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diligently |
(adv) hardworking, careful. |
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valiantly |
(adv) brave |
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manipulative |
(adj) skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage |
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complacency |
(n) self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent |
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shrieking |
(n) sharp piercing cry |
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agony |
(n) intense feelings of suffering |
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intruder |
(n) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission |
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indulged |
(v) to allow yourself some special pleasure |
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despise |
(v) look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible |
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grudge |
(n) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
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presumption |
(n) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to |
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revoke |
(v) annul by recalling or rescinding |
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savory |
(n) an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre |
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reciprocal |
(adj) Mutually interchangeable or convertible. |
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sedentary |
(adj) requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |
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reimburse |
(v) reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss |
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semblance |
(n) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading |
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sitting duck |
(n) a defenseless victim |
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gesture |
(n) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling |
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insidious |
(adj) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way |
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lukewarm |
(adj) moderately warm |
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anarchist |
(n) person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
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euphoria |
(n) a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation |
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status quo |
(n) the existing state of affairs |
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tailor |
(v) make fit for a specific purpose; a person whose occupation is making and altering garments |
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submissive |
(adj) inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination |
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tardy |
(adj) after the expected or usual time |
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diminish |
(v) decrease in size, extent, or range |
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wooden |
(adj) lacking easy or flexibility; awkwardly stiff |
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newfangled |
(adj) of a new (often outrageous) kind or fashion |
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virtuous |
(adj) behaving according to standards of what is right or just |
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jovial |
(adj) full of or showing high-spirited merriment |
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wince |
(n) a reflex response to sudden pain |
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meager |
(adj) deficient in amount or quality or extent |
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protrude |
(v) swell or protrude outwards |
