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something not typical
deviation from the standar |
abberration
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sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking
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abstemious
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voluntarily not doing something
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abstinent
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theoretical; lacking substance
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abstract
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hard to understand or grasp
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abstruse
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praise; applause; admiration
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acclaim
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an award or honor; high praise
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accolade
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to increase in growth by addition
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acquiesce
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sharp; shrewd
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acute
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to speak in favor of; to support; on ethat pleads the case of another
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advocate
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having to do with beauty; artistic
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aesthetic
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cheerful readiness; liveliness or eagerness
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alacrity
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to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable
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alleviate
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to distribute; assign; allot
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allocate
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an indirect reference to something else, especially something in literature
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allusion
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to accumulate
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amass
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unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in at least two similarly plausible ways
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ambiguous
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undecided; blowing hot and cold
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ambivalent
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able to walk; walking
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ambulatory
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to make better or tolerable
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ameliorate
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friendly
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amiable
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absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
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anarchy
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a brief, entertaining story
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anecdote
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alive; moving
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animated
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resentment; hostility; ill will
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animosity
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an aberration; an irregularity; a deviation
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anomaly
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firm dislike; dislike; hatred
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antipathy
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free from germs; exceptionally clean
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antiseptic
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lack of emotion or interest
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apathy
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of doubtful orgin; false
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apocryphal
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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
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appease
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worried; anxious
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apprensive
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one who decides; a judge
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arbiter
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extremely dry; unimaginative; dull
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arid
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feeling superior to others; snooty
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arrogant
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speaking clearly and well
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articulate
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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ascetic
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hardworking; busy; diligent
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assiduous
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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assuage
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perceptive; intelligent
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astute
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to waste away from lack of use
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atrophy
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boldness; reckless daring; impertinence
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audicity
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to add to; to increas; to make bigger
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augment
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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auspicious
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unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money
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austere
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real
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authentic
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like a dictator
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authoritarian
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a self-evident rul or thrugh; a widely accepted saying
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axiom
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menacing; harmful
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baleful
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unoriginal; ordinary
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banal
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stronghold; fortress; fortified place
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bastion
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to cause or produce; to engender
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beget
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to make to seem little
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belittle
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combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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belligerent
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a generous donor
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benefactor
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doing good
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beneficent
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kind; good-hearted; generous
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benevolent
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gentle; not harmful; kind; mild
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benign
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to deprive or leave desolate, especailly through death
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bereave
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prejudice; tendency; tilt
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bias
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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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blasphemy
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carefree; cheerful
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blithe
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bulk; muscles
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brawny
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briefness
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brevity
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to bear or tolerate; to put up with something
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brook
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a harsh sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds
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cacophony
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to deceptively persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do
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cajole
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honest; frank
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candid
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unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
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capricious
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like acid; corrosive
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caustic
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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censure
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an order of events from earliest to latest
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chronology
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an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
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circumlocution
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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coalesce
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a passage concluding a composition (in music)
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coda
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perceptive; observant
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cognizant
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smug; self-satisfied; pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
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complacent
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yielding; submissive
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compliant
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covering or including everything
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comprehensive
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making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
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conciliatory
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brief and to the point; succinct
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concise
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to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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condescend
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to overlook; to permit to happen
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condone
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agreeable suitable; pleasant
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congenial
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to join or act together
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conjoin
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to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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conjure
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an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
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connoisseur
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unanimity or near unanimity
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consensus
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standng out; obvious
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conspicuous
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reproachful disdain
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contempt
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argumentative; quarrelsome
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contentious
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deeply aplogetic; remorseful
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contrite
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stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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contumacious
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a puzzle; a riddle
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conundrum
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common; customary; unexceptional
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conventional
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to find or show the relationship of two things
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correlate
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to confirm; to back up with evidence
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corroborate
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believing; gullible
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credulous
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mysterious; mystifying
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cryptic
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one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes people are motivated opnly by selfishness
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cynic
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lack of; scarcity
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dearth
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violent breakdown; sudden overthrow
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debacle
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corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living
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debauchery
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in good taste; orderly
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decorous
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submission to another's will; respect; courtesy
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deference
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harmful
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deleterious
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to speak out against; to condemn
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denounce
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to use up; to reduce; to lessen
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deplete
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moral corruption
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depravity
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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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deride
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to profane a holy place
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desecrate
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to dry out
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desiccate
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to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something
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deter
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instructive; intended to instruct
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didactic
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timid; lacking self-confidence
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diffident
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to go off the subject
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digress
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hardworking
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diligent
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to deny
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disavow
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insight; ability to see things clearly
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discernment
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to confuse, deject, frustrate, deceive
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discomfit
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disagreement
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discord
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to converse; to formally discuss a subject
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discourse
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to differentiate; to make a clear distinction; to see the difference
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discriminate
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arrogant scorn; contempt
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disdain
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unbiased
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disinterested
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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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disparage
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different; incompatible
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disparate
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without passion; objective; neutral
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dispassionate
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to scatter or spread widely
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disseminate
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disagreement
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dissent
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inharmonious; in disagreement
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dissonant
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differing in opinion; deviating
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divergent
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varied
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diverse
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to change the direction of; to alter the course of; to amuse
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divert
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comic, loose verse
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doggerel
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something (often systems of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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dogmatic
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to talk on and on in a dull way
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drone
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doubtful; uncertain
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dubious
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not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
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eccentric
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choosing the best form many sources; drawn from many sources
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eclectic
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frugal; thrifty
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economical
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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efface
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a disagreeable or noxious vapor; a escaping gas
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effluvium
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detailed; careful; thorough
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elaborate
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hard to pin down; evasive
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elusive
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to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation
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emulate
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to create; to produce
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engender
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to make better; to augument
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enhance
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mystery
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enigma
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to thrill
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enthrall
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short-lived; fleeting; not lasting
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ephemeral
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ambiguous; intentionally confusing; capable of being interpreted in more than one way
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equivocal
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unpredictable or wandering
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erratic
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scholarly; deeply learned
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erudite
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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esoteric
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pleasant sound
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euphony
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vanishing or fading; scarcely perceptible
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evanescent
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outstanding; setting a great example
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exemplary
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to serve as an example of
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exemplify
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thorough; complete
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exhaustive
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