| Term | Definition |
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Artless |
without effort; without trickery; simple |
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Comeliness |
beauty; prettiness [comely (a)] |
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Doff |
take off (esp. of a hat) |
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Don |
put on (esp. of clothes) |
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Erudition |
learning; scholarly knowledge |
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Plaintive |
sad; mournful |
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Suborn |
bribe |
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Tendentious |
dogmatic; biased |
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Tortuous |
indirect; winding |
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Verbiage |
excessive or meaningless wordiness |
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Atonement |
making amends for sin or crime |
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Complaisance |
flexibility; willingness to please |
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Daguerreotype |
forerunner of the photograph |
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Fawn |
behave in a sycophantic way; grovel |
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Gregariousness |
sociability; liking for crowds |
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Nascent |
emerging; newly formed |
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Paean |
praise; tribute (esp. in song) |
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Reproof |
scolding; criticism |
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Scurvy |
1. disease due to lack of vitamin C; 2. contemptible; rascally |
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Tutelary |
serving as a guardian [tutelage (n)] |