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belittle
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to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggest lack of importance or value
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minimize underate, disparage
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juncture
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joining together' the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
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union, seam, joint, turing point.
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predatory
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preying on plundering or piratical
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looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious
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tawdry
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showy and flashing but lacking good tast
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loud,granish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
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unassuming
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not putting on aris, unpretentious; modest
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conceited, pretentious, self-imortant
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avail
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to be of use or benifit to;
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corny
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a very close friend
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cryptic
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puzzling, mystifying
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fervant
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very earnest, emotional, passionate
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enthusiastic, ardent, burning
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perceptible
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capable of being grasped by the sense of mind
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noticeable, discernible, obervable
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stink
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to limit, be sparing or frugal;
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restrict, scrimp, economize
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stoical
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self-controled, not showing
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unpresponsive, impassive
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apt
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suitable, fitting, likely, quick to learn
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appropriate, fit, proper liable
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capitulate
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to end resistance, give up
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disarming
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charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness
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endearing, winning
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fend
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to ward off, resist to get along
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stave off, cope
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pertinent
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related to the matter at hand, to the point
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relevent, germane, apropos
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predominant
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the greatest in strength or power, most common
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chift, major, paramount, prevalent
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prodigy
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something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal, an unusual feat
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marval wonder, freak, genius
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dexterous
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skillful in the use of hands or body
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agile, handy, deft
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scoff
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to make fun of; to show contempt for
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ridicule, laugh at, jeer at
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trepadation
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fear, fright, trembling
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dread, anxiety, apprehension
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veritable
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actual, real, true
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vitality
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strength, energy, liveliness, the capacity to live and develop the power to endure or survive.
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vigoe, stamina
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whimisical
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subject to off ideas, notions, or fancies
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odd, pecuilar, quaint, fanciful
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appeas
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to make calm, soothe: to relieve
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pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate
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calamitous
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causing great misfoutune
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disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal
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conventional
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in line with accepted ideas or standards
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ordinary, commonplace, orthodox
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gallantry
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herioc courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement makred by a high level of courtesy
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bravery, chivalrousness, valor, daring
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impart
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to make known, tell; to give; pass something on
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transmit, bestow, grant
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