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amenable |
willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible |
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berate |
to scold sharply |
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carnage |
large scale slaughter or loss of life |
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credulous |
too ready to believe, easily deceptive |
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criterion |
a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation |
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deplete |
to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly |
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expatiate |
to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely |
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extraneous |
coming from outside, foreign; present, but not essential, irrelevant |
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inception |
the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. |
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infirmity |
a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.) |
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jejune |
lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile |
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obdurate |
stubborn, unyielding |
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potpourri |
a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals with mixed spices for scent |
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precocious |
showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) |
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sadistic |
delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel |
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sententious |
self-rigtheous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy |
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supplicate |
to beg earnestly and humbly |
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surfeit |
an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess |
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tortuous |
winding, twisting, crooked; highly involved, complex, devious |
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turgid |
swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language |
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