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animosity |
strong dislike; bitter hostility |
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apathy |
a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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consecrate |
to make sacred, hallow |
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decrepit |
old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
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deride |
to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
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ingenuous |
innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
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multifarious |
having great variety; numerous and diverse |
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parsimonious |
stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
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recalcitrant |
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
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reprisal |
an injury done in return for injury |
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revel |
to take great pleasure |
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stultify |
to make incentive or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
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suave |
smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
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ardent |
very enthusiastic, impassioned |
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assiduous |
persistent, attentive, dilligent |
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brash |
prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent |
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capricious |
subject to whims or passing fancies |
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emaciated |
unnaturally thin |
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exult |
to rejoice greatly |
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indemnity |
a payment for damage or loss |
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limpid |
clear, transparent; readily understood |
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rancor |
bitter resentment or ill-will |
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sophmoric |
immature and overconfident; conceited |
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crestfallen |
discouraged, dejected, downcast |
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exponent |
one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets |
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garrulous |
given to much talking, tediously chatty |
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insuperable |
incapable of being overcome |
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respite |
a period of relief or rest |
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sinuous |
winding, having many curve; lithe and flexible |
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sonorous |
full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style |
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wastrel |
a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing |
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endemic |
native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field |
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stark |
harsh, unrelieved, desolate |
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abjure |
to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid shun |
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august |
majestic, inspiring admiration and respect |
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callous |
emotionally hardened, unfeeling |
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compunction |
remorse, regret |
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elated |
in high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased |
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indelible |
not able to be erased or remobed |
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indulgent |
yielding to the wishes of others |
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invenerate |
firmly established, long-standing; habitual |
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platitude |
a commonplace, stale, or trite remark |
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quiescent |
inactive at rest |
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tacit |
unspoken, silent; implied, inferred |
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trenchant |
incisive, keen; forcefull, effective |
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