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abominable |
repugnantly hateful; very unpleasant, detestable, loathsome |
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abscond |
to leave secretly and hide |
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capitulate |
to surrender |
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castigate |
to punish or to subdue by punishment, to criticize with drastic severity |
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comatose |
lethargic, unconscious |
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consolidate |
to make solid, unite or to merge |
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despondency |
depression, dejection |
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destitution |
state of being extremely poor, in extreme want |
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eddy |
a current of air or water moving contrary to the main current |
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enfranchise |
to give or to bestow something |
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ennoble |
to elevate, to raise in rank |
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fecund |
capable of reproducing, intellectual productivity |
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inebriation |
drunkenness, intoxication |
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inopportune |
inconvenient, poorly timed |
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inviolable |
secure from violation or from being profaned |
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nonchalance |
indifference, a showing of little interest |
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prevarication |
evasiveness, lie |
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primordial |
original, existing at the beginning |
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punctilious |
stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes or conducts |
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remonstrate |
to protest, to make objections |
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rudimentary |
consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind, relating to basic skills |
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sonnet |
a fourteen line form of poetry |
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tantamount |
equivalent in value or significance |
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turgid |
swollen |
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vestigial |
something in an underdeveloped form |