious, successful, prosperous
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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aver
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to state as fact; to confirm or support
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axiomatic
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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baleful
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sinister, pernicious, ominous
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beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly
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bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
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belie
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to give a false impression of, to misrepresent
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bellicose
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belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
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bent
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leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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blandish
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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
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bombastic
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pompous; grandiloquent
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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cadge
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to sponge, beg, or mooch
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cajole
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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
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calumniate
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to slander, make a false accusation
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canon
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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caret
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an insertion mark(^) used by editors and proofreaders
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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caustic
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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chasten
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to chastise or correct; subdue
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churlish
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boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable
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coda
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concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes
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cogent
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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consequential
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pompous, self-important
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contemn
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to scorn or despise; treat with disdain
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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contrite
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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corrigible
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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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countenance
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to approve of or tolerate
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cozen
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to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
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craven
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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
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decorum
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politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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demur
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to question or oppose
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denigrate
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blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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deprecate
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to disparage or belittle
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depredate
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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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desiccate
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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desuetude
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the state of being no longer used or practiced.
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desultory
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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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detraction
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy
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diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
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die
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a tool used for shaping
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dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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din
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loud sustained noise
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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discomfit
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to defeat
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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distrait
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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
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doggerel
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다 거 뤌 1, trivial, poorly constructed verse 졸렬한 시
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dross
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slag(광물을 제련할 때 금속에서 분리된 찌꺼기), waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
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dulcet
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melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
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dynamo
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1, generator; forceful, energetic person
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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edifying
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enlightening, informative
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness(주제넘음)
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effusive
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gushing(감상적으로지껄이는); excessively demonstrative
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elegy
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a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music
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emollient
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soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying
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empirical
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based on observation or experiment
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric(격찬), tribute(찬사), eulogy(찬미)
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that egion; indigenous
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce vitality
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ennui
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안 위 1, dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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epithet
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disparaging word or phrase
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equanimity
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composure, self-possession
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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errant
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traveling, itinerant, peripatetic(순회하는)
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erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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eschew
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이쓰 추 2, shun(피하다), avoid
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essay
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to test or try; attempt, experiment
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estimable
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worthy, formidable(만만치 않은)
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor(증기); vanishing
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evince
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to show clearly, to indicate
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exact
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to demand, call for, require, take
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly(가차없이), to upbraid(신랄하게 비난하다)
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exculpate
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to exonerate(..의 무고함을 밝히다), to clear of blame
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exemplar
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typical or standard specimen(예); paradigm, model
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exhort
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to incite (자극하다), to make urgent appeals
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exigent
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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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expatiate
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to discuss or write about at length(충분히); to range freely
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expiate
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to atone(속죄하다) or make amends for(속죄하다)
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity
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extant
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existing, not destroyed or lost
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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extirpate
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엑쓰 털 페잍 1, to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots
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facetious
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playful; humorous; not serious
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fallacy
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an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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fallow
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팰 로우 1, untilled(경작하지 않은), inactive, dormant
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fatuous
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silly, inane(어리석은)ly foolilsh
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fawn
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to flatter or praise excessively
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feckless
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ineffectual(효과없는); irresponsible
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felicitous
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apt(적절한); suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos[애 프로 포우 3] 알맞은
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fell
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a barren(불모의) or stony hill; an animal's hide(짐승의 가죽); cut down
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fervent
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greatly emotional or zealous
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fetid
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stinking, having a heavy bad smell
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etter
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to shackle[족쇄를 채우다], put in chains, restrain[억제하다, 누르다]
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filigree
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an ornamental(장식적인) work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns; resembling such a patter
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flag
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to sag[나른해지다] or droop[시들시들해지다], to become spiritless, to decline
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flip
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sarcastic, impertinent[주제넘은]
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flout
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to demonstrate contempt for
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forbearance
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patience, willingness to wait
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ford
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to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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forestall
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to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action; to circumvent or thwart
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forswear
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to renounce((공식으로) 포기[폐기]하다; <습관 등을> 그만두다, 끊다; 선서하고 버리다[끊다]; 단념하다), isallow(허가하지 않다, 금하다; <요구 등을> 각하하다(reject)), repudiate(거절하다; <비난혐의 등을> 부인하다; <교의 을> 거부하다)
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fortuitous
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happening by fortunate accident or chance
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fracas
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프뤠이 커쓰 1, noisy fight or quarrel, brawl(싸움)
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fractious
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quarrelsome(싸우기 좋아하는), rebellious, unruly(제멋대로 하는), cranky(괴퍅한)
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froward
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intractable(고집스러운), not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce(비난하다)
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gainsay
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to deny, dispute(반론하다), contradict(반박하다), oppose
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gambol
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to skip about playfully, frolic(장난치며 놀다)
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garner
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to gather and save, store up, acquire
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gauche
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거우쉬 crude, awkward, tasteless
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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glib
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marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking depth; superficial
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gossamer
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가 싸 멀 1, delicate, insubstantial(견고하지않은) or tenuous(빈약한); insincere
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grandiloquence
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그뤤 딜 로우 쿠웬쓰 2, pompous speech or expression
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gregarious
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sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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grouse
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to complain or grumble
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guile
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trickery, duplicity, cunning
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guy
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a rope or cord attached to something as a brace or guide
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hackneyed
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rendered(made) trite() or commonplace() by frequent usage
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful, prosperous
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hallow
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to set apart as holy
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harangue
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to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
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harrow
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to distress(괴롭히다), create stress or tormen
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hedonism
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히 더 니즘 1, devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses
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ermetic
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airtight(), impervious to outside influence
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hirsute
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hairy, shaggy
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homily
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude(상투적 의견)
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous
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intense or excessiv devotion to something
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idyll
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a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience; a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like
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ignominous
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shameful, dishonorable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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impassive
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revealing no emotion or sensibility
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impecunius
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, lacking funds (돈); without money
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imperiou
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commanding, masterful(거드름피우는), arrogant, domineering(뻐기는), haughty(오만한)
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imperturable
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marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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impetuos
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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implacale
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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importue
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to ask incessantly, beg, nag(
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impugn
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attack or assail(공박하다) verbally, censure, execrate(맴려맇 비난하다), deny
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impunit
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immunity from punishment, penalty or harm
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impute
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to attribute(의 탓으로 하다(ascribe)) to a cause or source, ascribe, assigning as a characteristic
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inchoate
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in an initial stage, not fully formed
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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indolent
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1, lazy, listless, torpid(둔한)
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ineluctable
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certain, inevitable
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infelicitous
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unfortunate; inappropriate
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ingenuous
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artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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inimical
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damaging, harmful, injurious(해로운), hostile, unfriendly
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inimitable
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2, one of a kind(unique), peerless(비할 데 없는)
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iniquity
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인 이 뀌 티 2, wickedness, gross(심한) injustice
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innervate
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to supply with nerves(활기), energize
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood, mysterious
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insensible
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unconscious, unresponsive, unaware, unaffected, numb
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insouciant
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인 쑤 씨 언트 2, unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant
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insular
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parochial(편협한), narrow-minded, like an island
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interdict
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인 털 딕트 3, prohibit, forbid, ban, halt
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intimate
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to imply, suggest or insinuate(넌지시 비추다)
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intractable
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not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate(완고한)
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inured
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인 뉴얼드 2, accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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inveigh
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인 베이 2, to attack verbally, denounce(비난하다), deprecate(비난하다)
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inveigle
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인 베이글 2, to obtain by deception or flattery
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inveterate
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deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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irascible
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이 뤠 써블 2, easily angered; prone to temperamental(신경질적인) outbursts(폭발, 분출)
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place
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jejune
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지 준 2, vapid(김빠진), uninteresting; childish, immature; lacking nutrition
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jibe
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to agree, to be in accord
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jocose
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조우 코우쓰 2, given to joking; humorous
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labile
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likely to change, unstable
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None
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lachrymose
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레 크뤄 모우즈 1, causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow
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lassitude
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listlessness, languor(나른함), weariness(피곤함)
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libertine
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리 벌 틴 1, someone unrestrained by morality or convention or leading a dissolute(방종하는) life
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limn
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림 to draw, outline in detail
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limpid
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transparent, serene, clear and simple in style, untroubled(흐트러지지 않은)
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list
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to tilt or lean to one side
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lumber
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to move heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling(덜거덕거리는) sound
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malevolent
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having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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malinger
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맬 린 저 1, to feign illness so as to avoid work
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maunder
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먼 덜 1, to talk or move aimlessly, mutter
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty
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mendicant
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a beggar, supplicant(탄원자)
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meretricious
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메 뤄 트뤼 쉬어쓰 3, tawdry(번지르르한), pretentious, attractive but false, showy, having to do with prostitution
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mettlesome
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courageous, high-spirited
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militate
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to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:
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minatory
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미 너 터 뤼 1, menacing(협박하는), threatening
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mince
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pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps, tiptoe(발끝으로 걷다)
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense, moderate
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mollify
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to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity
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morose
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sad, sullen(부루퉁한), melancholy(멜 른 칼 리 1)
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multifarious
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varied, motley(얼룩덜룩한), greatly diversified
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mundane
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of the world, typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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네 썬트 1, coming into being; in early developmental stages
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy, dapper(말쑥한)
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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nexus
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a connection, tie, or link; center or focus
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nice
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exact(강요하다)ing, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill
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noisome
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offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid
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nonplussed
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baffled, in a quandary(곤경), at a loss for what to say, do or think
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nostrum
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a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
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None
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obstreperous
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업쓰 트뤠 퍼 뤄쓰 2, noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous
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obtain
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to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent or eliminate
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None
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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occult
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hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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officious
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meddlesome(참견이심한), pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted
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onerous
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troubling, burdensome
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opprobrium
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어 프로우 브뤼엄 2, disgrace, contempt, scorn
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ossified
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changed into bone; made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change
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ostensible
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seeming, appearing as such, professed(자칭의)
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overweening
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presumptuous(뻔뻔한)ly arrogant, overbearing(건방진), immoderate(지나친)
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paean
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페이언 a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious, gloss over(그럴듯한 말로 얼버무리다), mitigate
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panegyric
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formal expression of praise
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paradigm
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something that serves as a model, example, or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview
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pariah
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퍼 롸이 어 2, an outcast, a rejected and despised person
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parry
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to block, evad or ward off(피하다), as a blow
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parsimonious
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cheap, miserly
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partisan
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one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
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peccadillo
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a slight offense, literally, a minor sin
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pedagogy
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페 더 고우 쥐 1, the art or profession of training, teaching, or instructing
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pedantic
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ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae[미 뉴 시 이 2]사소한일 and formal rules, nimaginative
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pedestrian
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commonplace, trite[트롸잍, 흔한], unremarkable
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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peremptory
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admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty(오만한), mperious(오만한)
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith, treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory, done without care or interest
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peripatetic
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itinerant, traveling, nomadic
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, potentially causing death
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personable
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pleasing in appearance, attractive
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive, having keen dicern(분별하다)ment
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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pervade
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to permeate throughout(퍼지다)
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petrous
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like a rock, hard, stony
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philistine
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필 리 스틴 1, a crass(투박한) individual guided material rather than intellectual or artistic values
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phlegmatic
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calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic
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picaresque
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피 커 뤠스크 3, involving clever rogues(악당) or adventurers
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pied
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파읻 multi-colored, usually in blotch(얼룩, 반점)es
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pillory
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to punish, hold up to(을 (웃음거리로) 내세우다 ((to))) public scorn
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pine
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to yearn intensely, to languish(쇠약해지다), to lose vigor
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piquant
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agreeably pungent, spicy(양념을 넣은; 향긋한), stimulating
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pique
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피 케이 resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
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pith
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the essential or central part
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plaintive
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mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
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plangent
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플렌 전트 1, pounding[쿵쾅거리는], thundering, resound(<악기소리 등이> 울리다, 울다)ing
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plastic
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moldable, pliable, not rigid
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platitude
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a superficial or trite(트롸잍 흔한) remark, especially one offered as meaningful
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plethora
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플레 떠 뤄 1, an overabundance, a surplus
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pluck
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courage, spunk(용기), fortitude
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plumb
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to measure the depth(as with a plumb line(다림줄, 추선(錘線))), to examine critically
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poignant
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distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating, emotional
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative(따지기 좋아하는)
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prate
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chatter(재잘거리다), babble(실없이 지껄이다)
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prattle
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to babble(실없이 지껄이다) meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precept
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rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught(계율)
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impluse
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precursor
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something that precedes and indicates or announces another
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something, preference
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preempt
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to replace, to supersede(대체하다), to appropriate
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preen
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to dress up, primp, groom oneself with elaborate care; in animals, to clean fur or feathers
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prescience
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knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead
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prize
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to pry(지레로 들어올리다[움직이다](prize) ((off, up)) ), press or force with a lever(지레)
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probity
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adherence to highest principles, uprightness(고결함)
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse(헤픈), lavish(후한, 사치스런)
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profligate
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프로 플리 겉 1, excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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profuse
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given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts, productive
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prolix
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long-winded(말이 긴), verbose(말 수가 많은)
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place, affinity(유사성) of nature, kinship(유사)
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propitiate
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to appease, conciliate(회유하다)
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propitious
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auspicious(favorable, successful), favorable
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proscribe
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to outlaw or prohibit
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provident
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frugal, looking to the future
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puerile
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퓨어 뤌 1, childish, immature
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pugnacious
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contentious(다투기 좋아하는), quarrelsome(걸핏하면 싸우려 하는), given to fighting, belligerent
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punctilious
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precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
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pundit
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an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions
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pungent
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characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste, penetrating, to the point
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pusilanimous
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퓨 썰 래 너 머쓰 3, cowardly, craven(겁많은)
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putrefy
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퓨 트뤄 파이 1, to rot, decay and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous(suffering from tissue death 갱 그뤄 너쓰 1)
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quaff
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크워프 to drink deeply
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quail
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to shrink back in fear, lose courage
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qualms
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misgivings(의심), reservations((입밖에 낼 수 없는) 마음의 걱정, 의혹 ), causes for hesitancy
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling, quarrelsome
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quiescence
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stillness, motionlessness, quality of being at rest
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quotidian
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occurring or recurring daily, commonplace
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rail
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to complain about bitterly
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided, branch out
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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rapacious
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voracious, greedy, plundering(to rob of goods by open force), subsisting on prey
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense, refine
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rebus
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뤼 버쓰 1, riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like the words
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recalcitrant
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obstinately(완강하게) defiant of(무시하는) authority or guidance, difficult to manage
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recant
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to retract(withdraw/draw back), especially a previously held belief
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recondite
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뤠 컨 다잍 1, hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
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reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance(an inspection / exploration), make a preliminary inspection of
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recumbent
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뤼 컴 번트 2, leaning, resting, prone(수그린)
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redolent
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뤠 덜 런트 1, fragrant, suggestive or evocative..을 연상시키는
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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regale
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뤼 게일 2, to delight(기쁘(게)하다) or entertain, feast(눈, 귀를 즐겁게 하다)
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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renege
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뤼 닉 2, to fail to honor a commitment, go back on a promise 약속을 어기다
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rent
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torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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rescind
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to invalidate, repeal, retract
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resolute
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adamant, steadfast, determined
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rhetoric
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the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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rubric
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루 브뤽 1, authoritative rule, heading, title, or category
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rue
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regret, feel remorse
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sagacious
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having sound judgment, perceptive, wise
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salacious
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appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy
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salient
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쎄일 리 언트 1, prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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salutary
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remedial, wholesome(건강에 좋은), causing improvement
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sanctimony
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self-righteousness(독선), pretended piety
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident, optimistic
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sap
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to enervate(에 널 베잍 1) or weaken the vitality of
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satiate
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to overindulge(탐닉하다), satisfy to excess
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satire
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a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision
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saturnine
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쌔 털 나인 1, gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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scurvy
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contemptible, despicable
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sedulous
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쎄 절 러쓰 1, diligent, persistent, hard-working
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seine
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a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish(후릿그물)
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sere
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씨얼 withered(말라빠진), arid(메마른)
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seminal
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like a seed, constituting a source, originative
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part
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simper
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to smirk(to smile in an affected smug(잘난 척하는) or offensively familiar way)
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sinecure
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position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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singular
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exceptional, unusual, odd
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sinuous
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winding, curving, moving lithely(유연한), devious(구불구불한)
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slake
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to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of
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sodden
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soaked or drenched(흠뻑 물에 적신), unimaginative, dull
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solder
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to weld(용접하다), fuse(융합시키다) or join, as with a soldering gun
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic
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specious
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seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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splenetic
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스플리 네 틱 2, bad-tempered, irritable
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
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squalid
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sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect
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stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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steep
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to saturate or completely soak
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stint
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to restrain, be sparing or frugal
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stygian
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스티 쥐언 1, gloomy, dark
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stymie
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to block, thwart(좌절시키다)
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succor
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써 컬 1, assistance, relief in time of distress
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sundry
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가지가지의 various, miscellaneous, separate
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supercilious
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disdainful(거드름부리는), arrogant, haughty, characterized by haughty scorn
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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supine
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쑤 파인 2, inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack(해이한)
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supplant
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to take the place of, supersede(대체하다)
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suppliant
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asking humbly, beseeching(간청하는)
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supplicant
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beggar, one who prays or begs for something
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surfeit
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to feed or supply in excess
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table
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to remove(as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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tacit
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implied, not explicitly stated
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tamp
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to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows(<길 등을> 다져서 굳히다 ((down)))
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tendentious
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biased, showing marked tendencies
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tender
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to offer formally
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength, flimsy, week
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timorous
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timid, fearful, diffident
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toady
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sycophant(씨 커 펀트 1), flatterer, yes-man
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torpid
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lethargic(리 딸 쥑 2), sluggish, dormant
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torrid
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scorching(burning very hot), ardent(불타는 듯 한, 열심인), passionate, hurried
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tortuous
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winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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tractable
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docile, obedient, easily led
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travesty
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트레 버스티 1, mockery, caricature, parody
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating, biting, clear cut
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truculent
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트뤄 큘 런트 1, fierce, scathing(냉혹한), eager to fight
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tumid
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투 믿 swollen
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turbid
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muddy, having sediment(침전물) stirred up, clouded to the point of opaque, in a state of turmoil(소란)
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turgid
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털 쥗 swollen, bloated(부푼), pompous, excessively ornate
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turpitude
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depravity, baseness
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tyro
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타이 로우 novice, beginner in learning
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umbrage
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offense, resentment
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undulate
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to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate
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untoward
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troublesome, unruly, unseemly), adverse(
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upbraid
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to scold, censure, rebuke(비난), chastise(
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usury
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charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
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variegated
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multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vaunt
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to brag or boast
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venal
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capable of being bought or bribed, mercenary
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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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veritable
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authentic, real, genuine
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vigilant
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alertly watchful
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vitiate
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to reduce the value of, debase, spoil, make ineffective
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language; abuse or censure severely
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waft
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a light breeze, a puff
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welter
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to writhe, to toss about, to be in turmoil
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wend
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to go, proceed, walk
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interdict
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to forbid and prohibit
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chimerical
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unreal; imaginary
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imprecation
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curse
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factious
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dissenting; disagreeing
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affectation
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artifical behavior
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acrid
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bitter and harsh
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ineffable
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cannot be expressed in words
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abject
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miserable and pitiful
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ungainly
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not graceful; awkward; clumsy
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sully
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disgraced and tarnished
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adorned
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add beauty and decorate
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equable
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uniform; steady and unwavering
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mercurial
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changeable and unpredictable
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despot
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tyrant oppressor
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collusion
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secret agreement
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inveterate
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firmly established by continuance or habit "inveterate gambler"
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fulsom
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disgusting or offensively excessive
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abrade
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to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing
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execrate
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to curse
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acerbic
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harshness; severity
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abash
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to destroy the self-confidence; embarassed
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embolden
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to make confident
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trenchant
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perceptive; incisive or keen as language or a person
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crotchety
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irascible; grouchy
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carp
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to complain
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callow
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inexperienced and immature
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recompense
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to repay; remunerate; reward; as for service
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obloquy
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disgrace; public censure
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vacuous
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without content;empty
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lambaste
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to reprimand severely; censure; excoriate
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simian
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apelike
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controvert
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to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse
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contravention
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action counter to something; violation or opposition
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foolhardy
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recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome
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forge
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to shape
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reap
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to gather or take
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sow
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to scatter (seed) over land
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dote
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to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually
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preternatural
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abnormal; supernatural
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peripatetic
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walking or traveling about; itinerant
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disconcerted
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to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange
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