| Term | Definition |
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tenet |
a principle, belief, doctrine, precept |
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nauseate |
to sicken, disgust |
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deface |
to mar, disfigure, damage |
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levity |
giddiness, flippancy, frivolity; fickleness |
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tractable |
submissive, docile, yielding, amenable |
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crusade |
a campaign, organized movement |
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negate |
to cancle, invalidate, annul, nullify |
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mendicant |
a beggar, panhandler |
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embargo |
a stoppage, ban, boycott |
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ruse |
a trick, stratagem, subterfuge, dodge |
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fallacy |
a false notion, misconception, error |
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voracious |
gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable; avid |
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bestow |
to give, grant, confer; to lodge, put up |
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caustic |
burning, corrosive; sharp sarcastic |
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pivotal |
crucial, critical, decisive, seminal |
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capacious |
roomy, spacious, commodious |
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recipient |
a receiver, beneficiary |
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abdicate |
to step down, resign, relinquish, renounce |
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ungainly |
awkward, clumsy, graceless |
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teem |
to abound, swarm, overflow |